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The Dust Bowl : les tempêtes de poussière (4e)

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AnglaisFrançais
a drought ☀️une sécheresse
a dust storm 🌪️une tempête de poussière
the soille sol, la terre
to ploughlabourer
a farmer 🧑‍🌾un agriculteur
to migratemigrer, partir s'installer ailleurs

Dans les années 1930, les grandes plaines du centre des États-Unis (Oklahoma, Kansas, Texas) ont connu une catastrophe : le Dust Bowl. Les agriculteurs (farmers) avaient labouré (ploughed) d'immenses prairies et arraché les herbes qui retenaient la terre. Quand une longue sécheresse (a drought) est arrivée, le vent a emporté le sol (the soil) et formé d'énormes tempêtes de poussière (dust storms), si noires qu'on les appelait black blizzards. Le 14 avril 1935, le « dimanche noir », le jour est devenu nuit. Des centaines de milliers de familles ruinées ont migré (migrated) vers la Californie, une histoire racontée par John Steinbeck dans Les Raisins de la colère.

Mise en situation : le témoignage

Journalist : What happened on Black Sunday?
Que s'est-il passé lors du dimanche noir ?
Grandpa : We were working in the fields when the sky suddenly turned black.
Nous travaillions dans les champs quand le ciel est soudain devenu noir.
Journalist : Was it a storm?
C'était une tempête ?
Grandpa : Yes, a huge dust storm. We couldn't see our own hands!
Oui, une énorme tempête de poussière. On ne voyait même pas nos propres mains !
Journalist : Why did your family leave Oklahoma?
Pourquoi votre famille a-t-elle quitté l'Oklahoma ?
Grandpa : Nothing was growing any more. So we packed the truck and drove to California.
Plus rien ne poussait. Alors on a chargé le camion et on est partis en Californie.

À retenir

  • a drought, a dust storm, the soil, to plough, a farmer, to migrate.
  • We were working in the fields when the sky turned black. Nothing was growing any more.

Exercice 1 : Le Dust Bowl : exercice 1 (QCM)

  1. « une sécheresse »
    1. a draught beer
    2. a doubt
    3. a drought
  2. 🌪️ une tempête de poussière
    1. a dusty star
    2. a dust storm
    3. a desert stone
  3. « le sol, la terre »
    1. the soul
    2. the sole
    3. the soil
  4. « labourer »
    1. to plough
    2. to plot
    3. to plug
  5. « migrer »
    1. to imitate
    2. to migrate
    3. to mitigate
  6. Le Dust Bowl a eu lieu dans les années...
    1. 1930
    2. 1830
    3. 1970
  7. Les familles sont parties vers...
    1. New York
    2. la Californie
    3. l'Alaska
  8. « Nous travaillions quand... »
    1. We were working when...
    2. We was working when...
    3. We worked were when...
  9. On appelait ces tempêtes...
    1. black blizzards
    2. white blizzards
    3. red rains
  10. « Plus rien ne poussait. »
    1. Anything was growing no more.
    2. Nothing was growing any more.
    3. Nothing were growing any more.

Exercice 2 : Le Dust Bowl : exercice 2 (à compléter)

  1. We were .......................... in the fields. (work)
  2. The sky suddenly .......................... black. (turn)
  3. It was a huge dust .......................... .
  4. We .......................... see our own hands!
  5. Why did your family .......................... Oklahoma?
  6. Nothing was .......................... any more. (grow)
  7. We .......................... to California. (drive)
  8. There was a long .......................... .
  9. The wind blew the .......................... away.
  10. Thousands of families .......................... west. (migrate)

Exercice 3 : Le Dust Bowl : mise en situation

  1. Tu demandes ce qui s'est passé.
    1. What did happened on Black Sunday?
    2. What happen on Black Sunday?
    3. What happened on Black Sunday?
  2. Tu racontes une action en cours.
    1. We was working in the fields.
    2. We were work in the fields.
    3. We were working in the fields.
  3. Tu racontes une action soudaine.
    1. Suddenly, the sky turned black.
    2. Suddenly, the sky turn black.
    3. Suddenly, the sky was turning black of.
  4. Tu dis qu'on ne voyait rien.
    1. We couldn't see nothing.
    2. We couldn't see anything.
    3. We can't saw anything.
  5. Tu demandes pourquoi ils sont partis.
    1. Why did they left?
    2. Why they left?
    3. Why did they leave?
  6. Tu expliques que rien ne poussait.
    1. Anything was growing.
    2. Nothing were growing.
    3. Nothing was growing.
  7. Tu dis qu'ils sont allés en Californie.
    1. They drove to California.
    2. They droved to California.
    3. They drived to California.
  8. Tu donnes la cause.
    1. The farmers have ploughed the prairies yesterday.
    2. The farmers had ploughed the prairies.
    3. The farmers had plough the prairies.
  9. Tu dis qu'il y avait une sécheresse.
    1. There were a drought.
    2. There was a drought.
    3. It was a drought there.
  10. Tu tires une leçon.
    1. We must to protect the soil.
    2. We must protect the soil.
    3. We must protecting the soil.

Corrigé

Exercice 1

1. c) a drought · 2. b) a dust storm · 3. c) the soil · 4. a) to plough · 5. b) to migrate · 6. a) 1930 · 7. b) la Californie · 8. a) We were working when... · 9. a) black blizzards · 10. b) Nothing was growing any more.

Exercice 2

1. working · 2. turned · 3. storm · 4. couldn't · 5. leave · 6. growing · 7. drove · 8. drought · 9. soil · 10. migrated

Exercice 3

1. c) What happened on Black Sunday? · 2. c) We were working in the fields. · 3. a) Suddenly, the sky turned black. · 4. b) We couldn't see anything. · 5. c) Why did they leave? · 6. c) Nothing was growing. · 7. a) They drove to California. · 8. b) The farmers had ploughed the prairies. · 9. b) There was a drought. · 10. b) We must protect the soil.