The Canterville Ghost : le fantôme de Canterville (5e)
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| Anglais | Français |
|---|---|
| an old haunted house | une vieille maison hantée |
| The ghost tried to scare the family. | Le fantôme a essayé d'effrayer la famille. |
| He rattled his chains at night. | Il secouait ses chaînes la nuit. |
| But the family wasn't scared at all! | Mais la famille n'avait pas peur du tout ! |
| The twins played tricks on him. | Les jumeaux lui jouaient des tours. |
| The poor ghost was miserable. | Le pauvre fantôme était malheureux. |
Dans cette nouvelle humoristique d'Oscar Wilde (1887), une famille américaine moderne achète un vieux château anglais hanté par le fantôme de Sir Simon, mort depuis trois siècles. Le fantôme essaie de les effrayer (to scare them) : il fait cliqueter ses chaînes (rattles his chains), fait réapparaître une tache de sang... Mais la famille n'a pas peur du tout ! Le père lui propose de l'huile pour ses chaînes, et les jumeaux (the twins) lui tendent des pièges. C'est le fantôme qui finit terrorisé ! L'histoire se moque des Anglais attachés à leurs traditions et des Américains pragmatiques.
Mise en situation : le club de lecture
À retenir
- a ghost, a haunted house, chains, a bloodstain, twins, a trick, a pillow, a family.
- tried to..., but... ; wasn't scared at all ; to play tricks on someone ; to frighten / to scare ; Doesn't he...? ; so funny.
Exercice 1 : Le fantôme de Canterville : exercice 1 (QCM)
- « une maison hantée »
- a haunting house of
- a haunted house
- a hunted house
- « effrayer »
- to square
- to scar
- to scare
- « ses chaînes »
- his chairs
- his chins
- his chains
- « Il a essayé de... »
- He tried to...
- He tried of...
- He tryed to...
- « les jumeaux »
- the twin of
- the tweens
- the twins
- « jouer des tours à quelqu'un »
- to play tricks on someone
- to make tricks at someone
- to play tricks to someone
- « pas du tout »
- not of all
- at all not
- not at all
- « une tache de sang »
- a bloody stand
- a bloodstain
- a blood stone
- « des oreillers »
- pillows
- pills
- pillars
- L'auteur de la nouvelle :
- Oscar Wilde
- Edgar Allan Poe
- Charles Dickens
Exercice 2 : Le fantôme de Canterville : exercice 2 (à compléter)
- It's a ghost story, but the ghost is the .......................... !
- Doesn't he .......................... the family?
- He .......................... his chains at night.
- The father gives him some .......................... .
- The twins play .......................... on him.
- They throw .......................... at him.
- They build a .......................... ghost.
- The family wasn't scared at .......................... .
- He .......................... to frighten them. (try)
- .......................... ghost!
Exercice 3 : Le fantôme de Canterville : mise en situation
- C'est trop drôle !
- It's so funny!
- Its so funny!
- It's so fun of!
- Il n'effraie pas la famille ?
- Doesn't he scare the family?
- Don't he scare the family?
- Doesn't he scares the family?
- Il essaie !
- He trys!
- He try!
- He tries!
- Il secoue ses chaînes la nuit.
- He rattle his chains at night.
- He rattles his chains at night.
- He rattles his chins at night.
- Le père lui donne de l'huile.
- The father gives he some oil.
- The father give him some oil.
- The father gives him some oil.
- Les jumeaux lui jouent des tours.
- The twins play tricks to him.
- The twins plays tricks on him.
- The twins play tricks on him.
- La famille n'avait pas peur du tout.
- The family didn't scared at all.
- The family wasn't scary at all.
- The family wasn't scared at all.
- Pauvre fantôme !
- Pour ghost!
- Poor goast!
- Poor ghost!
- J'ai envie de le lire maintenant.
- I want read it now.
- I want to read now it.
- I want to read it now.
- Il a essayé de leur faire peur.
- He tried to frighten them.
- He tried frighten them.
- He tryed to frighten them.
Corrigé
Exercice 1
1. b) a haunted house · 2. c) to scare · 3. c) his chains · 4. a) He tried to... · 5. c) the twins · 6. a) to play tricks on someone · 7. c) not at all · 8. b) a bloodstain · 9. a) pillows · 10. a) Oscar Wilde
Exercice 2
1. victim · 2. scare · 3. rattles · 4. oil · 5. tricks · 6. pillows · 7. fake · 8. all · 9. tried · 10. Poor
Exercice 3
1. a) It's so funny! · 2. a) Doesn't he scare the family? · 3. c) He tries! · 4. b) He rattles his chains at night. · 5. c) The father gives him some oil. · 6. c) The twins play tricks on him. · 7. c) The family wasn't scared at all. · 8. c) Poor ghost! · 9. c) I want to read it now. · 10. a) He tried to frighten them.