TERMINALES S - ENGLISH TEST 1 - FIRED

FIRED

ENGLISH TEST

CORRECTION

1. Translate into English.

Andrew Beckett a été licencié parce qu'il est porteur du virus du sida

Andrew Beckett was fired because he was an AIDS carrier

Andrew Beckett has been fired because he is an AIDS carrier

Andrew est brillant mais le directeur du cabinet d'avocats est méprisant, borné et lâche.

Andrew is brilliant but the law firm's boss is contemptuous, stubborn and cowardly ( = and he is a coward)

Andrew veut intenter un procès à son employeur

Andrew wants to sue his boss

Andrew wants to take his employer to court

Ils l'accusent de ne pas être à la hauteur de son travail

They blame him for not being up to his job

They accuse him of not being up to his job

They reproach him with not being up to his job

2. Give an English equivalenets to the following words or expressions.

cacher une maladie : hide / conceal a disease

avoir confiance en quelqu'un : to have confidence in someone / to trust someone

se débarasser de quelqu'un : to get rid of someone

avoir peur pour sa vie : to fear for one's life

être sans pitié : to be heartless / pitiless / ruthless / merciless

contracter une maladie mortelle : to contract a deadly disease

un employé : an employee

avoir des préjugés : to be prejudiced / discriminated against

un associé : a partner

un renvoi : a firing / a dismissal

un avocat : a lawyer

une affaire : a case

un patron : a boss

rejeté : rejected

traîner en justice : to sue / to take somebody to court

convoquer : to summon