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The War of the Worlds : les Martiens attaquent (3e)

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A strange cylinder landed near London.Un étrange cylindre a atterri près de Londres.
Martians came out and attacked.Des Martiens en sont sortis et ont attaqué.
They used giant tripods and a heat ray.Ils utilisaient des tripodes géants et un rayon ardent.
People fled in panic.Les gens ont fui dans la panique.
In the end, the Martians were killed by bacteria.À la fin, les Martiens ont été tués par des bactéries.
It was reported that Martians had landed.On a annoncé que des Martiens avaient atterri.

Dans The War of the Worlds (1898), H. G. Wells imagine l'invasion de l'Angleterre par des Martiens. Ils arrivent dans des cylindres, puis attaquent avec d'immenses tripodes (tripods) et un rayon ardent (a heat ray). Rien ne les arrête... sauf les microbes terrestres (bacteria), contre lesquels ils ne sont pas immunisés. En 1938, aux États-Unis, Orson Welles en fait une adaptation radiophonique présentée comme un vrai flash d'information : certains auditeurs auraient cru à une véritable invasion ! Pour raconter : passif (were killed by) et discours rapporté (It was reported that... had landed).

Mise en situation : le cours d'anglais

Teacher : What happens at the start of The War of the Worlds?
Que se passe-t-il au début de La Guerre des mondes ?
Malik : A cylinder lands near London. Everyone is curious, but then Martians come out and attack with a heat ray.
Un cylindre atterrit près de Londres. Tout le monde est curieux, mais ensuite des Martiens en sortent et attaquent avec un rayon ardent.
Teacher : Can the army stop them?
L'armée peut-elle les arrêter ?
Sophie : No! They destroy everything. People flee in panic. But in the end, they're killed by bacteria!
Non ! Ils détruisent tout. Les gens fuient dans la panique. Mais à la fin, ils sont tués par des bactéries !
Teacher : And what happened in 1938?
Et que s'est-il passé en 1938 ?
Malik : A radio adaptation sounded like real news. It was reported that some listeners believed Martians had really landed!
Une adaptation radio ressemblait à de vraies informations. On a rapporté que certains auditeurs avaient cru que des Martiens avaient vraiment atterri !

À retenir

  • a cylinder, a Martian, a tripod, a heat ray, the army, panic, bacteria, a broadcast, a listener.
  • were killed by (passif) ; It was reported that... had... (discours rapporté + past perfect) ; to flee in panic ; Can the army stop them? ; sounded like real news.

Exercice 1 : La Guerre des mondes : exercice 1 (QCM)

  1. « Un cylindre a atterri. »
    1. A cylinder has land.
    2. A cylinder lands yesterday.
    3. A cylinder landed.
  2. « un rayon ardent »
    1. a heater ray of
    2. a heat ray
    3. a hot rail
  3. « fuir dans la panique »
    1. to fly in panic of
    2. to flee on panic
    3. to flee in panic
  4. « Ils ont été tués par des bactéries. »
    1. They were kill by bacteria.
    2. They killed by bacteria.
    3. They were killed by bacteria.
  5. « envahir »
    1. to evade
    2. to invade
    3. to invite
  6. « une émission de radio »
    1. a broad radio
    2. a radio broadcast
    3. a radio broadcasting of
  7. « On a annoncé que des Martiens avaient atterri. »
    1. It reported that Martians had landed.
    2. It was reported that Martians have landed.
    3. It was reported that Martians had landed.
  8. « Ça ressemblait à de vraies informations. »
    1. It sounded like real news.
    2. It sound like real news.
    3. It sounded like a real new.
  9. « un auditeur »
    1. a listener
    2. a lister
    3. an auditor
  10. Ce qui finit par tuer les Martiens :
    1. des bactéries
    2. un volcan
    3. l'armée

Exercice 2 : La Guerre des mondes : exercice 2 (à compléter)

  1. A cylinder .......................... near London.
  2. Martians come out and .......................... .
  3. Can the army .......................... them?
  4. They .......................... everything.
  5. People flee in .......................... .
  6. They're killed .......................... bacteria.
  7. A radio adaptation .......................... like real news.
  8. It was .......................... that some listeners were scared.
  9. They believed Martians .......................... really landed.
  10. They attack with a heat .......................... .

Exercice 3 : La Guerre des mondes : mise en situation

  1. Que se passe-t-il au début ?
    1. What happens at the start?
    2. What happen at the start?
    3. What does happen at the start?
  2. Tout le monde est curieux.
    1. Everyone is curiously.
    2. Everyone are curious.
    3. Everyone is curious.
  3. L'armée peut-elle les arrêter ?
    1. Can the army stop them?
    2. The army can stop them?
    3. Can the army stops them?
  4. Ils détruisent tout.
    1. They destroy all thing.
    2. They destroy everything.
    3. They destroys everything.
  5. Les gens fuient dans la panique.
    1. People fly in panic.
    2. People flee in panic.
    3. People flees in panic.
  6. Ils sont tués par des bactéries.
    1. They're killed by bacteria.
    2. They're killing by bacteria.
    3. They killed by bacterias.
  7. Que s'est-il passé en 1938 ?
    1. What happens in 1938 yesterday?
    2. What happened in 1938?
    3. What did happened in 1938?
  8. Ça ressemblait à de vraies informations.
    1. It sounded as real news.
    2. It sounded like a real news.
    3. It sounded like real news.
  9. Certains auditeurs ont cru qu'ils avaient atterri.
    1. Some listeners believed they had landed.
    2. Some listeners believe they had land.
    3. Some listeners believed they have landed.
  10. On a rapporté que les gens avaient peur.
    1. It was reported that people was scared.
    2. It was reported that people were scared.
    3. It reported that people were scared.

Corrigé

Exercice 1

1. c) A cylinder landed. · 2. b) a heat ray · 3. c) to flee in panic · 4. c) They were killed by bacteria. · 5. b) to invade · 6. b) a radio broadcast · 7. c) It was reported that Martians had landed. · 8. a) It sounded like real news. · 9. a) a listener · 10. a) des bactéries

Exercice 2

1. lands · 2. attack · 3. stop · 4. destroy · 5. panic · 6. by · 7. sounded · 8. reported · 9. had · 10. ray

Exercice 3

1. a) What happens at the start? · 2. c) Everyone is curious. · 3. a) Can the army stop them? · 4. b) They destroy everything. · 5. b) People flee in panic. · 6. a) They're killed by bacteria. · 7. b) What happened in 1938? · 8. c) It sounded like real news. · 9. a) Some listeners believed they had landed. · 10. b) It was reported that people were scared.