Réponse :
Bonjour,
1/ Adjectifs à surligner:
listless ( apathique )/ sequestered ( isolé )/ drowsy ( soporifique )/
dreamy( onirique ) / bewitched ( ensorcelé )/ witching ( envoutant )
2/
A listless repose = Un repos apathique
A sequestered glen = Un vallon isolé
Sleepy Hollow = Un creux paisible
A drowsy influence = Une influence soporifique
A dreamy influence = Une influence onirique
A bewitched place = Un endroit ensorcelé
A witching power = Un pouvoir envoutant
Haunted spots = Des endroits hantés
3/
a) Sleepy Hollow is located in an isolated valley. TRUE
« this sequestered glen »
b) The inhabitants have French origins. FALSE
« descendants from the original Dutch settlers »
c) The inhabitants descend from Holland. TRUE
« Dutch »
d) The origin of the legend of Sleepy Hollow is certain.FALSE
« Some say that the place … others by an old Indian chief »
e) The curse of Sleepy Hollow comes from a German doctor or an Indian chief. TRUE
« Some say that the place was bewitched by a German doctor, others by an old Indian chief »
f) Sleepy Hollow is a bewitched place. TRUE
« the place was bewitched »
g) The inhabitants often have visions and hallucinations. TRUE
« are subject to trances and visions; and frequently see strange sights, and hear music and voices in the air »
h) Nobody believes in the superstitions. FALSE
« The whole neighborhood abounds with local tales, haunted spots, and twilight superstitions »
