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Black is beautiful
Build up your Vocabulary!
TASK N1 :

Insrez dans chaque phrase un mot form partir du radical entre parenthses et de

lun de ces suffixes.


-ABLE = that can be

-LESS = without

-AL = belonging to

a- Though the situation of black people seemed

-FUL = full of

(hope),

some people decided to rebel.


b- Desegregation would have been impossible without a
(politic) decision.
c- The attitude of the white supremacists towards the Freedom Riders was not

(accept).
d- Martin Luther Kings speech in Washington D.C could only raise
(respect) comments.
e- Martin Luther King could have been (resent)
after being stoned during a protest march.

f-

They kept on fighting

(regard) of the

opposition they constantly encountered .

A laide dun dictionnaire , associez chacun des mots de la liste . un mot de sens
voisin pris dans la liste .
TASK N2

give up emancipate - let

fight back just free

challenge march vote

struggle compel yield - defy -

resist force - fight - fair

allow - poll demonstrate

Remplacer les mots souligns par un verbe que vous choisirez dans la liste. Pensez
faire les changements ncessaires.
glance march shout stare at - whisper
TASK N3

In 1957, Melba Patillo, 15, was one of the nine students who wanted to go to Central High School in Little
Rock. When she arrived near the school, angry white men were speaking in a loud voice. She was so
scared she walked quickly to the school to escape. She remembers people kept looking at her. She
looked quickly at the bodyguard who tried to protect her. Just before getting into the classroom, she said
thank you very softly.

Faux amis (false friends !) Utilisez le contexte pour trouver le sens des mots souligns.
Attention, il existe en franais des mots identiques ou ressemblants, mais leur sens nest pas le mme dans
les deux langues.
TASK N4

Gaining equal rights was a very long process.

For decades, Blacks demanded equal rights .

When the Freedom Riders started their journey , they knew they would be in trouble, abused and even
threatened.

Martin Luther King kept telling his audience that Blacks would eventually be equal to Whites.

He

actually had to wait till 1963.

Employez le verbe donn entre parenthses au prtrit simple ou au prtrit en BE + -ING


( lactif ou au passif).
In November 1960, a tiny six-year-old black
TASK N5

girl , Ruby Bridges ,


(walk) to school. She was the only AfricanAmerican child to attend an elementary school
in New Orleans in Louisiana. After a court

(order)
desegregation, she
(guard) by federal marshals. As soon as
they (see) her, racist
demonstrators

(start) throwing tomatoes at her. They also

Through this painting , Norman Rockwell


(want) to denounce
the violence in the early years of school
desegregation. He
(make) people aware of the ugliness of racial
discrimination and the plight black people

. (confront)with.

(shout) abuse at
her. As she
(walk)along the sidewalk, she
(felt) terrified. Yet she
(pretend) not to hear their insults. When she

(reach)school, they
still (threaten)her.

TASK N5

Traduisez le texte suivant en choisissant la forme du prtrit qui convient .


Tandis que nous marchions vers le Lincoln Memorial, Martin Luther
King commena son discours. Ctait incroyable : des milliers

de

gens taient en train de lcouter. Ce jour l, MLK , qui


sadressait ses concitoyens, devint clbre dans le monde entier.

TASK N6

Mettez le verbe ou le modal entre parenthses la forme qui convient ( lactif ou au

passif).
On April 4th, 1968, the famous black civil rights leader, Martin Luther King,

(assassinate) by a sniper. He (shoot)


dead in Memphis, Tennessee, where he (go) to lead a march
protesting against low wages and poor working conditions. He
(take) to hospital where he (die)
soon afterwards.
A massive wave of violence (break) out all over the country
, primarily in black urban areas. In several countries marches
(hold) to honor the memory of a man who (stand) up for
justice and peace.

TASK N7

Schma accentuel : Ecoutez et notez le schma accentuel des mots suivants.

Ex : intimidation
a- Segregation
b- Emancipation
c- Discrimination
d- Constitution
e- Rejection
f- Exclusion
g- Demonstration
h- Decision
Quel rle joue la terminaison ion dans la place de laccent principal dun mot ?

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