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ANNO XXXII - 381 - MENS. - My wAy MEDIA Srl - POSTE ITALIANE SPED. IN A.P. D.L. 353/2003 cONv. L. 46/2004, ART. 1, c.1, LO/MI
the nobel prize

knockin’
on Dylan’s Door
LONDON MOvIE STARS WORK & BUSINESS
petticoat lane tom hanks internships:
market emily blunt the golden rules
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Work It Out!
Dicembre 2016
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Pietro Boroli
Direzione e redazione, sede legale
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Gli esercizi sono basati sugli articoli del numero del mese e corrispondono
al loro livello linguistico.
LIVELLI LINGUISTICI SIMBOLI FONETICI

A1 BEGINNER iː bee ɔː ball k car ʒ leisure
A2 PRE-INTERMEDIATE ı it ʊ book j yes ʧ chair
B1 LOWER INTERMEDIATE ɛ bed uː blue θ thank ʤ jewel
B2 UPPER INTERMEDIATE æ and ʌ cup ð that ŋ king
C1 ADVANCED ɑː car ɜː bird z zero
C2 PROFICIENCY ɒ box ɘ mother ʃ ship
Il livello linguistico degli esercizi è indicato secondo i criteri del Common

European Framework of Reference for Languages.
PAGINA 8
CARPOOL Unit 1
KARAOKE
A2
PRE-INTERMEDIATE
LISTENING COMPREHENSION 1.1
Ascolta e rispondi alle seguenti domande scegliendo una delle due opzioni.
1) Who is James Corden?

An actor, producer and television host.
A Wall Street Journal journalist interested in environmental issues.
2) What is “Carpool Karaoke”?

A popular British online series.
A popular American online series.
3) Where is “Carpool Karaoke” usually filmed?

In Los Angeles.
In Buckinghamshire, England.
4) What’s the average length of each “Carpool Karaoke” segment?

15 minutes.
50 minutes.
5) Who is a big fan of George Michael?

Michelle Obama.
Mariah Carey.
6) Who had more than 40 million views in the first month?

Adele.
Michelle Obama.
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Unit 1
1.2 READING COMPREHENSION
Leggi l’articolo e completa le frasi.
1) The practice of several people travelling together in one car in order

to save petrol (UK)/gas (US) and money is called
.
2) The act of singing along to the music of popular songs

is called .
3) James Corden is the man who .
4) He is from .
5) He started acting .
6) He became the new host of in

.
7) The Late Late Show is a .
8) He did the first segment for a British TV special in

with .
9) Each segment of “Carpool Karaoke” is shown on

and .
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Unit 1
CROSSWORD 1.3
Trova nell’articolo l’equivalente inglese delle seguenti parole.
Across: Down:
3 teatro 1 enorme
8 ridurre 2 affermato, di successo
9 cantare insieme ad altri (due parole) 4 ambiente
10 corsia 5 incoraggiare
11 visualizzazione 6 in seguito, successivamente
12 iniziare, partire 7 centinaia

PAGINA 12 HOW TO KEEP
Unit 2
YOUR NEW YEAR’S
RESOLUTIONS
A2
PRE-INTERMEDIATE
2.1 LISTENING COMPREHENSION
Ascolta e completa le frasi scegliendo tra le due opzioni.
1) Making New Year’s resolutions is an tradition.

annual / important
2) Millions of people decide to do something in the New Year.
weird / positive
3) About in 10 people give up on their resolutions
before the end of January.
five / seven
4) If you make too resolutions, you will probably get
frustrated.
much / many
5) Most positive changes require time, energy and money.
especially / possibly
6) You should be prepared to sacrifices.
do / make
7) other people about your resolutions.
Tell / Don’t tell
8) Make a list of your objectives.
specific / more difficult
9) Monitor and your progress.
neglect / record
10) Reward yourself regularly, for example at the end of every .
day / month

Unit 2
ABC
GRAMMAR 2.2
IMPERATIVO
Nell’articolo abbiamo incontrato moltissimi imperativi, nella forma sia

affermativa sia negativa (Dedicate, Don’t try, Avoid, Make, Don’t give up,
Visualize...). Infatti, come in italiano, l’imperativo non esprime solo un
comando, ma anche consigli, istruzioni, esortazioni, proposte.
Facciamo un breve ripasso. L’imperativo alla seconda persona singolare e
plurale si forma con l’infinito senza to, mentre nella forma negativa si usa don’t
seguito dall’infinito senza to:
Go! Vai! Andate!
Don’t go! Non andare! Non andate!
Se nella frase negativa è presente l’avverbio never, il do non si inserisce:
Never lie! Non mentire mai! Non mentite mai!
Per la prima persona plurale l’imperativo si forma con let’s seguito dall’infinito
senza to. Alla forma negativa si usa let’s not seguito dall’infinito senza to:
Let’s go! Andiamo!
Let’s not go! Non andiamo!
Traduci.
1) Sii coraggioso! Non ti preoccupare!
2) Non dimenticare i biglietti.
3) Gira a destra!
4) Non essere sciocco!
5) Andiamo al nuovo ristorante indiano.
6) Seguitemi!
7) Prendete un panino!
8) Sii onesto!
9) Servitevi pure.
10) Mai dire mai.

