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[didi10]

bonjour voila je suis vraiment nul en anglais pouvez vous maider a repondre a 2 question sur le texte ke je devrai faire au bac merci c'est tres important

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why the caged bird sings:commentary

why the caged bird sings is an article written by alan zarembo and published in newsweek on september 10,2001.

the article deals with ana , a 35 year old mexican woman who lives in the us. she has divorced(line 5"a soon to be ex-husband) and has two children in mexico: a 7-year-old son , misa, and a 13-year-old daughter

,angel.

in 1995 she decides to emigrate to us illegally. she made that decision because in mexico she and her family were very poor.her working conditions were very bad. she only earned

$100 a month. so she lived under the poverty line(her income was insufficient to cover the bare essentials of life such as housing clothing and food) and was

unable to support her family decently. they all lived in a slum.

she chose to go to the us for different reasons. the most obvious one was that the us was just across the border(line 1:ana crawled into the united states through a moonlit drainpipe) still she

had to pay $1.500 to a smuggler. however she managed to cross the us and settled in new york where she had relatives who could put her up and get her a job

:"ana was simply following a family trail(line9).

but above all, she was attracted to the american dream. in the states she had the prospect of a better life: a better job with higher wages, the opportunity to climb up the social

ladder and more money for her family.

although she was unskilled she has succeeded professionally. she had different jobs and eventually became her own boss: she is now"a successful broker

for illegal cleaning women (line10). her success means that she has a much better income than in mexico. "last year ana made $50,000.

of course , as she is illegal she doesn't pay taxes. she has also succeeded socially. she has"american friends". ana deserves her success.she has

the required qualities. she is determined and hard-working. when she was in at he laundry, she worked"12 hours a day, six days a week".she

is strong-willed and efficient.

however we may wonder whether ana has really succeeded personally. her success

has a very high price. although she makes a lot of money, she is still illegal and undocumented. besides she is uprooted.

she can't go back. she doesn't even feel mexican any more. in a way,she has become americanized. "she has been sucked into the culture

of consumerism. and " mexico is strange country to now". it is true that with the money she earns, she can give her family in mexico

better living conditions. they now live in a two-story house and have everything they need, and even more.still she is cut off from her family.

she hasn't seen her children grow up and they no longer know her (line 13: to her children she is now just the things she sends home) she wanted to help her family and yet

ro some extent she has sacrificed her family life. we way wonder if it was worth it .

voici les questions ;

explain the title of the article.

caged # sings

2) your opinion

give your opinion about ana, her choices , her "success"

merci de m'aider c'est vraiment important moi je suis vraiment vraiment nul en anglais

si vous avez besoin d'aide pr une matiere otre ke l'anglais je pe vous aidez

contacter moi

merci beaucoup

[urlaubos]

[quote name='didi10' post='44236' date='7 Dec 2004, 17:11 ']bonjour voila je suis vraiment nul en anglais pouvez vous maider a repondre a 2 question sur le texte ke je devrai faire au bac merci c'est tres important
le resumer du texte le voici
why the caged bird sings:commentary

why the caged bird sings is an article written by alan zarembo and published in newsweek on september 10,2001.

the article deals with ana , a 35 year old mexican woman who lives in the us. she has divorced(line 5"a soon to be ex-husband) and has two children in mexico: a 7-year-old son , misa, and a 13-year-old daughter
,angel.

in 1995 she decides to emigrate to us illegally. she made that decision because in mexico she and her family were very poor.her working conditions were very bad. she only earned
$100 a month. so she lived under the poverty line(her income was insufficient to cover the bare essentials of life such as housing clothing and food) and was
unable to support her family decently. they all lived in a slum.

she chose to go to the us for different reasons. the most obvious one was that the us was just across the border(line 1:ana crawled into the united states through a moonlit drainpipe) still she
had to pay $1.500 to a smuggler. however she managed to cross the us and settled in new york where she had relatives who could put her up and get her a job
:"ana was simply following a family trail(line9).
but above all, she was attracted to the american dream. in the states she had the prospect of a better life: a better job with higher wages, the opportunity to climb up the social
ladder and more money for her family.

although she was unskilled she has succeeded professionally. she had different jobs and eventually became her own boss: she is now"a successful broker
for illegal cleaning women (line10). her success means that she has a much better income than in mexico. "last year ana made $50,000.
of course , as she is illegal she doesn't pay taxes. she has also succeeded socially. she has"american friends". ana deserves her success.she has
the required qualities. she is determined and hard-working. when she was in at he laundry, she worked"12 hours a day, six days a week".she
is strong-willed and efficient.

however we may wonder whether ana has really succeeded personally. her success
has a very high price. although she makes a lot of money, she is still illegal and undocumented. besides she is uprooted.
she can't go back. she doesn't even feel mexican any more. in a way,she has become americanized. "she has been sucked into the culture
of consumerism. and " mexico is strange country to now". it is true that with the money she earns, she can give her family in mexico
better living conditions. they now live in a two-story house and have everything they need, and even more.still she is cut off from her family.
she hasn't seen her children grow up and they no longer know her (line 13: to her children she is now just the things she sends home) she wanted to help her family and yet
ro some extent she has sacrificed her family life. we way wonder if it was worth it .

voici les questions ;
explain the title of the article.
caged # sings
2) your opinion
give your opinion about ana, her choices , her "success"

merci de m'aider c'est vraiment important moi je suis vraiment vraiment nul en anglais
si vous avez besoin d'aide pr une matiere otre ke l'anglais je pe vous aidez
contacter moi
merci beaucoup[/quote]




j'ai également le même sujet , je dois expliquer le titre de l'article en 300 mots mais je n'ai aucun inspiration . Merci de bien vouloir prendre le temps de m'aider , cela serait sympa de votre part .

