Fiche à imprimer : The pirate myth : pourquoi les pirates fascinent (Terminale)

Anglais	Français
a romanticised image	une image idéalisée
freedom / rebellion	la liberté / la révolte
pirate democracy	la démocratie pirate (capitaine élu, butin partagé)
to glamourise violence	rendre la violence séduisante
On the one hand... on the other hand...	D'un côté... de l'autre...
What is striking is that...	Ce qui est frappant, c'est que...

Pourquoi les pirates, qui étaient avant tout des criminels violents, fascinent-ils autant ? La littérature (Stevenson en tête), puis le cinéma, en ont fait des symboles de liberté et de révolte contre l'autorité. Certains historiens soulignent que beaucoup d'équipages fonctionnaient de manière étonnamment démocratique : capitaine élu, règles écrites, partage du butin, compensation pour les blessés. D'autres rappellent la réalité : pillages, tortures, traite des esclaves. Le débat porte sur la manière dont la fiction transforme l'histoire.

Mise en situation : le débat

Teacher : Why do pirates still fascinate us, centuries later?

Pourquoi les pirates nous fascinent-ils encore, des siècles plus tard ?

Clara : On the one hand, they represent freedom. They rebelled against kings, navies and rich merchants.

D'un côté, ils représentent la liberté. Ils se sont révoltés contre les rois, les marines et les riches marchands.

Noah : What is striking is that many crews were quite democratic. They elected their captain and shared the loot.

Ce qui est frappant, c'est que beaucoup d'équipages étaient assez démocratiques. Ils élisaient leur capitaine et partageaient le butin.

Teacher : So were they heroes?

Alors, étaient-ce des héros ?

Clara : On the other hand, they were criminals. They robbed, tortured and killed. Fiction tends to glamourise that violence.

De l'autre, c'étaient des criminels. Ils volaient, torturaient et tuaient. La fiction a tendance à rendre cette violence séduisante.

Noah : I agree. The romanticised image says more about our dreams of adventure than about history.

Je suis d'accord. L'image idéalisée en dit plus sur nos rêves d'aventure que sur l'histoire.

À retenir

a romanticised image, freedom, rebellion, pirate democracy, the loot, a criminal.
to glamourise violence ; On the one hand... on the other hand... ; What is striking is that... ; It says more about... than about...

Exercice 1 : Le mythe du pirate : exercice 1 (QCM)

« une image idéalisée »
1. a romanticised image
2. a romantic imagine
3. a romanced image
« la liberté »
1. freedoom
2. liberty of
3. freedom
« le butin »
1. the boot
2. the lute
3. the loot
« rendre la violence séduisante »
1. to glamour violence
2. to glamourise violence
3. to glamourous violence
« D'un côté... »
1. On the one hand...
2. In one hand...
3. On one side of...
« Ce qui est frappant, c'est que... »
1. What is striking is that...
2. What is striked is that...
3. That is striking what...
Beaucoup d'équipages...
1. obéissaient au roi
2. élisaient leur capitaine
3. n'avaient pas de règles
« Ils se sont révoltés contre... »
1. They rebelled again...
2. They revolted of...
3. They rebelled against...
« a tendance à... »
1. is tending of...
2. tends to...
3. has tendency...
« des siècles plus tard »
1. centuries later
2. century later
3. centuries late

Exercice 2 : Le mythe du pirate : exercice 2 (à compléter)

They represent .......................... .
They .......................... against kings. (rebel)
They .......................... their captain. (elect)
They shared the .......................... . (butin)
What is .......................... is that crews were democratic.
On the other .......................... , they were criminals.
Fiction tends to .......................... violence.
It's a .......................... image.
It says more about our dreams .......................... about history.
Why do pirates still .......................... us?

Exercice 3 : Le mythe du pirate : mise en situation

Le prof lance le débat.
1. Why do pirates still fascinate us?
2. Why do pirates still fascinates us?
3. Why pirates still fascinate us?
D'un côté, ils représentent la liberté.
1. On the one hand, they represents freedom.
2. In one hand, they represent freedom.
3. On the one hand, they represent freedom.
Ils se sont révoltés contre les rois.
1. They rebelled against kings.
2. They rebelled again kings.
3. They rebel against kings yesterday.
Ce qui est frappant...
1. What striking is that many crews were democratic.
2. What is striking is that much crews were democratic.
3. What is striking is that many crews were democratic.
Ils élisaient leur capitaine.
1. They elected there captain.
2. They electing their captain.
3. They elected their captain.
Le prof demande si c'étaient des héros.
1. So were they heros?
2. So they were heroes?
3. So were they heroes?
De l'autre, c'étaient des criminels.
1. On the other hand, they were criminals.
2. In the other hand, they were criminals.
3. On another hand, they was criminals.
La fiction rend la violence séduisante.
1. Fiction tends glamourising that violence.
2. Fiction tends to glamourise that violence.
3. Fiction tend to glamourise that violence.
Noah est d'accord.
1. I agree.
2. I'm agree.
3. I am agreeing.
L'image en dit plus sur nos rêves que sur l'histoire.
1. It says more about our dreams of adventure than about history.
2. It say more about our dreams than about the history.
3. It says more about our dreams of adventure that about history.

Corrigé

Exercice 1

1. a) a romanticised image · 2. c) freedom · 3. c) the loot · 4. b) to glamourise violence · 5. a) On the one hand... · 6. a) What is striking is that... · 7. b) élisaient leur capitaine · 8. c) They rebelled against... · 9. b) tends to... · 10. a) centuries later

Exercice 2

1. freedom · 2. rebelled · 3. elected · 4. loot · 5. striking · 6. hand · 7. glamourise · 8. romanticised · 9. than · 10. fascinate

Exercice 3

1. a) Why do pirates still fascinate us? · 2. c) On the one hand, they represent freedom. · 3. a) They rebelled against kings. · 4. c) What is striking is that many crews were democratic. · 5. c) They elected their captain. · 6. c) So were they heroes? · 7. a) On the other hand, they were criminals. · 8. b) Fiction tends to glamourise that violence. · 9. a) I agree. · 10. a) It says more about our dreams of adventure than about history.