ENGLISH NOW n°137 - Page 10 - 137 Abonnez-vous maintenant sur goenglish.fr Vous vous entraînez avec des exercices. Vous lisez et écoutez un article adapté à votre niveau. Vous le comprenez grâce aux guides de compréhension fournis. 10 MINUTES PAR JOUR ! APPRENEZ L’ANGLAIS EN SEULEMENT 1 2 3 4 Une gamme complète : février 2024 no108 March - April 2024 japprendslanglais.fr BASÉ SUR LE PROGRAMME OFFICIEL DE L’ÉDUCATION NATIONALE A U D I O SUR INTER N E T Gratuit! WHAT’S THE WEATHER LIKE? Fleurs de printemps TRAVAUX MANUELS Les animaux Les adjectifs opposés Les couleurs du printemps VOCABULAIRE Chameau ou dromadaire ? Dès 6 ans 8-12 ans (CM1-5e ) A1 à B1 - Débutant à intermédiaire B1 à C2 - Intermédiaire à avancé Vous avancez à votre rythme, en toute autonomie ! English Now o o 137 December 2024-January 2025 3 no137 December 2024-January 2025 Un exercice interactif se rapporte à cet article dans Go Digital. Article en anglais américain Article lu et enregistré (téléchargeable sur www.englishnow.fr) + exercices de prononciation et d’intonation Les articles couvrent les niveaux A1 à B1 du Cadre Européen Commun de Référence pour les langues. Débutant A1 Élémentaire A2 Intermédiaire B1 SYMBOLES INTERACTIVE EXERCISES AUDIO Nous voici déjà à l'aube de 2025 ! Ce numéro met la lumière sur la célèbre chanson de la Saint Sylvestre 'Auld Lang Syne' et les différentes façons de célébrer la nouvelle année dans les pays anglophones. Même si les traditions sont différentes, les feux d'artifice semblent faire l'unanimité, d'Edimbourg à Sacramento, sans oublier la baie de Sydney en Australie. Vous trouverez également un portrait de Zendaya et une délicieuse recette de cheesecake. Nous vous souhaitons une merveilleuse année 2025, que tous vos vœux se réalisent, en anglais bien sûr ! Valérie Hyenveux, rédactrice en chef LANGUAGE gpa WHAT’S ITS NAME? p.12-13 Winter clothes g aAbGRAMMAR FILES p.16-17 I went to the shop to... gp AbWORDS WORDS p.18-19 Idiomatic expressions around the word ‘night’ gpaAbENGLISH AT WORK p.22-23 Wishes for the New Year gpaAbPRONUNCIATION p.24-25 Sentence stress pa NOW YOU’RE TALKING p.31 Wishes and greetings on New Year’s Day p A SURVIVAL KIT p.33 How to express wishes gpAb 10 THINGS TO DO p.6-7 Celebrating New Year’s Eve in the English-speaking world p A b READ ALL ABOUT IT p.20-21 ‘Auld Lang Syne’ g b CULTURAL NOTES p.26-29 New Year traditions in the English-speaking world pA COOK IN ENGLISH p.32 Millionaire’s cheesecake paAbGREETINGS FROM p.34-35 New Year’s Eve in Sydney by the bay Ab WISH YOU WERE HERE p.42 The holidays in a Disney park PLACES & CULTURE PEOPLE gpaA Forum p.4-5 How will you celebrate the New Year? gpb Who Are They? u p.8-9 Zendaya pAb Meet p.14-15 Mags Pearson, co-owner of a family hotel in Scotland pb Interview p.38-39 Esmé and Noah, a couple of adventurers in Australia p AbNOW NEWS p.10-11 p AbSTAR WORDS p.36 p AbNEWS FROM THE STUDIOSp.37 p AbCOMING SOON p.40 Nosferatu and Sing Sing p AbMUSIC RELEASES p.41 Flora Hibbert and White Denim NEWS ‘Auld Lang Syne’ p. 20 Zendaya p. 8 New Year’s Eve in Sydney p.34 Wishes for the New Year p. 22 aAbENGLISH NOW TEST p. 43-47 NEXT ISSUE AND ANSWERS p. 49 TEST YOURSELF English Now o o 137 December 2024-January 2025 4 PEOPLE FORUM Article by Louanne Piccolo Themba , 21, physical education teacher, Westville, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa With a party, of course! We’ll have a barbecue on the beach — in South Africa, we call that a braai — with music and dancing until midnight. After that, we’ll go nightclubbing. There are some great clubs in Durban. Do you want to come? Mike , 43, train driver, London, England, UK I’m not a fan of noisy New Year’s celebrations. I like a quiet evening at home with my wife and my two small children. We’ll get a takeaway and play board games. The children will stay up late and we’ll count down until midnight. Then, it’ll be bedtime for everyone! We’re not party animals. Valerie , 52, magazine editor-inchief, San Francisco, California, USA This year, I’ll go to a ballet. I can’t wait! Then, I’ll meet friends at a fancy restaurant. We’ll stay there until midnight to bring in the New Year together. After that, we’ll go to The Chapel, a concert hall, and dance until dawn. Happy New Year! How will you celebrate the New Year? the New Year le Nouvel An a party une fête a beach une plage midnight minuit to go nightclubbing sortir en boîte de nuit a club (ici) une boîte de nuit train driver un conducteur de train noisy bruyant quiet silencieux an evening une soirée a wife une épouse a child (pl. children) un enfant a takeaway de la nourriture à emporter a board game un jeu de société to count down faire le décompte bedtime l’heure d’aller au lit a party animal un fêtard an editor-in-chief un rédacteur en chef fancy chic to stay rester to bring in (ici) pour accueillir together ensemble dawn l’aube Happy New Year Bonne année English Now o o 137 December 2024-January 2025 5 a baker un boulanger unfortunately malheureusement Eve (ici) le réveillon to get up se lever early tôt to bake bread cuire le pain a customer un client a bakery une boulangerie always toujours an office un bureau to buy (bought, bought) acheter beautiful joli a dress une robe shoes des chaussures to wear porter (un vêtement) a suit un costume to leave laisser a teenager un adolescent to order commander on a holiday en vacances while pendant que under sous the snow la neige maybe peut-être Rashid , 61, baker, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia Unfortunately, I don’t celebrate New Year’s Eve. Bakers get up early to work. I go to bed at 9pm and I get up at 4am. I start baking bread at 5am. My first customers arrive at the bakery at 6:30am. People always want fresh bread, even on January 1st! Sonia , 48, office manager, Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK We are invited to a dinner party at a friend’s house. I bought a beautiful dress and new shoes. My husband will wear a suit. We will leave the children at home. They’re teenagers now. Their friends will come to our house. They will order pizza and watch films on Netflix. © Zinah Nur/Shutterstock Garth , 37, community manager, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada I’m going on holiday with my fiancée from December 26th to January 2nd. We’ll be in Senegal. While everyone at home is under a metre of snow, we’ll be at the beach! I don’t know what we’ll do for New Year’s Eve. Maybe dinner on the beach? 2-3 English Now o o 137 December 2024-January 2025 6 10 THINGS TO DO Article by Talitha Linehan CELEBRATING NEW YEAR’S EVE IN THE ENGLISHSPEAKING WORLD the New Year’s Eve le Réveillon du Nouvel An a firework un feu d’artifice almost presque every tout an event un événement midnight minuit earlier than plus tôt que most la plupart to mean signifier, vouloir dire up to jusqu’à various divers to watch regarder a drop (ici) une descente another un autre famous célèbre which (ici) qui to be on top of être en haut de to start commencer to descend down descendre vers le bas a flagpole un mât to listen to écouter a strike (ici) un coup the place to be le lieu où il faut être to be launched from lancer de a barge une péniche the River Thames la Tamise wherever you are où que vous soyez the countdown le compte à rebours to shout crier See the Sydney See the Sydney fireworks fireworks Almost every big city in the world has a fireworks event at midnight on New Year’s Eve. The event in Sydney, Australia, is special, because midnight arrives there earlier than most parts of the world. This means that Sydney is one of the first big cities to celebrate the New Year. Up to 1.6 million people go to the event, which is at various places, including the Sydney Opera House and Sydney Harbour Bridge, and millions more watch it on TV. 1 1 Count down to midnight Count down to midnight Naturally, you don’t have to be at a famous event to participate in the New Year festivities. Wherever you are in the world, you can participate in the countdown to the New Year, which begins just seconds before midnight. People all over the world count down from 10, 9, 8… and when they arrive at 1, they shout, “Happy New Year!” 4 4 Listen to Listen to Big Ben Big Ben strike strike at midnight at midnight In England, London is the place to be on New Year’s Eve. Here, you can go to festivities at the South Bank. When the famous Big Ben strikes midnight, fireworks are launched from barges on the River Thames and from the London Eye. 3 3 Watch the ball Watch the ball drop drop in NYC in NYC Another famous televised event around midnight on New Year’s Eve is the New York ball drop. At 11:59pm, the Times Square Ball, which is on top of One Times Square in New York City, starts to descend down a flagpole. It arrives at the base of the flagpole at midnight, signaling the start of the New Year. Many other US cities have their own version of the famous ball drop. © Nancy Ann Ellis/Shutterstock 2 2 English Now o o 137 December 2024-January 2025 7 For thousands of years, people have been making New Year’s resolutions. Originally, they made them as promises to the gods. But