tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89891415475594320362024-03-13T12:46:28.316+01:00Bari BlogsPaulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14114500434250963224noreply@blogger.comBlogger93125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8989141547559432036.post-54757373932309082752014-07-15T18:19:00.000+02:002014-07-15T18:42:29.614+02:00City of Bari Crossword<div class="separator" style="border-image: none; clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">1. The architectural style of the basilica (10).</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">4. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Pane e Pomodoro</i> beach is not perhaps the best place to take one (3).</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">5. If you travel in one, it will cost you an arm and a leg (3).</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">9. The best way to describe the city’s topography (4).</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">10. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Orecchiette</i> are the preferred variety (5). </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">11. The essential meaning of “manco la bocca devi aprire” (4).</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">12. The Petruzzelli is the most famous one (7).</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">1. Predominant colour of the Bari away kit (3).</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">2. You’ll probably need one to find your way around the old town (3).</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">3. The city’s patron saint (8).</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">6. Cinema lovers come from all over for it (6).</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">7. Many locals’ favourite place for a stroll or a jog (8) . </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">8. Frederick II rebuilt it in the 13<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> century (6).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><strong><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">(Supplementary puzzle for <em>English Grammar Crosswords</em> – </span></strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/ozg92nm" rel="nofollow"><strong><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">http://tinyurl.com/ozg92nm</span></strong></a><strong><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">)</span></span></strong></span><br />
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<strong><em><span style="font-family: Times;">Solution available here: </span> </em></strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/q5xskk7"><strong><em>http://tinyurl.com/q5xskk7</em></strong></a></div>
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Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14114500434250963224noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8989141547559432036.post-17004962438818102672014-05-08T10:54:00.000+02:002014-05-08T10:55:29.972+02:00In Bari With San Nicola<span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><strong>How will you be celebrating San Nicola?</strong><br /> - I won’t be.<br /> - Drinking Peroni at <em>Nderr a la lanz'</em>.<br /> - I’ll probably watch the procession and grab a panzerotto.<br /> - Walking around a pillar in search of a husband.<br /> - I’ll be working but I’ll try to catch the fireworks.<br /> - Uncaging my delinquent offspring on the seafront.<br /> - By getting as far away from Bari as possible.<br /> - Eating raw seafood at the <em>Pane e Pomodor</em><span class="text_exposed_show"><em>o</em> beach.<br /> - I'll be travelling around Turkey looking for more relics to plunder.<br /> - Fasting from dawn to dusk and praying for Bari to return to <em>Serie A</em>.<br /> <br /> (from the <em>1000 REAL ANSWERS</em> Facebook page)</span></span>Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14114500434250963224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8989141547559432036.post-47356266108552231372014-03-02T15:10:00.000+01:002014-03-02T15:10:52.942+01:00Job Interview Questions & Answers in EnglishFor anyone preparing for a job interview in English, the audio files from the JOB INTERVIEWS chapter in 1000 REAL ANSWERS are now available free at the following links:<br />
http://1000realanswers.blogspot.it/<br />
https://soundcloud.com/paulandrewjarvis/sets/1000-real-answersPaulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14114500434250963224noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8989141547559432036.post-3186016607674592952013-11-16T15:56:00.002+01:002013-11-16T15:58:23.552+01:00How good is your English pronunciation?<strong>Practise reading the following sentences aloud, then go to the link below and compare your pronunciation with a native speaker’s:</strong><br />
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1) Yogi Bear shared his chair with Tony Blair. <br />
2) Walter won’t want you to walk to work.<br />
3) Water the vegetables on Tuesday and Thursday unless we get wet weather.<br />
4) What height and weight are Cathy’s parents?<br />
5) Did your colleague manage to answer your question about the law?<br />
6) The term “turn” was the first word the girl heard.<br />
7) Don’t hit it; heat it and eat it!<br />
8) Paul taught a short course for four dwarfs.<br />
9) That fat man can’t stand jazz.<br />
10) I thought you had read it through thoroughly though.<br />
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<iframe frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/120417745" width="100%"></iframe><br />Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14114500434250963224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8989141547559432036.post-32886370910280729872013-05-04T18:02:00.001+02:002013-05-04T18:06:33.053+02:00The English the English Really Speak<b></b><br />
<b>Test your knowledge of idiomatic English by trying to match an answer to each of the following questions:</b><br />
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1) Can you cook?<br />
2) How often do you go out?<br />
3) How’s it going?<br />
4) What would you like to drink?<br />
5) What did you do last weekend?<br />
6) How much does it cost?<br />
7) What did you think of the book?<br />
8) What colour is it?<br />
9) What are your main qualities?<br />
10) What are you doing next Saturday evening?<br />
11) Is it true?<br />
12) Why haven’t you finished yet?<br />
13) How would you feel if you didn’t pass your exam?<br />
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<em>a) I just chilled.</em><br />
<em>b) There are just too many to list.</em><br />
<em>c) I could murder a cold beer.</em><br />
<em>d) The computer’s on the blink.</em><br />
<em>e) I’d get over it.</em><br />
<em>f) It blew me away.</em><br />
<em>g) We have people coming round.</em><br />
<em>h) It looks like it.</em><br />
<em>i) It’s hard to tell in this light.</em><br />
<em>j) Not as well as it might be.</em><br />
<em>k) Peanuts.</em><br />
<em>l) I can rustle up a dish of pasta if I have to.</em><br />
<em>m) Pretty much every day.</em><br />
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1)l 2)m 3)j 4)c 5)a 6)k 7)f 8)i 9)b 10)g 11)h 12)d 13)e<br />
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<b>A wide range of alternative responses, together with exercises and answer keys, can be found in <i>1000 Real Answers: English Phrasebook & Self-Study Guide</i> (available on all amazon sites):<br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.it/1000-Real-Answers-Phrasebook-ebook/dp/B00AUHFGC0/ref=tmm_kin_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1356087726&sr=8-1">www.amazon.it/1000-Real-Answers-Phrasebook-ebook/dp/B00AUHFGC0/ref=tmm_kin_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1356087726&sr=8-1</a></b>Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14114500434250963224noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8989141547559432036.post-91658435040382231512013-04-19T10:10:00.000+02:002013-04-19T19:23:22.825+02:00Bari International<br />
Tra le tanti doti degli abitanti di Bari, quello che forse colpisce di più il visitatore è la capacità dei cittadini del capoluogo pugliese di appropriarsi delle ricchezze culturali (e non solo) di altri popoli. San Nicola è stato preso in prestito permanente da Myra, la città vecchia si vanta delle proprie origini arabe, e il senso civico proviene da un altro pianeta. È nota, inoltre, da decenni, l’esistenza di un gemellaggio culturale tra Bari e Parigi (vedi http://baripaul.blogspot.it/2008/07/bari-lezione-di-cultura-per-i-parigini.html), che ha portato alla diffusione nella testa di molte signore baresi non solo dell’idea che “elles sont Catherine Deneuve” ma anche che possono parcheggiare la macchina dove cavolo vogliono.<br />
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Con il terzo millennio, però, è arrivato un nuovo capitolo nel fare proprie le risorse degli altri: il barese ha cominciato ad adocchiare la lingua inglese. Non è un’impresa facile: impossessarsi di una lingua richiede molto più tempo e molta più furbizia della rimozione delle ossa di un santo, anche quando per avere la reliquia in questione bisogna andare a vincere fuori casa in Turchia. E in effetti, i primi approcci del barese alla lingua di Shakespeare non sono stati incoraggianti. Basta pensare alla famosa insegna che accoglieva i turisti all’aeroporto (“Welcome in Bari”) o all’insistenza di chiunque sia nato qui nel chiudere ogni “a” in “e”: “I love the rep!” [non nel senso di “Amo il commesso viaggiatore!" ma come apprezzamento della musica rap]; “He is pest this morning” [“He passed by this morning”]; “I go to met you” [I’m going to speak to Matthew”].<br />
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Recentemente, però, le cose hanno cominciato a cambiare. Confesso che quando, qualche settimana fa, un’impiegata alla posta ha pronunciato correttamente il mio cognome al momento di consegnarmi una raccomandata, non mi sono preoccupato più di tanto; ho attribuito l’accaduto al semplice fatto che era raffreddata. Ma poi, durante il weekend di Pasqua, un uso spaventosamente corretto del <i>Present Perfect Continuous</i> da parte di un controllore che parlava in treno con dei turisti coreani mi ha messo in allarme. E domenica scorsa, passeggiando a Japigia (non chiedere!), ho avuto la conferma incontrovertibile di quello che temevo:<br />
