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A Christmas Carol : Scrooge et les trois fantômes (4e)

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A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens, 1843)Un chant de Noël, de Charles Dickens
a miser / meanun avare / radin
the Ghost of Christmas Pastle fantôme des Noëls passés
the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Comele fantôme des Noëls à venir
Bah! Humbug!Bah ! Balivernes ! (la réplique de Scrooge)
to become generousdevenir généreux

Dans ce conte, le vieil avare Ebenezer Scrooge déteste Noël. La nuit du réveillon, trois fantômes lui montrent son passé, son présent et son avenir. Le matin, il se réveille transformé et devient généreux. En anglais, a Scrooge désigne aujourd'hui une personne radine.

Mise en situation : le résumé

Teacher : Who is Ebenezer Scrooge?
Qui est Ebenezer Scrooge ?
Lea : He's a rich old man, but he's a miser. He hates Christmas and says 'Bah! Humbug!'
C'est un vieil homme riche, mais c'est un avare. Il déteste Noël et dit « Bah ! Balivernes ! »
Teacher : What happens on Christmas Eve?
Que se passe-t-il la veille de Noël ?
Hugo : Three ghosts visit him. They show him his past, his present and his future.
Trois fantômes lui rendent visite. Ils lui montrent son passé, son présent et son avenir.
Teacher : And at the end?
Et à la fin ?
Lea : He wakes up and he's a different man. He becomes kind and generous!
Il se réveille et c'est un autre homme. Il devient gentil et généreux !

À retenir

  • A Christmas Carol (Dickens, 1843), a miser, mean, Bah! Humbug!
  • the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come ; to change, to become generous.

Exercice 1 : A Christmas Carol : exercice 1 (QCM)

  1. Qui a écrit A Christmas Carol ?
    1. William Shakespeare
    2. Mary Shelley
    3. Charles Dickens
  2. En quelle année ?
    1. 1943
    2. 1743
    3. 1843
  3. « un avare »
    1. a miser
    2. a mixer
    3. a mister
  4. « radin »
    1. meaning
    2. mean
    3. means of
  5. La réplique de Scrooge :
    1. Ho ho ho!
    2. Bah! Humbug!
    3. Merry Christmas!
  6. Combien de fantômes ?
    1. deux
    2. sept
    3. trois
  7. « les Noëls à venir »
    1. Christmas To Came
    2. Christmas Already Come
    3. Christmas Yet to Come
  8. « généreux »
    1. genius
    2. generous
    3. general
  9. « Il se réveille. »
    1. He wake up.
    2. He's wake up.
    3. He wakes up.
  10. Aujourd'hui, a Scrooge veut dire...
    1. une personne radine
    2. un cadeau
    3. un fantôme

Exercice 2 : A Christmas Carol : exercice 2 (à compléter)

  1. Scrooge is a .......................... . (avare)
  2. He .......................... Christmas. (déteste)
  3. Bah! .......................... !
  4. Three .......................... visit him.
  5. They show him his past, his present and his .......................... .
  6. He wakes .......................... .
  7. He becomes .......................... .
  8. It was written by Charles .......................... .
  9. He's a different .......................... .
  10. What happens on Christmas .......................... ?

Exercice 3 : A Christmas Carol : mise en situation

  1. Le prof demande qui est Scrooge.
    1. Whose Ebenezer Scrooge?
    2. Who Ebenezer Scrooge is?
    3. Who is Ebenezer Scrooge?
  2. C'est un vieil homme riche mais avare.
    1. He's an old rich man, but he's a mister.
    2. He's a rich old man, but he's a miser.
    3. He's a rich old man, but he's mean of.
  3. Il déteste Noël.
    1. He's hating Christmas always.
    2. He hates Christmas.
    3. He hate Christmas.
  4. Que se passe-t-il la veille de Noël ?
    1. What happens on Christmas Eve?
    2. What does happen on Christmas Eve?
    3. What happen on Christmas Eve?
  5. Trois fantômes lui rendent visite.
    1. Three guests visit him.
    2. Three ghosts visits him.
    3. Three ghosts visit him.
  6. Ils lui montrent son avenir.
    1. They show to him his future.
    2. They show him his future.
    3. They shows him his future.
  7. Le prof demande la fin.
    1. And in the end of?
    2. And at the end?
    3. And at the finish?
  8. Il devient gentil et généreux.
    1. He becomes kind and generous!
    2. He becomes kind and general!
    3. He become kind and generous!
  9. Ne sois pas un Scrooge !
    1. Don't be Scrooge of!
    2. Not be a Scrooge!
    3. Don't be a Scrooge!
  10. C'est une belle histoire.
    1. It's beautiful a story.
    2. It's a beautiful story.
    3. It's a beautiful history.

Corrigé

Exercice 1

1. c) Charles Dickens · 2. c) 1843 · 3. a) a miser · 4. b) mean · 5. b) Bah! Humbug! · 6. c) trois · 7. c) Christmas Yet to Come · 8. b) generous · 9. c) He wakes up. · 10. a) une personne radine

Exercice 2

1. miser · 2. hates · 3. Humbug · 4. ghosts · 5. future · 6. up · 7. generous · 8. Dickens · 9. man · 10. Eve

Exercice 3

1. c) Who is Ebenezer Scrooge? · 2. b) He's a rich old man, but he's a miser. · 3. b) He hates Christmas. · 4. a) What happens on Christmas Eve? · 5. c) Three ghosts visit him. · 6. b) They show him his future. · 7. b) And at the end? · 8. a) He becomes kind and generous! · 9. c) Don't be a Scrooge! · 10. b) It's a beautiful story.