today, most people make resolutions only to themselves, and their resolutions often revolve around personal development – things like doing more exercise or stopping smoking. Most people don’t keep their resolutions, but perhaps you will be the exception! Make New Year’s resolutions Make New Year’s resolutions 10 10 to scare away éloigner, faire peur an evil spirit un esprit maléfique either... or soit... soit to pop (ici) faire sauter, déboucher (le champagne) global mondial joyful joyeux sparkling wine du vin pétillant cheers santé to toast (sb/sth) lever son verre à, porter un toast a gesture un geste by dedicating en dédiant perhaps peut-être hope l’espoir to kiss embrasser to believe croire luck la chance to share partager to sing chanter to join hands se tenir les mains a thousand mille originally à l’origine a promise une promesse a god un dieu only seulement to themselves à eux-mêmes to revolve around tourner autour de to smoke fumer to keep tenir When you drink a toast to someone or something, you drink something, often alcoholic, as a symbolic gesture, to demonstrate your appreciation of them. So, many people toast the New Year by dedicating their first drink of the year to the 12 months to come, perhaps in the hope of good fortune. Toast Toast the New Year the New Year 7 7 Some traditions say that fireworks were created in China to scare away evil spirits. But today, people use fireworks to celebrate special occasions, including New Year’s Eve. You can either watch a firework display on TV, or if you live in a place that has a firework display, see them in real life! Watch the fireworks Watch the fireworks 5 5 At midnight, people all around the world join hands and sing ‘Auld Lang Syne’, a song based on a 1788 poem by the Scottish poet Robert Burns. The literal translation of the title is “old long since”, meaning “the good old days”. It’s worth learning the words so you can sing along at midnight! © Sharaf Maksumov/Shutterstock Sing Sing ‘Auld Lang Syne’ ‘Auld Lang Syne’ 9 9 Popping a champagne bottle is a global tradition associated with celebrating joyful occasions. And so, at midnight all over the world, people mark the beginning of the New Year by popping open a champagne bottle. You don’t have to drink alcohol to participate in this tradition, as you can simply use nonalcoholic sparkling wine in its place. Cheers! Pop Pop the champagne bottle the champagne bottle 6 6 Many people believe that it’s good luck to start the New Year by kissing someone you love at midnight – and bad luck if you don’t. So be sure to share that moment with someone special! Kiss Kiss your loved one your loved one 8 8 4-5 PEOPLE English Now o o 137 December 2024-January 2025 8 WHO ARE THEY? Article by Talitha Linehan adaptation of the Israeli series of the same name, ‘Euphoria’ debuted in 2019 and stars Zendaya as a drug-addicted teenager. For her role, Zendaya won not one but two Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series. That’s an incredible accomplishment at such a young age. Early life Zendaya, 28, was born in Oakland, California, to Claire Stoermer, who has German and Scottish ancestry, and Kazembe Ajamu Coleman, who is African American with Nigerian ancestry. The name Zendaya comes from the Shona name Tendai, which means ‘to give thanks’. Shona is a Bantu language of the Shona people of Zimbabwe, Africa. Her parents were both teachers, and her mother was also a stage manager. So, as a child, Zendaya was often at the California Shakespeare Theater, where her mother worked. This experience of the stage inspired in Zendaya an interest in being an actor, and she later studied acting and played in local theatrical productions. On television At the age of 14, Zendaya got her first big role, in a comedy TV show on the Disney Channel entitled ‘Shake It Up’, which is about two friends who want to become professional dancers. Then, from 2015 to 2018, she starred in another comedy show on the Disney Channel, titled ‘K.C. Undercover’, as a girl who discovers that her parents are spies. However, it was her role in the HBO teen drama series ‘Euphoria’ that got her the most attention. An © Fred Duval/Shutterstock Zendaya, 2017 Clearly, Zendaya was born to be a star. Originally from California, she began her career as a model and dancer, before transitioning into acting in popular films and TV shows. She is best known for her roles in the Spider-Man films and for the TV show ‘Euphoria’, for which she became the youngest person ever to win the Emmy Award for Lead Actress in a Drama Series, at the