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The Troubles in Northern Ireland (Terminale)

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the Troubles (1968-1998)le conflit nord-irlandais
unionists / nationalistsunionistes (pour le Royaume-Uni) / nationalistes (pour l'Irlande unie)
Bloody Sunday (1972)le Dimanche sanglant
the Good Friday Agreement (1998)l'accord du Vendredi saint
peace wallsles murs de la paix (à Belfast)
a ceasefireun cessez-le-feu

En Irlande du Nord, les unionistes (surtout protestants) veulent rester dans le Royaume-Uni, les nationalistes (surtout catholiques) veulent une Irlande unie. Le conflit a fait plus de 3 500 morts. L'accord du Vendredi saint (1998) a ramené la paix, mais des murs séparent encore certains quartiers de Belfast.

Mise en situation : à Belfast

Guide : This is one of Belfast's peace walls. It still separates Catholic and Protestant neighbourhoods.
Voici l'un des murs de la paix de Belfast. Il sépare encore des quartiers catholiques et protestants.
Emma : Even today? I thought the conflict was over.
Encore aujourd'hui ? Je croyais que le conflit était fini.
Guide : The Troubles ended with the Good Friday Agreement in 1998. But memories are still painful.
Les Troubles ont pris fin avec l'accord du Vendredi saint en 1998. Mais les souvenirs restent douloureux.
Emma : What were they fighting about?
Pour quoi se battaient-ils ?
Guide : Unionists wanted to stay British; nationalists wanted a united Ireland.
Les unionistes voulaient rester britanniques ; les nationalistes voulaient une Irlande unie.
Emma : And Brexit made the border question difficult again.
Et le Brexit a de nouveau compliqué la question de la frontière.

À retenir

  • the Troubles (1968-1998), unionists / nationalists, Catholics / Protestants.
  • Bloody Sunday (1972), the Good Friday Agreement (1998), peace walls, a ceasefire, the border.

Exercice 1 : Les Troubles : exercice 1 (QCM)

  1. Les Troubles ont duré de...
    1. 1968 à 1998
    2. 1916 à 1922
    3. 1939 à 1945
  2. Les unionistes veulent...
    1. rester dans le Royaume-Uni
    2. l'indépendance de Belfast
    3. une Irlande unie
  3. L'accord de paix s'appelle...
    1. the Belfast Deal of
    2. the Easter Treaty
    3. the Good Friday Agreement
  4. « un cessez-le-feu »
    1. a stop-fire
    2. a ceasefire
    3. a firestop
  5. Bloody Sunday a eu lieu en...
    1. 1972
    2. 1998
    3. 1922
  6. « les murs de la paix »
    1. peace walls
    2. peaceful wall of
    3. piece walls
  7. Le conflit a fait plus de...
    1. 3 500 morts
    2. 350 000 morts
    3. 35 morts
  8. « douloureux »
    1. painting
    2. pained of
    3. painful
  9. « une Irlande unie »
    1. a united Ireland
    2. an unified Ireland
    3. a union Ireland
  10. La capitale de l'Irlande du Nord :
    1. Dublin
    2. Belfast
    3. Cork

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

  1. The .......................... lasted thirty years.
  2. It still .......................... the neighbourhoods.
  3. The Good Friday .......................... was signed in 1998.
  4. Memories are still .......................... .
  5. Unionists wanted to stay .......................... .
  6. Nationalists wanted a .......................... Ireland.
  7. Brexit made the .......................... question difficult.
  8. They agreed to a .......................... .
  9. I thought the conflict was .......................... .
  10. Bloody .......................... happened in 1972.

Exercice 3 : Les Troubles : mise en situation

  1. Ce mur sépare encore les quartiers.
    1. It still separate Catholic and Protestant neighbourhoods.
    2. It separates still Catholic and Protestant neighbourhoods.
    3. It still separates Catholic and Protestant neighbourhoods.
  2. Tu croyais que le conflit était fini.
    1. I thought the conflict is over yesterday.
    2. I thinked the conflict was over.
    3. I thought the conflict was over.
  3. Les Troubles ont pris fin en 1998.
    1. The Troubles ended in 1998.
    2. The Troubles were ended on 1998.
    3. The Troubles end in 1998.
  4. Les souvenirs restent douloureux.
    1. Memories still is painful.
    2. Memories are still painting.
    3. Memories are still painful.
  5. Pour quoi se battaient-ils ?
    1. What did they fighting about?
    2. About what they were fighting?
    3. What were they fighting about?
  6. Les unionistes voulaient rester britanniques.
    1. Unionists want to stay British yesterday.
    2. Unionists wanted stay British.
    3. Unionists wanted to stay British.
  7. Le Brexit a compliqué la question de la frontière.
    1. Brexit made the border question difficult again.
    2. Brexit made difficult the border question again.
    3. Brexit did the border question difficult again.
  8. La paix est fragile.
    1. The peace is fragile of.
    2. Piece is fragile.
    3. Peace is fragile.
  9. Les jeunes veulent tourner la page.
    1. Young people wants to move on.
    2. Young people want to move on.
    3. Young people want to move in.
  10. Ce mur est un symbole fort.
    1. This wall is a powerful symbol.
    2. This wall is powerful a symbol.
    3. This wall is a power symbol.

Corrigé

Exercice 1

1. a) 1968 à 1998 · 2. a) rester dans le Royaume-Uni · 3. c) the Good Friday Agreement · 4. b) a ceasefire · 5. a) 1972 · 6. a) peace walls · 7. a) 3 500 morts · 8. c) painful · 9. a) a united Ireland · 10. b) Belfast

Exercice 2

1. Troubles · 2. separates · 3. Agreement · 4. painful · 5. British · 6. united · 7. border · 8. ceasefire · 9. over · 10. Sunday

Exercice 3

1. c) It still separates Catholic and Protestant neighbourhoods. · 2. c) I thought the conflict was over. · 3. a) The Troubles ended in 1998. · 4. c) Memories are still painful. · 5. c) What were they fighting about? · 6. c) Unionists wanted to stay British. · 7. a) Brexit made the border question difficult again. · 8. c) Peace is fragile. · 9. b) Young people want to move on. · 10. a) This wall is a powerful symbol.