Piccole letture in chiave umoristica e/o filosofica
Perché non provi inizialmente ad ascoltare l’audio senza leggere il testo?
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In the forest, there were straight trees and there were crooked trees.
Every day, the straight trees would say to the crooked trees, “Look at us, we’re tall, straight and handsome. Look at you, you’re short, crooked and ugly. No one walking through the forest will ever want to look at you.”
The trees grew up together, side by side, year after year, with the tall, straight, handsome trees insulting the short, crooked, ugly trees every single day.
Then, one day, the lumberjacks came into the forest. They saw the straight trees and the crooked trees, and the head lumberjack said, “Just cut down the straight trees and leave all the others.”
So the lumberjacks turned all the straight trees into lumber, planks, posts, toothpicks and paper.
Today, the crooked trees are all still there in the forest, growing stronger and stranger every day.
Your comments are always very welcome.
Ingliando 
– Every day, the straight trees would say to the crooked trees, ——> would say
would (past tense of will ) can be used instead of “used to” to say that we used to do something. Am I right? Is that so?
can I also say?
– when I lived in Cagliari I would go to the sea every week end
– quando vivevo a Cagliari ero solito andare al mare ogni fine settimana
many thanks
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Exactly, Giovanna. But remember that the “would” version tends to be used more in written English and not much in spoken English.
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I always wonder why….. I sometimes spend hours on the internet looking for an explanation to my doubts or to fill my deficit. Thanks Tony
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I think it just tends to sound rather more formal than the “used to” version.
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So lovely 🌳🌳🌳
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Thanks, Luisa. 🙂
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You’re most welcome ❣️
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