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I baresi ormai non solo hanno la padronanza dell’apostrofo ma sanno usare (e sanno usare bene!) i <i>phrasal verbs</i>. Il giorno è arrivato: non avete più bisogno di me. My work here is done. Me ne vogg.<br />
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Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14114500434250963224noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8989141547559432036.post-61151938289267763492013-02-15T19:16:00.000+01:002013-02-15T19:33:52.773+01:00Allora te la cavi con l'inglese?<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
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mai studiato la lingua inglese sa bene quanto sia difficile percorrere la
strada che porta dalla conoscenza della grammatica alla capacità di parlare o
scrivere. Mettete alla prova le vostre capacità comunicative tentando questa
serie di sfide linguistiche.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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l'aiuto di un vocabolario o di un libro di grammatica, prova a elaborare, in due minuti, quante più risposte possibili alla domanda "What do you do
in your free time?" . </b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: IT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: IT;">1) What time do you get up?<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: IT;">2) What do you have for breakfast?<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: IT;">3) How do you get to school/university/work?<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: IT;">4) Where do you have lunch?<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: IT;">5) Do you ever sleep after lunch?<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: IT;">6) How often do you go out?<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: IT;">7) What do you do in your free time?<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: IT;">8) How do you spend your evenings?<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: IT;">9) What time do you usually go to bed?<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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</span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: IT;">b)</span></i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: IT;"> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">I don’t have any free time.<o:p></o:p></i></span><br />
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</span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: IT;">d)</span></i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: IT;"> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">By train.<o:p></o:p></i></span><br />
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</span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: IT;">e)</span></i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: IT;"> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Either watching a DVD or playing games on
the computer.<o:p></o:p></i></span><br />
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</span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: IT;">f)</span></i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: IT;"> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Never later than half past six.<o:p></o:p></i></span><br />
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</span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: IT;">g)</span></i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: IT;"> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">In the canteen with my colleagues.<o:p></o:p></i></span><br />
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</span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: IT;">h)</span></i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: IT;"> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">I never feel hungry in the mornings.<o:p></o:p></i></span><br />
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</span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: IT;">i)</span></i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: IT;"> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Three or four times a week.<o:p></o:p></i></span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: IT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: IT;">C<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">. Senza l'aiuto di un vocabolario o di un
libro di grammatica, prova a elaborare, in sei minuti, una risposta
personalizzata a ognuna delle 9 domande dell'esercizio precedente.</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: IT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: IT;">D. Prova ad abbinare ogni inizio frase (1-10) con una fine (a-j):<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: IT;">1) I get up at…<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: IT;">2) I usually just grab…<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> </i><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: IT;">3) I rarely…<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: IT;">4) One of my colleagues…<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: IT;">5) Where I have lunch depends…<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: IT;">6) I don’t think my boss would approve…<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: IT;">7) I go out…<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: IT;">8) I spend most of my spare time…<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: IT;">9) By the time I get back…<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: IT;">10) I don’t really have…<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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</span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: IT;"></span></i><br />
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: IT;">a)</span></i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: IT;"> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">…a quick coffee<o:p></o:p></i></span><br />
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</span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: IT;">b)</span></i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: IT;"> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">…gardening.<o:p></o:p></i></span><br />
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</span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: IT;">c)</span></i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: IT;"> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">…a fixed routine.<o:p></o:p></i></span><br />
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</span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: IT;">d)</span></i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: IT;"> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">…pretty much every day.<o:p></o:p></i></span><br />
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</span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: IT;">e)</span></i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: IT;"> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">…gives me a lift to work.<o:p></o:p></i></span><br />
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</span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: IT;">f)</span></i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: IT;"> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">…have time for breakfast.<o:p></o:p></i></span><br />
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</span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: IT;">g)</span></i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: IT;"> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">…the crack of dawn.<o:p></o:p></i></span><br />
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</span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: IT;">h)</span></i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: IT;"> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">…on how long I have.<o:p></o:p></i></span><br />
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</span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: IT;">i)</span></i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: IT;"> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">…if I slept at work.<o:p></o:p></i></span><br />
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</span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: IT;">j)</span></i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: IT;"> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">…it’s too late to do anything.<o:p></o:p></i></span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: IT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: IT;">E. Prova a
completare le frasi usando le parole fornite sotto:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: IT;">1) I get up when the ______________ goes off.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: IT;">2) A ______________ of cereal does me for breakfast.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: IT;">3) I go to school on ______________ .<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: IT;">4) I grab a quick ______________ for lunch.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: IT;">5) I like to get my ______________ down for half an
hour after lunch.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: IT;">6) I go out far too often for my parents’
______________ .<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: IT;">7) I go to the ______________ three times a week.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: IT;">8) In the evenings I hang out with my ______________
or just collapse on the ______________ .<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: IT;">9) I go to bed around ______________ .<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: IT;">- alarm - bite - bowl - foot - friends<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<strong> -</strong> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: IT;">gym - head
- liking - midnight - sofa<o:p></o:p></span></i><br />
