Découverte du cricket - cours d'anglais

Découvrez avec Sandrine, la prof d'anglais, le vocabulaire d'un sport typiquement britannique : le cricket.

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Les objectifs du cours d'anglais

• découvrir un sport typiquement britannique,
• apprendre comment le pratiquer et où cela se joue,
• acquérir le vocabulaire d’usage et les règles du jeu.

Le cricket (texte en anglais)

History of cricket

Cricket had started as a child’s game in the 16th century in the sheep grazing lands of South East England. A stick and a ball of wool were used as play equipment. Gradually, men began to play it and used a rick, which is a stick in Old English and a cryce which means a crutch. Cricket Laws were invented in 1788 and the first cricket team was the MCC Marylebone Cricket Club who played at the Lords Ground in 1793. With the expansion of the British Empire, cricket wasplayed across the world in Britain’s former colonies, that now compose the Commonwealth countries.
What is cricket?

It’s a team sport played in Commonwealth countries. There are two teams of players : a batting team and a fielding team. The batting team has to score as many runs as possible by running between the wickets. The fielding team has to eliminate the batsmen by catching the ball or hitting the wickets down before the batsman gets back. The matches can last between 5 hours and 5 days.

Grammaire : voix active et passive

La voix passive, c'est lorsque le sujet subit l’action exprimée par le verbe au lieu de faire de la faire (la voix active). Elle se construit en utilisant l'auxiliaire be et un verbe au participe passé.

Exemples :

• The cat is held in my arms.
• The glass was broken by the cat.