Corrigé bac 2014 (Pondichéry) - Séries L/ES/S - LV1 Anglais

CORRECTION SUJET ANGLAIS LV1 SERIES S/ES/L PONDICHERY 2014 COMPREHENSION DOCUMENT A 1 a) The main character, Lorcan, is 37 years old, works in the conservation room of the Ulster Museum in Belfast, Northern Ireland, as an art restorator. b) The character's family and family background : his father and mother ran a pub in a small town in the countryside presumably. They also had a farm and farmlands to look after. We can guess they have always been hard-working simple people, not at all connected to any artistic environment. 2 Places. -the Crowing Cock pub : the family pub, the place where the main character grew up and helped his parents as a young boy. -Tailorstown : his hometown, a small town inhabited by country people. -Belfast : city where he attended university, graduated, started working as a painter and printer and eventually still works. -the Ulster Museum : his working place . 3 a) "This is not me". His dreams have always been to become an artist and to live off his art (painting) and imagination. His mother expected him to take over the family business (pub and farm) but she had no choice but to accept her son's vocation. b) "But he'd won the day nonetheless". He obviously managed to convince his mother to let him try his luck as an artist. He started studying in Belfast, rented the farm and lands and hired a bartender for the pub to help his mother deal with the business. 4 a) He is an art restorator.