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</span><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: IT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: IT;"></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: IT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: IT;"></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: IT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: IT;">F. Abbina a ogni risposta una
delle domande dell'esercizio B:<o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
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</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: IT;">1) __________________________________________________ ?<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: IT;">I have lunch
at my grandmother’s.<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: IT;">2) <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">__________________________________________________
?</span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: IT;">I never seem
to have any free time.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: IT;">3) <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">__________________________________________________
?<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: IT;">I catch the
bus.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: IT;">4) <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">__________________________________________________
?<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: IT;">Every
Saturday night.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: IT;">5) <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">__________________________________________________
?<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: IT;">I sometimes
cat-nap in the afternoon.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: IT;">6) <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">__________________________________________________
?<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: IT;">When my mother calls me.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: IT;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: IT;">7) <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">__________________________________________________
?<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: IT;">When my eyes
start closing. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: IT;">8) __________________________________________________ ?<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: IT;">Most
evenings I have to study.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: IT;">9) <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">__________________________________________________
?<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">It depends what time I get up.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: IT;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
</span><br />
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<b><u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: IT; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"></span></o:p></span></u></b><br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: IT; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">LE SOLUZIONI<o:p></o:p></span></h3>
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: IT; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">A. Alcune possibili risposte:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: IT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: IT;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
</span><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: IT;">I don’t have
any free time.<o:p></o:p></span></i><br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
</span><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: IT;">I listen to
music.<o:p></o:p></span></i><br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
</span><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: IT;">Sleep,
mostly.<o:p></o:p></span></i><br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
</span><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: IT;">I go running
a lot.<o:p></o:p></span></i><br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
</span><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: IT;">I play in a
band.<o:p></o:p></span></i><br />
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</span><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: IT;">I never seem
to have any.<o:p></o:p></span></i><br />
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</span><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: IT;">I spend most
of my spare time gardening.<o:p></o:p></span></i><br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
</span><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: IT;">I’m trying
to write a book at the moment.<o:p></o:p></span></i><br />
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<em>I</em></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: IT;"><em>t all gets
taken up with the children.<o:p></o:p></em></span><br />
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</span><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: IT;">I like to
get out in the fresh air.<o:p></o:p></span></i><br />
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</span><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: IT;">When I’m not
helping my mother, I hang out with my friends.<o:p></o:p></span></i><br />
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">B.</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1) </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">What time do you get up? <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Never later than half past six.</i><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2) </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">What do you have for breakfast? <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">I
never feel hungry in the mornings.</i><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3) </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">How do you get to school/university/work? <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">By train.</i><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">4) </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Where do you have lunch? <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">In the
canteen with my colleagues.</i><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">5) </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Do you ever sleep after lunch? <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">No,
but I always feel sleepy.</i><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">6) </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: IT;">How often do you go out? <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Three or four times a week.</i></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: IT;">7) What do
you do in your free time? <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">I don’t have
any free time.</i><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">8) </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: IT;">How do you spend your evenings? <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Either watching a DVD or playing games on
the computer.</i></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">9) </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: IT;">What time do you usually go to bed? <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Around midnight.</i></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
</span><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: IT;"></span></b><br />
<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: IT;">D. </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1) </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">I get up at…<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">the crack of dawn.</i><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2) </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">I usually just grab…<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">a quick
coffee</i><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3) </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">I rarely…<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">have time for
breakfast.</i><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">4) </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">One of my colleagues…<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">gives me a
lift to work.</i><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">5) </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Where I have lunch depends…<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">on</i>
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">how long I have.</i><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">6) </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">I don’t think my boss would approve…<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">if I slept at work.</i><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">7) </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">I go out…<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">pretty much every day.</i><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">8) </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">I spend most of my spare time…<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">gardening.</i><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">9) </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">By the time I get back…<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">it’s too
late to do anything.</i><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">10) </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">I don’t really have…<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">a fixed
routine.</i><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
</span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: IT;">E. </span></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1) </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">I get up when the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>alarm</u></i>
