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The eye of the storm : les ouragans (6e)

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AnglaisFrançais
a hurricaneun ouragan
strong winds / heavy raindes vents violents / de fortes pluies
floodingdes inondations
the eye of the storml'œil du cyclone
People had to evacuate.Les gens ont dû évacuer.
Stay indoors!Restez à l'intérieur !

Un ouragan est une énorme tempête tropicale qui naît au-dessus d'une mer chaude. Ses vents dépassent 119 km/h. Au centre, l'œil (the eye) est étrangement calme ! Les ouragans de l'Atlantique reçoivent des prénoms, dans l'ordre alphabétique. Pour décrire : The wind is blowing hard (en ce moment), It was terrible (dans le passé).

Mise en situation : le journal télévisé

Reporter : I'm in Florida. A hurricane is coming! The wind is blowing very hard.
Je suis en Floride. Un ouragan arrive ! Le vent souffle très fort.
Reporter : Many people had to evacuate their homes yesterday.
Beaucoup de gens ont dû évacuer leur maison hier.
Officer : Stay indoors! Don't go near the sea!
Restez à l'intérieur ! N'allez pas près de la mer !
Reporter : Two days later... The hurricane is over. There was a lot of flooding.
Deux jours plus tard... L'ouragan est passé. Il y a eu beaucoup d'inondations.
Woman : It was terrible! The wind was so loud.
C'était terrible ! Le vent était si bruyant.
Woman : But in the middle, it was quiet for an hour. That was the eye of the storm.
Mais au milieu, c'était calme pendant une heure. C'était l'œil du cyclone.

À retenir

  • a hurricane, a storm, wind, rain, flooding, the eye, a shelter ; evacuate, blow.
  • It is blowing (maintenant) / It was terrible (passé) ; had to ; Stay indoors! Don't go...!

Exercice 1 : Les ouragans : exercice 1 (QCM)

  1. « un ouragan »
    1. a hurricane
    2. a hairy cane
    3. a hurry cane
  2. « des inondations »
    1. flying
    2. folding
    3. flooding
  3. « l'œil du cyclone »
    1. the eye of the store
    2. the I of the storm
    3. the eye of the storm
  4. « Restez à l'intérieur ! »
    1. Stay indoors!
    2. Stay in doors of!
    3. Stay outdoors!
  5. « Ils ont dû évacuer. »
    1. They had to evacuate.
    2. They must evacuated.
    3. They had evacuate.
  6. Au centre de l'ouragan, c'est...
    1. le plus violent
    2. glacé
    3. calme
  7. Les ouragans de l'Atlantique reçoivent...
    1. des numéros
    2. des prénoms
    3. des couleurs
  8. « Le vent souffle fort. » (maintenant)
    1. The wind is blow hard.
    2. The wind is blowing hard.
    3. The wind blows hardly now.
  9. « C'était terrible. »
    1. It was terrible.
    2. It were terrible.
    3. It is terrible yesterday.
  10. « de fortes pluies »
    1. heavy rain
    2. heavy rainy
    3. strong rains of

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

  1. A hurricane is .......................... !
  2. The wind is .......................... very hard.
  3. People .......................... to evacuate. (ont dû)
  4. Stay .......................... !
  5. .......................... go near the sea!
  6. There .......................... a lot of flooding.
  7. It .......................... terrible!
  8. That was the .......................... of the storm.
  9. The hurricane is .......................... . (terminé)
  10. heavy ..........................

Exercice 3 : Les ouragans : mise en situation

  1. Un ouragan arrive.
    1. A hurricane is coming!
    2. A hurricane is come!
    3. A hurricane coming!
  2. Le vent souffle très fort.
    1. The wind is blowing very hard.
    2. The wind is blowing very hardly.
    3. The wind blowing very hard.
  3. Les gens ont dû évacuer hier.
    1. Many people has to evacuate yesterday.
    2. Many people had to evacuate their homes yesterday.
    3. Many people must evacuate their homes yesterday.
  4. Le policier dit de rester à l'intérieur.
    1. Stay indoors!
    2. Stay in doors of!
    3. Stay outdoors!
  5. N'allez pas près de la mer.
    1. Don't going near the sea!
    2. Not go near the sea!
    3. Don't go near the sea!
  6. L'ouragan est passé.
    1. The hurricane is out of.
    2. The hurricane is over.
    3. The hurricane is up.
  7. Il y a eu beaucoup d'inondations.
    1. There were a lot of flooding.
    2. There was a lot of flooding.
    3. There was a lot of folding.
  8. C'était terrible !
    1. It is terrible yesterday!
    2. It were terrible!
    3. It was terrible!
  9. C'était calme pendant une heure.
    1. It was quiet for an hour.
    2. It was quite for an hour.
    3. It was quiet since an hour.
  10. C'était l'œil du cyclone.
    1. That was the eye of the storm.
    2. That were the eye of the storm.
    3. That was the I of the storm.

Corrigé

Exercice 1

1. a) a hurricane · 2. c) flooding · 3. c) the eye of the storm · 4. a) Stay indoors! · 5. a) They had to evacuate. · 6. c) calme · 7. b) des prénoms · 8. b) The wind is blowing hard. · 9. a) It was terrible. · 10. a) heavy rain

Exercice 2

1. coming · 2. blowing · 3. had · 4. indoors · 5. Don't · 6. was · 7. was · 8. eye · 9. over · 10. rain

Exercice 3

1. a) A hurricane is coming! · 2. a) The wind is blowing very hard. · 3. b) Many people had to evacuate their homes yesterday. · 4. a) Stay indoors! · 5. c) Don't go near the sea! · 6. b) The hurricane is over. · 7. b) There was a lot of flooding. · 8. c) It was terrible! · 9. a) It was quiet for an hour. · 10. a) That was the eye of the storm.