Travelling to India
Travelling to India
Travelling to India
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séance 3 —<br />
Séquence 2<br />
Séance 3<br />
Je suis la famille Cameron dans les préparatifs<br />
de leur voyage en Inde : à l'agence de voyage et à l'aéroport<br />
Step 3<br />
Exercise 9<br />
Je découvre la structure passive avec un adverbe<br />
Read the following extract of the transcript of the conversation you have heard in Séance 1.<br />
Ethan: Still, I wonder... is there anything worth seeing in <strong>India</strong> apart from the Mosques?<br />
Susan: Darling! Sure! I’m sure you’ve heard of the Taj Mahal which is said <strong>to</strong> be so<br />
spectacular and amazing. There are also magnificent temples, tiger sanctuaries and colonial<br />
tea plantations!<br />
John: Gee, when you describe it like that, it sounds really great!<br />
Susan: And that’s not all. We’ll be able <strong>to</strong> eat delicious, spicy food, and drink the worldfamous<br />
Chai tea, and I’ll be able <strong>to</strong> buy myself beautiful saris!<br />
John: I’m sure it will be the best vacations ever!<br />
Ethan: Hey mum, why did you say ‘colonial’ tea plantation?<br />
Susan: Well you see … <strong>India</strong> used <strong>to</strong> be a British colony.<br />
Katie: Wow!!! So the <strong>India</strong>ns must speak English very well then…<br />
John: Well, they do speak English, yeah. You know English has become a world language,<br />
spoken by at least 750 million people.<br />
Katie: Yes, I knew that dad!<br />
John: Well, the official language of the Republic of <strong>India</strong> is Hindi. But English is the most<br />
commonly spoken language in <strong>India</strong>.<br />
Katie: Great! Let’s go <strong>to</strong> <strong>India</strong> dad!<br />
John: So it seems our minds are all set on <strong>India</strong>, right?<br />
Susan, Katie and Ethan: Yeah!!!!<br />
The British Empire:<br />
If you want <strong>to</strong> know more about it, read “Le Coin des Curieux”!<br />
Grammaire<br />
Observe les phrases suivantes :<br />
English has become a world language, spoken by at least 750 million people.<br />
But English is the most commonly spoken language in <strong>India</strong>.<br />
Reconnais-tu la forme soulignée ?<br />
Il s’agit ...............................................................................................................................<br />
Donne la base verbale/le passé/le participe passé de ce verbe :<br />
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