Fiche à imprimer : Buried in ash : Pompéi (4e)

Anglais	Français
Mount Vesuvius	le Vésuve
In AD 79, Vesuvius erupted.	En 79 après J.-C., le Vésuve est entré en éruption.
The town was buried in ash.	La ville a été ensevelie sous la cendre.
People were going about their day when...	Les gens vaquaient à leurs occupations quand...
It was rediscovered in the 18th century.	Elle a été redécouverte au XVIIIᵉ siècle.
frozen in time	figée dans le temps

En 79 après J.-C., le Vésuve entre en éruption et ensevelit la ville romaine de Pompéi sous des mètres de cendres et de pierres ponces. Redécouverte au XVIIIᵉ siècle, la ville est figée dans le temps : rues, boulangeries, fresques, graffitis... Pline le Jeune, qui observait la scène de l'autre côté de la baie, en a laissé un témoignage écrit. Grammaire : une action en cours (was / were + -ing) interrompue par une action soudaine (prétérit).

Mise en situation : la visite

Guide : We're standing in a Roman street. In AD 79, people were shopping and working here when Vesuvius erupted.

Nous sommes dans une rue romaine. En 79, les gens faisaient leurs courses et travaillaient ici quand le Vésuve est entré en éruption.

Jade : Did they have time to escape?

Ont-ils eu le temps de s'enfuir ?

Guide : Many did, but some stayed. The town was buried under metres of ash.

Beaucoup, oui, mais certains sont restés. La ville a été ensevelie sous des mètres de cendre.

Leo : Look! There's still bread in this oven!

Regardez ! Il y a encore du pain dans ce four !

Guide : Yes, a baker was making bread when the eruption started. Archaeologists found the loaves in 1862.

Oui, un boulanger faisait du pain quand l'éruption a commencé. Les archéologues ont trouvé les pains en 1862.

Jade : It's like the whole town is frozen in time.

C'est comme si toute la ville était figée dans le temps.

À retenir

a volcano, an eruption, ash, pumice, a street, an oven, a fresco, archaeologists.
was / were + -ing (action en cours) + when + prétérit (action soudaine) ; was buried, was rediscovered (passif).

Exercice 1 : Pompéi : exercice 1 (QCM)

Le Vésuve est entré en éruption en...
1. 1079
2. 79 après J.-C.
3. 79 avant J.-C.
« enseveli sous la cendre »
1. buried in ash
2. buried in ask
3. berried in ash
« un four »
1. an oven
2. an over
3. an even
« Un boulanger faisait du pain quand... »
1. A baker was making bread when...
2. A baker made bread when was...
3. A baker was make bread when...
« ... le volcan est entré en éruption. »
1. ... the volcano erupt.
2. ... the volcano was erupting of.
3. ... the volcano erupted.
Pompéi a été redécouverte au...
1. Moyen Âge
2. XXIᵉ siècle
3. XVIIIᵉ siècle
« figée dans le temps »
1. frozen in time
2. freezing in time
3. frozen on time
« s'enfuir »
1. to escape
2. to scrape
3. to escalate
Témoin de l'éruption :
1. Pline le Jeune
2. Jules César
3. Néron
« une fresque »
1. a frisky
2. a fresco
3. a fresh co

Exercice 2 : Pompéi : exercice 2 (à compléter)

People .......................... shopping when Vesuvius erupted.
People were shopping when Vesuvius .......................... . (erupt)
A baker was .......................... bread. (make)
The town was .......................... under ash. (bury)
Did they have time to .......................... ?
Archaeologists .......................... the loaves. (find)
It was .......................... in the 18th century. (rediscover)
frozen in ..........................
We're .......................... in a Roman street. (stand)
There's still bread in this .......................... .

Exercice 3 : Pompéi : mise en situation

Les gens faisaient leurs courses quand le Vésuve est entré en éruption.
1. People were shop when Vesuvius erupted.
2. People were shopping when Vesuvius erupted.
3. People shopped when Vesuvius was erupting of.
Ont-ils eu le temps de s'enfuir ?
1. Did they had time to escape?
2. Did they have time to escape?
3. Had they time for escape?
La ville a été ensevelie.
1. The town was buried under metres of ash.
2. The town was berried under metres of ash.
3. The town buried was under metres of ash.
Il y a encore du pain.
1. There's still bread in this over!
2. There are still bread in this oven!
3. There's still bread in this oven!
Un boulanger faisait du pain.
1. A baker were making bread.
2. A baker was make bread.
3. A baker was making bread.
Ils ont trouvé les pains en 1862.
1. Archaeologists found the loaves in 1862.
2. Archaeologists found the loafs in 1862.
3. Archaeologists finded the loaves in 1862.
La ville est figée dans le temps.
1. The hole town is frozen in time.
2. The whole town is frozen in time.
3. The whole town is freezing in time.
Tu marchais quand il a commencé à pleuvoir.
1. I was walking when it started to rain.
2. I was walk when it started to rain.
3. I walked when it was starting to rain.
Elle a été redécouverte au XVIIIᵉ siècle.
1. It was rediscover in the 18th century.
2. It was rediscovered in the 18th century.
3. It rediscovered in the 18th century.
C'est fascinant !
1. It's fascinating!
2. It fascinating!
3. It's fascinated!

Corrigé

Exercice 1

1. b) 79 après J.-C. · 2. a) buried in ash · 3. a) an oven · 4. a) A baker was making bread when... · 5. c) ... the volcano erupted. · 6. c) XVIIIᵉ siècle · 7. a) frozen in time · 8. a) to escape · 9. a) Pline le Jeune · 10. b) a fresco

Exercice 2

1. were · 2. erupted · 3. making · 4. buried · 5. escape · 6. found · 7. rediscovered · 8. time · 9. standing · 10. oven

Exercice 3

1. b) People were shopping when Vesuvius erupted. · 2. b) Did they have time to escape? · 3. a) The town was buried under metres of ash. · 4. c) There's still bread in this oven! · 5. c) A baker was making bread. · 6. a) Archaeologists found the loaves in 1862. · 7. b) The whole town is frozen in time. · 8. a) I was walking when it started to rain. · 9. b) It was rediscovered in the 18th century. · 10. a) It's fascinating!