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Humour inglese: Sea Squirt
Month: May 2025
The Trial of Sacco and Vanzetti
31st May 1921
On this day, Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, two Italian anarchists who had immigrated to the United States in 1908, one a shoemaker and the other a fish peddler were brought to trial, accused of the murder of Frederick Parmenter and Alessandro Berardelli, the paymaster and guard of a local shoe factory. After a few hours’ deliberation on July 14, the jury convicted them of first-degree murder and they were sentenced to death. Anti-Italian, anti-immigrant, and anti-anarchist motivations were suspected as having heavily influenced the verdict, and a series of appeals followed with celebrated writers, artists, and academics pleading for their pardon or for a new trial. Notwithstanding the huge international outcry, Sacco and Vanzetti were executed in the electric chair just after midnight on August 23, 1927.
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Esercizio di traduzione intermediate in inglese • 156
Sei in grado tu di rendere la frase di oggi in inglese?
La traduzione, come metodo di esercizio nell’apprendimento di una lingua, farà sicuramente parte della vecchia scuola, però, inserita in un contesto più vario di apprendimento, soprattutto con feedback in tempo reale, può sempre essere un utile esercizio di allenamento.
Consiglio una partecipazione attiva e visibile postando la tua versione tra i commenti in fondo a questa pagina. In questo modo riceverai un mio commento o suggerimento in tempo più o meno reale. Ma per chi non se la sente, si può semplicemente annotare la propria versione e controllarla attraverso i miei commenti lasciati per gli altri.
Ricorda l’importanza di immaginare un contesto reale nel quale la frase in questione avrebbe senso, prima di procedere con la traduzione.
Continua a leggere…Wat Tyler and The Peasants’ Revolt
30th May 1381
On this day, the attempts of a royal official, John Bampton, to collect unpaid poll taxes in Brentwood, Essex, England, ended in a violent confrontation which rapidly spread across the southeast of the country. Peasants, local artisans and even village officials rose up in protest, seeking a reduction in taxation, an end to serfdom, and the removal of King Richard II’s senior officials and law courts. Led by Wat Tyler, a contingent of Kentish rebels marched on London where they attacked the prisons, destroyed the Savoy Palace, set fire to law books and buildings in the Temple, and killed anyone associated with the royal government. Initially King Richard agreed to the rebels’ demands, but as soon as his militia managed to disperse the rebel forces, he rescinded his grants. The revolt, later to be known as “The Peasants’ Revolt” or “The Great Rising” continued throughout the country for six months before being finally extinguished.
Read Bob Lynn’s short story “The Day the Walls Fell”
about the Peasants’ Revolt HERE
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NOVITA’ – esercizio intermediate in inglese: uso dei verbi modali al passato
Continua il lavoro di creare esercizi di traduzione monotematici. Questa volta si tratta dei verbi modali nel passato.
Si tratta quindi della formula:
verbo modale + have + participo passato del verbo principale
Usati in questo modo, i verbi modali – can, could, may, might, need, should, must, (would) – acquisiscono una funzione ben preciso.
Se serve una spiegazione completa prima di fare l’esercizio, la puoi trovare QUI.
L’esercizio si trova QUI.
Buon lavoro!
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Edmund Hillary Conquers Mount Everest
29th May 1953
On this day, Edmund Hillary, a New Zealand mountaineer, explorer and philanthropist, and the Sherpa mountaineer, Tenzing Norgay, became the first climbers confirmed to have reached the summit of Mount Everest. They were part of the ninth British expedition to Everest, led by John Hunt who described Hillary as being “exceptionally strong and abounding in a restless energy.” on 28th May, the two pitched a tent at 27,900 feet and set out for the summit the following morning. The final obstacle was a 12m rock face later to be known as “Hillary Step”. As Hillary wrote later, “A few more whacks with my ice-axe and Tenzing and I stood on top of Everest.” It was 11:30 a.m. Before descending again, Tenzing left chocolates at the summit as an offering, and Hillary left a cross given to him by John Hunt.
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Humour inglese: Blindfold archery
blindfold archery = tiro con l’arco a occhi bendati
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Goodman’s Fields: the First Indoor Swimming Pool
28th May 1742
On this day, in Goodman’s Fields, London, the world’s first indoor swimming pool, a splendid piece of Georgian architecture with a glass roof to let the sunlight in, was officially inaugurated. Goodman’s Fields was an important centre for the elite of Georgian society and the innovative idea of a covered swimming pool meant that the wealthy could indulge in aquatic leisure activities without having to worry about the fickle English weather. The virtues of swimming had already been extolled by an important physician of that period, Dr John Hancocke, in his book, “The Physical Virtues of Bathing”. Hancocke was ahead of his time in recognising the physical and mental health benefits of swimming long before it became a mainstream fitness activity.
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