goes off.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2) </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">A <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>bowl</u></i> of cereal does
me for breakfast.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3) </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">I go to school on <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>foot</u></i>
.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">4) </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">I grab a quick <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>bite</u></i>
for lunch.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">5) </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">I like to get my <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>head</u></i>
down for half an hour after lunch.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">6) </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">I go out far too often for my parents’ <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>liking</u></i>.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">7) </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">I hang out with my <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>friends</u></i>
.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">8) </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">I go to the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>gym</u></i> three
times a week.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">9) </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">I tend to just collapse on the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>sofa</u></i>.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">10) </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">I go to bed around <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>midnight</u></i>
.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">F. </span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: IT;">1) </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Where do you have lunch? </span></i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">I
have lunch at my grandmother’s.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: IT;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: IT;">2) <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">What do you do in your free time? </i>I
never seem to have any free time.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">3) <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">How
do you get to school/university/work? </i>I catch the bus.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">4) </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: IT;">How often do
you go out? </span></i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Every Saturday
night.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">5) <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Do
you ever sleep after lunch?</i> I sometimes cat-nap in the afternoon.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">6) <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">What
time do you get up? </i></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: IT;">When my mother calls me.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">7) </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: IT;">What time do
you usually go to bed? </span></i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: IT;">When my eyes start closing. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: IT;">8) <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">How do you spend your evenings? </i>Most
evenings I have to study.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: IT;">9) </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">What do
you have for breakfast? </span></i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">It
depends what time I get up.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: IT; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Tutte queste attivita (e le relative soluzioni)
sono prese da <i>1000 Real Answers – English Phrasebook & Self-Study Guide.</i>
Il libro è disponibile sia in brossura che in versione elettronica (per Kindle,
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- Yes, I think I am.<br />
<o:p></o:p>- Not really.<br />
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<o:p></o:p>- People say I am.<br />
<o:p></o:p>- I’m probably not the person to ask.<br />
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<o:p></o:p>- I’m good at reading and writing but I find listening and speaking more difficult.<br />
<o:p></o:p>- I can usually make myself understood.<br />
<o:p></o:p>- My teacher doesn’t think so.<br />
<o:p></o:p>- I’m sorry, I didn’t understand what you said.<o:p></o:p><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 3pt; text-align: justify;"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 3pt; text-align: justify;">From <a href="http://www.amazon.it/1000-Real-Answers-Phrasebook-Self-Study-ebook/dp/B00AUHFGC0/ref=tmm_kin_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1356087726&sr=8-1" target="_blank">1000 Real Answers - English Phrasebook & Self-Study Guide</a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 3pt; text-align: justify;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-r5i3f07F1nM/URfsevMv0uI/AAAAAAAAAGo/I5Hxmze8vz8/s1600/Bookcover+Phrasebook+&+Self-Study+Guide.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-r5i3f07F1nM/URfsevMv0uI/AAAAAAAAAGo/I5Hxmze8vz8/s200/Bookcover+Phrasebook+&+Self-Study+Guide.jpg" width="130" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 3pt; text-align: justify;"><span class="userContent"><em></em></span> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 3pt; text-align: justify;"><div> </div></div>Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14114500434250963224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8989141547559432036.post-10481551398580637902011-12-11T20:46:00.000+01:002011-12-11T20:46:45.250+01:00Maria Crocefissa - Il RitornoQuando ero bambino, l’imminenza di Natale si capiva dal profumo dei mandarini appena sbucciati; da un po’ di anni a questa parte, però, la testimonianza più affidabile della prossimità del compleanno di Gesù viene fornita dall’aroma di pelle non lavata che precede, di ben 15 secondi, l’arrivo sulla soglia del mio ufficio di Maria Crocefissa.<br />
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“Professò!” La tradizione vuole che io – momentaneamente stravolto dalla raffica di alitosi che fuoriesce dalle sue labbra – non risponda subito, anche perché il mio cervello è impegnato in un monologo interiore della serie: “To breathe, or not to breathe, that is the question: Whether tis’ nobler in the mind to suffer The stinks and horrors of outrageous hygiene, Or to take arms against the dread cozzala, And with a mazza end her…”<br />
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“Professò, volevo salutarvi, professò.” Il suo saluto non cambia mai di una sillaba. Usa gli appellativi come virgolette e enuncia ogni vocale con una smorfia che ti fa pensare che debba soffrire di emorroidi (una riflessione che, per salvaguardare la propria salute mentale, va soppressa più velocemente di un topo rabbioso).<br />
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“Professò, vi posso lasciare questo, Professò.” Il “questo” a cui fa riferimento è la lettera che lei scrive ogni anno a Babbo Natale. Da quando, qualche anno fa, le ho regalato un campione di dentifricio alla cozza lasciatomi dal rappresentante di una casa farmaceutica di Fesca, Maria Crocefissa si è convinta che io abbia un rapporto diretto con Santa Claus, e quindi fà sempre in modo di consegnare a me il lungo elenco dei suoi desideri. Con mano sudicia mi porge il foglio, mentre io sento iniziare un attacco di iperventilazione. “Professò, angora nu uei, Professò?”<br />
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“No, no. No problem. Puoi lasciarla… lì… lì, su quel… su quel… su quel giornale.”<br />
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“Vi ringrazio, Professò, vi ringrazio.” Appena fuori dalla porta si ferma e si gira. “Professò, se vi capita di nuovo di quella aggarbata crema abbronzante che mi avete regalato una volta, non mi offendo, Professò.”<br />
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Aspetto che la qualità dell’aria migliori, tiro fuori i guanti di gomma (accessorio ormai indispensabile per chi lavora al contatto con un certo tipo di pubblico) e comincio a leggere...Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14114500434250963224noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8989141547559432036.post-9054984985763024492011-06-16T08:38:00.001+02:002011-06-16T08:39:53.566+02:00Stanislaw Had A Box For Everything – Part 4<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5yOmV1vgcVI/Tfmklf2BoLI/AAAAAAAAAEs/qLSn2n7wQwY/s1600/photo.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="320" width="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5yOmV1vgcVI/Tfmklf2BoLI/AAAAAAAAAEs/qLSn2n7wQwY/s320/photo.PNG" /></a></div><br />
Without warning, but just as the good psychiatrist had once predicted it would, the office erupted in a cacophony of noise: glass shattering as words long repressed burst screeching through the screens and broke into a thousand fragmented letters, an escaped Fear Bird squawking in bewildered terror, a beach-hatted figure – whom Stanislaw recognised immediately as his old enemy Sub – baseball batting scarred nursery tunes off the violin he had once loved.<br />
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“You locked us away, punk! You locked us away!”<br />
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The voice was disconcertingly close, startlingly familiar. Stanislaw turned and gasped in horror, not so much at the sight of the pistol protruding from the screen as at the realisation that the hand holding it was attached to his ten-year-old self. <br />
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“Why did you do it, Stani? Did you really think we’d never get out?” The face behind the mask laughed mirthlessly and the hand pulled the trigger. Stanislaw felt his mind and body dissolve away.<br />
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<b>This ongoing story, "Stanislaw Had A Box For Everything ", is based on ipad fingerpaintings by Matthew Watkins and Cédric Philippe.</b> <br />