[yveslouis]

[quote name='urlaubos' post='80545' date='29 Mar 2009, 14:27 ']j'ai également le même sujet , je dois expliquer le titre de l'article en 300 mots mais je n'ai aucun inspiration . Merci de bien vouloir prendre le temps de m'aider , cela serait sympa de votre part .[/quote]

[color="#0000FF"][b]Pourquoi ne pas créer ton propre message ? Pour éviter d'avoir à taper le texte ?

Voici un peu d'aide :

Conseils : Ne fais pas de phrases trop longues. Deux propositions suffisent amplement. Essaye de "penser" en anglais. Mets quelques mots, qui seront un mini plan, sur une feuille de papier, puis rédige en anglais.

MOTS DE LIAISON :
to begin with = pour commencer
then = puis
besides/moreover = de plus
thus = ainsi
therefore = en conséquence
finally = enfin
in short = bref,..
all things considered = tout compte fait
to recap = en résumé
to conclude / in conclusion = pour conclure

I'd say that = je dirais que
it seems to me that = il me semble que
as for = quant à
according to = d'après (quelqu'un d'autre que moi)
to my mind = à mon avis
how can I put it = comment dire...
mind you (familier) = remarquez...
what I mean is that = ce que je veux dire, c'est que
the point is (that) = le fait est que
in other words = autrement dit
that is to say = c'est-à-dire

actually = en réalité, en fait
in fact = en fait
in a way = en un sens
to a certain extent = dans une certaine mesure
anyway = en tous cas
as a rule = en règle générale
generally speaking = en général
on the whole = dans l'ensemble

on the one hand = d'une part / d'un côté
on the other hand = d'autre part / d'un autre côté
still = quand même / tout de même
yet = pourtant
however = cependant
on the contrary = au contraire
in spite of = en dépit de / malgré

by the way = au fait...
that reminds me = ça me fait penser......
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first / firstly = d'abord
next / after that = après celà
Secondly =en second lieu
also / too / as well = aussi/également
neither...nor = ni...ni
indeed = en effet
in fact/ as a matter of fact/actually = en fait
of course/ naturally/ (quite) obviously = bien sûr/ évidemment
OPPOSITION :
but = mais
nevertheless. however = cependant, toutefois
yet = pourtant
on the contrary = au contraire
on the other hand = en revanche
On the one hand...on the other hand = d'une part...d'autre part
(al)though = bien que
in spite of/ despite = malgré/ en dépit de
whereas/ while = alors que/ tandis que
CONDITION:
If/ provided/providing (that) = si/ à condition que
supposing = à supposer que
in case = au cas où
even if = même si
except if/ unless = à moins que
TIME:
When = quand/lorsque
while = pendant que
whenever = chaque fois que
before = avant que
after = après que
since = depuis que
till. until = jusqu'à ce que
as soon as = dès que
as long as = tant que
meanwhile/ in the meantime = en attendant/ entretemps
PURPOSE : (but)
(in order) to/ so as to = afin de
with a view to = dans l'intention de
in order that/ so that = afin que/ de sorte que
CAUSE :
because = parce que
as = comme
since = puisque
for = car
because of/ owing to/ due to = à cause de/ en raison de
thanks to = grâce à
what... for = pourquoi/ dans quel but ?
CONSEQUENCE:
so/ thus = donc/ ainsi
therefore/ accordingly/ consequently = par conséquent
hence = d'où
thereby/ as a result (of which) = de ce fait
so/such...that = si/ tellement que
so that = de telle sorte que
CONCLUSION:
in short/ in brief/ in a word/ to sum up = en un mot/ en résumé
eventually = à la fin
last (of all)/ lastly/ in the end/ finally = enfin/ en dernier lieu
in conclusion/ to conclude = en conclusion

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[urlaubos]

[quote name='anglais' post='80559' date='29 Mar 2009, 17:01 '][b]T[/b]'aur[b]ais[/b] pas une ou deux idées sur lesquelles je puisse partir ?[/quote]


[b]Si, bien sûr !
Ana vit maintenant aux Etats-Unis. Son niveau de vie est donc incomparablement plus élevé que celui qu'elle avait dans son pays d'origine. Elle gagne 50.000 dollars par an et ne paye pas d'impôts (elle chante). Cependant elle est prisonnière (en cage) car, sans papiers, elle ne peut pas retourner dans son pays pour embrasser ses enfants. Quant à savoir si son chant est un chant de joie ou de mélancolie, c'est à toi de décider...

Bon courage ![/b]