Fiche à imprimer : Puffins : les clowns de la mer (6e)

Anglais	Français
a puffin, a seabird	un macareux, un oiseau de mer
It has got a colourful beak.	Il a un bec coloré.
Puffins nest in burrows on cliffs.	Les macareux nichent dans des terriers sur les falaises.
They dive to catch fish.	Ils plongent pour attraper des poissons.
They usually come back to the same burrow.	Ils reviennent généralement au même terrier.
They spend the winter at sea.	Ils passent l'hiver en mer.

Le macareux moine (the Atlantic puffin) est un petit oiseau de mer (a seabird) surnommé « le clown de la mer » à cause de son bec orange, jaune et gris (a colourful beak). Au printemps, il revient sur les falaises (cliffs) des îles britanniques, comme Skomer au pays de Galles, pour nicher dans un terrier (a burrow). Il plonge (dives) pour attraper des lançons (sand eels) et peut en rapporter plus de dix dans son bec ! L'hiver, il vit en pleine mer. Adverbes de fréquence : always, usually, often, sometimes, never, placés avant le verbe.

Mise en situation : la sortie en bateau

Guide : Look at the cliffs! Can you see the puffins?

Regardez les falaises ! Vous voyez les macareux ?

Felix : Yes! They've got funny orange beaks. They look like clowns!

Oui ! Ils ont de drôles de becs orange. On dirait des clowns !

Guide : That's their nickname: the clowns of the sea. They usually nest in burrows.

C'est leur surnom : les clowns de la mer. Ils nichent généralement dans des terriers.

Amara : What does that puffin have in its beak?

Qu'est-ce que ce macareux a dans son bec ?

Guide : Sand eels! Puffins often carry ten fish or more at once for their chick.

Des lançons ! Les macareux portent souvent dix poissons ou plus à la fois pour leur petit.

Felix : Where do they go in winter?

Où vont-ils en hiver ?

Guide : They spend the winter at sea. They never come to land until spring.

Ils passent l'hiver en mer. Ils ne reviennent jamais à terre avant le printemps.

À retenir

a puffin, a seabird, a beak, a cliff, a burrow, a chick, sand eels, an island.
always, usually, often, sometimes, never (avant le verbe) ; They look like... ; They spend the winter at sea ; Where do they go?

Exercice 1 : Les macareux : exercice 1 (QCM)

« un oiseau de mer »
1. a sea beard
2. a seabird
3. a sea bed
« un bec »
1. a beach
2. a bike
3. a beak
« une falaise »
1. a cliff
2. a clip
3. a click
« un terrier »
1. a barrow
2. a burrow
3. a borrow
« Ils plongent. »
1. They dive.
2. They dives.
3. They drive.
« Ils nichent généralement... »
1. They nest usually...
2. Usually they nests...
3. They usually nest...
« On dirait des clowns ! »
1. They look like clowns!
2. They look clowns!
3. They looks like clowns!
« Ils passent l'hiver en mer. »
1. They pass the winter at sea.
2. They spend the winter at sea.
3. They spend the winter in sea of.
« jamais » (adverbe)
1. ever
2. never
3. nether
Le surnom des macareux :
1. les pirates des falaises
2. les rois du ciel
3. les clowns de la mer

Exercice 2 : Les macareux : exercice 2 (à compléter)

Can you see the .......................... ?
They've got funny orange .......................... .
They look .......................... clowns!
They .......................... nest in burrows. (généralement)
What does that puffin have in its .......................... ?
They .......................... carry ten fish. (souvent)
Where .......................... they go in winter?
They .......................... the winter at sea.
They .......................... come to land until spring. (jamais)
Puffins .......................... to catch fish.

Exercice 3 : Les macareux : mise en situation

Regardez les falaises !
1. Look at the cliffs!
2. Look at the clips!
3. Look the cliffs!
Ils ont de drôles de becs.
1. They got funny beak.
2. They've got funny beachs.
3. They've got funny beaks.
On dirait des clowns.
1. They're looking clowns.
2. They look like clowns.
3. They look as clowns.
Ils nichent généralement dans des terriers.
1. Usually they nests in burrows.
2. They usually nest in burrows.
3. They nest usually in burrows.
Qu'est-ce qu'il a dans son bec ?
1. What does it has in it's beak?
2. What it has in its beak?
3. What does it have in its beak?
Ils portent souvent dix poissons.
1. They often carry ten fish.
2. They carry often ten fishes.
3. Often they carries ten fish.
Où vont-ils en hiver ?
1. Where do they goes in winter?
2. Where do they go in winter?
3. Where they go in winter?
Ils passent l'hiver en mer.
1. They spend the winter at sea.
2. They spends the winter at sea.
3. They spend the winter at see.
Ils ne reviennent jamais à terre avant le printemps.
1. They never come to land until spring.
2. They don't never come to land until spring.
3. They come never to land until spring.
Ils plongent pour attraper des poissons.
1. They dive to catch fish.
2. They dive for catch fish.
3. They drive to catch fish.

Corrigé

Exercice 1

1. b) a seabird · 2. c) a beak · 3. a) a cliff · 4. b) a burrow · 5. a) They dive. · 6. c) They usually nest... · 7. a) They look like clowns! · 8. b) They spend the winter at sea. · 9. b) never · 10. c) les clowns de la mer

Exercice 2

1. puffins · 2. beaks · 3. like · 4. usually · 5. beak · 6. often · 7. do · 8. spend · 9. never · 10. dive

Exercice 3

1. a) Look at the cliffs! · 2. c) They've got funny beaks. · 3. b) They look like clowns. · 4. b) They usually nest in burrows. · 5. c) What does it have in its beak? · 6. a) They often carry ten fish. · 7. b) Where do they go in winter? · 8. a) They spend the winter at sea. · 9. a) They never come to land until spring. · 10. a) They dive to catch fish.