Bonjour,
1/ an extract from a novel ( l’extrait d’un roman )
2/
a) Dr. Smith
b) Barbara Tompkins
c) l.6 « my aunt » (==> Barbara’s aunt )
d) l.11 «Dr. Smith saw his last patient »
e) l.15 « all the women »
f) l.16 « her »
g) l.17 Mrs.Carpenter
h) l.17 a client
3/ The narrator is an outside observer.
4/ Dr. Smith is a plastic surgeon.
( l.6-7) « Can you make me pretty? »
( l.8 ) « he had transformed her. He made her beautiful »
5/
Part 1 —> A happy patient
Part 2 —> Memories
6/
a) You (l.1) : Dr.Smith
b) That (l.1) : « You’ve changed my life »
c) him (l. 1) : Dr Smith
d) she (l.1 ): Barbara Tompkins
e) he (l.2 ): Dr. Smith
f) it ( l.2) : « he had changed her » ( ce qu’elle a dit =it )
7/
plain : B
mousy : B
older than her twenty-six years : B
a young beauty : N
spirt : N
insecure : B
small public relations firm : B
Albany : B
beautiful : N
Manhattan : N
large, prestigious firm : N
brains : B et N
special kind of beauty : N
8/
a) anxieuse = insecure
b) ordinaire = plain
c) caractère = spirit
d) intelligence = brain
e) effacée = mousy
9/
Barbara Tompkins happiness
10/ Barbara Tompkin’s point of view
11/
Dr. Smith’s home and his office are in the same building. WRONG « he walked the three blocks … to his converted carriage house » (l.11-12)
Dr. Smith lives with his wife and daughter. WRONG « He lived alone » (l.13)
12/
a) unaccustomed : inhabituel
b) restlessness : agitation
c) overcome : s’emparer de
13/
« an emotional, almost cathartic experience »
14/
Dr. Smith daughter : she died / he loved her / she was beautiful
15/
Mrs Carpenter is Dr. Smith’s secretary
16/
a) her : Mrs. Carpenter
b) she : Barbara Tompkins
17/
would ==> was about to occur
