Devoir de Philosophie

bac blanc anglais

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Anglais : Bac blanc I.Comprehension 1.The location : - Holiday = vacation - Wardrobe = closet - Shopping center = mall -Flat = apartment - Film = movie 2. The main character: a) The name of the main character is Mary Ann Singleton and she is twenty-five years old. She works in an office as a secretary. Her Hometown is in Cleveland. b) She is in San Francisco for holiday. It's the first time that she goes to San Francisco. c) Mr. Lassiter is the chief of Mary Ann. She is a secretary in him company: Lassiter Fertilizers. Mr. Lassiter said at the mom of Mary Ann that he misses she because since is gone the office slowing down (l.25). d) Yes she is appreciated by Mr. Lassiter because he said that he does have many good secretaries in his company. He must think that she made a good job. e) She asked at her mother to tell to...

« every street.  In addition the mother of Mary Ann is over­protective; Mary Ann is   twenty­five years old but her mother stills treat her like a little girl. (83 words) b) Mary Ann’s parents were also in San Francisco. Her mother tells to Ann that they   were in the Top of the Mark which is a famous rooftop bar in San Francisco. Mary   Ann’s parents spent a good evening. So San Francisco must be a good memory for   the Mary Ann’s mother. But paradoxically the mothers have a negative opinion of the   city. (59 words) 4.The decision: a) Mary Ann made the decision to stay in San Francisco but not only for holiday but for   living in this city. She wants to work and to take an apartment in San Francisco. (32   words) b) I quote: l.37: “it feels like home already” So this means that she soon felted comfortable in San Francisco. She thinks that San   Francisco could be her new hometown.  I quote: l.42: “I just want to start making my own life… have my own apartment and all” So this means that she wants to be independent, to have her private life and don’t   have her mother in her legs anymore. I quote: l.48: “I’m a grown woman” So this means that she is an adult, she can manage on his own. She doesn’t want that   her mother decides for her. She wants to make her own choices. c) The mother begins to cry because she is afraid that she doesn’t come back   anymore. In addition she is scare because she means that in San Francisco are only   bunch of hippies and serial killers. She thinks that if her daughter goes to San   Francisco, she risk being mugged. Moreover she thinks that it is her fault if Ann wants   to go to San Francisco, she thinks that she did something bad. . »

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