Fiche de révision : British Press and Back To Me

📋 Plan du Cours

1. La chanson Back To Me
2. Les habitudes de lecture britanniques
3. Broadsheets et tabloïds
4. La presse face à Internet
5. Vocabulaire de la presse

📖 1. La chanson Back To Me

★ À maîtriser

• In “Back To Me”, the narrator says that he or she could make the other person mad, scream, cry, leave, or hate them.

📌 The narrator can make the other person leave, but cannot make them come back to the narrator.

Compléments

• The narrator remembers thinking that they did not need the other person, but later realizes that this was untrue.

• The narrator admits always making the same mistakes and wonders whether they ever deserved the other person.

💡 Astuce mémo

Le narrateur peut provoquer la colère, mais pas le retour de l’autre

📖 2. Les habitudes de lecture britanniques

★ À maîtriser

• Many British people buy newspapers at newsstands or have them delivered to their homes by a newsagent every day.

• In many British families, reading the Sunday paper with all its supplements is a regular habit.

📌 British newspapers have traditionally been divided into two categories: quality papers and popular papers, or tabloids.

Compléments

• Quality papers such as The Times, The Guardian, and The Independent are often called broadsheets because of their large size, although many have adopted a more compact format.

💡 Astuce mémo

Un lecteur britannique avec son journal et ses suppléments du dimanche

📖 3. Broadsheets et tabloïds

★ À maîtriser

📌 Broadsheets use formal language, complex vocabulary, and longer complex sentences, whereas tabloids use colloquial language, simple vocabulary, and shorter sentences.

• Broadsheets cover:

  • major world events
  • politics
  • sports
  • cultural events
  • financial reports
  • travel news
  • book and film reviews

• Tabloids commonly cover:

  • celebrities
  • scandals
  • sex
  • gossip
  • games

Compléments

• Broadsheets traditionally have a large A2 format, whereas tabloids have a smaller compact A3 format.

💡 Astuce mémo

Broadsheet informe avec sérieux, tabloid divertit avec sensationnalisme

📖 4. La presse face à Internet

🔑 Notions clés & Définitions

• Technophiles : people who use smartphones or tablets to read the news on their own

★ À maîtriser

• The circulation of newspapers has gone down by at least 5%.

• Three million national newspapers are sold every day in Britain.

• There are 6 million technophiles, representing 1 in 3 of the population; they are described as young, affluent, male, and educated.

Compléments

• Technophiles read online newspapers and magazines and pay for them through online subscriptions.

💡 Astuce mémo

Les nouveaux usages numériques → baisse de la circulation imprimée

📖 5. Vocabulaire de la presse

🔑 Notions clés & Définitions

• Newspapers : journaux
• Delivered : Delivered signifie livré.
• Overseas news : nouvelles de l’étranger
• Coverage : couverture
• Headlines : gros titres
• Colloquial : familier
• Disclose : Disclose signifie révéler.
• Predict : dire ce que l’on pense qui arrivera dans le futur
• Expect : penser que quelque chose arrivera

📊 Tableaux de synthèse

Broadsheet et tabloid