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II - LES REPONSES ATTENDUES
GENERAL COMPREHENSION:
A - This text is an extract from
2. a newspaper
B - The text deals with people accustomed to
3. video games
C - The clinic offering help is located in
2. the Netherlands
DETAILED COMPREHENSION:
A - Right or wrong? Justify your answers by quoting from the text
1. Treatment has been on offer for a long time.
Wrong (l.1) : " A dutch clinic that has begun offering the world's first treatment...".
2. This situation is only a European problem.
Wrong (l.2) : "Children all over the world" ou (l.6) "from Britain", "from America and Asia"
3. The director of the clinic used to have the same sort of problem.
Right (l.9) : "a former drug addict"
4. Sufferers prefer playing with their friends.
Wrong (l.10) : "They have no friends"
5. Sport is part of the treatment.
Right (l.12-13) : "parachuting", "fitness training"
B - The following statements are right. Pick out sentences to justify them. Quote the line.
1. This problem can have disastrous effects on school attendance.
(l.10) : "Some have given up school so they can play games"
2. Sufferers do not get on well with their parents.
(l.10-11) : "They don't speak to their parents"
3. All experts do not agree on the nature of the problem.
(l.15) : "Although experts are still debating"
4. This problem can lead to obesity.
(l.21-22) : "pizza boxes, empty bottles and junk food wrappers" ou "weighting more than 21 stone"
5. Even very young children are concerned.
(l.26) : "one couple brought a 6-year-old"
6. This problem prevents teenagers from growing up normally.
(l.31-32) : "Many adolescents addicts have stopped maturing", "I've met 19-year-olds with the emotional intelligence of 10-year-olds"
C - Write down 4 adjectives which best describe the players.
1. lazy
3. solitary
4. disturbed
6. anti-social
D - Pick out two activities proposed as a treatment by the clinic, except physical exercise.
- meditation
- group therapy
E - Find the equivalent words or expressions in the text.
1. young people between the ages of 13 and 19
teenagers
2. have stopped doing something
have given up
3. scared
frightened
4. menaced
threatened
5. signed up
enrolled
6. to publish
issue
F - From the following list, write down the four adjectives which best describe the parents' attitude.
2. fed up
4. helpless
5. afraid
7. anxious
EXPRESSION:
I - L'ANALYSE ET LES DIFFICULTES DU TEXTE
Le sujet d'expression se divise en 2 parties : Pour le premier sujet vous devez respecter les principes du dialogue et attribuer à chaque personnage un niveau de langue approprié.
Pour le deuxième, vous devez vous mettre à la place d'un parent exaspéré, qui dénonce les dangers de l'addiction et propose des solutions.
II - LES REPONSES ATTENDUES
1.
Vous devez rédiger une phrase d'intro, présentant les protagonistes ainsi que les motivations de leur conversation.
Il faut faire attention aux relations conflictuelles entre parents et enfants, ainsi qu'au niveau de langue.
Le discours direct exige des guillemets (surtout pas de tiret) et implique d'aller à la ligne quand le locuteur change.
Pour valoriser votre copie, vous devez utiliser des verbes introducteurs sans oublier de les mettre au prétérit, ainsi que des adverbes et adjectifs, afin de souligner les sentiments des personnages.
Ex :
● He said (dit-il), he answered, he shouted, he replied, he asked, he mumbled (marmonner).
● Angrily, drily, sadly ; furious, understanding, disappointed, resigned.
Vous pouvez aussi utiliser les expressions suivantes pour marquer :
a. Le reproche :
● You should + stop playing those silly computer games ! Go back to school !
● Why don't you go out to make friends instead of + (Verbe -ing) staying in your room all night along / I'm fed up with your attitude.
b. L'ordre / le souhait
If only you could stop playing / leave me alone.
Stop yelling at me ! / bothering me !
I want you / I would like you to...
c. La préférence
I'd rather play than go to school.
I prefer :
● computer games to books.
● being alone in my room to hanging out in the streets.
Playing in my room is safer than hanging out with the wrong people.
I don't like :
● going inside (Verbe -ing).
● sports (noun).
I can't stand + V-ing
Il ne faut pas oublier de conclure votre dialogue.
2.
Vous pouvez débuter votre article par le cas concret de Tim afin d'attirer l'intérêt du lecteur (de l'article de votre copie) en le plongeant directement dans la réalité.
Vous pouvez faire un bref portrait d'un adolescent, Tim, en vous servant du texte, SANS LE RECOPIER !
Ex : Meet Tim; a 21 year old Dutch young man, weighing 21 stone.
Vous devez lister les méfaits des jeux vidéo.
Ex : isolation, violence problems with parents, teachers, peers, loss of curiosity and motivation, immaturity, mindless behaviour, overweight / obesity problems.
Vous devez proposer des solutions et / ou conseils aux parents désarmés et à leurs enfants.
Ex : You should
● communicate
● try to understand and discuss
● take decisive actions if he refuses to comply with rules / obey.
Don't hesitate to impose your views on your child.
Have him / make him go out / play sports / enroll for therapy for his well-being / for his own good.
En conclusion, vous pouvez aussi les encourager dans ces moments difficiles :
● Cheer up !
● We're there if you need us.
● Contact us at...
● Feel free to contact us.