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The ugly duckling : le vilain petit canard (CE1)

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the ugly ducklingle vilain petit canard
He's different.Il est différent.
Go away!Va-t'en !
He's sad and lonely.Il est triste et seul.
He grew up.Il a grandi.
He's a beautiful swan!C'est un magnifique cygne !

Dans ce conte de Hans Christian Andersen, un petit oiseau gris et maladroit naît parmi des canetons. Les autres se moquent de lui : You're ugly! Go away! Triste et seul, il part. Mais au printemps, il découvre en se regardant dans l'eau qu'il est devenu un magnifique cygne (a swan) ! La morale : il ne faut pas juger sur les apparences.

Mise en situation : le conte

Narrator : One egg was bigger than the others. Out came a big grey duckling.
Un œuf était plus gros que les autres. Il en sortit un grand caneton gris.
Duck : You're ugly! You're different! Go away!
Tu es moche ! Tu es différent ! Va-t'en !
Duckling : Nobody wants to play with me. I'm so sad.
Personne ne veut jouer avec moi. Je suis si triste.
Narrator : He went away. Winter was long and cold. But then spring came...
Il s'en alla. L'hiver fut long et froid. Mais ensuite, le printemps arriva...
Swan : Come and swim with us, beautiful swan!
Viens nager avec nous, beau cygne !
Duckling : Me? Beautiful? Look! In the water... I'm a swan!
Moi ? Beau ? Regardez ! Dans l'eau... Je suis un cygne !

À retenir

  • a duck, a duckling, an egg, a swan, a lake, winter, spring.
  • ugly, different, sad, lonely, beautiful ; went away, grew up, came (passé) ; Nobody wants to...

Exercice 1 : Le vilain petit canard : exercice 1 (QCM)

  1. « un caneton »
    1. a darling
    2. a duckling
    3. a dumpling
  2. « un cygne »
    1. a sweet
    2. a swim
    3. a swan
  3. « moche, laid »
    1. angry
    2. ugly
    3. lovely
  4. « différent »
    1. different
    2. difficult
    3. diffrent of
  5. « Va-t'en ! »
    1. Go away!
    2. Come away!
    3. Go a way of!
  6. « Personne ne veut jouer avec moi. »
    1. Anybody wants to play with me.
    2. Nobody want to play with me.
    3. Nobody wants to play with me.
  7. « Il a grandi. »
    1. He grow up.
    2. He growed up.
    3. He grew up.
  8. À la fin, il devient...
    1. un aigle
    2. un canard
    3. un cygne
  9. Ce conte a été écrit par...
    1. Dickens
    2. Shakespeare
    3. Andersen
  10. « seul » (qui se sent seul)
    1. only
    2. lovely
    3. lonely

Exercice 2 : Le vilain petit canard : exercice 2 (à compléter)

  1. Out came a big grey .......................... .
  2. You're .......................... !
  3. You're .......................... !
  4. Go .......................... !
  5. Nobody wants to .......................... with me.
  6. I'm so .......................... .
  7. Winter was long and .......................... .
  8. Then .......................... came.
  9. I'm a .......................... !
  10. He grew .......................... .

Exercice 3 : Le vilain petit canard : mise en situation

  1. Un œuf était plus gros que les autres.
    1. One egg were bigger than the others.
    2. One egg was more big than the others.
    3. One egg was bigger than the others.
  2. Tu es moche, va-t'en !
    1. You're ugly! Come away!
    2. Your ugly! Go away!
    3. You're ugly! Go away!
  3. Personne ne veut jouer avec moi.
    1. Anybody wants to play with me.
    2. Nobody want play with me.
    3. Nobody wants to play with me.
  4. Je suis si triste.
    1. I'm so said.
    2. I so sad.
    3. I'm so sad.
  5. Il s'en alla.
    1. He go away.
    2. He goed away.
    3. He went away.
  6. L'hiver fut long et froid.
    1. Winter was long and cold.
    2. Winter were long and cold.
    3. Winter was long and gold.
  7. Viens nager avec nous !
    1. Comes and swim with us!
    2. Come and swim with us!
    3. Come and swam with us!
  8. Je suis un cygne !
    1. I'm a swan!
    2. I a swan!
    3. I'm a swim!
  9. Il est beau.
    1. He's beautiful.
    2. He beautiful.
    3. He's beautifully.
  10. Il ne faut pas juger sur les apparences.
    1. Don't judge for appearance of.
    2. Don't judge by appearances.
    3. Not judge by appearances.

Corrigé

Exercice 1

1. b) a duckling · 2. c) a swan · 3. b) ugly · 4. a) different · 5. a) Go away! · 6. c) Nobody wants to play with me. · 7. c) He grew up. · 8. c) un cygne · 9. c) Andersen · 10. c) lonely

Exercice 2

1. duckling · 2. ugly · 3. different · 4. away · 5. play · 6. sad · 7. cold · 8. spring · 9. swan · 10. up

Exercice 3

1. c) One egg was bigger than the others. · 2. c) You're ugly! Go away! · 3. c) Nobody wants to play with me. · 4. c) I'm so sad. · 5. c) He went away. · 6. a) Winter was long and cold. · 7. b) Come and swim with us! · 8. a) I'm a swan! · 9. a) He's beautiful. · 10. b) Don't judge by appearances.