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Nous souhaitons un joyeux anniversaire une amricaine de l'Iowa. Son anniversaire tait en effet assez particulier, plus d'un titre.

Happy birthday, Esther!

Esther Tupper from Iowa has just had a very special birthday.

She is now 107 years old, but she has only had 25 official birthdays.

Tupper was born in Topeka, Kansas, on Feb. 29, 1896, but she didn't have her first actual birthday until 1904 because there was no leap year in 1900.

If Esther Tupper only celebrated her birthday on the actual day she was born, she would be in her mid-20s.

Instead, she marks Feb. 28 as her birthday -- and she has had 107 of them.

VOCABULAIRE
LES 5 TERMES A RETENIR DU TEXTE:
- birthday = anniversaire
- to be born = tre n(e)
- actual = vritable
- a leap year = une anne bissextile
- mid = milieu

QUESTIONS

A) When was Esther Tupper born?
1) She was born in 1896
2) She was born in 1900
3) She was born in 1904

B) Why did she have only 25 official birthdays?
1) Because she is 25
2) Because she was born on February, 29th
3) Because her birth date was wrong

C) What has she decided to do?
1) She has celebrated her birthday on February, 28th
2) She has not celebrated her birthday
3) She has modified her birth date

REPONSES
A1 | B2 | C1

La traduction des questions:
A) Quand Esther est-elle ne? En 1896, 1900, 1904?

B) Pourquoi n'a-t-elle eu que 25 anniversaires officiels? Parce qu'elle a 25 ans? Parce qu'elle est ne le 29 fvrier? Parce que sa date de naissance tait fausse?

C) Qu'a-t-elle dcid de faire? Elle a clbr son anniversaire le 28 fvrier? Elle n'a pas clbr son anniversaire? Elle a modifi sa date de naissance?

TRADUCTION DU TEXTE

Joyeux anniversaire, Esther!
Esther Tupper, de l'Iowa, vient d'avoir un anniversaire trs spcial.
Elle a maintenant 107 ans, mais elle n'a eu que 25 anniversaires officiels.
Tupper est ne Topeka, dans le Kansas, le 29 fvrier 1896, mais elle n'a pas eu son premier vrai anniversaire avant 1904 parce qu'il n'y avait pas d'anne bissextile en 1900.
Si Esther ne clbrait son anniversaire que le vrai jour de sa naissance, elle aurait maintenant environ 25 ans.
Au lieu de cela, elle dsigne le 28 fvrier comme tant son anniversaire - et elle en a eu 107.