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<i>http://www.watkinsmedia.com <br />
http://www.flickr.com/photos/matthew-watkins/<br />
http://cedricphilippe.blogspot.com/ <br />
http://www.flickr.com/photos/41631388@N02/</i> <br />
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<b>Matthew's Fingerpaintings will be on display from June 18th - 26th at the Sala Murat, Bari, Italy.<br />
</b>Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14114500434250963224noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8989141547559432036.post-69248621845742439632011-06-10T17:12:00.002+02:002011-06-10T17:14:29.759+02:00Stanislaw Had A Box For Everything – Part 3<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-nSxbD_IY_xs/TfIzoNtSAeI/AAAAAAAAAEk/VBxXxYf37Ks/s1600/200%2Btvs.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="320" width="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-nSxbD_IY_xs/TfIzoNtSAeI/AAAAAAAAAEk/VBxXxYf37Ks/s320/200%2Btvs.JPG" /></a></div><br />
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Precisely when Stanislaw had blacked out was not clear to him, but he sensed he was now waking into one of the old nightmares. Like when he was in the clinic and they were drugging his porridge.<br />
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From somewhere close by, in the dead tones of a hostage imprisoned in an interminable loop, a vaguely familiar voice was repeating the refrain: “Good evening, this is the news. You can’t box up emotion.” Cold-sweating, Stanislaw looked around him. His cartons had morphed into battered TV sets with screens striving primordially to burst into life, and hellish green swamp vapours were rising from the floorless depths of the Box Chamber. He shuddered.<br />
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The voice suddenly dissolved into eerie laughter that caused Stanislaw to start. The bad psychiatrist! Terrified now, he looked up, but the face on the screen was not the one he so feared. It belonged to a wild-eyed macaque which, as it caught his eye, broke off its cackling and enquired facetiously: “How you gonna cope wi’ life as a dwarf penguin, man? You got yourself a cool box wi’ fish?”<br />
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<b>This story, "Stanislaw Had A Box For Everything ", is based on ipad fingerpaintings by Matthew Watkins and Cédric Philippe. <br />
Matthew Watkins:<br />
</b> www.watkinsmedia.com <br />
http://www.flickr.com/photos/matthew-watkins/ <br />
<b>Cédric Philippe: </b><br />
http://cedricphilippe.blogspot.com/ <br />
http://www.flickr.com/photos/41631388@N02/.Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14114500434250963224noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8989141547559432036.post-76032331312299666142011-06-06T14:51:00.012+02:002011-06-06T14:57:34.533+02:00Stanislaw Had A Box For Everything - Part 2<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-YJawBlVM1vE/TezNElQNVQI/AAAAAAAAAEc/mv9JfjD8a1Q/s1600/Stanislaw%2B2%2B5803930232_7245b9bb33_b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="320" width="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-YJawBlVM1vE/TezNElQNVQI/AAAAAAAAAEc/mv9JfjD8a1Q/s320/Stanislaw%2B2%2B5803930232_7245b9bb33_b.jpg" /></a></div><br />
“One of the boxes is <i>open</i>.” The thought raced back and forth unchecked like a crazed moth across the uncluttered whiteness of Stanislaw’s middle-mind. Seconds, perhaps minutes, passed before – as the good psychiatrist had assured him it always would – the darkness of reason began to exert its calming effect on this latest mental intruder.<br />
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“Impossible,” he told himself. “The vacuum-locking system CANNOT fail.” Clutching the table, he blink-breathed to a count of thirty, then straightened up, relief exploding magically in his belly. “<i>Unless</i>…”<br />
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Panic-stricken now, Stanislaw pulled the table aside, fell to his knees and wrenched open the door to his Box Chamber. The bad psychiatrist had once punched him so hard in the solar plexus that he had felt like he was drowning in air. This was worse: the hands on the pressure gauge were swinging dangerously towards the vertical, the blue safety lights at the back of the Chamber were out, and there was no sign of life. He felt the hair he no longer had prickle terrified on his head, but there was nothing else for it. Stanislaw slid forward into the dark stillness. <br />
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<br />
<b>This story, "Stanislaw Had A Box For Everything ", is based on ipad fingerpaintings by Matthew Watkins and Cédric Philippe. <br />
Matthew Watkins:<br />
</b>www.watkinsmedia.com <br />
http://www.flickr.com/photos/matthew-watkins/ <br />
<b>Cédric Philippe:</b> <br />
http://cedricphilippe.blogspot.com/ <br />
http://www.flickr.com/photos/41631388@N02/.Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14114500434250963224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8989141547559432036.post-22272426919459965042011-05-31T17:16:00.000+02:002011-05-31T17:16:27.568+02:00Stanislaw Had a Box for Everything<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-rxNR8joFMS8/TeUFn630lSI/AAAAAAAAAEQ/8y10zm-724I/s1600/Stanislaw%2Bhad%2Ba%2Bbox%2Bfor%2Beverything%2B5630929000_5e45560fe4_b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="320" width="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-rxNR8joFMS8/TeUFn630lSI/AAAAAAAAAEQ/8y10zm-724I/s320/Stanislaw%2Bhad%2Ba%2Bbox%2Bfor%2Beverything%2B5630929000_5e45560fe4_b.jpg" /></a></div><br />
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The first one had been the hardest. He’d been young then, of course, but the memories of trying to hold that lid on were still every bit as real as the smell of freshly cut cardboard in the operating theatre. Sometimes at night, amid the muffled hubbub from the rowdier prisoners in the upper boxes, it seemed to Stanislaw that he could make out the higher pitch of that first victim’s squeal. <br />
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At the moment, however, the office was unnaturally hushed. And that was not all. No sooner had he emerged from the theatre than Stanislaw saw that his desk was not as it should be: the boxing schedules and progress reports were no longer in their neat rectangular pile, but scattered haphazardly here and there, while three of the “souvenir” pigeon holes were darkly empty.<br />
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Stanislaw laid down his surgical towel and plunged into deep reflection. Of a sudden, his ears pricked up. The sound was unmistakable. One of the boxes was open.<br />
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<b>This mini-story was inspired by "Stanislaw Had a Box for Everything", an ipad finger painting by Matthew Watkins. Matthew's Fingerpaintings will be on display from June 18th - 26th at the Sala Murat, Bari, Italy. Website: www.watkinsmedia.com </b>Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14114500434250963224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8989141547559432036.post-78221512889169729212011-04-07T23:46:00.003+02:002011-04-08T12:22:58.367+02:00I due buttafuori e la zia di ProustCi sono poche cose che riscaldino il cuore di un inglese in esilio quanto i tentativi della gente locale di farlo sentire a casa. Mi ricordo ancora con estremo piacere i notevoli sforzi linguistici che facevano due buttafuori parigini per far capire a me e al mio amico Parakù che il locale in cui stavamo cercando di entrare poteva non essere all’altezza dei nostri gusti.<br />“Allez-vous to mek feuck euff, espèces d’enfoirés anglais!”<br />Parakù, commosso da tutta questa premura, ha voluto ricambiare facendo loro una lezione improvvisata che comprendeva l’imperativo, il lessico anatomico, l’uso delle preposizioni, l’impiego del genitivo sassone e (se mi ricordo bene) un saluto simpatico alle madri di entrambi. A quel punto, i due gorilla hanno incominciato a manifestare un inquietante interesse nell’instaurare un contatto fisico con noi e – mentre Parakù spiegava gridando indietro che, con tutto il rispetto, l’omosessualità non era la nostra “cup of tea” – ci siamo allontanati con la stessa velocità dei ragazzini che scappano da una lezione su Proust.<br />Ed è Proust, guarda caso, che mi viene in mente proprio adesso mentre entro nel mio supermercato nel cuore del Quartier Latin Barèse. Mais oui, proprio come è successo a Valentin Louis Georges Eugène Marcel*, a cui il sapore di una semplice madeleine fece ricordare le bestemmie della zia quando il nipote la sorprese a letto con una truppa di zingari, così anche a me basta la vista di un semplice cartello per farmi subito rivivere quella magica serata a Parigi – quella dei buttafuori, intendo, non quella degli zingari. Ma sto divagando…<br />Il cartello è fatto bene, con carta pregiata e caratteri autorevoli: fa capire subito al mondo che l’autore è una persona di un certo livello, una persona con il dono della comunicazione, una persona insomma che sa usare lo scotch. Incantato, dimentico di tutta la gente intorno a me, divoro le parole:<br /><br /><strong>The Director of this exercise speak English!!</strong><br /><br />Sento un calore nell’anima – o forse nella pancia, non si capisce bene – e una lacrima mi punge l’occhio. Mentre riempio il carrello di salami piccanti e pane di Altamura, non riesco a togliermi dalla mente quel felice messaggio di speranza, un messaggio così forte e sentito che merita non uno, non tre, ma ben due punti esclamativi!! Dopo ventun anni, penso, dirigendomi verso il Reparto Cozze, finalmente mi sento a casa. <br /><br /><em>*Concordo con Troisi che non conviene assolutamente dare un nome lungo a un bambino: non solo non riesci mai ad acchiapparlo, ma rischi che il poveraccio cresca con una patologica incapacità di portare a termine una frase.</em>Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14114500434250963224noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8989141547559432036.post-50359480186306933712011-03-08T12:03:00.004+01:002011-03-08T12:10:52.785+01:00Cerbero<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zeNjWywSY-0/TXYON_EV9SI/AAAAAAAAAEA/CggPA_5ekfg/s1600/15x21_02.