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SO CIETY
Crime and Punishment
At one time, it seemed that penal policy when the author Charles Dickens described
in the world was becoming more liberal. the barbaric conditions in which prisoners
More and more countries were abolishing the lived on board.
death penalty, and many governments were Liberal penal policies have not been
encouraging alternatives to prison; things like abandoned everywhere in the world. San
community service were considered more Francisco’s County Jail is claiming great
likely to stop convicted people reoffending success for its farm. Convicts are taught
than a prison sentence. gardening while they are in prison, and after
Now, however, the consensus has serving their sentences many of them go on
broken down. While some countries continue to work on the Garden Project, a business set
to pursue liberal policies, others have decided up by the jail which has proved highly
that they do not work. Under the profitable. Many of the city’s best restaurants
Conservative government in Britain in the buy their fruit and vegetables from it.
1990s, for example, record numbers were The Garden Project has done so well
sent to jail, and the prisons are full. The that it is expanding to a second site. Its real
government discussed transforming an old achievement, however, is in tempting the
holiday village into a prison. One less people who work there away from crime.
attractive solution has been to buy a prison This is the first time that many of them have
ship from the United States. Called The had a real job in their lives. As a result, only
Resolution, it will be moored off Portland on 6% of them reoffend, compared with 29% of
the south coast of England, and will house other offenders.
500 prisoners. It has been described as a
“floating Alcatraz”, and is the first prison David Walter
ship to be used in Britain since the 19th TODAY IN ENGLISH, JULY-AUGUST 1997.
century, (adapted)
Help!
Vocabulary: 1 - penalty: peine 6 - to claim: se targuer de
2 - likely: susceptible 7 - to serve: purger
3 - convicted: condamné 8 - achievement: réussite
4 - sentence: peine 9 - to tempt away from: donner envie de renoncer à
5 - jail: prison
ACADÉMIE DE POITIERS SESSION JUIN 1998 N° d’anonymat
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Lisez attentivement le texte
I COMPREHENSION
1 - Trouvez dans le texte les opposés des mots suivants : (2 pts)
• life : ..........................................................................................................
• empty : .....................................................................................................
• failure : .....................................................................................................
• worst : ......................................................................................................
2 - VRAI ou FAUX (3 pts)
Dans tous les cas, justifiez en citant des éléments du texte anglais
a) Pour éviter aux condamnés de récidiver, mieux valait les faire travailler pour la communauté
que de les mettre en prison :
• vrai : .............................................................................................................................................
• faux : .............................................................................................................................................
b) Dans les années 1990, sous le gouvernement conservateur britannique, peu de gens étaient
envoyés en prison :
• vrai : .............................................................................................................................................
• faux : .............................................................................................................................................
c) Un “bateau-prison” va être utilisé pour accueillir des détenus, ce qui n’existait plus depuis le
19ème siècle :
• vrai : .............................................................................................................................................
• faux : .............................................................................................................................................
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d) Dans ses écrits, Charles Dickens décrit le bon traitement des prisonniers à bord du “bateau-
prison” :
• vrai : .............................................................................................................................................
• faux : .............................................................................................................................................
e) Les meilleurs restaurants de San Francisco s’approvisionnent à la ferme de la prison de San
Francisco :
• vrai : .............................................................................................................................................
• faux : .............................................................................................................................................
f) Grâce au projet “The Garden Project” beaucoup de prisonniers peuvent travailler après leur
sortie de prison :
• vrai : .............................................................................................................................................
• faux : .............................................................................................................................................
3 - Répondez en anglais aux questions suivantes à l’aide de phrases complètes. (6 pts)
a) What are the two alternatives to the death penalty?
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b) What did the British government decide to buy from the U.S.A.?
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c) Is the Garden Project a success? Justify.
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II PRODUCTION ECRITE
1 - Compétence linguistique. (1,5 pt)
Posez une question portant sur les mots soulignés :
a) Some countries have decided to abandon liberal penal policies.
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b) 500 prisoners will be sent to the new floating Alcatraz.
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c) David Walter is the author of the article.
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2 - Mettez la phrase suivante “Many restaurants buy their fruit and vegetables from the farn”
aux temps voulus en vous aidant des indications temporelles. (1,5 pt)
a) Tomorrow, ....................................................................................................................................
b) Two years ago, ...............................................................................................................................
c) For several years, ...........................................................................................................................
3 - Complétez les phrases suivantes en traduisant les indications entre parenthèses. (3 pts)
a) (de moins en moins) ................................................................ countries opt for liberal policies.
b) San Francisco’s County Jail has succeeded in saving (quelques) ................................. convicts.
c) (De nombreux) ................................................................ prisoners were sent to the prison-ship.
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III EXPRESSION (3 pts)
Give your opinion about violence.
Complétez et éventuellement développez les phrases suivantes :
Nowadays there is more and more violence in our society because ........................................................
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Some young people meet difficulties with ..............................................................................................
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Education could be useful to ...................................................................................................................
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