Corrige Bac LV1 Anglais 2005 S

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COMPREHENSIONCOMPREHENSION1. The scene is set in Africa in Nairobi, the capital of Kenya, first, “in the outdoor café of theNew Stanley Hotel” , then “on a bench beside the central post office.”2. The narrator and his friend would always make fun of tourists because of their pale skin, and theirslim figure. He thought the latter looked quite ridiculous, which made him laugh at them, even lookdown upon them.3. a. True : “Here in Africa, though, the tourists didn't seem so funnyb. True : “ I found their innocence vaguely insulting.”c. False : “in their utter lack of self−consciousness.” Or “a confidence reserved forthose born into imperial cultures.”4. That girl, being totally unaware of her inappropriate behaviour, is likely to be disrespectful and toexpect waiters to be at her beck and call. She is neither willing to change her eating habits, nor to tastenew food. She clings to the way of life she is used to, adding ketchup to every dish as though shewere still in her own country.5. Friendly: aEfficient: bUnwilling: bIndifferent: bKeen: aSlow: b6. Auma is angry with the waiter who keeps ignoring them. She feels even more upset when she realizesthe Americans are being served while she and Barack are still waiting to their place settings. Then shefeels it's the last straw when the blond girl complains about not being given ketchup. She cannot standher obnoxious behaviour and she ...

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COMPREHENSION

The scene is set in Africa in Nairobi, the capital of Kenya, first, “in the outdoor café of the

New Stanley Hotel” , then “on a bench beside the central post office.”

1.

The narrator and his friend would always make fun of tourists because of their pale skin, and their

slim figure. He thought the latter looked quite ridiculous, which made him laugh at them, even look

down upon them.

2.

3.

True : “Here in Africa, though, the tourists didn't seem so funny

a.

True : “ I found their innocence vaguely insulting.”

b.

False : “in their utter lack of self-consciousness.” Or “a confidence reserved for

those born into imperial cultures.”

c.

That girl, being totally unaware of her inappropriate behaviour, is likely to be disrespectful and to

expect waiters to be at her beck and call. She is neither willing to change her eating habits, nor to taste

new food. She clings to the way of life she is used to, adding ketchup to every dish as though she

were still in her own country.

4.

Friendly: a

5.

Efficient: b

Unwilling: b

Indifferent: b

Keen: a

Slow: b

Auma is angry with the waiter who keeps ignoring them. She feels even more upset when she realizes

the Americans are being served while she and Barack are still waiting to their place settings. Then she

feels it's the last straw when the blond girl complains about not being given ketchup. She cannot stand

her obnoxious behaviour and she thinks she deserves better consideration from her fellow citizens.

That's why she decides to leave the café.

6.

The askaris often misunderstand who the visitors are. They arrogate the right to turn Africans away.

They welcome you and treat you well provided you are foreigners from Europe or the USA. That

explains why the waiters' behaviour reminds Auma of the askaris. She has painful memories of

similar attitudes elsewhere in her own country.

7.

Auma quite promptly gives vent to her anger. Indeed she has had enough of feeling like a stranger in

Kenya. Needless to say she wishes she could be respected and resents the unfairness of the situation.

She can't bear suffering from racial prejudices especially when they come from Kenyan people who

obviously lack public-spiritedness.

8.

9.

a. “you” refers to Barack

“you” refers to an African entering a big office building

a.

“you” refers to an African accompanied by a German person

b.

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