BACCALAURÉAT GÉNÉRAL SESSION 2012 _______ ANGLAIS LANGUE VIVANTE 1 _______ Série L _______ DURÉE DE L’ÉPREUVE : 3 heures - COEFFICIENT : 4 _______ L’usage de la calculatrice et du dictionnaire n’est pas autorisé. Dès que ce sujet vous est remis, assurez-vous qu’il est complet. Ce sujet comporte 4 pages numérotées de 1/4 à 4/4. Répartition des points Compréhension et Expression 14 points Traduction 6 points 12AN1LME1 Page : 1/4 Joseph Netmaker brought the letter out to me. Winter had just started to settle itself into the country. Joseph walked on snowshoes from the town. ‘This is for you, Niska,’ he said. ‘It is from the Canadian boss, their hookimaw.’ As soon as I saw the brown letter, the English words written upon it, I knew what it 5 contained. I sat down beside the fire and stirred at it with a stick while Joseph read, first out loud and in his stumbling English, then for me in our language. ‘Serial No.6711. Deeply regret to inform you, Private First Class Xavier Bird, infantry, officially reported died of wounds in the field, November 3, 1918. Director of Records.’ [ . . . ] 10 Many moons later, when the winter ice was leaving and travel was difficult, Joseph came back with another letter. He explained that it was in reference to Elijah, and that Old Man Ferguson had given it to him to give to me since I was the closest thing to a relation that Elijah had.