Unit 2
Di solito in occasione del nuovo anno ci si ripromette di riprendere la palestra

o smettere di fumare, ma ecco un elenco di altri buoni propositi. Il primo passo
sarà però completare i suggerimenti usando le parole nei riquadri colorati.
IDEAS FOR YOUR 2017 NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTIONS
PEOPLE ADOPT MENTAL LATE MEDIA
PROCRASTINATING LIFE CONFIDENT REINVENT QUALITY
NEW INSECURITIES MORE
1) GET MORE SLEEP

2) LEARN TO BE HAPPIER WITH YOUR
3) BECOME MORE AND TAKE SOME CHANCES
4) MEET NEW
5) IMPROVE YOUR CONCENTRATION AND SKILLS
6) STOP
7) LEARN A LANGUAGE
8) A CUTE PET
9) BECOME ORGANIZED
10) YOURSELF
11) STOP BEING ALL THE TIME
12) FACE YOUR FEARS AND
13) SPEND LESS TIME ON SOCIAL

PAGINA 14
Unit 3
BOB DYLAN
A2
PRE-INTERMEDIATE
VOCABULARY 3.1
Blowin’ in the Wind, citata nell’articolo, è forse la più nota tra le canzoni di
Dylan, scritta nel 1962 e diventata subito il manifesto del movimento pacifista.
La sua popolarità fu tale che nel 1975, nello Sri Lanka, venne inserita in
un’antologia di poesie al posto di un sonetto di Shakespeare, suscitando così
prevedibili polemiche. Cerca la canzone su YouTube, ascoltala con attenzione e
completa il testo.
BLOWIN’ IN THE WIND

How many (1) must a man walk down
Before you call him a (2) ?
Yes, ’n’ how many seas must a (3) dove sail
Before she (4) in the sand?
Yes, ’n’ how many (5) must the cannonballs fly
Before they’re (6) banned?
The answer, my (7) , is blowin’ in the wind
The answer is blowin’ in the (8)
How many (9) can a mountain exist
(10) it’s washed to the sea?
Yes, ’n’ how many years can some people (11)
Before they’re allowed to be (12) ?
Yes, ’n’ how many (13) can a man turn his head
Pretending he just (14) see?
The (15) , my friend, is blowin’ in the wind
The answer (16) blowin’ in the wind
(17) many times must a man look up
Before he can see the (18) ?
Yes, ’n’ how many (19) must one man have
Before he can hear (20) cry?
Yes, ’n’ how (21) deaths will it take till he knows
That too many people (22) died?
The answer, (23) friend, is blowin’ in the wind
The answer is (24) in the wind
PAGINA 16
Unit 4
IN YOUR FACE!
B1
LOWER INTERMEDIATE
4.1 VOCABULARY
Trova nel riquadro le parole che corrispondono alle seguenti definizioni:
decode disgust emotion anger empathy researcher challenge
1) : a strong feeling
2) : someone who studies something to find out more

about it
3) : the ability to understand and imagine how other

people feel
4) : the feeling of being angry
5) : not accept something that most people believe
6) : understand something that is not completely clear
7) : very strong feeling that you dislike something

Unit 4
READING COMPREHENSION 4.2
Completa le frasi usando una delle tre alternative.
1) The scientists in this study found that the number of facial expressions that
everyone in the world recognizes is
a fewer than we thought.
b more than we thought.
c the same as we thought.
2) The scientists found that the way you understand facial expressions depends on
a whether you are a man or a woman.
b how old you are.
c your cultural background.
3) The scientists showed Chinese people pictures
a of people showing disgust.
b of lots of different faces.
c of their favourite emotion.
4) This study can be used to
a make new mobile phones.
b help people learn other languages.
c help “translate” facial expressions when using applications like Skype.

