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3 questions de compréhension:

The Discoverers

by Mitchell & Webb

​​What are the 4 new countries discovered?

 

 

How does the captain justify the name given to the first three countries?

Why does the other man think the name given is absurd?

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What are the 4 new countries discovered?
- The West Indies (les Antilles)
- Virginia (in the USA)
- New South Wales (in Australia)
- Greenland (le Groenland)

How does the captain justify the name given to the first three countries?
- He thinks they have reached the west of India
- He names it after the fact that the Queen is a virgin
- It reminds him of the south of Wales

Why does the other man think the name given is absurd?
- If they really reached India, it should actually be the east of the country.
- The name of the Queen is Elizabeth, and it seems absurd to name a country after the fact that she is a virgin.
- It doesn’t look at all like Wales.
- He doesn’t say anything (“Whatever!”), but the name Greenland sounds absurd because everything is actually white, not green.

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