Bonjour ! J'ai un nouveau devoir d'anglais. J'ai beaucoup de mal avec la compréhension orale. Je dois écouter deux enregistrements et remplir un questionnaire,
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J'ai un nouveau devoir d'anglais. J'ai beaucoup de mal avec la compréhension orale. Je dois écouter deux enregistrements et remplir un questionnaire, mais je ne comprend rien du tout ! Pouriez-vous écouter et m'expliquer ce dont il est question ? Les enregistrements ne durent que quelques minutes. Merci beaucoup, j'en ai vraiment besoin !
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Number of speakers : __ male and __ female
Complete name of principal speaker:
Role of other speakers:
Name of one of the other speakers:
Topic of the conversation:
Date joined Communist Party :
His approximate age at the time:
Where he attended Party meetings:
Date left Communist Party:
Number of years ago:
True or false ?
a. The principal speaker is always honest.
b. The principal speaker was forced to leave the Communist Party.
c. He insists on the wrongness of Communism.
d. He claims to be patriotic.
Pick out the characters’ arguments concerning “cooperating”
--> The principal speaker’s argument :
--> The other speakers’ arguments :
Pick out the characters’ arguments concerning ‘innocence’:
--> The principal speaker’s argument :
--> The other speakers’ arguments :
a. What risk is the principal speaker not prepared to take?
b. What “game” does he accuse the other characters of playing?
Merci de m'expliquer les enregistrements et de m'aider, j'en ai vraiment besoin svp !!!
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1. Réponse calliopeelanguoyy8tm
1. Complete the table :
Number of speakers:
2 male; 1 female
Complete name of principal speaker:
Mr Eric Smythe
Role of other speakers:
They are interrogators
Name of one of the other speakers:
Agent Sweet
Topic of the conversation:
Members of the Communist party
2. Complete the table with information about the principal speaker :
Date joined Communist Party
March 1936
His approximate age at the time
21 / 22 (just left college)
Where he attended Party meetings
New York (cell)
Date left Communist Party
Number of years ago
1941
10 years ago
3. True or false? Justify your answer with elements from the dialogue :
a. The principal speaker is always honest.
False: You’re lying : okay, I confess
b. The principal speaker was forced to leave the Communist Party.
False: resigning, I decided Communism was wrong.
c. He insists on the wrongness of Communism.
True: wrong. And evil.
d. He claims to be patriotic.
True : I love my country more than life itself.
4. Pick out the characters’ arguments concerning “cooperating”:
The principal speaker’s argument:
The other speakers’ arguments:
Cooperation = denouncing innocent people
Being patriotic = cooperating
Cooperation = naming people in the Communist party in the past / today
Cooperation = proof no longer Communist
5. Pick out the characters’ arguments concerning “innocence”:
The principal speaker’s argument:
The other speakers’argument:
Former, one-time Communists = innocent people
Communists are not innocents
6. Answer the following questions about the end of the extract:
a. What risk is the principal speaker not prepared to take?
He is not prepared to risk destroying the lives of former Communists.
b. What ‘game’ does he accuse the other characters of playing?
He accuses the interrogators of encouraging people to reveal the identity of other Communists to demonstrate their own patriotism (and innocence).