America (West Side Story)

Find equivalents in the song

acclamer, applaudir

attachement, dévouement, ardeur

cela me convient

cirer des chaussures

claquer, fermer violemment

cuire à la vapeur

darder ses rayons

déménager

devoir (dettes)

éclore, fleurir, s’épanouir 

faire payer, facturer le double

fierté

glisser, sombrer

gratuit

passer en trombe, vrombir

pour une somme modique

prospérer

s’accroître

saleté, crasse

se débarrasser de

si ça ne te plaît pas, c’est le même prix !

souffler

travailler comme serveur

Who’s who in West Side Story ?

Anita the leader of the Sharks, Maria’s brother

Bernardo a boy from ‘the Jets’, in love with a Puerto-Rican girl

Riff Maria’s friend and Bernardo’s girlfriend

Chino the leader of the Jets

Maria the boy Maria should marry

Tony Bernado’s sister, in love with Tony

Fill in the blanks with words from the list below

Americans, country, gangs, girls, ghetto, Jets, Puerto Ricans, realise, rivalry, Sharks,

sister

The scene takes place in a .............................. in New York. We learn that there is a .............................. between two ..............................  : the .............................. led by Bernardo and the .............................. led by Riff. The Sharks are .............................. whereas the Jets are white ............................... Bernardo’s sister, Maria and one of the Jets, Tony, are in love with each other but Bernardo won’t let his .............................. go out with Tony. Bernado’s girlfriend, Anita, tries to make him .............................. that things are different in America and that .............................. here are free to ‘have fun’, free to see whomever they like. In the song America, the Puerto Rican boys give their opinion on their adoptive ...............................

Pick up elements in the text referring to

A- Material comfort B- Economic prosperity C- Freedom

D- Job opportunities E- Discrimination