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 143px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zeNjWywSY-0/TXYON_EV9SI/AAAAAAAAAEA/CggPA_5ekfg/s200/15x21_02.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581664421603046690" /></a><br />“O tu o l'animaletto peloso” disse Denise. In realtà disse “Qu’est-ce que je vais faire de mon petit chat?” Ma sapevo bene cosa intendeva.<br /><br />Il gatto mi aveva odiato dal primo momento. Il letto di Denise era composto da due reti e due materassi accostati. La bestiola, delle dimensioni di un piccolo puma, era solita fare irruzione dallo spazio centrale come risalendo dalle profondità dell'inferno, per graffiarmi e mordermi. Ovviamente tutta questa ferocia era riservata solo ed esclusivamente a me. Denise, che chiamava la creatura “mon bébé”, “mon amour” o , con una deferenza tutta francese per la propensione dell'animale a invadere il territorio britannico, Guillaume, dormiva tranquilla nonostante le atrocità del suo animale e insisteva ad attribuire le mie ferite alla mia goffaggine. Rimanevo con lei soltanto per la sua eccezionale <em>escalope à la crème </em>e per il suo strabiliante savoir-faire erotico.<br /><br /><em>DIO NON STA BENE Parte II</em>Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14114500434250963224noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8989141547559432036.post-81163483945137542522011-03-05T15:41:00.003+01:002011-03-05T18:57:06.570+01:00I Had a Dream - giocando a Monopoli con il PremierHo fatto un sogno strano l’altra notte.<br /> Ero diventato – non si capisce come – primo ministro dell’Italia. Mi trovavo a tavola a giocare a Monopoli con delle vecchie conoscenze e alcuni amici nuovi comprati quella mattina al mercato. Mi stavo annoiando.<br /> “Ragazzi, cambiamo di nuovo le regole,” dissi, scendendo dai cuscini e poi dalla sedia. Prima di arrivare a terra, però, mi imbattei in Mary Star che stava a quattro zampe a grufolare tra i corpi anestetizzati delle sciacquette stese sotto il tavolo.<br /> “Che cerchi, Cessetta, un cervello nuovo? Se mi consenti, direi che non…”<br /> “Ho fatto cadere il cartoncino Probabilità che mi dava diritto a una laurea gratis e un mucchio di soldi, e non riesco a…a…” Si mise a piagnucolare.<br /> Fosse stata giovane e un minimo bella, le avrei regalato dieci lauree e montagne di soldi dalla banca in cambio dei diritti di passaggio nel suo Vicolo Stretto, ma la vita è troppo breve per perdere tempo dietro donne come Mary Star – e qualora avesse veramente un Vicolo da vendere, ci si potrebbe scommettere che sia tutt’altro che Stretto. A dire il vero, non mi ricordavo neanche più perché l’avevo invitata a giocare con noi. Il pianto stava diventando isterico, e così ci avrebbe guastato la serata.<br /> “Non puoi darle un cartoncino tuo per zittirla?” mi chiese Fat Fat Julian, bagnando il tabellone con un misto di grasso di hamburger e sbava. “Mi sta facendo passare l’appetito.”<br /> “Sì, cazzo, metti qualcosa in bocca alla puttana!” gridò Victor. “Porco dio, sto cercando di evadere la Tassa di lusso qui e ‘sta fottuta troia mi distrae.”<br /> Esasperato, guardai tra i cartoncini Imprevisti che avevo in tasca. “Tieni, sgualdrina, ti regalo questa. Ma mi deve fare un favore: ho bisogno che qualcuno mi scenda il cane un attimo. Non riesco a concentrarmi sulle veline quando cerca di leccarmi il culo ogni due secondi.”<br /> Singhiozzando, leggeva ad alta voce dal cartoncino che le avevo porto: “Uscite gratis… di prigione… se ci siete… potete conservare… questo cartoncino… sino al momento… di servirvene… (non si sa… mai!…) oppure venderlo…” Rimase un attimo in silenzio, poi sorrise. “Mi sa che lo vendo. Ho un amico in Reggio Calabria che lo pagherebbe oro.”<br /> “Fai come ti pare,” risposi, “ma adesso porta Fede a spasso per il paese. Non serve la paletta, la gente è abituata a convivere con le sue cagate. Noi abbiamo cose più importanti a cui pensare.”<br /> Riprendemmo a giocare.Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14114500434250963224noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8989141547559432036.post-89113113327233914722011-01-22T12:59:00.005+01:002011-01-22T13:19:05.860+01:00Hel-lo, Ruby Tuesday!Secondo alcuni giornali cinesi, nelle prossime ore un primo ministro europeo darà le dimissioni e abbandonerà definitivamente la politica per poter seguire una carriera musicale con i Rolling Stones. Fonti affidabili assicurano che Mick Jagger ha già accettato di registrare una nuova versione di una delle sue canzoni più famose fantasiosamente riscritta dall'uomo politico. Per il momento non ci sono informazioni riguardo all'identità dello statista, ma un portavoce del complesso smentisce le voci che indicano David Cameron.<br /><br />Qui in anteprima, tradotte direttamente dal cinese, sono le parole della canzone rielaborata:<br /><br /><em>She would never say where she came from<br />Yesterday don't matter if it's gone<br />While the sun is bright<br />Or in the darkest night<br />No one knows<br />She comes and goes<br /><br />Hey there, Ruby Floozy<br />You must come to bed with me<br />Am pretty sure you’ll want to vomit<br />But I'm gonna pay you...<br /><br />Don't question why she came to stay with me<br />I tell you it's the only place to be<br />I just can't be jailed<br />For all those teens I’ve nailed<br />And nothing's lost<br />At such a cost<br /><br />Hey there, Ruby Floozy<br />You must come to bed with me<br />Am pretty sure you’ll want to vomit<br />But I'm gonna pay you...<br /><br />There's no time to lose, let’s change the laws<br />So I can spend your taxes screwing whores<br />Scheming all the time<br />The media is all mine<br />While you all lose your minds.<br />Ain't life unkind?<br /><br />Hey there, Ruby Floozy<br />You must come to bed with me<br />Am pretty sure you’ll want to vomit<br />But I'm gonna pay you...<br /><br />Hey there, Ruby Floozy<br />You must come to bed with me<br />Am pretty sure you’ll want to vomit<br />But I'm gonna pay you...</em><br /><br />Per chi vuole confrontare con la versione originale: <br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUKz2fvb6jY<br /><br /><strong>Ogni riferimento a politici vivi, moribondi o morti è puramente casuale.</strong>Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14114500434250963224noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8989141547559432036.post-73870632370736074582010-12-21T09:20:00.003+01:002010-12-21T09:24:23.928+01:00Catholic Colpa<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__sCRyM4M-3E/TRBkKnS3P-I/AAAAAAAAADw/3jDZwufUYjQ/s1600/15x21_02.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 143px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__sCRyM4M-3E/TRBkKnS3P-I/AAAAAAAAADw/3jDZwufUYjQ/s200/15x21_02.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553048474057392098" /></a><br />Ci sono due tipi di persone che nonna non sopporta: prima vengono quei Cattolici che non vanno a messa – a loro toccherà passare un bel po’ di tempo in Purgatorio prima che li lascino andare in Paradiso. I Cattolici di questo tipo rischiano davvero grosso, perché non hanno scuse come gli Hindu, i Buddisti o i Selvaggi, che sono nati in paesi poveri come l’India e l’Africa – quei posti dove nessun prete vuole andare a lavorare perché nessuno mette i soldi nel piattino delle offerte. Anzi – dice nonno – ci sono posti in cui la gente è così povera che prova a rubare i soldi dal piattino, come a Ford Estate e Woodchurch. E siccome lui stesso ha vissuto a Woodchurch, probabilmente è vero. A dire il vero non mi stupirebbe se fosse stato proprio lui a fregare i soldi dall’offertorio: nonna dice sempre che era un personaggio sospetto prima che lei lo prendesse e lo riportasse sulla retta via. Dice anche che non si possono biasimare i Buddisti o i Selvaggi perché non conoscono il vero Dio. Forse è vero, non si possono biasimare, però mi sa che Dio lo fa.<br /><br /><em>DIO NON STA BENE</em><br /><br /><strong>DIO NON STA BENE, LeBolleBlu Edizioni, Bari 2010, è disponibile presso la libreria Laterza, Via Sparano, Bari e a http://www.amazon.it/</strong>Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14114500434250963224noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8989141547559432036.post-75156955133713962072010-12-18T10:23:00.007+01:002010-12-18T10:37:42.807+01:00Guida Aggarbata alle Preghiere Calcistiche<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__sCRyM4M-3E/TQyAsKpEcjI/AAAAAAAAADo/zQeuG8ZmQBE/s1600/15x21_02.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 143px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__sCRyM4M-3E/TQyAsKpEcjI/AAAAAAAAADo/zQeuG8ZmQBE/s200/15x21_02.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551953936900190770" /></a><br />Il fatto è questo: anche se tu preghi e preghi ma dopo un po’ di tempo vedi che le tue preghiere non vengono esaudite, non ha senso innervosirti. Devi solo pazientare, dice Mr Wilson. Mr Wilson è il nostro insegnante di religione e non fa altro che ripeterci che non dobbiamo dire le preghiere solo per ottenere qualcosa in cambio.<br /> “Dio non è come Babbo Natale, non so se mi spiego!”<br />Comunque c’è un trucchetto. Non devi mai chiedere a Dio cose per te stesso, meglio chiedere cose tipo del cibo per i poveri bambini neri dell’Africa che muoiono di fame. Così Dio è tutto contento perché ti sei comportato da buon Cattolico, e può darsi che per la contentezza fa una bella sorpresa pure a te. Tipo quella volta che Gli ho chiesto di mandare dei Mars ai bambini dell’Etiopia ed è andata a finire che l’Everton ha battuto il Southampton 8-0. A dire il vero, però, non ho mai controllato se alla fine i bambini etiopi quei Mars li hanno ricevuti o no.<br /><em>DIO NON STA BENE</em><br /><br /><strong><em>DIO NON STA BENE</em>, LeBolleBlu Edizioni, Bari 2010, è disponibile presso la libreria Laterza, Via Sparano, Bari e a http://www.amazon.it</strong>Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14114500434250963224noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8989141547559432036.post-24154223446083692642010-12-14T09:43:00.004+01:002010-12-14T09:53:25.847+01:00Serpenti nella culla<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__sCRyM4M-3E/TQcwdo99xpI/AAAAAAAAADg/t0_WphOTnHA/s1600/15x21_02.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 143px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__sCRyM4M-3E/TQcwdo99xpI/AAAAAAAAADg/t0_WphOTnHA/s200/15x21_02.