Bac anglais LV1 série L 2008

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                               Session2008


                     BACCALAURÉAT
                                GÉNÉMI



                                 ANGLAIS

                              LanguevivanteI

                                  Série L



                   Durée: 3 heures -        Coefficient4



          L'usage dictionnaire des calcuratrices interdit.
                 du          et                est



                 Compréhension
                                             14 Points
                 Expression

                 Traduction                   6 points




               Le sujet comporte 5 pages numérotéesi/E à S/S.




SANlLME/AG1                                                     lt5
         [The story takes
                        placein Kenyain the early 1950s.]

        A postcard
                 cameairmailfromLondon:

                       >earvLoawd De+a,
                                               (uw.e,
                       w e're haû.wga wowd,erfuL   herel
                       l*apegott havea swashLwg hoLLdag sag la,rubo, t tloroge.
                                                      too.          to
                       rcwahen! Seegov,soowl
                                                           -e,LLL AwwLe
                                                                 araA

              On the reverseside, Picadilly     Circusin full colour,a city scene granderand infinitely          more
          bustling   thanourown modest      andquitesomnolent     KingStreétroundabout.        Look,saidpapa,who
          was holding the postcard, biggest in the worlà.
                         up               the         city
 10           Where's circus,Papa?| askèàhim,ôur self-styled
                         the                                            experton matters      Engfish.
              Maybetherewas a circustherea tongtime ago,-he            saic, tryinj tô-sound    confident and unable
          to hidehis uncertainty.
              Mother,   Deepa,  and.lweregathered    roundPapain the shop,poring          withhimovereverydetail
          of the glorious   scene.The blacktaxis,a red double-bus       carryiÀé'"auËrtirements its side,men
                                                                                                     on
 15      and womenin hats, a red mailbox, newsagent, the stôriand street
                                                  a               all                          signs.papa turneda
         wistfuleye to Mother,    who acknowledged â smile;it was his deareit wishto visitthat centreof
                                                      with
         the universeonce in his lifetime.lt was his Mecca,his Varanasi nis
                                                                                           Jerusatem. visit there
                                                                                                        A
         conferred    status,           you
                             moreover: became        one of the selectgroup,tnà'lônoon-returned.
              He tackedthe postcard the uprightbehindthe tablè,wÉereit stayed
                                        on
20       proudreminder only of his yearning-but of his euroieàn-,,tiienàl'. for morethan a year,
                            not                         also
              Bill and Annie had gone withouttheir parents.To my p"r"nii, it *",
                                                                                                a sign of European
         irresponsibility theycouldsendtheirchildren
                           that                               on.anexpensive      voyage    andyet run up sizeable
        debtsin town.Though        Motherremembered      graciously Mtrs.
                                                                    that       erucéâio h"u" a wealthy
        England' howcouldshe allowherself send tÉechiHièr;t tÀ;setves,                                      1g;]y ;;
                      But                               to
25      voyage that took                                                                           unescorted, aon
                               ,twenty-four  h.9u1s,*lth_ stofôvers in strange-placesz suppose someone
        kidnapped      them? who'd hurta British  child,Papâsnapped repri,lnSy'o
                                                                         in
        the wortdrooking.for                                                          -' nru" everypoliceman      in
                                them.That privirege  comeàtromiùtingÛreù6irJ.
             It was midJuly,a monthand a half-since      they hadgoné.six wéâls was an eternity a childin
       thosedays' saturday                                                                              to
                                 playtime our s,hopping
                                           at               ientre Lecamesubduàd,and lackingin adventure.
30      I recallDeepa,Njoroge,      ând myselfsittiËj oi n" ô"rent floor of the veranda
       playinga gameof imagining turnsali the exciting                                            ouilide our shop,
                                           by                         thingsour ùo trienosmust be up to in
       London:      riding double-buses laxis,visiting those.
                                         anà                all        casilesand palaces
       readabout,shopping wonderful                                                             and bridges had
                                                                                                            we
                                 at            storesspillingoverwith comicbooiis,toffees         and chocolates.
       you ran out of something say in thisgame,youwere,,out".                                                     lf
                                    to
35          That postcard    clinchêd thscase roi ry mother:her children neededto visit placesduring
                                                                                too
       theirvacation' so it was resolved our homethatall or us ùoutogo
                          And                    in
      for theAugust                                                                      to Nairobi2 Mombasa
                                                                                                      and
                          holidays.
            The trainfromKisumuhad comein late and so we left at a litile
      which was as well becausewe couldsee more,                                        beforedawn from Nakuru,
                                                                        the Kisumupassengers          were iratefor
40    having.to      wake up from their rocking               -though
                                                   slumbers. reachedNaivashaas dàwn was breaking
                                                              We
      beyond mountains.
                  the
            Howcan I describe feelingof looking the sliding
                                  that                    out             windowabovethe litilewashbasin,
      the smallsecond-class                                                                                      as
                                  cabinjostlédand builpeo aiongthJraits,anolàÈing deepbreaths that
                                                                                            in
      cool' cleanair.and,                                                                                    of
45                            !!mply,with widehungryèyes aosorbing        mi
      one'sworld,P.fvsica.llv, tne firsttime,iÀ à mânneiI had riever*otlàl n wasto becomeawareof
                                  ror                                          Jon*'o"toru,whoseuniverse
      encompassed'                                                                                              had
                          our.housing  estateand my school, shopthe                  rriends, tree-lined
                                                                                               the
      outside    that brought  peoplein and out of oirr neighbourhood. scânéoutside                          street
                                                                           ""Jrv
                                                                          rnai                   the trainwindowI
      can conjureup at anytime of the day or night;l-woufd         see,teet, anâËxperience in similarways
                                                                                                  it
      ' subdued:quie! lifeless
               Mombas4Nakuru,Kisumu andNaivashaare all placesin Kenya
      ;ITti
      - to encompassto include,to contain
                    :

