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Hela Posted 18 years ago
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0Dear teachers,02br
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00Here is a text I have translated. Would you please have a look at it?02br
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00Prendre l’avion02br
00Au moment où le réveil a sonné, j'ai regretté d'avoir accepté ce voyage. Il faisait encore nuit, et je n'avais pratiquement pas dormi. J'aurais dû me coucher plus tôt la veille, me suis-je dit. Mais ce n'était pas mon genre. Et puis je pourrais toujours dormir dans l'avion.02br
00Je me suis levé pour aller boire un café. J'ai regardé par la fenêtre de la cuisine. Il était cinq heures, mais Paris ne s'était pas encore éveillé. Jeanne non plus. Une fois habillé, je suis allé la regarder dormir. Je ne sais pas pourquoi, je l'ai toujours trouvée plus belle le matin. Son corps comme un refuge contre le froid de l'aube. Je lui ai écrit un mot pour lui dire qu'elle me manquerait. C'est parfois très long, une semaine. Et puis, j'avais peur de ne jamais plus la revoir. C'est ridicule, j'en conviens, mais c'est ainsi: depuis la mort de mes parents, je ne pouvais plus ignorer que tout pouvait arriver à tout moment.02br
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01font00Taking the plane02br
00When the alarm clock02font
00 01font00went off02font00/01font00rang02font00, 01font00I wished I02font01font00 had refused to take02font00 / 01font00did not accept to make02font00 01font00that trip. It was still night / dark and I had hardly slept a wink. I should have gone to bed earlier the night before, I02font00 01font00thought02font00/01font00said 02font01font00to myself. But 02font01font00it wasn't my type02font00 / 01font00I wasn't like that02font00 / 01font00that was not me 00/ 01font00that was not my style02font02font00. 01font00Besides / After all I could always sleep in the plane.02br
00I 02font
01font00got up02font00 / 01font00got out of bed 02font01font00to get myself a cup of coffee. I looked 02font01font00out of02font00 / 01font00through 02font01font00the kitchen window. It was five o'clock, but Paris hadn't woken up yet. Neither had Jeanne. Once dressed 01font00(02font00up 01font00?)02font00, I went to watch her sleep. I don't know why, but I have always found her more beautiful in the morning – her body like a shelter against the cold of dawn. I wrote her a note to tell her that I would miss her. A week can be a very long time. And then, I was afraid I might never see her again. I admit that it is ridiculous, but that's the way it is: since my parents' death, I had grown all too aware 01font00(other possibility ?)02font00 that anything could happen at any time.02font02br
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00Thank you in advance.02br
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00Hela02br
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01. either 2. I had refused to take 3.

  • 01.
  • either 2.
  • I had refused to take 3.
  • either 4.
  • not my style 5.
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01. either 2. I had refused to take 3. either 4. not my style 5. either 6. either 7. out (that's enough) 0-

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