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L'école, la vie d'étudiant
1. Le vocabulaire
1.1. Les professeurs
— the teacher : le professeur
— the headmaster / the headmistress : le (la)
principal(e)
— to teach someone something : enseigner quelque
chose à quelqu'un
Ex. : He taught her to read. Il lui a appris à
lire.
— lenient : indulgent
— authoritarian : autoritaire
— to earn respect : se faire respecter
Ex. : He earnt their respect by being understanding
and fair. Il se fit respecter en se montrant compréhensif et juste.
1.2. Les cours
— to go to school : aller à l'école
— to attend school : assister aux cours
— a schoolgirl / a schoolboy : un écolier/ une
écolière
— a pupil : un élève ; a student : un
étudiant
— a sixth former (UK) / a senior : un élève de
terminale
— a subject : une matière
— a term : un trimestre
— a course : un cours
Ex. : Mrs Taylor teaches a course in English
Literature. Mme Taylor enseigne la littérature britannique.
— a period : une heure de cours
— a break : une récréation
— a timetable / a schedule : un emploi du
temps
— homework : les devoirs
Ex. : Pupils always complain they have too much
homework. Les élèves se plaignent toujours d'avoir trop de devoirs!
1.3. Les résultats scolaires
— to be good at : être bon en ; to be weak
in : être mauvais en
— a mark / a grade : une note
— a written test : une interrogation écrite
— a mock exam : un examen blanc
— to sit for an exam : passer un examen
— to pass : réussir
— to fail : échouer
Ex. : Paul sat for that exam three times before
passing it.
— to go up into : passer dans la classe
supérieure
— to repeat : redoubler ; a repeater : un
redoublant
— to drop out of school : quitter l'école
Ex. : He dropped out of school because he wasn't
interested.
— talented : doué ; bright, smart :
intelligent
— hardworking : travailleur
— lazy : paresseux
— absent-minded : distrait
— an average student : un élève moyen
1.4. Le règlement
— to break the rules : enfreindre le
règlement
Ex. : Ann broke the rules: she got caught
smoking at school. Ann a enfreint le règlement : on l'a attrapée en train de
fumer dans l'enceinte de l'école.
— to cut lessons : sécher les cours ; to play
truant : faire l'école buissonnière
— to be kept in detention : être retenu
Ex. : He so often cuts lessons that he is kept in
detention every saturday till the end of the year. Il sèche si souvent les
cours qu'il est retenu tous les samedis jusqu'à la fin de l'année.
— to be suspended : être exclu
Ex. : He was suspended after stealing from another
student's bag. Il a été renvoyé après avoir volé dans le sac d'un autre
étudiant.
1.5. L'université
— to continue one's studies : poursuivre ses
études
— to go to university : aller à
l'université
— further education/ higher education : les
études supérieures
— to win a scholarship: obtenir une bourse
Ex. : She won a scholarship because she is very
bright and extremely hardworking. Elle a obtenu une bourse parce qu'elle est
très intelligente et extrêmement travailleuse.
2. Les questions d'expression types
2.1. Would you agree to wear a school uniform? Why or
why not?
— Wearing a school uniform wouldn't bother me. It would
be out of question.
— I would agree to wear a uniform. I wouldn't mind
wearing a uniform.
— I would agree because I believe it would be a good way
to erase social differences between the pupils.
— If we all wear the same uniform, we can't tell who is
rich and who is poor.
— Teenagers care about their looks too much.
— Teenagers want to be trendy / fashionable : they want
their parents to buy them the most fashionable pair of jeans.
— Pupils who come from a poor background can't afford to
buy the latest items of clothing.
— I would totally disagree to wear a uniform because I
think it would prevent me from feeling free.
— I would most probably feel like a sheep if we were all
dressed alike!
— I wouldn't feel different and unique.
2.2. Do you think school results are important? Why or
why not?
— I think our school results are essential since they
reveal / they show / they express how good or how weak we are in a given
subject.
— Grades are the only fair way to assess our progress /
our knowledge / how much we have worked.
— I'm not sure grades reflect what we are worth.
— Some pupils forget everything they know when they are
under the pressure of an exam.
— School results don't take into account the state you
were in or how you felt the day you took the exam.
— I believe school results are not very fair ; they
don't always reflect the time spent studying the subject.
— Some students are talented and don't need to work a
lot and will still get high grades but other students, maybe less bright, will
work a lot and won't get good results.
— Shouldn't our grades also take into account our
behaviour at school?
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