Le corrigé de LV1 anglais, Bac ES :COMPREHENSION
1- The main character is Amit.2- He was born in Massachusetts, USA.l. 22-23 : “Amit was the only Indian student and people always assumed that he’dbeen born and raised in that country and not in Massachusetts.”3- a) Langford : where he went to school since the age of 15b) Winchester : where he went to high schoolc) Calcutta : where he had livedbefore his parents had moved in Delhi and where all his relatives are still living.d) Delhi : where his parents live and where he went to spend holidays with them for Christmas and after the end ofeach academic yeare) Massachusetts : Where he was born4- His parents are Indian. They are wealthy. His father is a doctor, probably an ophthalmologist.5- All the family has to travel and move all overthe world.6- He had to work harder : l. 26-27 “in Winchester he’d been a star student, but suddenly he’d had to work doggedly to maintain his grades”He had to change his habits at school : l. 27-29 “Hehad to wear a jacket every morning to his classes and call his teachers « masters » and attend chapel on Sundays”He stopped wearing jeans : l. 36-37 “always wearing khakis because jeans were notallowed”His parents were not one of the most fortunate parents anymore : l. 29-30 “he learned that his parents’ wealth was laughable compared to the majority of Langford boys”He missed his parents : l. 31-32“he was crippled with homesickness, missing his parents to the point where tears often filled his eyes”He learned how to live far away from his parents : l. 37 “He learned to live without his mother andfather”7- He had to make huge efforts to adapt himself to his new environment and not to be seen as the only Indian boy of the school.8- Langford is a very good school. Its graduate students attend tovery high academic level colleges and Amit’s parents have planned that he will attend to an American college.9- For Amit, his parents are responsible for this situation, for the fact that he…