age of 24. Zendaya clearly à l’évidence, manifestement a model un mannequin to transition into passer à ever (ici) de tous les temps ancestry ascendance a stage manager un régisseur (de théâtre) entitled intitulé a spy (pl. spies) un espion drug-addicted drogué a teenager un adolescent FULL NAME Zendaya Maree Stoermer Coleman BORN September 1st, 1996 KNOWN AS an American actress and singer QUOTE “Don’t try so hard to fit in, and certainly don’t try so hard to be different; just try hard to be you.” English Now o o 137 December 2024-January 2025 9 In film While starring in Disney’s ‘K.C. Undercover’, Zendaya got her first role in a Hollywood film. She played a trapeze artist in the 2017 musical biopic The Greatest Showman, which starred Hugh Jackman, Zac Efron and Michelle Williams and was an enormous success. That same year, she starred in the first of three Spider-Man films as Spider-Man’s love interest, Michelle ‘M.J.’ Jones. She played the same role in the three films: Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017), Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019) and Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021). Each of the films was a success, and Zendaya and her Spider-Man co-star Tom Holland are now a couple. Zendaya has also been in the romantic drama films Malcolm & Marie (2021) and Challengers (2024), and the science-fiction films Dune (2021) and Dune: Part Two (2024). As well as winning two Primetime Emmy Awards, she has also won a Golden Globe Award, and in 2022, Time magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world. In music Incredibly, Zendaya is also a talented singer. In 2011, she released the songs ‘Swag It Out’ and ‘Watch Me’. A year later, she signed with Hollywood Records, and a year after that, she released her first studio album, titled Zendaya. The album’s first single, ‘Replay’, entered the top 40 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart. Then, in 2017, Zendaya collaborated with her costar from The Greatest Showman, Zac Efron, on the song ‘Rewrite’ from the film’s soundtrack. It entered the top 20 of several music charts and received multi-platinum sales certifications around the world. Zendaya has also written and sung several songs for the TV show ‘Euphoria’. © Massimo Valicchia/Shutterstock Zendaya, 2024 © DFree/Shutterstock Tom Holland and Zendaya a love interest un amoureux incredibly fait incroyable to release sortir US Billboard Hot 100 chart les 100 meilleurs singles aux États-Unis a soundtrack la bande originale A woman of many talents Zendaya isn’t only a talented actress and singer. She began her career as a model and dancer, and was a backup dancer to Selena Gomez in a commercial for the US department store Sears. Since then, she has modeled for many luxury brands, including Michael Kors and Dolce & Gabbana. She has also been a brand ambassador for Tommy Hilfiger and Louis Vuitton, and a spokesperson for Lancôme, Bulgari and Valentino. She has written a book, titled Between U and Me: How to Rock Your Tween Years with Style and Confidence, published in 2014. And she released a shoe collection, called Daya, in 2015, and a clothing line, Daya by Zendaya, in 2016. Perhaps most admirably of all, Zendaya has worked with many charities and supported many important causes. She has campaigned for underprivileged communities and schools and against bullying. She has also encouraged many young people to exercise their right to vote. What an incredible woman! © Grzegorz Czapski/Shutterstock a backup dancer danseur d’arrière-plan a commercial une publicité a department store un grand magasin to model être mannequin a brand une marque a charity une association caritative to campaign for faire campagne pour underprivileged défavorisé bullying le harcèlement 6-7 NEWS NOW NEWS English Now o o 137 December 2024-January 2025 Article by Robert J. Schweizer 10 endangered menacé d’extinction a loggerhead turtle une tortue Caouanne to be blown être soufflé (par le vent) a storm une tempête lethargic à bout de souffle to wash ashore échouer Cornwall les Cornouailles to be nursed back to health soigné jusqu’à la guérison complète a rescuer un sauveteur a ride un voyage The Royal Navy saves turtles Six rare and endangered loggerhead turtles, who were most likely blown thousands of miles off course by a large storm, recently got delivered to warmer waters by his Majesty’s naval services. These turtles were found lethargic and would not survive due to the cold water they ended up in. After washing ashore in Cornwall and