CE & CO - Major Frank Prentice - QUARANTINE BLOCK

30 mars 2020

CE & CO - Major Frank Prentice

Hi!

We are finishing (nous sommes en train de finir – Présent Progressif!) this strange online unit on the Titanic.

Before you start working (travailler) on the Tâche Finale, let's do a bit of research!

Ex1: Associe la date ou l'heure à la bonne étape du voyage du Titanic.

Utilise ce site : https://www.ultimatetitanic.com/titanic-timeline

Here is the Quizinière link:

https://www.quiziniere.com/#/Exercice/V5XB2Z

10^th April 1912 at 12:00 (noon)	The iceberg hit the ship on its side (côté)
10^th April 1912 at 6:30pm	The Titanic sank.
11^th April 1912 at 11:30am	The Titanic snapped into two parts.
Between the 12^th and 13^th April 1912	The Titanic received 7 iceberg warnings.
14^th April 1912	The first lifeboat is lowered (baissé) into the water.
14^th April at 11:40pm	The Carpathia arrived in New York with 705 survivors.
37 seconds later	The Titanic arrived in Cherbourg, France. More passengers came aboard.
At 12:45am, on the 15^th of April	The Carpathia (another (un autre) ship) picked up the first survivors.
15^th April 1912 at 2:18am	The Titanic left Southampton. Passengers came aboard.
At 2:20am	Lookout (vigie) Frederick Fleet saw an iceberg straight ahead.
On April 15^th, at 4:10am	The Titanic sailed on course on a calm ocean. People went to barbershops, ate in restaurants, danced. They had fun!
At 8:30am, on April 15th	The Titanic arrived in Queenstown, Ireland. More passengers came aboard.
18^th April 1912	The Carpathia found the last survivors.

Ex2: Ecoute l'enregistrement et répond aux questions

Listen to this wonderful man :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXHAZt-44rk

(Jusqu'à 1:03min)

Here is the Quizinière link : https://www.quiziniere.com/#/Exercice/VQ6OXB

1. Quel est le type du document?

□ interview

□ film

□ reportage

2. De quoi parle le document?

□ De la vie sur le Titanic

□ Du naufrage du Titanic

□ De la découverte du Titanic

3. Quel est le nom complet de la personne interviewée et son grade?

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4. Où était-il quand l'iceberg est entré en collision avec le Titanic?

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5. Comment a-t-il su qu'il y avait un problème? Quel a été le premier signe?

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6. Quels adjectifs donne-t-il pour décrire la situation après l'impact? (deux adjectifs)

□ chaotic

□ calm

□ sad

□ happy

Ex3: Lis la suite de l'interview et répond aux questions

Let's read more of the interview!

Here is the Quizinière link : https://www.quiziniere.com/#/Exercice/JX7ROA

THE FRANK PRENTICE INTERVIEW

Interviewer : Well now, how did you get off* yourself?

Major Prentice: Well I jumped off the stern* just before she sank.

Interviewer : So you went right up to the stern, here?

Major Prentice: It was quiet up there.

Interviewer : Presumably, the stern was a long way out of the water by then?

Major Prentice: Well, she was almost vertical when I left her. I was lying... I was hanging* on to the board* that says “keep clear of propeller* blades”, but at the very end I was lying on it, and then I let go and I just missed* the propellers on the way down.

Interviewer : How big was the drop?

Major Prentice: I don't know well over a 100 feet.

Interviewer : Your watch kept going after you hit the water which presumably was freezing.

Major Prentice: Yes, absolutely full of ice and bits of ice and iceberg all around us.

Interviewer : Eventually you managed to get into a lifeboat.

Major Prentice: Yes

*get off = descendre board = pancarte (dans ce contexte)

stern = arrière du bâteau propellers = hélices

hang = s'accrocher (dans ce contexte) miss = éviter (dans ce contexte)

1. A qui Major Frank Prentice fait-il référence lorsqu'il parle de “she” et “her”?

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2. D'où Major Frank Prentice a-t-il sauté du Titanic?