How to describe an iconographic document?
LESSON 1
LESSON 2
LESSON 3
VOCABULARY of the 3 lessons...
100

What's the English for: "au premier plan"?

In the background

100

Give two words (in English) to say: un paquet, un colis.

a parcel

a package

100

Give one adjective to describe the father's personality at the beginning of the trailer?

He is very patriotic. 

100

What's the English for: " une photographie en noir et blanc"?

a black and white photograph 

100

Rephrase : ' a truce of 48 hours'. 

A 48-hour truce

200

What TENSE must you use when you are describing an image, a painting etc...?

present be ing

200

Give two words/ adjectives to say "inattendu".

unexpected

unplanned

200

How do you spell the word "rime" in English?

RHYME

200

Give two different adjectives to express how Canadians felt when Britain declared war on Germany.

enthousiastic / eager to enlist

patriotic

joyful to enlist

willing to* help Britain (* disposés à)

200

What figure of speech is used in the title: "War will not tear us apart"?

a pun = a play on words

1/ tear  apart = destroy --> mettre en morceaux

2/ tear apart = séparer qq'un de qqch

300

Give two different words to say "une publicité".

an ad = an advert = an advertisement

a commercial

300

Give THREE actions that soldiers did during the Christmas Truce? Conjugate the verbs in the preterite.

They sang Christmas carols, they exchanged gifts, they played football, they chatted, they stopped shooting, they dropped their guns, they decorated = put up Christmas trees, they felt brave enough to leave their trenches, we clapped = we applauded, we cheered....

300

What is the name of the super famous British author who wrote the poem "My Boy Jack" and the novel "The Jungle Book"?

Kipling

300

Give FOUR different verbs to say "être blessé".

to be hurt

to be injured

to be harmed

to be wounded

300

Give two words to say: "journal intime"

a journal

a diary

400

What's the English for: " l’artiste souligne l’idée que = met en avant l’idée que..."

the artist highlights = emphasizes the idea

400

What's the English for: " Nous étions insouciants pendant 48 heures".

We were carefree for 48 hours. 

400

What word is repeated many times in the poem "My Boy Jack"?

tide

400

Give two different words in English for: camaraderie


camaraderie

comradship


400

What's the English for: "ce qui est le plus saisissant dans cette peinture, c'est..."

What strikes me the most about this painting is... = what is the most striking is....

500

What's the English for: "Il se peut que l'intention de l'artiste soit de suggérer que..."


The intention = intent of the artist may be to suggest (that)... 

500

What's the English for: "nous avons pris notre courage à deux mains afin de sortir des tranchées"? 

 We plucked up enough courage
to get out of our trenches = we gathered up enough courage (in order) to get out of the trenches = we took our couarge in both hands (in order) to get out of the trenches.

500

What does Jack suffer from?

severe myopia = poor eyesight 
500

What's the English for: "Ils ont les yeux bandés".

They are blindfolded.

500

What's the English for "estropié"?

maimed