Lezioni: Appunti di Lingua, cultura, istituzioni Paesi di lingua inglese

LINGUA , CULTURA , ISTITUZIONI PAESI LINGUA INGLESE

British nationality act : tutti i cittadini del Commonwealth ( anche delle colonie ) ,

avevano cittadinanza Britannica .

British Commonwealth immigrants act : restringe l’immigrazione

Kureishi has analized the condition of people like him ( the second generation

England ) ; autobiographical works ( very important )

Aims at + gerundio: ha l’obiettivo ;

Information : singolare , uncountable

Ever since : fin da ;

West indies : indie occidentali ( Barbados , ecc.. )

Carried out : compiere

Hanif Kureishi : Born in 1954 in the London suburbs . He has examined different

themes such as the sens of guilt ( colpa ) , incommunicability and the crisis of love

relationship ; fluid and involving prose , characterized by a skillful balance of realism

, surrealism , the tragic , the comic , irony and black humour .

Hypen : trattino ; Hypenated people : metaphor to say second generation people .

Topics 1st module : 1) verb tenses . 2) auxiliary verbs . 3) first, second,third

conditional . 4) question tags : “are you the teacher /aren’t you” . 5)duration form –

“for” – “since” . 6)some – any. 7) pronouns ( personal , demonstrative , reflexive ,

indefinitive , interrogative , relative . 8)the passive voice . 9) comparatives ,

superlatives . 10) adverbs ( of manner , place, time, degree ) . 11)modal verbs

( must,shall,will,should,can,could,may,might). 12)short answers ( yes I am , no I’m

not ) . 13)idioms(false friends) . 14)phrasal verbs (es.”get on”  salire ).

Get along with someone : andare d’accordo con qualcuno .

Get on : salire , continuare

Get by : “survive” , sopravvivere , cavarsela

Get back ( from ) : return from somewhere .

Get down to : start doing seriously .

Get away with something /somebody : farla franca .

Get away with : escape blame  cavarsela .

*Land : prestare . *Borrow : prendere in prestito.

st nd rd

1 /2 /3 conditional

1 ) If + present tense , simple future

2) If + simple past , would + infinitive without to : If you didn’t work hard …

3) If + past perfect , would have + past participle : “If you hadn’t worked hard you

wouldn’t have passed the exams” .

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Hanif kureishi : British - Asian writer ( hyphenated word )

She loved (simple past ) him , didn’t she ? Rule : question tag

1) Brian and Margaret were having breakfast when we arrived .

2) Her journey was more interesting than she expect.

3) The party is really boring , we might as well ( “tanto vale” ) , go home : idiom

4) The meeting was put off last night : Rule  phrasal verbs ; put off (cancellato)

5) When I was young , I would ( used to )always play in the street till late.

6) Begun  past participle di begin

7) This car is as fast as mine : Rule  comparativo di uguaglianza

8)

10)She could do it, but she is not brave enough ( unico avverbio che segue)

11)I haven’t seen her for ages .

12)someone who has sticky (appiccicose) fingers has a tendency to steal (rubare)

rd

13)If I hadn’t been ill , we could have gone to the theatre tonight : rule : 3 cond

14)all the people in the room started laughing.

15)What would you do if you were rich ?

16)my scooter stopped because there was no petrol left . (petrol:benzina ) .

17)I’m coming with you , aren’t i ? rule : question tags

18)These jumpers are not ours .

19) In this museum there are many interestinfs paintings .

20) Andrea was supposed to come with us , but he didn’t show up ( farsi vedere,

presentarsi ) . Show off ( darsi delle arie ) .

21) “To tear”  past participle = torn

22? Carla is arriving at the station at 2.00 ? Can you pick her up ?(passarla a

prendere)

23)what does Nadia do ? Nadia is a lawyer .

24)You should have come the party ? there were many interesting people .

25) “I hade done it” : passive form : it had been done by me .

26)Those shoes over there are very trendy , but these are cheaper .

27) Stop it ! Give me a break !

28)Looking forward to seeing you . ( non vedere l’ora )

29) the scoreboard (tabellone punteggio) could be seen by everybody in the

audience .

30) To refer to something as piece of cake means that you consider it to be very

easy .

Paradigms  “bere”

Infinitive “to drink” (bere) ; I drink , he/she drinks ; I will drink (+ will) ; I would

drink (+ would) ; drinking più - ing) .

Simple past “drank” ; bevvi ( passato remoto ) ; bevevo ( imperfetto ) , bevessi

(congiuntivo)

Past participle “drunk” (bevuto)

“Reported speech”  discorso diretto in un discorso al passato .

Blow : soffiare ;

dig : scavare ;

chase : rincorrere ;

hike : fare un’escursione .

Present simple: fact and habits example. He drives fast

Present continuous: Actions in progress right now . ex. He’s driving to Paris at the

moment .

Present Perfect continuous : Action that started in the past and is still in progress . ex.

He has been driving for three hours

Present perfect: Action that is complete at the time at speaking . Example : He has

driven 300 km so far .

Past simple: Action completed at a specific time in the past . Example. He drove 100

km before sunrise .