Fiche à imprimer : Mary Seacole : l'autre infirmière de Crimée (1re)

Anglais	Français
Mary Seacole (1805-1881)	Mary Seacole
a Jamaican-born nurse	une infirmière née en Jamaïque
Her application was turned down.	Sa candidature a été refusée.
She paid for the journey herself.	Elle a payé le voyage elle-même.
She opened the British Hotel near the front.	Elle a ouvert le British Hotel près du front.
Despite her courage, she was forgotten for a century.	Malgré son courage, elle a été oubliée pendant un siècle.

Mary Seacole, née en Jamaïque d'une mère jamaïcaine et d'un père écossais, avait appris la médecine traditionnelle auprès de sa mère. Quand éclate la guerre de Crimée, elle propose ses services au gouvernement britannique, qui la refuse. Elle part alors à ses frais, ouvre près du front un établissement, le British Hotel, et soigne des soldats, parfois sur le champ de bataille. Très célèbre à son époque, elle est ensuite oubliée pendant près d'un siècle. Une statue lui rend hommage à Londres depuis 2016. Concession : although, despite, even though.

Mise en situation : le débat en classe

Teacher : Everyone knows Florence Nightingale. But who was Mary Seacole?

Tout le monde connaît Florence Nightingale. Mais qui était Mary Seacole ?

Amara : A nurse born in Jamaica. She wanted to help British soldiers in the Crimean War, but her application was turned down.

Une infirmière née en Jamaïque. Elle voulait aider les soldats britanniques pendant la guerre de Crimée, mais sa candidature a été refusée.

Teacher : Did she give up?

A-t-elle abandonné ?

Amara : No! She paid for the journey herself and opened the British Hotel near the front, where she cared for soldiers.

Non ! Elle a payé le voyage elle-même et a ouvert le British Hotel près du front, où elle soignait des soldats.

Lucas : Why was she forgotten?

Pourquoi a-t-elle été oubliée ?

Amara : Although she was famous at the time, history books ignored her for a century, probably partly because she was Black.

Bien qu'elle ait été célèbre à l'époque, les livres d'histoire l'ont ignorée pendant un siècle, sans doute en partie parce qu'elle était noire.

À retenir

a nurse, an application, the front, a battlefield, a soldier, herbal remedies, recognition, a statue.
was turned down (passif) ; Although / Even though + proposition ; Despite + nom ; give up ; herself.

Exercice 1 : L'autre infirmière de Crimée : exercice 1 (QCM)

Mary Seacole est née en...
1. Inde
2. Écosse
3. Jamaïque
« Sa candidature a été refusée. »
1. Her application was turned down.
2. Her application was turned up.
3. Her application turned down was.
Elle a payé le voyage...
1. elle-même
2. grâce à l'armée
3. grâce au roi
Elle a ouvert...
1. une école
2. le British Hotel
3. un hôpital à Londres
« Malgré son courage... »
1. Despite of her courage...
2. Despite her courage...
3. Although her courage...
« Bien qu'elle ait été célèbre... »
1. Despite she was famous...
2. However she was famous...
3. Although she was famous...
« abandonner »
1. to give up
2. to give in of
3. to give out
Sa statue à Londres date de...
1. 2016
2. 1856
3. 1916
« le front » (militaire)
1. the forehead
2. the frontier
3. the front
« la reconnaissance »
1. recognition
2. recognising
3. reconnaissance of

Exercice 2 : L'autre infirmière de Crimée : exercice 2 (à compléter)

Who .......................... Mary Seacole?
Her application was turned .......................... .
Did she give .......................... ?
She paid for the journey .......................... .
She .......................... for soldiers near the front.
Why was she .......................... ?
.......................... she was famous, she was forgotten.
.......................... her courage, she was ignored.
History books .......................... her for a century.
a nurse born in ..........................

Exercice 3 : L'autre infirmière de Crimée : mise en situation

Tout le monde connaît Florence Nightingale.
1. Everyone know Florence Nightingale.
2. Everyone knows of Florence Nightingale.
3. Everyone knows Florence Nightingale.
Mais qui était Mary Seacole ?
1. But whose was Mary Seacole?
2. But who was Mary Seacole?
3. But who were Mary Seacole?
Sa candidature a été refusée.
1. Her application was turned down.
2. Her application was turn down.
3. Her application turned down.
A-t-elle abandonné ?
1. Does she give up yesterday?
2. Did she give up?
3. Did she gave up?
Elle a payé le voyage elle-même.
1. She paid for the journey herself.
2. She paid for the journey himself.
3. She payed for the journey herself.
Elle soignait des soldats.
1. She cared of soldiers.
2. She careful for soldiers.
3. She cared for soldiers.
Pourquoi a-t-elle été oubliée ?
1. Why was she forgotten?
2. Why she was forgotten?
3. Why was she forgot?
Bien qu'elle ait été célèbre...
1. Although she were famous...
2. Despite she was famous...
3. Although she was famous...
Malgré son courage, elle a été oubliée.
1. Despite of her courage, she was forgotten.
2. Despite her courage, she was forgotten.
3. Although her courage, she was forgotten.
Elle mérite d'être reconnue.
1. She deserves to be recognised.
2. She deserves to recognise.
3. She deserve to be recognised.

Corrigé

Exercice 1

1. c) Jamaïque · 2. a) Her application was turned down. · 3. a) elle-même · 4. b) le British Hotel · 5. b) Despite her courage... · 6. c) Although she was famous... · 7. a) to give up · 8. a) 2016 · 9. c) the front · 10. a) recognition

Exercice 2

1. was · 2. down · 3. up · 4. herself · 5. cared · 6. forgotten · 7. Although · 8. Despite · 9. ignored · 10. Jamaica

Exercice 3

1. c) Everyone knows Florence Nightingale. · 2. b) But who was Mary Seacole? · 3. a) Her application was turned down. · 4. b) Did she give up? · 5. a) She paid for the journey herself. · 6. c) She cared for soldiers. · 7. a) Why was she forgotten? · 8. c) Although she was famous... · 9. b) Despite her courage, she was forgotten. · 10. a) She deserves to be recognised.