B2DialogueSéries2 min
Was the Old One Better?
Deux amis se disputent pour savoir si le remake de leur série préférée est meilleur que l’original.
Une discussion animée mais détendue. Observe comment chacun justifie son avis et fait des concessions (To be fair …, I will give you that) — et sur quoi ils tombent d’accord à la fin.
So, did you finish the new version? I watched the last part yesterday.
I did. And to be honest, I do not understand why they made it at all. The old one was wonderful.
Wonderful? The old one was filmed in about four rooms. You could see that the walls were made of paper.
That is exactly what I liked. They had no money, so everything depended on the dialogue. The new one looks expensive, but the characters hardly talk to each other.
To be fair, the people in the old one talked so much that nothing ever happened. My father used to go to sleep in every single part.
Your father goes to sleep during the news.
All right, I will give you that. But the new one treated the story with more care. The mother finally has a reason for what she does.
That is true. In the old one she was simply bad, without any explanation. That was always a weakness.
So the new one fixed at least one thing.
One thing. But they also cut the ending with the lighthouse, and that was the best scene in the whole show.
I know. I was waiting for it during the whole last part, and it never came.
So we agree: better mother, worse ending.
Better mother, worse ending. Shall we watch the old ending again on Saturday?
Did you finish the new version? I watched the last part yesterday.
Yes. And I do not understand why they made it. The old one was wonderful.
Wonderful? The old one had about four rooms. The walls looked very cheap.
I liked that. They had no money, so everything was in the words. The new one looks expensive, but the people in it hardly talk to each other.
But in the old one they talked so much that nothing happened. My father always went to sleep.
Your father goes to sleep during the news.
OK, that is true. But in the new one, the mother finally has a reason for what she does.
Yes. In the old one she was just bad, and we never knew why.
So the new one is better in one way.
In one way. But they cut the ending at the lighthouse. That was the best scene.
I know. I waited for it, and it never came.
So: better mother, worse ending.
Yes. Shall we watch the old ending again on Saturday?
Un clic sur un mot le cherche dans le vocabulaire de ce site.
D’autres phrases sur ce thème dans « La langue en situation » : L’anglais des séries et des films
- Mots
- 230
- Phrases
- 28
- Mots par phrase
- 8,2
- dans le vocabulaire
- 100 %
- niveau mesuré
- B1
- Temps de lecture
- 2 min
La grammaire dans ce texte
Ces formes figurent dans le texte en situation réelle. Avec « Afficher la grammaire », au-dessus du texte, elles sont surlignées.
used to go to sleep
used to go to sleep : cela arrivait régulièrement autrefois. used to et would →
was filmed · were made of paper
Le passif au passé : was filmed, were made of paper. Former le passif →
Shall we watch
Shall we …? propose quelque chose pour les deux. should, ought to, had better →
Les mots à partir de B2 dans ce texte
Pas les mots difficiles en général, mais ceux de ton niveau : les 3 des 125 mots de ce texte sont au niveau B2 ou au-dessus. Le reste, tu le connais en arrivant ici.
dialogue
le dialogue
B2lighthouse
le phare
C1paper
l'article
B2
Les listes de mots de ce texte
Les mots de ce texte figurent dans 27 listes de ce site ; le nombre qui suit indique combien viennent de chaque liste. Après la lecture, ce sont précisément ces mots dont on a eu besoin — et on peut réviser exactement ceux-là.
Questions de compréhension
4 questions sur le texte. À chaque réponse s’affiche la phrase où elle se trouve — une question dont on ne retrouve pas la réponse dans le texte ne vérifie rien.
1. Qu’est-ce que Priya aimait dans l’ancienne version ?
Priya répond à la remarque de Noah sur les murs.
Fais attention au mot « dialogue ».
everything depended on the dialogue
2. Que reproche Priya à la nouvelle version ?
Lis la deuxième réplique de Priya jusqu’au bout.
Fais attention au mot « hardly ».
the characters hardly talk to each other
3. Selon eux deux, qu’est-ce que la nouvelle version a amélioré ?
Noah le dit après avoir donné raison à Priya.
Fais attention au mot « reason ».
The mother finally has a reason for what she does
4. Que veulent faire les deux samedi ?
La réponse est dans la dernière phrase.
Fais attention à « again ».
Shall we watch the old ending again on Saturday?