Fiche à imprimer : Great Expectations : le parcours de Pip (3e)

Anglais	Français
Pip is a poor orphan.	Pip est un pauvre orphelin.
He helps an escaped convict on the marshes.	Il aide un forçat évadé dans les marais.
Miss Havisham had stopped all the clocks.	Miss Havisham avait arrêté toutes les horloges.
A mysterious benefactor gives him money.	Un bienfaiteur mystérieux lui donne de l'argent.
He wants to become a gentleman.	Il veut devenir un gentleman.
He had never imagined who his benefactor was.	Il n'avait jamais imaginé qui était son bienfaiteur.

Dans ce roman de Charles Dickens (1861), le jeune Pip, orphelin élevé par sa sœur, aide un soir un forçat évadé (an escaped convict) dans les marais. Plus tard, il rencontre l'étrange Miss Havisham, abandonnée le jour de son mariage, qui vit dans sa robe de mariée et avait arrêté toutes les horloges (had stopped all the clocks) à cette heure-là. Un jour, un bienfaiteur mystérieux (a mysterious benefactor) lui offre de quoi devenir un gentleman à Londres. Pip devient snob... avant de découvrir la vérité. Le past perfect (had + participe passé) exprime une action antérieure à une autre action passée.

Mise en situation : le cours de littérature

Teacher : Who is Pip in Great Expectations?

Qui est Pip dans Les Grandes Espérances ?

Clara : He's a poor orphan. At the beginning, he helps an escaped convict on the marshes.

C'est un pauvre orphelin. Au début, il aide un forçat évadé dans les marais.

Teacher : And who is Miss Havisham?

Et qui est Miss Havisham ?

Hugo : A strange rich woman. Her fiancé had left her on her wedding day, so she stopped all the clocks.

Une étrange femme riche. Son fiancé l'avait quittée le jour de son mariage, alors elle a arrêté toutes les horloges.

Teacher : Then Pip receives money from a mysterious benefactor. Who does he think it is?

Puis Pip reçoit de l'argent d'un bienfaiteur mystérieux. Qui croit-il que c'est ?

Clara : Miss Havisham! But he's wrong. In the end, he realises he had misjudged everyone.

Miss Havisham ! Mais il se trompe. À la fin, il se rend compte qu'il avait mal jugé tout le monde.

À retenir

an orphan, a convict, the marshes, a benefactor, a gentleman, a fiancé, a wedding dress, expectations.
had left / had stopped / had misjudged (past perfect) ; Who does he think it is? ; he's wrong ; he realises that... ; to become a gentleman.

Exercice 1 : Les Grandes Espérances : exercice 1 (QCM)

« un orphelin »
1. an orphanage
2. an orphan
3. an often
« un forçat évadé »
1. an escaping convict of
2. an escape convinced
3. an escaped convict
« un bienfaiteur »
1. a benefactor
2. a benefit
3. a beneficiary of
« Elle avait arrêté les horloges. »
1. She had stop the clocks.
2. She had stopped the clocks.
3. She has stopped the clocks.
« Son fiancé l'avait quittée. »
1. Her fiancé had left her.
2. Her fiancé has left her yesterday.
3. Her fiancé had leaved her.
« les marais »
1. the marches
2. the marshes
3. the mashes
« Il se trompe. »
1. He mistakes himself.
2. He's wrongly.
3. He's wrong.
« Il se rend compte que... »
1. He realises that...
2. He's realising of that...
3. He realises of...
« mal juger »
1. to judge bad
2. to misjudge
3. to mis-judging
L'auteur de Great Expectations :
1. Charles Dickens
2. Jane Austen
3. Thomas Hardy

Exercice 2 : Les Grandes Espérances : exercice 2 (à compléter)

He's a poor .......................... .
He helps an escaped .......................... .
Her fiancé .......................... left her on her wedding day.
She .......................... all the clocks.
Pip receives money from a mysterious .......................... .
Who does he .......................... it is?
But he's .......................... .
He realises he had .......................... everyone.
He wants to become a .......................... .
He had .......................... imagined the truth.

Exercice 3 : Les Grandes Espérances : mise en situation

Qui est Pip ?
1. Whose is Pip?
2. Who is Pip?
3. Who's is Pip?
Au début, il aide un forçat.
1. In the beginning of, he helps a convict.
2. At the begin, he helps a convict.
3. At the beginning, he helps a convict.
Son fiancé l'avait quittée.
1. Her fiancé had left she.
2. His fiancé had left her.
3. Her fiancé had left her.
Elle a arrêté toutes les horloges.
1. She stopped all the clocks.
2. She stoped all the clocks.
3. She stopped all the cloaks.
Qui croit-il que c'est ?
1. Who does he think is it?
2. Who he thinks it is?
3. Who does he think it is?
Il se trompe.
1. He's false.
2. He wrong.
3. He's wrong.
Il se rend compte qu'il avait mal jugé tout le monde.
1. He realise he had misjudged everyone.
2. He realises he had misjudged everyone.
3. He realises he has misjudge everyone.
Il veut devenir un gentleman.
1. He wants to become a gentleman.
2. He want to become a gentleman.
3. He wants become a gentleman.
Il n'avait jamais imaginé la vérité.
1. He has never imagined the truth yesterday.
2. He had never imagine the truth.
3. He had never imagined the truth.
Il devient snob.
1. He becomes a snob.
2. He becomes snob of.
3. He become a snob.

Corrigé

Exercice 1

1. b) an orphan · 2. c) an escaped convict · 3. a) a benefactor · 4. b) She had stopped the clocks. · 5. a) Her fiancé had left her. · 6. b) the marshes · 7. c) He's wrong. · 8. a) He realises that... · 9. b) to misjudge · 10. a) Charles Dickens

Exercice 2

1. orphan · 2. convict · 3. had · 4. stopped · 5. benefactor · 6. think · 7. wrong · 8. misjudged · 9. gentleman · 10. never

Exercice 3

1. b) Who is Pip? · 2. c) At the beginning, he helps a convict. · 3. c) Her fiancé had left her. · 4. a) She stopped all the clocks. · 5. c) Who does he think it is? · 6. c) He's wrong. · 7. b) He realises he had misjudged everyone. · 8. a) He wants to become a gentleman. · 9. c) He had never imagined the truth. · 10. a) He becomes a snob.