Devon, England, they were rescued by two local marine sanctuaries and were nursed back to health. But the rescuers had a dilemma because they didn’t have the resources to take them back to warmer waters, and, without the aid, the turtles would have died in the cold water they were found in. Enter the heroes of the sea as the HMS Medway just happened to be going to the Caribbean and decided to give the six turtles a ride to safer waters. Go, Royal Navy! A piece of US history found during a move Back in 1787, a hundred copies of the US constitution were printed in the lead-up to the Constitutional Convention. Out of the hundred, only eight were signed by Mr Charles Thomson, then the secretary of the Continental Congress. One of those eight copies was just discovered inside a house in the Hayes Plantation in North Carolina, which was owned by Samuel Johnston, the state’s Governor between 1787 and 1789. The property had been stewarded by a single family for seven generations but they decided to hand it to the state as a historic property. While they were cleaning out the house in 2022, they found the valuable document in an old cabinet. This incredibly rare piece of American history is set to be auctioned off at Brunk Auctioneers. It is expected to fetch $20 million or more, and the starting bid of $1 million has already been met. For comparison, another copy of the Constitution sold for $42.3 million at Sotheby’s Auction house in 2021. a move (ici) un déménagement in the lead-up to dans la période qui précède to be owned by être détenu par to be stewarded by être géré par to hand donner to clean out débarrasser, ranger a cabinet un meuble de rangement to be auctioned être mis aux enchères to fetch (ici) rapporter une somme a bid une offre English Now o o 137 December 2024-January 2025 11 Indigenous wisdom always helpful It’s wildfire season in North America: more than a hundred fires burned across the western part of the US in October, while in Canada, more than two hundred communities were under evacuation orders. Several factors are thought to be responsible for the fires, including the drought, which was brought about by climate change, and mismanagement by forestry officials, who have allowed dangerous levels of vegetation to grow unchecked. The wildfire surges have led authorities to listen to what the Indigenous people of Australia, Canada and America have been telling them for decades: in order to stop large fires, you should set fire to the forest. While it may sound strange, it works. The Indigenous people used small, controlled burns to forest and grasslands to promote grazing and encourage the growth of medicinal plants and food. When done in a controlled fashion, it helps return nutrients to the soil and avoids the build-up of dead plants that cause the more dangerous and devastating fires that can break out. And they knew this centuries ago. tiny minuscule an archipelago un archipel off the tip au-dessus de la pointe to spot repérer It turned out to be Il s’est avéré être depicted représenté expected attendu a curator un conservateur a thumbtack une punaise an ornament un objet décoratif a reminder un rappel underfoot sous les pieds A walk on the beach leads to tiny treasure Nikki Banfield was taking photographs on the beaches of the Isles of Scilly, a small archipelago off the tip of Cornwall, England. This is when she spotted something she first thought was a button. It turned out to be a glass ‘cameo’ with a woman’s face depicted on one side. It is expected to be between 200 to 2,000 years old. Banfield has a meeting with a curator from the Isles of Scilly Museum to see if they can better identify the object, which is about the size of a thumbtack. Sometimes called ‘glyptics’, these little ornaments have been associated with ancient Rome and Greece for thousands of years but became popular throughout the Victorian period, thus the question of origin and confusion concerning the dating. This story serves as a good reminder to keep your eyes open, as treasure may be underfoot at any time. © DR wisdom la sagesse helpful utile wildfire season la saison des incendies de forêt the drought la sécheresse mismanagement la mauvaise gestion forestry officials les fonctionnaires forestiers to grow unchecked croître de manière incontrôlée the surge la hausse a decade une décennie to set fire mettre le feu grassland une prairie grazing le pâturage nutrients les nutriments the soil le sol, la terre the build-up l’accumulation to break out éclater 8-11
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