Fiche à imprimer : Robert Louis Stevenson : l'auteur de L'Île au trésor (3e)

Anglais	Français
poor health	une santé fragile
his stepson	son beau-fils
a serial	un feuilleton (publié par épisodes)
He had drawn a map.	Il avait dessiné une carte.
He settled in Samoa.	Il s'est installé aux Samoa.
a pen name	un pseudonyme

Robert Louis Stevenson naît à Édimbourg en 1850. De santé fragile, il voyage beaucoup. En 1881, pendant des vacances pluvieuses en Écosse, il dessine avec son jeune beau-fils Lloyd la carte d'une île imaginaire... et invente l'histoire qui va avec ! Elle paraît d'abord en feuilleton dans un magazine pour enfants, sous le pseudonyme de « Captain George North », puis en livre en 1883. Il écrit ensuite Docteur Jekyll et Mister Hyde (1886) et meurt aux Samoa, dans le Pacifique, en 1894. Le past perfect (had + participe) exprime une action antérieure à une autre dans le passé.

Mise en situation : l'interview imaginaire

Journalist : Mr Stevenson, how did Treasure Island begin?

Monsieur Stevenson, comment L'Île au trésor a-t-elle commencé ?

Stevenson : It was a rainy holiday in Scotland. My stepson Lloyd and I had drawn the map of an island, just for fun.

C'étaient des vacances pluvieuses en Écosse. Mon beau-fils Lloyd et moi avions dessiné la carte d'une île, juste pour nous amuser.

Journalist : And then the story came?

Et l'histoire est venue ensuite ?

Stevenson : Yes! Once I had looked at the map, the characters appeared. I wrote a chapter every day and read it to the family.

Oui ! Une fois que j'avais regardé la carte, les personnages sont apparus. J'écrivais un chapitre par jour et je le lisais à la famille.

Journalist : Was it a success at once?

A-t-elle eu du succès tout de suite ?

Stevenson : Not really. It first came out as a serial in a children's magazine. The book, in 1883, was much more successful.

Pas vraiment. Elle a d'abord paru en feuilleton dans un magazine pour enfants. Le livre, en 1883, a eu bien plus de succès.

À retenir

Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894), Edinburgh, poor health, a stepson, a serial, Samoa.
Past perfect : had + participe passé (had drawn, had looked) ; Once I had..., ...

Exercice 1 : Robert Louis Stevenson : exercice 1 (QCM)

Stevenson est né à...
1. Dublin
2. Édimbourg
3. Londres
Il est né en...
1. 1750
2. 1850
3. 1950
« une santé fragile »
1. poor health
2. bad healthy
3. poor heal
« son beau-fils »
1. his beautiful son
2. his stepson
3. his son-in-step
« un feuilleton »
1. a cereal
2. a serial
3. a series of
« Il avait dessiné une carte. »
1. He had drew a map.
2. He had drawn a map.
3. He has drawn a map yesterday.
Le livre est paru en...
1. 1903
2. 1883
3. 1838
Il a aussi écrit...
1. Peter Pan
2. Docteur Jekyll et Mister Hyde
3. Dracula
Il est mort...
1. à Paris
2. à Édimbourg
3. aux Samoa
Son pseudonyme dans le magazine :
1. Lewis Carroll
2. Captain George North
3. Captain Flint

Exercice 2 : Robert Louis Stevenson : exercice 2 (à compléter)

It was a .......................... holiday in Scotland.
We had .......................... the map of an island. (draw)
Once I had .......................... at the map, the characters appeared.
I .......................... a chapter every day. (write)
It first came out as a .......................... .
The book was much more .......................... .
He had poor .......................... .
He .......................... in Samoa. (settle)
Lloyd was his .......................... .
He was born in .......................... in 1850.

Exercice 3 : Robert Louis Stevenson : mise en situation

Le journaliste demande comment tout a commencé.
1. How Treasure Island began?
2. How did Treasure Island begin?
3. How did Treasure Island began?
C'étaient des vacances pluvieuses.
1. It was a raining holiday in Scotland.
2. It was a rainy holidays in Scotland.
3. It was a rainy holiday in Scotland.
Ils avaient dessiné la carte.
1. We have drawn the map of an island yesterday.
2. We had drawn the map of an island.
3. We had drew the map of an island.
Et ensuite l'histoire est venue ?
1. And then the story came?
2. And than the story came?
3. And then the story come?
Une fois la carte regardée, les personnages sont apparus.
1. Once I had looked at the map, the characters appeared.
2. Once I have looked at the map, the characters appeared.
3. Once I had look at the map, the characters appeared.
Il écrivait un chapitre par jour.
1. I wrote a chapter every day.
2. I wrote a chapter all days.
3. I writed a chapter every day.
Le journaliste demande si le succès a été immédiat.
1. Was it success at once?
2. Was it a success at one?
3. Was it a success at once?
Elle a d'abord paru en feuilleton.
1. It first came out as a cereal.
2. It first come out as a serial.
3. It first came out as a serial.
Le livre a eu bien plus de succès.
1. The book was very more successful.
2. The book was much more success.
3. The book was much more successful.
Quand tu es arrivé, le film avait commencé.
1. When I arrived, the film has started.
2. When I arrived, the film had started.
3. When I had arrived, the film started.

Corrigé

Exercice 1

1. b) Édimbourg · 2. b) 1850 · 3. a) poor health · 4. b) his stepson · 5. b) a serial · 6. b) He had drawn a map. · 7. b) 1883 · 8. b) Docteur Jekyll et Mister Hyde · 9. c) aux Samoa · 10. b) Captain George North

Exercice 2

1. rainy · 2. drawn · 3. looked · 4. wrote · 5. serial · 6. successful · 7. health · 8. settled · 9. stepson · 10. Edinburgh

Exercice 3

1. b) How did Treasure Island begin? · 2. c) It was a rainy holiday in Scotland. · 3. b) We had drawn the map of an island. · 4. a) And then the story came? · 5. a) Once I had looked at the map, the characters appeared. · 6. a) I wrote a chapter every day. · 7. c) Was it a success at once? · 8. c) It first came out as a serial. · 9. c) The book was much more successful. · 10. b) When I arrived, the film had started.