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http://www.dccomics.com/media/excerpts/1736_1.pdf
Name : Y : THE LAST MAN by Brian K. Vaughan, Pia Guerra
DC Comics, Vertigo books
Go to > http://www.dccomics.com/graphic_novels/?gn=1736< and download issue#1
CONTENTS : A/ from page 1 to page 3 : warning, cover and introduction.
B/ page 4 : Brooklyn, New-York, NOW.
C / from page 5 to page 8 : Brooklyn, New-York, 29 minutes ago.
D/ from page 9 to page 13 : Washington, D.C., 24 minutes ago.
E/ from page 14 to page17 : Nablus, West Bank, 18 minutes ago.
F/ from page 18 to page 23 : Al Karak, Jordan, 13 minutes ago.
G/ from page 24 to page 26 : Boston, Massachussets, 7 minutes ago.
H/ From page 27 to page 30 : Boston, Massachussets, 4 minutes ago.
I/ from page 31 to page 34 : NOW
You are going to read the first volume of a comic book series. Analyse the contents/chronology above : the story starts from now on, followed by 6 flashbacks (or analepses) set chronologically between 29 minutes and 4 minutes ago. Then, the story is set “now” again.
The opposite of a flashback is a flashforward (or prolepsis)
A/ INTRODUCTION Read page 3 :
Vocabulary: CEO= Pdg plague=épidémie
a) What has happened ? Tick the true statements :
¤ Every male but two has been killed. ¤ Every man has been destroyed.
¤ Except for two creatures, every living creature has been annihilated.
¤ With the exception of two creatures, every creature having the Y chromosome ‘s been eradicated.
b) Explain the title of this page “Welcome to the unmanned world”:
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c) A genocide is “the deliberate extermination of a people or nation”. The “gender” is a person’s sex.
Now can you define “gendercide”?_____________________________________________________________________________________
d) True or false? What do the phrases in bold (= Fr:en gras) mean?
1. Almost all the richest people in the world are men. __ 2. Land is mainly owned by women. __
3. Violence is chiefly used by men. __ 4. Most jobs are mixed nowadays. ______
5. The vast majority of armies include female combat units. ___
6. People ruling/ governing the world are for the most part women. __
e) Describe the picture at the bottom of the page. Complete the following text with these words ( ground – standing – among – monkey – dead – shoulder – helpless )
One man, with a small _____________ sitting on his ______________, is _______________ ___________
/amid (au milieu de) thousands of _________ bodies(they’re all men) lying on the ____________. The man looks ________________.
f) Find synonyms for these words in the text ( in the right order):
1. an epidemic=____________________ 2. immediately=_________________
3. world population:_________________________ 4. about 29 million=_________________________
4 criminal=_________________ 5. dead=_______________ 6. almost=__________________
7. to take part in=___________________________ 8. fighting (military)=____________________
9. obligatory= mandatory=_________________ 10. throughout the world=________________________
HOMEWORK: 1.Learn the new words on this page by heart. 2. Find two synonyms for “destroy” in a)
3. Form other words ending with –cide and give their definitions. 4. Translate into English : Il n’avait rien mangé,mis à part un sandwich (3 possibilities) La plupart des soldats portent un uniforme.
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B/ Brooklyn, New-York, now. Read page 4 and complete this summary ( tick the correct answer(s)):
A woman covered in ¤ blood ¤ ketchup ¤ tomato sauce is running ¤ towards ¤ away from a
¤ puzzled ¤ overexcited ¤ flabbergasted policewoman. The woman is ¤ panic-stricken ¤ composed.
She asks the uniformed lady ¤ for help (noun) ¤ help ¤ to help her but, unfortunately, the police officer looks ¤ resigned ¤ helpful ¤ desperate ¤ cheerful ¤ optimistic ¤ despondent (découragée) ¤ hopeful.
She points a gun at her temple, as though she was about to ¤ kill herself ¤ commit suicide.
C/ Brooklyn, New-York – Twenty-nine minutes ago. Read from page 5 to page 8.
