Fiche : The Golden Gate Bridge : le pont de San Francisco (4e)

Anglais	Français
a suspension bridge 🌉	un pont suspendu
a tower	une tour, un pylône
a cable	un câble
the fog 🌫️	le brouillard
the bay	la baie
the longest in the world	le plus long du monde

Le Golden Gate Bridge relie San Francisco au nord de la Californie, au-dessus du détroit qui ouvre la baie (the bay) sur l'océan Pacifique. Ouvert en 1937, c'est un pont suspendu (a suspension bridge) : la route est accrochée à deux énormes câbles (cables) tendus entre deux tours (towers) de 227 mètres. À son ouverture, c'était le pont suspendu le plus long du monde (the longest in the world). Sa couleur n'est pas dorée mais orange : on l'appelle International Orange, car elle reste bien visible dans le brouillard (the fog), très fréquent à San Francisco. Des peintres le repeignent sans cesse pour le protéger de l'air salé.

Mise en situation : la balade à vélo

Ella : Look! The Golden Gate Bridge! But it isn't golden, it's orange!

Regarde ! Le Golden Gate Bridge ! Mais il n'est pas doré, il est orange !

Dad : Yes, the colour is easier to see in the fog.

Oui, la couleur se voit mieux dans le brouillard.

Ella : Is it the longest bridge in the world?

C'est le pont le plus long du monde ?

Dad : It was the longest suspension bridge in 1937. Now there are longer bridges.

C'était le pont suspendu le plus long en 1937. Aujourd'hui, il y a des ponts plus longs.

Ella : The towers are so high! And it's windy up here!

Les tours sont tellement hautes ! Et il y a du vent ici !

Dad : Hold your bike tight. The view of the bay is the best in San Francisco!

Tiens bien ton vélo. La vue sur la baie est la plus belle de San Francisco !

À retenir

a suspension bridge, a tower, a cable, the fog, the bay.
It was the longest bridge in 1937. Now there are longer bridges. The view is the best!

Exercice 1 : Le Golden Gate Bridge : exercice 1 (QCM)

🌉 un pont suspendu
1. a suspended fridge
2. a suspension bridge
3. a suspense bridge
« un câble »
1. a table
2. a camel
3. a cable
🌫️ le brouillard
1. the frog
2. the fig
3. the fog
« la baie »
1. the bee
2. the bay
3. the buy
Le pont a ouvert en...
1. 1937
2. 1997
3. 1837
Sa couleur est...
1. orange
2. dorée
3. rouge vif
« le plus long »
1. the longest
2. the longer
3. the most long
« plus long »
1. more long
2. longer
3. longest
Le pont se trouve à...
1. New York
2. Chicago
3. San Francisco
« la meilleure vue »
1. the best view
2. the better view
3. the goodest view

Exercice 2 : Le Golden Gate Bridge : exercice 2 (à compléter)

It isn't golden, it's .......................... !
The colour is easier to see in the .......................... .
Is it the .......................... bridge in the world? (long)
Now there are .......................... bridges. (long)
The towers are so .......................... !
The view of the bay is the .......................... ! (good)
It's a suspension .......................... .
The road hangs from two big .......................... .
San Francisco is .......................... than Los Angeles. (foggy)
It's .......................... up here!

Exercice 3 : Le Golden Gate Bridge : mise en situation

Tu remarques la couleur.
1. It doesn't golden, it's orange!
2. It isn't golden, it's orange!
3. It isn't golden, it orange!
Tu demandes si c'est le plus long.
1. Is it the most long bridge in the world?
2. Is it the longest bridge in the world?
3. Is it the longer bridge of the world?
Tu dis qu'il y a des ponts plus longs.
1. There is longer bridges now.
2. There are more long bridges now.
3. There are longer bridges now.
Tu dis que la vue est la meilleure.
1. The view is the better!
2. The view is the best!
3. The view is the goodest!
Tu dis qu'il y a du vent.
1. It's windy up here!
2. It windy up here!
3. It's window up here!
Tu dis que les tours sont hautes.
1. The towers is so high!
2. The towers are so high!
3. The tower are so high!
Tu compares deux ponts.
1. This bridge is more longer than that one.
2. This bridge is longer that that one.
3. This bridge is longer than that one.
Tu dis que c'est plus facile à voir dans le brouillard.
1. It's easier to see in the fog.
2. It's easyer to see in the fog.
3. It's more easy to see in the fog.
Tu demandes quand il a ouvert.
1. When did it open?
2. When did it opened?
3. When it opened?
Tu proposes une photo.
1. Lets take a photo!
2. Let's do a photo!
3. Let's take a photo!

Corrigé

Exercice 1

1. b) a suspension bridge · 2. c) a cable · 3. c) the fog · 4. b) the bay · 5. a) 1937 · 6. a) orange · 7. a) the longest · 8. b) longer · 9. c) San Francisco · 10. a) the best view

Exercice 2

1. orange · 2. fog · 3. longest · 4. longer · 5. high · 6. best · 7. bridge · 8. cables · 9. foggier · 10. windy

Exercice 3

1. b) It isn't golden, it's orange! · 2. b) Is it the longest bridge in the world? · 3. c) There are longer bridges now. · 4. b) The view is the best! · 5. a) It's windy up here! · 6. b) The towers are so high! · 7. c) This bridge is longer than that one. · 8. a) It's easier to see in the fog. · 9. a) When did it open? · 10. c) Let's take a photo!