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Guy Fawkes : terrorist or hero? (Seconde)

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AnglaisFrançais
a traitor / treasonun traître / la trahison
religious persecutionla persécution religieuse
a symbol of protestun symbole de contestation
the Guy Fawkes maskle masque de Guy Fawkes
I'd argue that...Je dirais que...
It depends on your point of view.Ça dépend de ton point de vue.

Pendant des siècles, les Britanniques ont brûlé Guy Fawkes en effigie comme un traître. Pourtant, les catholiques de l'époque étaient persécutés, et certains voient en lui un rebelle contre un pouvoir injuste. Une plaisanterie célèbre le présente même comme « le seul homme à être entré au Parlement avec des intentions honnêtes ». Depuis les années 2000, son visage stylisé, popularisé par une bande dessinée puis un film, est devenu un symbole de contestation dans le monde entier. Mais son projet aurait tué des centaines de personnes.

Mise en situation : le débat

Teacher : Was Guy Fawkes a terrorist or a hero?
Guy Fawkes était-il un terroriste ou un héros ?
Adam : I'd argue that he was a terrorist. He wanted to kill the King and hundreds of innocent people with a bomb.
Je dirais que c'était un terroriste. Il voulait tuer le roi et des centaines d'innocents avec une bombe.
Lina : But Catholics were persecuted at the time. They couldn't practise their religion freely.
Mais les catholiques étaient persécutés à l'époque. Ils ne pouvaient pas pratiquer leur religion librement.
Teacher : So does that justify violence?
Est-ce que cela justifie la violence ?
Lina : No, it doesn't. On the contrary, violence usually makes persecution worse. But it explains his anger.
Non. Au contraire, la violence aggrave en général la persécution. Mais elle explique sa colère.
Adam : And today his mask is a symbol of protest. It's ironic: protesters wear the face of a man who wanted to blow up a parliament!
Et aujourd'hui, son masque est un symbole de contestation. C'est ironique : des manifestants portent le visage d'un homme qui voulait faire sauter un parlement !

À retenir

  • a terrorist, a rebel, a traitor, treason, religious persecution, a symbol of protest.
  • I'd argue that... ; It depends on... ; On the contrary... ; Does that justify...? ; It's ironic.

Exercice 1 : Terroriste ou héros ? : exercice 1 (QCM)

  1. « un traître »
    1. a traitor
    2. a trainer
    3. a trader
  2. « la trahison »
    1. treason
    2. reason
    3. treasure
  3. « la persécution religieuse »
    1. religion persecuting
    2. religious prosecution
    3. religious persecution
  4. « Je dirais que... »
    1. I'd argument that...
    2. I'd argue that...
    3. I would argued that...
  5. « Au contraire, ... »
    1. On the contrary, ...
    2. In the contrary, ...
    3. At the contrary, ...
  6. « Ça dépend de ton point de vue. »
    1. It's depend on your point of view.
    2. It depends of your point of view.
    3. It depends on your point of view.
  7. « un symbole de contestation »
    1. a protest symbolic
    2. a symbol of protection
    3. a symbol of protest
  8. « Est-ce que cela justifie la violence ? »
    1. Does that justify violence?
    2. Is that justify violence?
    3. Does that justifies violence?
  9. À l'époque, les catholiques étaient...
    1. majoritaires au Parlement
    2. persécutés
    3. au pouvoir
  10. « aggraver »
    1. to make worse
    2. to make badder
    3. to do worse

Exercice 2 : Terroriste ou héros ? : exercice 2 (à compléter)

  1. I'd .......................... that he was a terrorist.
  2. Catholics were .......................... at the time.
  3. They couldn't practise their religion .......................... .
  4. Does that .......................... violence?
  5. On the .......................... , violence makes things worse.
  6. It explains his .......................... .
  7. His mask is a symbol of .......................... .
  8. It depends .......................... your point of view.
  9. It's .......................... !
  10. He was tried for .......................... . (trahison)

Exercice 3 : Terroriste ou héros ? : mise en situation

  1. Le prof lance le débat.
    1. Were Guy Fawkes a terrorist or a hero?
    2. Was Guy Fawkes a terrorist or a hero?
    3. Was Guy Fawkes a terrorist or an hero?
  2. Adam pense que c'était un terroriste.
    1. I'd argue that he was a terrorist.
    2. I'd argue that he were a terrorist.
    3. I argue he was terrorist of.
  3. Il voulait tuer des centaines d'innocents.
    1. He wanted to kill hundred of innocent people.
    2. He wanted kill hundreds of innocents peoples.
    3. He wanted to kill hundreds of innocent people.
  4. Les catholiques étaient persécutés.
    1. Catholics was persecuted at the time.
    2. Catholics were persecuted at the time.
    3. Catholics were persecute at the time.
  5. Le prof demande si cela justifie la violence.
    1. So does that justify violence?
    2. So does that justifies violence?
    3. So that justifies violence?
  6. Lina répond non.
    1. No, it don't.
    2. No, it doesn't.
    3. No, it isn't.
  7. Au contraire, la violence aggrave la persécution.
    1. In the contrary, violence usually makes persecution worst.
    2. On the contrary, violence usually makes persecution worse.
    3. On the contrary, violence usually make persecution worse.
  8. Son masque est un symbole de contestation.
    1. His mask is a symbol of protest.
    2. Her mask is a symbol of protest.
    3. His mask is a symbol of protection.
  9. C'est ironique.
    1. It's irony!
    2. It's ironical of!
    3. It's ironic!
  10. Tu donnes ton avis nuancé.
    1. It depends of your point of view, but violence is never the answer.
    2. It depends on your point of view, but violence is never the answer.
    3. It's depend on your point of view, but violence never is answer.

Corrigé

Exercice 1

1. a) a traitor · 2. a) treason · 3. c) religious persecution · 4. b) I'd argue that... · 5. a) On the contrary, ... · 6. c) It depends on your point of view. · 7. c) a symbol of protest · 8. a) Does that justify violence? · 9. b) persécutés · 10. a) to make worse

Exercice 2

1. argue · 2. persecuted · 3. freely · 4. justify · 5. contrary · 6. anger · 7. protest · 8. on · 9. ironic · 10. treason

Exercice 3

1. b) Was Guy Fawkes a terrorist or a hero? · 2. a) I'd argue that he was a terrorist. · 3. c) He wanted to kill hundreds of innocent people. · 4. b) Catholics were persecuted at the time. · 5. a) So does that justify violence? · 6. b) No, it doesn't. · 7. b) On the contrary, violence usually makes persecution worse. · 8. a) His mask is a symbol of protest. · 9. c) It's ironic! · 10. b) It depends on your point of view, but violence is never the answer.