Listening Practice
Where should we put the stress when we say “To be or not to be”?
That is the question!
Does Prince Charles have the answer?
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Ascolto intermediate in inglese: The Caveman
L’uomo delle caverne
[ intermediate / advanced ]
For the past 25 years, Ra Paulette has been carving out man-made caves from the sandstone hills of New Mexico, and then sculpting these spaces into works of art he calls wilderness shrines. Lee Cowan has the story of an artist who does his best work underground.
Continua a leggere…Uso della variazione progressiva della forma passiva in inglese
Simpatico video della BBC che illustra (in breve) l’utilizzo del passivo progressivo in inglese: una forma del passivo che in italiano non trova equivalente.
~ INTERMEDIATE / ADVANCED ~
Come si pronunciano in inglese must e mustn’t
Ascolto intermediate in inglese: School under a bridge
A group of school children in India are taught in their makeshift classroom – under a railway bridge. The noisy underpass doubles as a classroom for two hours each day after heroic shopkeeper Rajesh Kumar Sharma, 42, built it himself. The rudimentary learning space is situated under a Metro train bridge in a slum area of New Delhi called Yamuna Bank. It consists of two blackboards painted on a wall, two broken chairs for the teachers and simply rugs for the students to sit on. Rajesh – who set up the school after worrying about children from nearby slums missing out on an education – now has around 40 kids attending daily aged between four and 12.
Lettura e ascolto intermediate in inglese: POSH
Where does the word POSH really come from?
Port = babordo
Starboard = tribordo
Today the English word posh is generally used to mean luxurious, elegant, fashionable or even upper-class, but where did the word come from originally? Well, the most popular story is that posh was first used by British travellers going out to India by sea from Britain in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
Continua a leggere…Ascolto intermediate in inglese: “Word Crimes” by Al Yankovic
A bit of fun for intermediate students!
Lettura e ascolto intermediate in inglese: The Great Dictator’s Speech
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“I’m sorry, but I don’t want to be an emperor. That’s not my business. I don’t want to rule or conquer anyone. I should like to help everyone, if possible: Jew, Gentile, black man, white. We all want to help one another. Human beings are like that. We want to live by each other’s happiness, not by each other’s misery. We don’t want to hate and despise one another. In this world there is room for everyone. And the good earth is rich and can provide for everyone. The way of life can be free and beautiful, but we have lost the way.
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