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Generation gap : vivre entre générations (Seconde)

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the generation gaple fossé entre les générations
to get on (well) with someonebien s'entendre avec quelqu'un
to arguese disputer
values / traditionsles valeurs / les traditions
to look afters'occuper de
in the past / nowadaysautrefois / de nos jours
used toavoir l'habitude de (dans le passé)

Pour comparer : When my grandma was young, she used to write letters. Nowadays, we send messages.

Mise en situation : avec mamie

Grandma : When I was your age, we didn't have phones. We used to write letters.
Quand j'avais ton âge, on n'avait pas de téléphone. On écrivait des lettres.
Noah : Really? Nowadays, everyone sends messages. Do you think young people are different?
C'est vrai ? Aujourd'hui, tout le monde envoie des messages. Tu crois que les jeunes sont différents ?
Grandma : A bit. But I get on very well with you!
Un peu. Mais je m'entends très bien avec toi !
Noah : Me too! Can you teach me your traditional recipes?
Moi aussi ! Tu peux m'apprendre tes recettes traditionnelles ?

À retenir

  • the generation gap, to get on with, to argue, values, traditions.
  • used to (autrefois) ≠ nowadays.

Exercice 1 : Vivre entre générations : exercice 1 (QCM)

  1. « le fossé des générations »
    1. the generation gap
    2. the gap of ages
    3. the generation hole
  2. « bien s'entendre avec »
    1. to get on well with
    2. to hear well with
    3. to agree on with
  3. « se disputer »
    1. to dispute of
    2. to argue
    3. to discuss
  4. « de nos jours »
    1. in our days
    2. nowadays
    3. now of days
  5. « autrefois, on écrivait des lettres »
    1. We were used write letters.
    2. We use to writing letters.
    3. We used to write letters.
  6. « les valeurs »
    1. worths
    2. values
    3. valors
  7. « s'occuper de »
    1. to look after
    2. to look for
    3. to take of
  8. « Quand j'avais ton âge... »
    1. When I was your age...
    2. When I had your age...
    3. When I was at your age of...
  9. « les traditions »
    1. traditions
    2. traditionals
    3. tradition's
  10. « Tu peux m'apprendre ? »
    1. Can you learn me?
    2. Can you teaching me?
    3. Can you teach me?

Exercice 2 : Vivre entre générations : exercice 2 (à compléter)

  1. I get .......................... very well with my grandma.
  2. We used to .......................... letters.
  3. .......................... , everyone has a phone.
  4. The generation .......................... is a big issue.
  5. Teenagers often .......................... with their parents. (se disputent)
  6. Grandparents .......................... after children.
  7. When I was your .......................... ...
  8. Can you .......................... me? (apprendre)
  9. Family .......................... are important.
  10. In the .......................... , life was different.

Exercice 3 : Vivre entre générations : mise en situation

  1. Mamie raconte qu'à ton âge, ils écrivaient des lettres.
    1. When I had your age, we use to write letters.
    2. When I was your age, we used to write letters.
    3. When I was your age, we wrote letters usually of.
  2. Tu dis qu'aujourd'hui tout le monde envoie des messages.
    1. Nowadays, everyone sends messages.
    2. Now of days, everybody sends messages.
    3. Nowadays, everyone send messages.
  3. Tu demandes si les jeunes sont différents.
    1. Do you think young people are different?
    2. Do you think young people is different?
    3. You think youngs are different?
  4. Mamie dit qu'elle s'entend bien avec toi.
    1. I get on very well with you!
    2. I hear very well with you!
    3. I agree on well with you!
  5. Tu lui demandes de t'apprendre ses recettes.
    1. Can you learn me your recipes?
    2. Can you teaching me your recipes?
    3. Can you teach me your recipes?
  6. Tu dis que tu te disputes parfois avec tes parents.
    1. I sometimes dispute with my parents.
    2. I argue sometimes of my parents.
    3. I sometimes argue with my parents.
  7. Tu dis que les grands-parents s'occupent souvent des enfants.
    1. Grandparents often look for children.
    2. Grandparents often look after children.
    3. Grandparents often look of children.
  8. Tu dis que la vie était différente autrefois.
    1. Life was different in the passed.
    2. Life was different in the past.
    3. Life is different in the past of.
  9. Tu dis que les valeurs familiales sont importantes.
    1. Family values is important.
    2. Values of family are importants.
    3. Family values are important.
  10. Tu dis que le fossé des générations est réel.
    1. The generation gap is real.
    2. The generation hole is real.
    3. The gap of generation real is.

Corrigé

Exercice 1

1. a) the generation gap · 2. a) to get on well with · 3. b) to argue · 4. b) nowadays · 5. c) We used to write letters. · 6. b) values · 7. a) to look after · 8. a) When I was your age... · 9. a) traditions · 10. c) Can you teach me?

Exercice 2

1. on · 2. write · 3. Nowadays · 4. gap · 5. argue · 6. look · 7. age · 8. teach · 9. values · 10. past

Exercice 3

1. b) When I was your age, we used to write letters. · 2. a) Nowadays, everyone sends messages. · 3. a) Do you think young people are different? · 4. a) I get on very well with you! · 5. c) Can you teach me your recipes? · 6. c) I sometimes argue with my parents. · 7. b) Grandparents often look after children. · 8. b) Life was different in the past. · 9. c) Family values are important. · 10. a) The generation gap is real.