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SUJET 1 Le sujet porte sur la thématique « Expression et construction de soi ». 1ère partie Prenez connaissance de la thématique ci-dessus et du dossier composé des documents A, B et C, et traitez en anglais la consigne suivante (500 mots environ) : Taking into account the specificities of
SUJET 1 Le sujet porte sur la thématique « Expression et construction de soi ». 1ère partie Prenez connaissance de la thématique ci-dessus et du dossier composé des documents A, B et C, et traitez en anglais la consigne suivante (500 mots environ) : Taking into account the specificities of the documents, show how writers and artists portray dogs as invaluable companions. 2ème partie Traduction : traduisez en français le passage ci-dessous extrait du document B. L’usage du dictionnaire unilingue non encyclopédique est autorisé. The dog looked at him curiously, its good ear twitching again. Those eyes, Neville thought. What a world of feeling in those eyes! Distrust, fear, hope, loneliness—all etched in those big brown eyes. Poor little guy. “Come on, boy, I won’t hurt you,” he said gently. [...] More days passed. Each day Neville sat on the porch while the dog ate, and before long the dog approached the dish and bowls without hesitation, almost boldly, with the assurance of the dog that knows its human conquest. (lines 35-41) 25LLCERANG11 Page : 2/10 Document A Poster for a presentation of Paul Auster’s novel Timbuktu, 2015 25LLCERANG11 Page : 3/10 Document B Loneliness he still felt. Sometimes he had indulged in daydreams about finding someone. More often, though, he had tried to adjust to what he sincerely believed was the inevitable—that he was actually the only one left in the world. [...] 5 For a certain period he went out on the porch just as the dog had finished eating. Every time he went out the dog ran away, but as the days passed it ran with decreasing speed, and soon it was stopping halfway across the street to look back and bark at him. Neville never followed, but sat down on the porch and watched. It was a game they played. 10 Then one day Neville sat on the porch before the dog came. And, when it appeared across the street, he remained seated. For about fifteen minutes the dog hovered near the curb suspiciously, unwilling to approach the food. Neville edged as far away from the food as he could in order to encourage the dog. Unthinking, he crossed his legs, and the dog shrank away at the 15 unexpected motion. Neville held himself quietly then and the dog kept moving around restlessly in the street, its eyes moving from Neville to the food and back