a. Observez les éléments en gras dans les phrases ci-dessous tirées de l'extrait de The Picture of Dorian Gray. Quelle différence remarquez‑vous ?

“You may fancy yourself safe, and may think yourself strong”
“The world has always worshipped you. It will always worship you.”

b. Déduisez-en les situations dans lesquelles on utilise les pronoms réflexifs.

Complétez les blanc à l'aide de pronoms (réfléchis ou pas).

1) “John! Just look at

, what have you done to

?” “Your son did this to

! He threw mud all over

and

There he is! You should tell

to play by

next time!”

2) Jane is happily married and has been doing the job of her dreams for about 20 years, but she has never considered

quite as blessed or lucky as her brother Joe. She envies

, because he has done everything by

. He reminds

of this every time they met. The two of them argue with

.

Écoutez cet enregistrement et notez les mots que vous entendez.


1)

2)

3)

4)

Lisez ces virelangues. Associez chacune de ces occurences avec la prononciation des lettres “ou” : /ʊ/ /uː/ /sː/ /aʊ/ /ɔː/ /ə/.
Puis écoutez l'enregistrement pour vérifier.


1) How foul /ʊ//uː//sː//aʊ//ɔː//ə/ and ghoulish /ʊ//uː//sː//aʊ//ɔː//ə/ this mountainous /ʊ//uː//sː//aʊ//ɔː//ə/ /ʊ//uː//sː//aʊ//ɔː//ə/. place looks! Not a soul /ʊ//uː//sː//aʊ//ɔː//ə/ in sight.

2) Dorian thought /ʊ//uː//sː//aʊ//ɔː//ə/ he'd be forever young /ʊ//uː//sː//aʊ//ɔː//ə/ although /ʊ//uː//sː//aʊ//ɔː//ə/ uncouth /ʊ//uː//sː//aʊ//ɔː//ə/ and not sound /ʊ//uː//sː//aʊ//ɔː//ə/.