Correction for DAY 14

1 Video of Elizabeth II.

Queen Elizabeth II addressed the nation in a speech on the occasion of cover 19

She said the nation would  be fine. « we will succeed »

She wants to thank everyone on the National Health Service Frontline and care-workers.

She speaks of  care-workers who work *selflessly and do their *day-to-day duties.

She thanks  all the people who carry out their jobs. She speaks of their hard work. She also thanks the people who stay at home to protect the vulnerable.

Together, the British nation is tackling this disease.

The british should remain united and resolute.

They will *overcome the disease. Better days will return. We will be with our friends and families again. We will meet again.

The Queen has addressed the country four times only on exceptional occasions.

2 Vocabulary :

Trouvez les mots de la video, (à l’oral ou à l’écrit) qui font partie du :

champ lexical de la gratitude : thank/*appreciate=apprécier un effort/*praise= féliciter

champ lexical de la réussite : *overcome= surmonter/*succeed: réussir/success= réussite/resolve = volonté

champ lexical de la résistance, de la lutte et de l’héroïsme :

*tackle=s’attaquer à un problème/ *frontline= le front/*hard work= les efforts, le dur labeur/ protect/ *spare= épargner/resolve *duties= devoirs/*support=aider, soutenir/help/ *selflessly= généreusement

DAY 15

• Find a slogan for the coronavirus crisis. You can get your inspiration from the Queen’s speech.
• watch this video
• Complete the blanks : complétez les trous en écoutant la vidéo. Les mots sont sous le texte pour vous aider.

Part 1 If we remain _______________and resolute, then we will ________________ it. I _______________in the _______ to come,______________ will be able to take pride in how they _______________ to this challenge, and those who come after us will say the Britons of this_______________ were as strong as any. The attributes of self-____________, of quiet good-humoured _____________, and fo fellow-_________________ still characterise this ______________. The pride in who we are is not a part of our ______________, it defines our _______________ and our ________________.

The moments when the _____________________ has come together to applaud its carers and essential workers will be remembered as an ______________ of our national spirit, and its symbol will be the _______________ drawn by children.

WORD BANK : united/responded/overcome/hope/years/discipline/everybody/generation/country/feeling/resolve/future/past/present/ expression/United Kingdom.

Across the __________________ and around the ____________, we have seen heart-warming_______________ of people coming together to help others, be it through delivering ________________ parcels and medicines, checking on neighbours, converting _______________ businesses to help the relief _____________.And though self-isolating may at times be hard, many people of all faiths and of none, are discovering that it presents an _______________ to slow down, pause and reflect in prayer or ________________. It _________________ me of the very first broadcast I made in 1940 helped by my ____________.We as _______________ spoke from here at Windsor, to children who had been evacuated from their ____________ and sent away for their own safety. _____________, once again, many feel a painful sense of _______________ from their loved ones. But now as then, we know deep down that it is the _________ thing to do.

While we have faced challenges _____________, this one is different. this time we join with all nations across the _________ in a common endeavour, using the great advances of _______________ and our instinctive compassion to heal.

We will __________________, and that success will belong to every one of us. We ___________ take comfort, that while we may still have more to endure, better days will return.(…) We ________ meet again.

WORD BANK : World/effort/meditation/food/stories/opportunity/ Commonwealth/children/sister/ homes/reminds/today/ separation/before/globe/should/right/science/will/succeed

Princess Elizabeth was 14 when she gave her first address to the British nation. Here she is sitting next to her sister Princess Margaret.