Type of document : □
interview □ news report □ debate
It deals with a man who □ is a
hero in real life □ pretends to be a superhero
Nickname (= surnom) of this man :
_____________
Real name of this man :
_________________
His mission is to _______ a bit of
______ to those who ______ it the _______.
II. Details about the
man :
1. Name one object this man distributes
in the street : ___________
2. He gives these objects to people □
who build homes □ who have no home.
3. Pick out elements to describe his
equipement :
on his face :
________________
in his bag :
________________________
4.
Right or Wrong ? Circle the correct answer and
justify with keywords :
All of the items the man gives to people are donated.
R/W :
_______________________________
For him, charity is necessary.
R/W :
_______________________________
He grew up in New York.
R/W :
_______________________________
He is Jewish (= juif).
R/W :
_______________________________
For him, if you don't look like
other people, it's not a problem.
R/W :
_______________________________
5. Information about the man :
age range (= tranche d'âge) :
___________
neighborhood (= quartier) where he
lives : _______________
occupation : co-_________ of
Superheroes ____________
his association takes __________
into their _______ _________.
III. Actions :
1. Right or Wrong ? Circle
the correct answer and justify with keywords :
The man presented in the document
works alone.
R/W :
_______________________________
He fights aggressions in the
streets.
R/W :
_______________________________
His actions are perfectly safe.
R/W :
_______________________________
His actions have no impact.
R/W :
_______________________________
2. Complete the man's hopes for the
future :
"I would ________ it if
everybody _______ some sort of _______ of the ____-______ superheroes
or _______ something __________ that __________ them that they ______
the ________ to do __________ and then ________ out and ______ some
________ work in the __________.
“We
are not here because we are □ lawbreakers □ lawmakers. We are
here in our efforts to become □ lawbreakers □ lawmakers.”
2.
Who
said this sentence? _________________
3.
Who does “we”
refer to (= fait
référence à) in
this sentence? We refers to __________ in general.
B.
A woman's struggle.
1.
Right or Wrong ?
Circle the correct answer and justify with keywords.
This
document deals with women and American politics.
R/W :
____________________________________
Emmeline
Pankhurst was married.
R/W :
____________________________________
She
had no children.
R/W :
____________________________________
2.
Tick
what you hear.
She
was a political □ activist □ pacifist
She
led a women's □ suffrage □ suffragette movement
Without
her, ideas of political □ equality □ inequality for women would
have remained theoretical (= seraient
restées théoriques)
3.
Complete :
"No
women would ______ been ______ to ________, let alone _________ some
of the _____est political offices in our ___________. She _________ a
___________ of _________ for __________.
4.
Tick
what you hear:
She
repeatedly risked her □ health (= santé)
□ wealth (= richesse)
She
risked her □ responsability □ respectability
She
risked her life □ because of □ for the cause of votes for women
5.
Complete:
"Many
are quick to _______ the less ________ and more ___________ methods
of the __________, but we should ___________ that as with many
__________ movements against ____________ the _________ over
throughout _________, ___________ was simply ______ available (=
accessible)
to those __________."
6.
Tick
what you hear:
Emmeline
Pankhurst transgressed the □ ephemeral □ traditional role of
wife and mother
She
paved the way (= le
chemin)
for future □ feminists □ activists
She
contravened the limits of □ political □ conventional gender
roles (= les
rôles de chaque sexe).
She
gave the women of □ Brittany □ Britain the first political □ voice □
choice of their own
She
changed our understanding of a woman's □ face □ place forever.
BEFORE LISTENING: Research "Segregation" and tick the correct answers. * Segregation was □ a philosophy □ a law (= une loi) * Segregation was a form of □ integration □ seperation * It □ united □ seperated African-American citizens and White citizens
A. General comprehension:
1. Listen
to the recording. Pick out the name of the
main historical figure:
______________
2. Read the list of words. Then, listen again to the complete document. Tick
12
expressions
you hear (in the right order):
□
fought □
racist □
racism □
carriage □
courage □
strength □
boss □
bus □
front □ lonely □
black □
back
This date
corresponds to when she was _____________.
2.Match
the people with their actions
(several answers are possible for each person):
Rosa Parks
patrolled
the streets
Martin Luther King Jr.
stopped
riding buses
Jo Ann Robinson
continued
the boycott
The police
watch
the yellow buses pass by
Black people
stood
on street corners
C. Consequences?
1. Listen
to those passages and tick
the correct expressions:
a. Black and white
people could sit □ wherever □ whenever they wanted to sit.
b. Bus □
drivers □ riders were to respect all □ drivers □ riders.
c. Black people
were □ now allowed □ not allowed to apply for driver positions.
2. At
the end of the recording, pick out two
dates:
________ & ________ .
These dates
correspond to when she □ was arrested □ got awards □ died
3. With expressions
from the list, complete this text by Barack Obama: racialequality, get involved, end, civil disobedience, segregation
“This solitary act
of ______ _____________ was also the spark that ignited
the beginning of the _____ for _____________ and inspired millions around
the country and ultimately around the world to ____
_________ in the fight for _______ ___________.” Barack
Obama
D.
Answer these questions to recapitulate what you have learnt:
* What was the situation between Afro-American and White citizens in the past?
* Who changed that situation? How did she do it?
* What was the immediate influence of this action?
A hero is a person noted
for feats of _________ and _________ of purpose,
especially one who _______
or ______________ his or her life. (...) It's a person noted for special
______________ in particular _________, such as the heroes of _________. Basically, a
hero is someone who, for whatever reason or reason, does something for ____________
_______ without regard to _____, personal _____ and in some cases, personal
____________.
2. In the text above,
find the equivalents of: (not in the right order)
fundamentally
interest in
successes
domains
remarkable for
prowess/bravery
B. Particularity of a
hero:
1. Make
a list of the 10 professions the man mentions:
2. Pick out an
expression to justify the statement: Heroes are ordinary
people
"
_____________________________"
C. Use the adjectives from this list
to rephrase the man's definition:courageous, bold, selfless, brave, committed
A hero is someone who (...):
does
something for somebody else →
A hero must be __________ to others.
without
regard to self, personal gain →
A hero must be __________
.
without
regard to personal endangerment →
A hero must be __________
, __________ , __________.
