EnglishScheme of workTerminaleEN03

EN03 The last train, platform 2

Terminale · B1 · a friend, a city night

Learning Journey at a glance

Level: Bac Pro agricole · Terminale
Period: Terminale
Details: Terminale · B1 · a friend, a city night
Text(s) studied: A missed train
Assessment: 180 words and a short oral
Link to the trade: No trade case in this learning journey: the text comes first.
Word file: Progression_BacPro_francais_anglais.docx

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Aim of the learning journey

Time for yourself can be a missed train and a plate of chips. Maya and Ines are not at work. The city is a station, a father in pyjamas, a bus at 0.35.

Text(s) studied

Text written for this class

Maya and Ines missed the 22.12 train on Friday. The board changed to 22.40, then to cancelled.

They were on platform 2 with one bag and a paper cup. The cup was empty.

The next train was the 23.55, the last one, and it did not stop at their town. It stopped at the city after, Villepinte.

They had 9 euros together. The station cafe was closing. The man sold them one plate of chips for 4 euros 50 and said the ketchup was finished. They sat on the blue seats, not on the floor: a guard had told a group to stand up at 22.20.

Ines wanted to call her brother. Maya said no, he works at 5 am. They sent one message to Maya's father: 'Last train, platform 2, home after midnight, we are together.' He answered: 'I will be at the stop, not at the station. Text when you pass the river.'

On the 23.55 they did not talk much. Ines slept. Maya watched the window. At Villepinte the bus to their town left at 0.35. They caught it. Maya's father was at the stop in a coat over his pyjamas. Nobody was angry. They were cold, and that was enough.

Reading and questions

Three questions

What happened to the 22.12, and why did the 23.55 not take them to their own town?
How much money did they have, what did the chips cost, and why did they not sit on the floor?
Why did they not call Ines's brother, what did Maya's father answer, and what was he wearing at the stop?

Time	What they chose
22.12, then 22.40, then cancelled	platform 2, empty cup
23.55	stops at Villepinte, not their town
0.35	the bus, father in a coat over pyjamas

They had 9 euros and spent 4 euros 50. The message to Maya's father protects the brother who starts work at 5 am.