CEG LES COCOTIERS 2EME DEVOIR DU 2EME SEMESTRE ANGLAIS TLES C & D 2013-2014

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(From The Economist, April 30th, 1994))

4- Ethiopia had hoped to use aid money for development rather than cmcrgcncy relief Yet eveu with ; government that has opened up market systems and brought peace, and even when rains are bountifuJ Ethiopia must import food, around 10 million tonnes a year. ' "'" planting,

3- Feding centres have been set upin the hard-hit Tigray and' Omo regions, where marasmus (seven wasting) and kwashiorkor (severe protein deficiency) are again shrivelling the limbs and swelling th bellies of small children. Many farmers are beginning to feed cactus to their hungry cattle, a last resort no been in Tigray since

1984-1985.

Desperate families are beginning to eat the seeds they should

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cousins willneed foodhand-outs to survive this year.

dits farmer province Eritrea, independent a'year ago r raised hopes that their people might at last

hé

able to lif d shortage.

It

was not to be, not yet at least Eritrea's nev

,ccording to America's Agency.fèrInternationa Ethiopia, Eritrea, Sudan, Somalia, Djibouti anc . kll

1'-1S .: Text: Famine at the gate ,

1- Ethiopia is only one of six

countriés

i~lthe Horn of requiring a massive infusion of einEg~ncy food r ,Developrnent (USAID.), more than J?,IEilli

Kenya, two-thirds'of them vic!i,ms of droug 2- Few face a grirpmes prospect than in .

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The end in 1991 of three decadgs, 0 thems~lves from an endless c~9Je 0

government did everything right.

Seeds, oxen and ploughst?w.~]1e:'~~lstributed;trees were planted, dams and tenaces built; the area unde cultivation was eXpàtl~edi'QY ~5'%. The rains arrived in

1993

but too late, to light or, occasionally, toc heavy., Then came 10cJ~,ts,,,g~~sshop'pers and rats. Crops failure was estimated at 80%; and it was back t(

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food' aid for .some tWQ-thrfds'of Eritreans 2.5 million population. At least, 7 million of their Ethiopiai '~re the rains h~ve failed over-the-past year Support

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CEG les Cocotiers Classes: Tn1es C / D

INFORMATIONS GENERALES

1-! SITUATION D'EVALUATION EN ANGLAIS

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e) There was enough food for people and animals

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In 1985, famine was at its lowe

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In not more than 20 lines, give an account ofwhat happened by précising the nature of the disaster, the damages and the casualties, and by recalling people's reactions and name the

different aids brought by relief services.

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A disaster (earthquake; volcanic eruption; flood; drought; plane crash; car accident, or something else) occurred in your area causing a lot of damages.

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compte en anglais d'un sinistre survenu dans ton voisinage.

â

f

l'homme laisse derrière elle ruine et

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désolation, nécessitant ainsi le recours'tà~t ~,.~$}'moyèn~~~n.~dMr;.:t":5 afin de venir en

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aide aux populations sinistrées. Ici, "'. "ité(e)

à

rendre compte de la survenue d'urie

catastrophe dans ta région.

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entourage en: "~Cc,

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Desperate families are beginning to eat the see~s'\~b,

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least be able to lift themselves ftom an endiess cycle of

Item 6: Translate into French the following passages from the text. Yi'".

a) Ethiopia is only one of the six c?untries in the Horn

of

Africa ~fi;~~{~it~r~inedheavily

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b) The erid in 1991 of three decades of civil war raised h slih9-1, -,.,;.0 _,.;'theirpeople might at

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against famine and epi enucs in .e region:

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Item 5: Rephrase these sentences with the given prompts. Don't change their meanings.

a) The minister sent us fertilisers two weeks .ago.

• It is ~- ~ ~__e----~ ~~---~- -_-~---~---~. b) If we S}10W sympathy and love to each other, life will be easy for LIS,

• lJnless -~---~~--~---~---~---~---"---"----.

c) Sorne NOOs sent food to the causalities and trained them on natures preservation.