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5550458351529084562" /></a><br />Aphrodite aveva due amiche, Sylvia e Sarah, due gemelle identiche. Identiche tranne per il fatto che Sarah aveva un modo strano di guardarmi. Non c'era niente di inusuale in questo, ovviamente. La mia faccia ispirava una sorta di affascinata repulsione quasi in tutti. In un'occasione notai che due suore ebbero un brivido alla mia vista. Avrei voluto rassicurarle, dir loro che era tutto ok, che la Natura aveva provvisto a ricompensarmi sotto forma di un enorme pisello, ma la timidezza ebbe la meglio.<br />Vi dicevo di Sarah. Aveva i capelli corti che le contornavano il volto come un migliaio di grandi virgole nere, e un sorriso che ti faceva sentire bene nel modo in cui ti fa sentire bene l'ultimo giorno di scuola. Quando, però, smetteva di sorridere, non sapevi più che pensare; i suoi occhi scuri avevano la curiosità affamata di un cannibale. Ogni volta che mi guardava, mi offrivo di andarle a prendere un biscotto<br /><em>DIO NON STA BENE</em><br /><br /><em>Dio non sta bene </em>sarà pubblicato il 16 dicembre 2010 da LeBolleBlu.Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14114500434250963224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8989141547559432036.post-13445529853901651132010-11-17T14:08:00.005+01:002010-11-17T21:41:37.783+01:00Guida indispensabile alla grammatica inglese<strong>SIMPLE PRESENT</strong><strong> Habits, Repeated Actions </strong>- I vomit on cabinet ministers whenever I can.<br /><br /><strong>Permanent States</strong> - I am Irish. / Silvius is a wanker. / Vomit smells.<br /><br /><strong>Is often used with Adverbs of Frequency </strong>- I usually vomit when I hear Emile Faith’s voice. / My dog always vomits when he sees Bruno Scooter on TV:<br /><br /> <br /><br /><strong>PRESENT CONTINUOUS<br /><br />At the moment</strong> - Sorry, darling, I’m vomiting on Umbert at the moment so I can’t help you wash the dishes.<br /><br /><strong>In this period </strong> - I’m vomiting every day at the moment because I keep hearing such nauseating rubbish spoken on TV.<br /><br /><strong>Future Arrangement </strong>- I’m vomiting in a “Puke on a Criminal” Competition tomorrow.<br /><br /> <br /><br /><strong>SIMPLE PAST<br /><br />With specific past time </strong>- I vomited on Mary Star yesterday evening.<br /><br /><strong>When the specific past time is implicit (i.e. both speaker and listener know when even if it is not stated </strong> - Which bits of her did you vomit on? [“yesterday evening” is implicit]<br /><br /><strong>Asking when </strong>- When did you last vomit on Mary Star?<br /><br /> <br /><br /><strong>PAST CONTINUOUS <br /><br />Past action in progress at a given moment </strong> - I was vomiting on the prime minister when the Angel of the Lord appeared bringing a message of personal thanks from God.<br /><br /> <br /><br /><strong>FUTURE - BE GOING TO + INFINITIVE <br /><br />Future intentions </strong>- I’m going to vomit on the next person who tells me that Silvius is “in gamba”.<br /><br /> <br /><br /><strong>FUTURE - WILL/SHALL <br /><br />After the verb “think”</strong> - I think I will vomit on Sarah Palin this afternoon.<br /><br /><strong>Making promises </strong>– Trust me, darling, I will vomit on Mr Rent as soon as I see him.<br /><br /><strong>For spontaneous (non-premeditated decisions)</strong> - I’ll vomit now, that way I can go out later.<br /><br /> <br /><br /><strong>CONDITIONALS <br /><br />1st conditional (real possibility)</strong> - If I have time today, I will vomit on Mr Bonds.<br /><br /><strong>2nd conditional (more remote hypothesis)</strong> - If I were invited onto his programme, I would vomit on Bruno Scooter.<br /><br /><strong>3rd conditional (no longer possible)</strong> – If I had been present at Bruno's birth, I would have vomited over the midwife.<br /><br /> <br /><br /><strong>PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE<br /><br />Finished action, time not important </strong>- I have vomited on many Italian cabinet ministers but I have never vomited on a high-ranking German<br /><br /><strong>Past action, present time </strong>- I have vomited on four cabinet ministers today / this week / this month.<br /><br /><strong>Announcing news </strong>– British prime minister David Cameron has vomited over his Italian counterpart.<br /><br /><strong>With “How long…?” “for” and “since” to express an unfinished acti</strong>on - How long have you wanted to vomit on Mr Three-Mountains? / For many years now I have wanted to vomit on Mr Three-Mountains. / I have wanted to vomit on Mr Three-Mountains since I first heard him speak.<br /><br /><strong>(NB in many cases, including this one, the Present Perfect Simple and Present Perfect Continuous are practically interchangeable, hence:</strong> <em>How long have you been wanting to vomit on Mr Three-Mountains? / For many years now I have been wanting to vomit on Mr Three-Mountains. / I have been wanting to vomit on Mr Three-Mountains since I first heard him speak.</em> <strong>)</strong><br /><br /><strong>Past action, present consequence </strong>– Someone has vomited on Silvius. [That is why he is now covered in small, evil-smelling pieces of diced carrot.]<br /><br /><strong>The Present Perfect is often used with certain adverbs </strong>– I have just vomited on Silvius. / I have recently vomited on Silvius and several of his colleagues. / My grandmother has not vomited on Silvius yet. / Are you seriously telling me you still haven’t vomited on Silvius?<br /><br /> <br /><br /><strong>PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS<br /><br />Describing recent activity where the focus is not on specific results (the action may be finished or unfinished)</strong> – I have been vomiting on a lot of Silvius's friends recently. (cf. I have vomited on 73 of Silvius's friends this week). <br /><br /><strong>With “How long…?” “for” and since” to express an unfinished acti</strong>on – How long have you been vomiting on Silvius’s friends? / I have been vomiting on Silvius’s friends for ten years now. / I have been vomiting on Silvius’s friends since I was 3 years old. <br /><br /> <br /><br /><strong>PAST PERFECT SIMPLE<br /><br />Referring to a past action that precedes the past time on which the speaker is already focusing</strong> - I had met Mrs Lendjames several times before the day I vomited that Chinese lunch over her.<br /><br /> <br /><br /><strong>PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS<br /><br />Referring to a continual (recurrent) or continuous (uninterrupted) past action in the period that precedes the past time on which the speaker is already focusing</strong> - I had been vomiting on cabinet ministers for many years before I was first nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. / I had been vomiting for at least 30 seconds when Bruno stopped speaking.<br /><br /> <br /><br /><strong>OBLIGATION<br /><br />Obligation imposed by speaker </strong>- You must finish vomiting over these photos of the cabinet before you go out to play.<br /><br /><strong>Obligation not imposed by speaker </strong>- I have to finish vomiting over these photos of the cabinet before my mother will let me go out to play<br /><br /><strong><em>Ogni riferimento a persone esistenti o a fatti realmente accaduti è puramente casuale</strong></em>Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14114500434250963224noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8989141547559432036.post-73293659025744177032010-08-07T12:22:00.002+02:002010-08-07T12:26:03.882+02:00Il declino del chierichetto-imprenditoreQualche mese fa, durante una cena famigliare, Nipote 6A ha fatto la seguente domanda a mia sorella Six:<br /> “Mamma, ma in tutto il mondo ci sono persone più ricche di Zio Four?”<br /> Abbiamo evitato tutti di guardare Four. Conosciamo già quella sua espressione compiaciuta da quando da ragazzino vinceva a <em>Monopoly</em> grazie alla sua capacità di convincere la mia sorellina Nine a vendergli le proprietà di valore a prezzi ridicoli. (Abbiamo scoperto anni dopo che, in cambio, Nine – mica era fessa, la bambina – si faceva dare una percentuale del guadagno delle Smarties di contrabbando che Four spacciava davanti al cancello della All Saints’ Primary School.)<br /> “Direi che ce ne sono tante,” le risponde la madre.<br /> Adesso, divertiti, tutti fissiamo Four, che non ha mai sopportato l’idea che qualcuno possa avere più soldi o più potere di lui: a sette anni, si é dimesso dai chierichetti ad All Saints quando ha scoperto che non aveva il diritto né di sentire le confessioni, né di dare l’assoluzione; poco dopo, ha messo su la sua prima impresa vendendo indulgenze durante gli incontri bisettimanali dell’Associazione dei Catechisti Ritardati di Liverpool.<br /> “A dire la verità, 6A, sono anche io più ricco di Zio Four.” Stupiti, ci giriamo tutti verso mio fratello più piccolo, Seven. Tutti tranne Four, che é troppo impegnato a cercare di sopravvivere al pezzo di arrosto di agnello che gli é andato di traverso. Nine gli dà un colpo sulle spalle e un’enorme pallottola di carne ovina masticata esce ad alta velocità dalla bocca dell’ex chierichetto-imprenditore, sfiorando l’orecchio di Seven. <br /> “Tu che cosa fai, Zio Seven?” chiede 6A. “Da grande, io voglio fare il lavoro che fai tu.”<br /> “In effetti, non ci hai mai spiegato che cos’é che fai lì in Svizzera,” aggiunge mia sorella. “Dovremo mandare qualcuno a indagare.”<br /> Four – che ha ripreso a respirare normalmente – annuisce entusiasta ma Seven, sorridendo tra sé e sé, non risponde. Io, intanto, controllo la mia agenda.Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14114500434250963224noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8989141547559432036.post-92207213629426899182010-07-25T16:31:00.000+02:002010-07-25T16:33:25.911+02:00Welcome in Bari (including le mie avventure da uomo nero)L’aereo è atterrato già da 35 minuti ma nessun passeggero spunta ancora nella Sala Arrivi. Strano: sarà che i viaggiatori si sono così tanto affezionati allo staff della Simpaticoair durante il volo che non ci si vogliono più staccare; o forse la compagnia avrà anticipato l’introduzione del sistema a pagamento per chi vuole usare la scala per scendere dal comodissimo 737 (€9, più le spese amministrative, se prenoti prima tramite carta di credito; €18 all’uscita dall’aereo; e €35 se vuoi essere tra i primi a essere spinti giù per i gradini dall’hostess).