Ecco un breve riepilogo delle espressioni che hai imparato in questa Unit. Leggi con attenzione gli esempi elencati e prova a ripeterli più volte ad alta voce. Attenzione alla pronuncia e all’intonazione.
In questo episodio di Real Life, il giornalista televisivo Gordon Sinclair intervista lo storico Colin Drummond, esperto di Londra e del Tamigi, per una trasmissione sulle più importanti città d’Europa. Durante il loro colloquio viene usata spesso la forma passiva. Rivediamone insieme la costruzione:
It’s for a programme on the ‘History Today’ channel, called ‘Great Cities of Europe’, which is watched by about two million people. It’s the reason why London was founded and became so successful.
The ancient city of Londinium was established in AD 43 by the Romans.
lt’s used by thousands of people every day, for business and for pleasure.
Everything except Westminster Hall was burnt down in the great fire of 1834 and the present building was designed by Sir Charles Barry and completed in the 1840’s.
Anche se può sembrare semplice, l’uso del genitivo sassone richiede molta attenzione, specie in presenza della doppia specificazione. Ecco alcuni esempi di genitivo sassone tratti dal filmato:
The producer’s a friend of my father‘s, which is a big advantage… but even if he is my father’s friend, I stili need to do the job well!
And is the river stili an important part of the city’s life? Since then it’s been the country‘s administrative centre.
Il genitivo sassone può essere usato anche per tradurre espressioni temporali:
Half an hour‘s practice and I stili can’t say it properly!
Quando il sostantivo è al plurale, come nel caso di years, l’apostrofo si pone dopo la ‘s’:
The Houses of Parliament contain hundreds of years’ worth of history.
I think that in hundreds of years’ time it will still be the centre of political life.
Rivediamo infine una frase idiomatica utilizzata da Gordon nel suo dialogo con il professore, che significa ‘Per me è una cosa del tutto di routine’:
lt’s all in a day’s work for me!
E ora via con gli esercizi di ripasso!
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- PROFESSOR: The Thames has been ‘liquid history’… The ancient of Londinium was established AD 43 the Romans the highest point reached by the at the time.
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2. PROFESSOR: The Houses of Parliament contain of years’ of history. In 1066 it the home of William Conqueror…, and it was the residence of the English kings 400 years… then it’s been the administrative centre, and I think that in hundreds of years’ it will be the of political life.
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Esempio: Champagne __b__ in France.
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- Coffee in Colombia.
(a) is grown (b) grows (c) is made
- Bananas in the Tropics.
(a) grow (b) are made (c) are grown
- The best neckties in Italy.
(a) are made (b) are done (c) are grown
- ‘Yesterday’ is a song the Beatles.
(a) singing (b) sung from (c) sung by
- Used books here.
(a) are not to sell (b) are not sold (c) not selling
- Italian many people around the world.
(a) doesn’t speak by (b) spoke by (c) isn’t spoken by
- Is French in Switzerland?
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