?The Story takes place in the early twentieth/at the beginning of the twentieth century in Chicago and in this sscene we see Joe Crown who belongs to a German family of immigrants and his daughter who is twenty – five years old / and his twenty -year- old daughter . Fritzi’s father is stunned when hhs daughter breaks the news to him but even if he disaprooves with her decision , she will not/won’t change her mind. When Fritzi announces that she is going to NY , her father imagines that she is going to shop , he expects /wants her daughter to conform to a conventional role
Is she can’t know if she can succeed in NY , she will hate herself the rest of her life. Fritzi a twenty five year old lady , is breaking the news to her father that she has decided to leave Chicago in order to be an actress in a theater . Astonished , stunned , her father disapproves / objects to her plans. He turns pale and bangs the door shut because he does not understand his daughter. He is as severe , as strict , as adamant as a soldier. Wide =
Not safe = unsafe. Humeur = mood front = forehead se plisser = to wrinkle sang = blood joue = cheek bien ecarte = wide apart celibataire = single inflexible = adamant decouvrir = find out repliquer = replied attentione = carefully Underrate yourself = se sous estimer Argument , conflict , clash = dispute…. amazed , outraged = scandalise brave = bold , trong-willed = determined straightforward Argue = se disputer speak one’s mind = dire ce que l’on pense dare = oser settle down = s’installer
