Cette série de conversations en anglais suit une famille qui part en voyage aux États-Unis. Allez avec elle à la découverte des passe-temps et de l’histoire associés aux lieux qu’elle visite. Ces conversations s’adressent à des personnes ayant un niveau d’anglais intermédiaire, voire plus avancé.
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En séjour en Géorgie, la famille visite le Georgia Aquarium, le plus grand aquarium de tout l’hémisphère occidental.
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Sam: This aquarium is humongous!
Paul: Yes, it’s the largest aquarium in the Western Hemisphere and houses tens of thousands of fish and other sea creatures.
Gina: And it houses some notable species.
Claudine: Like whale sharks. I’m looking forward to seeing those. This is one of the few places in the world to see them. Let’s go see them first.
Sam: Sounds good to me. After that, I want to see the manta ray. There are only four places in the world that display one, and this is one of those places.
Claudine: Great. Let’s go see the whale sharks and then the manta ray.
Un peu de vocabulaire
Humongous means very large. (énorme, géant)
The Western Hemisphere is the half of the Earth that lies west of the meridian that passes through Greenwich, England. A meridian is a line that is drawn from the North Pole to the South Pole on a map of the world.
To house something means to be the place where something is kept or to provide a place for something or someone to live. (abriter)
Sea creatures are the animals and fish that live in the sea.
Notable means deserving of attention, important or remarkable.
A whale shark is the largest fish in the sea. Whale sharks can grow up to 12 meters long. The whale shark likes to eat very small animal and fish life called plankton, which they scoop up in their open mouths while swimming. (un requin-baleine ; à noter que whale signifie baleine et shark, requin)
A manta ray is the largest type of ray, growing up to 7.6 meters across. A ray is a type of fish with a flat body and a long tail. Manta rays are related to sharks but are harmless. Only a few aquariums in the world are large enough to house them. (une raie manta)
To display means to put something in a place where people can see it. (exposer, montrer, présenter au public)
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