     SANILME/AG1                                                                                             2/5
     so ffeq_uently my life; in some essential
                    in                          way it definesme. This was my country-howcouldit
50   not be? Yes,there was.thatyearning. EngËnd, land of Annieand Bill and the
                                                        the
                                          .for                                           eueen, and
     for all the exciting,
                         wonderfulpossibilities the largerworldout there.But this,all around
                                              of                                            me, was
     mine,  whereI belonged with my heartandsoul.

                             Adaptedfrom M.G.Vassanji,The rn-Between
                                                                   wortd of vikram Latt,2003l




SANlLMF/AGI                                                                                 3/5
                              COMPRÉHENSION
                                         - EXPRESSION


   Voustraiterezles questions dans l'ordre, en indiquant
                                                       clairement
                                                                leur numéro survotrecopie.
    Lorsquela réponse doit être développée, le nombre de mots ou d'éléments de réponse sera
   indiquédansla question.
   En l'absence             vousrépondrezbrièvement(moinsde 20 mots)à la questionposée.
               d'indications,




          1,2,3 and4: focus on lines1 to 27.
  Questions

  1. Line1: .A postcard         fromLondon."
                      cameairmail
      a) Saywhothis postcard addressed andwho is actually
                           is        to                 looking it.
                                                               at

     b) Deduce nameof the narrator.
             the


  2. Describe characters'
            the        dominant      whenlooking the postcard.
                              reaction          at


  3. Line19:"Hetacked postcard the upright
                     the      on         behindhis table,whereit stayed morethana
                                                                       for
  y e a r . ".
            .
      a) Whodoes"he"referto?

     b) Usingelementsfromthe text,find threereasons
                                                  why this character
                                                                   decides tackand keep
                                                                         to
  the postcard. / 60 words)
              (50


                  of                             do           parents
  4. a) Whataspects Billand Annie'strip to London the narratods     discuss?
  (3 elements)

      b) Lines26-27:"Who'dhurt a Britishchild,Papasnapped reply,they'dhaveeverypoliceman
                                                           in
  in the worldlooking them.That
                     for          privilegecomes fromrulingthe world."
  Explain whatthe fathermeansby that. (40/ 50 words)



  Questions5 and 6: focus on lines 28 to 37.

  5. a) HowdoesBillandAnnie'sabsenceaffectDeepaand the narrator's
                                                                moodand activities?

     b) Whatdo Deepaandthe nanator'sactivities
                                             showabouttheirvisionof London?


                   doesthe mothermakeafterthe postcard arived?
  6. a) Whatdecision                                 has

   b) Commenting the use of *too"(line35) and "allof us" (line36), explain
                 on                                                       whatmotivates
                                                                                      her
         (40
 decision. / 50 words)




sANlLME/AG1                                                                           4/5
    Question7: focus on the passagefrom line 3g to the end.

    7. a) Saywherethe narrator in this passage.
                             is

      b) "...taking deepbreaths thatcool,clean and,simply, widehungry
                   in         of              air          with             eyesabsorbing
   my world." (lines4344)
   Whathappens the nanatorat that momentand howdoes it affecthimfor the restof hislife?
                  to
   g0l5A words)


   8. Chooseæ of the following subjects,
   (250wordsapproximately.
                         Writedownthe number words.)
                                           of
   SubjectI
   "' ' ' it was hisdearest
                          wishto visitthat centreof the universeoncein his lifetime."
                                                                                    (lines16-17,)
   ls therea placein the worldthatyouwouldparticularly to visit?Explain
                                                           like                wny.
   Subject2
   "Leaving moreimportant
          is            than ariving'. Discuss
                                             and illustrate,     from your experience
                                                           drawing                  or
   yourreadings.



                                           TRADUCTION

   Translate French
           into    from line2g to line34.




SANlLME/AG1                                                                                   )/)