Monday, December 10, 2012

Second Main Exam: Dec 13

This second main exam (maximum 90 minutes) will cover:

1/Vocabulary:     

- False Friends (exercises 1, 2, 3 and 4 (1st column)
- Reading comprehension texts:   
     - Remnants of the past
     - Language diversity
     - Pottery production in Akrotiri
     - Trends in the Indian fashion industries
     - Recovering a damaged reputation
     - Neanderthals and modern humans
- Listening comprehension vocabulary ("Archaelogy", "Practice test 1", "History of Dentistry", "Natural Medecine", "After graduation", "Employment", "Air Travel in the USA")
2/Grammar (in translation): 
- Units 26 to 34 included
- Units 145, 144, 143, 142 and 141: all the phrasal verbs from these five chapters. Also see below the corrections of units 142 and 141.
Units 142 and 141: I had provided the corrections of the other exercises on Nov 29 on the board)
3/ There will be a reading comprehension exercise (unknown text) and a listening comprehension exercise (unknown report), you will hear this unknown report only twice.

Reminders:
1/ There will be no catch-up session whatsoever, even if you have a valid and sincere justification. Please do arrive on time if not in advance!
2/ Attendance is compulsory: unlike in L2 and in M1, there is no "contrôle final" in L3 because the English course is optional in L3. Should the students be absent 3 times (ie 2 + 1) without providing a valid and sincere justification, their semester grade will be impacted by - 30% (example: if a student's semester grade is 10/20 and is absent 3 times without justification, their grade will be: 10 x (-30%) = 07/20.
3/ Second short vocab test: Dec 20
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CORRECTIONS Units 142: 
ex 3

2 calm down (se calmer)
3 slowed down (a ralenti)
4 was turned down (a été refusée / n'a pas été admise)
5 broken down (tombé en panne)
6 cut down on (réduire (la quantité) de / réduire ma consommation de)
7 let down (de les avoir déçu - de n'avoir pas été à la hauteur de leurs attentes)
8 was closed down / shut down (a été fermé - on l'a fermé)
9 to be knocked down / to be pulled dow  (qu'on le démolisse, détruise, etc.)
10 turned down the chance (laisser passer la possibilité/l'opportunité de...)
11 was knocked down (a été renversé)
12 broke down (s'est rompu / brisé / (leur mariage) n'a pas tenu)

ex 2

2  took them down (enlever)
3stand up (se tenir debout)
4 turned it up (augmenter le volume)
5 put their bags down (poser leurs sacs par terre)
6 were blown down / fell down (ont été déracinés / ont été arrachés)
7 wrote it down (ai écrit)
8 bent down and picked them up (s'est penchée et a ramassé)

CORRECTIONS Units 141:

ex 2

2 went off (s'est déclenchée)
3 finish off (terminer)
4 carry on / keep on driving) (continue à conduire, avance)
5 ripped off (sest fait arnaquer, escroquer)
6 getting on well (ça se passe très bien)
7 dozed off / nodded off / dropped off (m'assoupir)
8 told off (s'est fait réprimandé, remonté les bretelles)
9 get on (s'entend bien)
10 had gone off / going off (avait explosé)
11 keep on (continue à faire)
12 get on (retourner à)
13 showing off (de se vanter, de se mettre en avant, de faire le fanfaron, etc.)
14 put off (nous avons été dissuadés, rebutés)

ex 3

2 finish off (terminer)
3 were ripped off (tu t'es fait escroquer)
4 go off (se déclencher)
5 did you get on with (s'est passé)
6 went on / carried on playing (continué à jouer)
7 tell them off (ne les grondent pas)
8 doesn't get on with (ne s'entend pas bien avec)