[6/1] = analyse page six, panel one (vignette n°1) Be careful:the page numbers indicated are those of the column on the left (thumbnails)
[6/1] How does the author help the reader know where Beth is ( 2 clues)?____________________________
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[6/2] Explain “Money is not a concern”: ________________________________________________
Complete: Since/as Yorick is phoning his girlfriend, he doesn’t mind _________________________
[7/1,2]What is he talking about?______________________________________________________
Such a conversation on an expensive phone call seems (tick 3 boxes): ¤ superfluous ¤ irrelevant ¤ pertinent
¤ necessary ¤ relevant ¤ inappropriate
If Elvis had died,__________________________________________________________
Dramatic Irony is a situation in which the reader or audience knows more about the immediate circumstances or future events of a story than a character
[7/3] Where does the dramatic irony lie here?____________________________________________
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[7/4,5,6] Now we understand that Yorick engaged in such an irrelevant conversation so as not to _____
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[8/1] Complete with the right tense: Yorick (look for)___________________________ for a job for more than a year now. Beth is trying to ¤ comfort him ¤ depress him ¤ cheer him up ¤ distress him. (2solut°)
[8/2] Beth asks him if___________________________________. She is worried about his _____
___________________________________.
D/ Washington,D.C., twenty-four minutes ago
[9/1,2,3] How are Yorick and Mrs Brown related?________________________________________
Mrs Brown has just come out of ¤ the Kremlin ¤ the House of Congress ¤ the Empire State Building.
She resents (=doesn’t appreciate) being called a “congresswoman” because she regards it as not ‘PC’, that’s-to-say, not ‘politically correct’.
Why does she prefer the term ‘representative’? _________________________________
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Explain where the dramatic irony lies in “I didn’t get the gender-neutral handbook yet”:_____
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Read page 10 - vocabulary: to spank: if someone spanks a child, they punish them by hitting them on the bottom several times with their hands. [10/5] GOP=Grand Old Party, it refers to the US Republican Party. Pro-Life= anti-abortion mighty=powerful
[10/2] Why is ‘congresswoman’ typed in bold?__________________________________
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The Senator keeps calling her ‘congresswoman’ although__________________________________
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His insisting on addressing her as ‘congresswoman’ gives us to understand that_______
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True or False? [page 10]
a) ___ The Senator is asking for Mrs Brown’s support in some political matter.
b) ___ The Senator and the Representative disagree with each other.
c) ___ Mrs Brown ‘d rather people used the morning after pill than get an abortion.
d) ___ Marty and Jennifer are members of the same political party;
e) ___ Mrs Brown sanctions (=approves of) the Republicans’intention to help foreign organizations that perform abortions.
f) ___ Despite the fact that he is a Democrat, the Senator champions(=defends) the Republicans’ stance (=position) on gun control.
g) ___ The Senator alludes to the fact that she might not be reelected next term.
[11/1] Rephrase “I don’t need to threaten you” (2 solutions): I needn’t_______________________
I don’t_________________________________
Mrs Brown will get reelected provided (= on condition that, as long as) the Senator__________________ .Mrs Brown won’t get reelected unless______________________
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[11/2] The West Wing is part of ¤ the White House ¤ a chicken ¤ a sports car ¤ a plane
[11/4] vocabulary: bill= Fr. Projet de loi
Complete: According ___ Mrs Brown, whenever they meet, the Senator and the President ___________ a lot of time _______________ about baseball.
Read pages 12 and 13:
[12/1] Yorick apologizes _______ keeping Beth waiting = He is sorry he _______ her waiting.
[12/2] True or false? a)____Beth enjoys her stay in Australia. b) _____ She is getting bored.
c) ___ She’d like to go home as soon as possible. d) ____ She finds it a wearisome and tedious holiday.
[12/3] Draw an ampersand:_________ [12/5] Who is Ampersand ?__________________________
[13/3] Yorick volunteered (= offered his services) ___ put up (=Fr. héberger) a monkey in ______ to teach him how ____ help disabled people ______ their daily chores (=FR. tâches ménagères).
!!! The word “handicapped” exists but is now considered to be offensive and is not deemed (=considered) ‘politically correct’ anymore. Disabled people might get offended if you refer to them as ‘handicapped’.
[13/5] Why does he call her “Scully”?__________________________________________________
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HOMEWORK: a)Complete with the linkwords used precedently:
b) Translate into English:
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