<br />Le porte della Sala Bagagli si aprono all’improvviso e esce un poliziotto bestemmiando. Prima che si richiudano le porte, intravedo in sottofondo, sul nastro trasportatore, una cosa che non sembra affatto un bagaglio. Sembra piuttosto un bambino, e per l’esattezza ha tutta l’apparenza di essere mio nipote 7B.<br />Tecnicamente 7B non è un bambino, è una forza della natura, e come tutte le forze della natura può essere molto pericoloso. Io l’ho sempre adorato, però, perché è affettuoso, mi fa ridere in continuazione, e una volta, per merito suo, sono finito a letto con due ragazze dell’aristocrazia inglese incontrate a Harrods. Da quando è nato, 7B è sempre stato una calamita per le donne: con i suoi enormi occhi scuri, capelli afro e pelle nera (mio cognato è di origini caraibiche), sembra una pubblicità per un’agenzia d’adozione, tant’è che un giorno al supermercato la cassiera mi ha chiesto se l’avevo preso on-line. <br />Eravamo capitati a Harrods per giocare a I’M SO RICH, uno dei passatempi preferiti di 7B in cui lui finge di essere un principe africano e io faccio la parte del tutor inglese assunto dal padre per insegnargli l’accento di Oxford. Mentre 7B costringeva un commesso a imitare il fischio di un “trenino” da giardino grande come un camion (costo: £85,000), sentii un profumo delicato.<br /> “Che bello, questo bambino!”<br />Prima ancora di girarmi, assunsi un’espressione di modestia – quella sottile che fa capire alla donna che hai davanti che, per quanto tu sia umile, questo non è niente, e se vuole davvero conoscere il significato di “Che bello!”, basta che passi un pò del suo tempo con te. Funzionò.<br /> “E che papà affascinante!”<br />“In effetti!” <br /> Erano in due ed erano entrambe bellissime. Questa volta optai per un cenno di modestia leggermente più semplice, del tipo Dai-state-esagerando-ma-ammetto-che-non-vi-posso-dare-tutti-i-torti.<br /> “Sono lo zio, me ne sto occupando mentre mia sorella sta dal parrucchiere,” spiegai, molto a bassa voce per paura che il commesso cominciasse a capire che non fossimo lì per liberarci di somme oscene di denaro reale. Ma ormai quest’ultimo era così addentrato nella sua nuova identità da locomotiva fischiante che non si era neanche accorto della presenza delle ragazze. <br /> “Senti,” disse la prima ragazza – come tutta la gente della sua classe sociale, evitava di formare le vocali nella parte anteriore della bocca. Secondo mio bisnonno Jimmy, questa idiosincrasia linguistica è dovuta al fatto che per gli aristocratici inglesi è considerato “bad manners” far vedere, o intravedere, la lingua mentre si parla. Io da sempre avevo voluto indagare sulla questione di se e quanto la gamma di suoni prodotti da una “upper class English girl” tenda ad ampliarsi durante l’attività sessuale – “senti. Non appena tua sorella riprende il bambino, ti andrebbe di venire a bere qualcosa con noi? Non siamo mai uscite con un uomo nero fino ad ora.”<br /> “Sì, dai!” esclamò l’altra. “Poi ci canti qualche canzone rap?”<br /> “Ma io non sono ner… Certo!” risposi. “Sarà un vero piacere!”<br /> “Mamma!” gridò 7B, vedendo arrivare la madre spettacolarmente pettinata.<br /> Il commesso smise di fischiare e guardò un attimo perplesso mia sorella. Poi, ricomponendosi, fece un inchino e balbettò: <br /> “S-sua maestà…”<br /> Mia sorella gli gettò uno sguardo sospettoso, si girò e trascinò 7B verso l’insegna GIOCATTOLI A £8, mentre io accompagnai le due ragazze per approfondire la ricerca sulle vocali <br />anteriori. <br /> Ma sto divagando…<br /> Insomma, quando si riaprono le porte della Sala Bagagli, escono 7A, 7B e 7C accompagnati da mia sorella e da due poliziotti tutt’altro che felici. 7B sorride trionfalmente.<br /> “Welcome in Bari!” grido.<br /> “Don’t you mean ‘Welcome <em>to</em> Bari’?” risponde 7A, che è sempre attentissima agli errori degli adulti.<br /> “No. Here they speak differently,” spiegai, indicando l’insegna. “Welcome <em>in </em>Bari!”Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14114500434250963224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8989141547559432036.post-70419035589915436712010-04-27T21:54:00.005+02:002010-04-27T22:10:43.587+02:00Disavventure di un inglese in Scozia - Parte IIE’ già difficile che sentire un ringhio ferino alle spalle mi possa procurare sensazioni di benessere, figuriamoci quando mi trovo impegnato – nel senso urologico della parola – davanti ad un orinale scozzese. Non potendo girarmi, mi metto a riflettere sull’ironia della sorte: che morirò prima o poi per motivi legati al consumo dell’alcool è un fatto ormai da tempo scientificamente appurato – non solo sono nato con un miscuglio letale di sangue irlandese e sangue inglese, ma ho anche da dimenticare sette anni di scuola da frati sadici laureati all’Inferno; eppure, qui mi trovo all’improvviso sul punto di perire non mentre verso quantità industriali di whiskey nel mio fegato ma al momento di espellere così tanti litri di birra con così tanta forza che rischio di vincere (postumo) il Premio Regina Madre per Disintossicazione Rapida. <br /> Il ringhio si ripete e si avvicina mentre il fiume di birra – di <em>fu birra</em>, per essere preciso – si esaurisce. Mi giro e, man mano che il vapore si dissipa, comincio a discernere in mezzo a un groviglio di peli rossicci due occhi feroci e delle zanne giallastre attraverso le quali, insieme ad un alito pauroso, esce della schiuma di aspetto decisamente malsano. <br /> "GGGGGRRRRRRRREEEUUUUUUGGGGGGHHHHHH!!!!!!!"<br />Rimango un attimo impietrito. Dai frati sadici ho imparato una serie di cose che loro definivano Fundamental Life Skills, tipo riconoscere un protestante a trenta metri, coniugare il verbo "pentire" in 37 lingue diverse, e come sopravvivere a lungo nel deserto senza acqua santa, ma non mi ricordo di aver mai studiato come fare in caso di attacco imminente da parte di un cinghiale incazzato. <br /> "Sta dicendo che non dovevi farrre la passeggiata con la sua rrragazza."<br />Mi giro sconcertato. Vicino all'ultimo orinale la signora calvinista sta aggiustando il kilt, il che mi turba quasi quanto l'espressione di minaccia della bestia ansimante che mi trovo davanti.<br /> "Ma lei da dov'è spuntata fuori, scusi? Non si è accorta di aver sbagliato bagno?"<br /> "Qui non ci forrrmalizziamo perrr queste cose. Perrr le passeggiate con le fidanzate altrrruì, invece, abbiamo delle rrregole, delle usanze…."<br />"Ma mi sta dicendo che questa… cosa… è addirittura umana…?"<br />“E’ il frrratello della sposa.”<br />Riguardo con attenzione il cinghiale. In effetti, sotto la massa di peli anche lui indossa un kilt. <br />"E, quindi, quella bellissima ragazza con cui…" Mi viene in mente che soffermarmi sui dettagli della nostra gita nel bosco – non abbiamo più trovato degli huggis, ma in realtà non li abbiamo neanche cercati – possa risultare controproducente. “Non sapevo che era la…” Esito, indeciso: ad un essere del genere bisogna dare del lei?<br /> "GGGGGRRRRRRRREEEUUUUUUGGGGGGHHHHHH!!!!!!!"<br /> “…che era la tua fidanzata. OH DIO!” L’idea che la ragazza potesse aver permesso a questo campione regredito e ripugnante di fare anche lui delle gite nel suo bosco fa sì che gli antipasti matrimoniali comincino a tornarmi su per la gola. “CRISTO SANTO!”<br /> “Figlio di Satana,” urla la calvinista, avvicinandosi minacciosa e puntandomi un dito contro. “Ha nominato il nome del Signore invano! Puniscilo!”<br /> "GGGGGRRRRRRRREEEUUUUUUGGGGGGHHHHHH!!!!!!!"<br /> L’uomo-cinghiale fa un passo in avanti e stende una zampa verso di me ma, prima che riesca ad afferrarmi, gli vomito abbondantemente addosso e lui indietreggia confuso. Mi giro e rigurgito quel poco che rimane degli antipasti sulla calvinista, poi esco dal bagno e mi dirigo verso l’Inghilterra.Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14114500434250963224noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8989141547559432036.post-22611518329099931822010-04-12T22:40:00.002+02:002010-04-12T22:43:46.252+02:00Tifosi Inglesi: la Guida Indispensabile, Parte I<strong>Manchester United</strong><br />Secondo il WWF, il Man U Fan (<em>diabolus ruber</em>) è attualmente ad alto rischio di estinzione a causa di una virulenta malattia proveniente dagli Stati Uniti, la quale altera la sua naturale pigmentazione rossa, bianca e nera in una malsana giallo-verde. Diversamente da altri tifosi, il “Red Devil” è incapace di cantare, una caratteristica dovuta in parte alla sua propensione di pascolare, in prossimità del campo, sui tramezzini ai gamberetti. La specie si trova in tutte le zone del Regno Unito, ad eccezione del Merseyside, dove, a causa della sua costituzione genetica, non riesce a sopravvivere più di qualche ora .<br /><br /><strong>Everton</strong><br />Creatura nobile e intelligente, l'Evertonian (<em>tifosus magnificus</em>) si distingue per la sua passione, sportività e profonda conoscenza del calcio.<br /><br /><strong>Manchester City</strong><br />Da sempre oggetto di derisione e/o pietà, il sostenitore del City (<em>sfigatus pateticus</em>) è oggi in ripresa grazie ad un’iniziativa araba per la protezione di specie diversamente abili. Studi recenti indicano che l’inserimento di un gene argentino nel DNA dello Sfigatus può portare allo sviluppo di capacità di gioia precedentemente del tutto assenti. Secondo il parere di molti esperti, però, la messa a disposizione di enormi somme di denaro potrebbe non bastare per garantire il futuro di questo animale grezzo e incolto. <br /><br /><strong>Liverpool</strong><br />Facilmente riconoscibile per il culo spaventosamente sproporzionato, il tifoso del Liverpool (<em>coglionus coglionus</em>) è ormai molto ricercato non sola da turisti desiderosi di fotografare il caratteristico abbinamento dei colori della sua sciarpa con quelli del suo acne, ma anche da psicologi interessati a studiare i particolarissimi versi di lamentela che emette ogni 90 secondi durante i mesi invernali. Si nutre di rigori regalati, di briciole vecchie ricavate dalla memoria in decomposizione del genitore e di illusioni sulla propria importanza. Mentre da qualche anno in Europa continentale i branchi di "Liverpudlians" si avvistano sempre meno spesso, in Inghilterra – grazie agli interventi della Red Referees Association – continuano ad infestare molte zone, soprattutto nel nordovest del paese.Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14114500434250963224noreply@blogger.com1