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Saint Valentine and Chaucer : l'histoire de la Saint-Valentin (6e)

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AnglaisFrançais
Saint Valentinesaint Valentin
a priestun prêtre
a legendune légende
the Middle Agesle Moyen Âge
Geoffrey ChaucerGeoffrey Chaucer, poète anglais (XIVe siècle)
People started to send cards.Les gens ont commencé à envoyer des cartes.

On sait peu de choses sur saint Valentin, un prêtre chrétien mort à Rome au IIIe siècle ; les histoires sur lui sont surtout des légendes. Le lien avec l'amour apparaît bien plus tard, au XIVe siècle, dans un poème de l'Anglais Geoffrey Chaucer, où les oiseaux choisissent leur partenaire le jour de la Saint-Valentin. Au XIXe siècle, on commence à envoyer des cartes imprimées.

Mise en situation : l'exposé

Teacher : Who was Saint Valentine?
Qui était saint Valentin ?
Ines : He was a priest in Ancient Rome. We don't know much about him. Most stories are legends.
C'était un prêtre de la Rome antique. On ne sait pas grand-chose de lui. La plupart des histoires sont des légendes.
Teacher : When did it become a day for love?
Quand est-ce devenu un jour pour l'amour ?
Hugo : In the Middle Ages. An English poet, Geoffrey Chaucer, wrote about birds choosing their partner on Saint Valentine's Day.
Au Moyen Âge. Un poète anglais, Geoffrey Chaucer, a écrit sur les oiseaux qui choisissent leur partenaire le jour de la Saint-Valentin.
Ines : And in the nineteenth century, people started to send printed cards.
Et au XIXe siècle, les gens ont commencé à envoyer des cartes imprimées.

À retenir

  • Saint Valentine, a priest, a legend, Ancient Rome, the Middle Ages.
  • Geoffrey Chaucer, a poet ; prétérit : He was, he wrote, people started...

Exercice 1 : L'histoire de la Saint-Valentin : exercice 1 (QCM)

  1. « un prêtre »
    1. a priest
    2. a prize
    3. a price
  2. « une légende »
    1. a ledge
    2. a leg end
    3. a legend
  3. « le Moyen Âge »
    1. the Middle Ages
    2. the Medium Age
    3. the Middle Aged
  4. Saint Valentin vivait...
    1. dans la Rome antique
    2. en Amérique
    3. à Londres en 1900
  5. Le poète qui a lié la fête à l'amour :
    1. William Shakespeare
    2. Geoffrey Chaucer
    3. Roald Dahl
  6. Dans son poème, ce sont des... qui choisissent leur partenaire.
    1. chats
    2. rois
    3. oiseaux
  7. Les cartes imprimées apparaissent au...
    1. IIIe siècle
    2. XXIe siècle
    3. XIXe siècle
  8. Prétérit de write :
    1. written
    2. wrote
    3. writed
  9. « On ne sait pas grand-chose de lui. »
    1. We don't know many about him.
    2. We know not much of him.
    3. We don't know much about him.
  10. « ils ont commencé à envoyer »
    1. they start sending yesterday
    2. they started send
    3. they started to send

Exercice 2 : L'histoire de la Saint-Valentin : exercice 2 (à compléter)

  1. He was a .......................... in Ancient Rome.
  2. Most stories are .......................... .
  3. We don't know .......................... about him.
  4. Chaucer .......................... a poem. (write)
  5. Birds choose their .......................... .
  6. It was in the Middle .......................... .
  7. People .......................... to send cards. (start)
  8. He .......................... an English poet.
  9. When did it .......................... a day for love?
  10. Printed .......................... appeared in the 19th century.

Exercice 3 : L'histoire de la Saint-Valentin : mise en situation

  1. Le prof demande qui était saint Valentin.
    1. Who were Saint Valentine?
    2. Who is Saint Valentine was?
    3. Who was Saint Valentine?
  2. C'était un prêtre de la Rome antique.
    1. He was a price in Ancient Rome.
    2. He was a priest in Ancient Rome.
    3. He were a priest in Ancient Rome.
  3. La plupart des histoires sont des légendes.
    1. The most stories is legends.
    2. Most stories are legends.
    3. Most of stories are legends.
  4. Le prof demande quand c'est devenu un jour pour l'amour.
    1. When did it become a day for love?
    2. When it became a day for love?
    3. When did it became a day for love?
  5. Au Moyen Âge.
    1. At the Middle Ages.
    2. In the Middle Ages.
    3. In the Medium Age.
  6. Chaucer a écrit sur des oiseaux.
    1. Chaucer wrote about birds.
    2. Chaucer written about birds.
    3. Chaucer writed about birds.
  7. Les gens ont commencé à envoyer des cartes.
    1. People started to send cards.
    2. People started send cards.
    3. People start to send cards yesterday.
  8. Tu ne savais pas que c'était si ancien !
    1. I didn't knew it was so old!
    2. I didn't know it was so old!
    3. I don't know it was so old!
  9. C'est une belle histoire.
    1. It's a beautiful history of.
    2. It's a beautiful story.
    3. It's beautiful a story.
  10. Tu enverras une carte à ta grand-mère.
    1. I send will a card to my grandma.
    2. I'll sending a card to my grandma.
    3. I'll send a card to my grandma.

Corrigé

Exercice 1

1. a) a priest · 2. c) a legend · 3. a) the Middle Ages · 4. a) dans la Rome antique · 5. b) Geoffrey Chaucer · 6. c) oiseaux · 7. c) XIXe siècle · 8. b) wrote · 9. c) We don't know much about him. · 10. c) they started to send

Exercice 2

1. priest · 2. legends · 3. much · 4. wrote · 5. partner · 6. Ages · 7. started · 8. was · 9. become · 10. cards

Exercice 3

1. c) Who was Saint Valentine? · 2. b) He was a priest in Ancient Rome. · 3. b) Most stories are legends. · 4. a) When did it become a day for love? · 5. b) In the Middle Ages. · 6. a) Chaucer wrote about birds. · 7. a) People started to send cards. · 8. b) I didn't know it was so old! · 9. b) It's a beautiful story. · 10. c) I'll send a card to my grandma.