Unit 4
4.3 VOCABULARY
A. Nella colonna di sinistra sono elencati aggettivi che descrivono alcune

emozioni. In quella di destra trovi invece aggettivi che descrivono le stesse
emozioni ma con una maggiore intensità. Sapresti abbinarli?
1) angry a) fascinated
2) happy b) terrified
3) interested c) furious
4) sad d) miserable
5) scared e) astonished
6) surprised f) delighted
B. Completa le seguenti frasi con gli aggettivi a-f dell’esercizio precedente.
1) John’s father was when he found out that John had not
done his homework again.
2) Clare was with her birthday present – she had always

wanted a motorbike.
3) Simon felt when his girlfriend said that she didn’t love
him any more.
4) Stuart has always been by biology, and he has decided to

study it at university.
5) Josh hates watching horror films, so he was absolutely

when he saw that new film at the cinema.
6) Elena was when she saw her excellent exam results – she
was certain that she had failed.

CHRISTMAS, PAGINA 46
OR THE GOOD Unit 5
FAIRY
B2
UPPER INTERMEDIATE
VOCABULARY 5.1
Trova nel brano le parole che significano:
1) a period of two weeks
2) a piece of jewellery with a pin at the back,

worn fastened to clothing
3) a sweet carbohydrate extracted

from sugarcane and sugar beet
4) images and thoughts that pass through

the mind of a person who is sleeping
5) a narrow passage behind a row of houses
6) a poorly built house or hut
7) a fruit that grows in clusters on vines

and can be used to make wine

Unit 5
Leggi e completa le frasi scegliendo una delle alternative.
1) The scene is set
a in the street.
b in a living room.
c in a vineyard.
2) When Eleanor's aunt received an ugly sugar dog from her father
a She was very sad.

b She gave it to a poor family.
c She was very happy.
3) Eleanor’s aunt lives in
a a miserable row of shanties.

b a back alley.
c we don’t know for sure, but probably in a comfortable house.
4) Owen is
a one of Eleanor’s neighbours.

b one of her aunt’s neighbours.
c one of Eleanor’s cousins.
5) In this passage Harriet Beecher Stowe is
a criticizing the commercialization of Christmas.

b praising the tradition of exchanging gifts for Christmas.
c commenting on social injustice.

Unit 5
VOCABULARY 5.3
In questo racconto di Harriet Beecher Stowe, scritto nel 1850, compaiono

diversi termini che sono oramai caduti in disuso o comunque ci fanno capire
che la storia narrata si colloca nel passato. Per esempio:
Why, that would really be worth while, aunt.

Qui Why non significa “perché?”, ma è un’interiezione, un’esclamazione
piuttosto antiquata che esprime sorpresa, oppure introduce una risposta ovvia.
In italiano si potrebbe tradurre con "Ma guarda!", “Pensa!”. Questo significato
di Why potrebbe essere più chiaro se inteso come: "Why do you ask such an
obvious question?" oppure "Why do you need me to tell you?".
Spesso nei vecchi film americani si ascolta la frase: "Why of course!", che
potrebbe essere resa con: “Ma certo!”
he has fallen into a consumption

Oggi consumption significa “consumo” (Italy’s total energy consumption, il
consumo totale di energia in Italia), ma nei tempi passati (e anche in questo
racconto) significava tuberculosis of the lungs (polmoni).
His wife takes in sewing sometimes

Ecco un’altra espressione da cui si deduce che ci troviamo di fronte a una
situazione che si colloca nel passato, più precisamente nell’Ottocento o inizi
Novecento, quando le donne bisognose, perché vedove o per arrotondare i
magri guadagni dei mariti, took in sewing: in sostanza se una famiglia abbiente
aveva bisogno di un lavoro di cucito, portava a casa di una donna in condizioni
disagiate gli abiti da riparare, poi passava a ritirarli e a pagare la prestazione.
Inoltre le donne indigenti spesso took in washing, ossia facevano anche il
bucato per conto delle famiglie benestanti (nel racconto abbiamo incontrato:
and sometimes goes out washing).

Unit 5
5.4 RECIPE
Qual è il profumo del Natale? I biscotti allo zenzero (ginger), ovvio! Perché non
prepararli per regalarli alle persone più care o magari per appenderli all’albero?
Con questa ricetta ne otterrete circa 20.
kies
Gingerbread Coo
Ingredients
350g flour
rbonate of soda
1 teaspoon bica
nd ginger
2 teaspoon grou
on grou nd cinnamon*
1 teaspo
nd nutmeg**
1 teaspoon grou
on gr ou nd cloves*** * cinnamon = ca
nnella
1 teaspo no ce moscata
eg =
125g butter ** nu tm
= ch iod i di garofano
r *** cloves
175g brown suga red ien te nelle ricette
**** questo ing miele
1 egg so tuito con il
sti
lden syrup**** italiane è spesso
4 tablespoon go
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Method e of soda, ginge
cia ) to ge th er flour, bicarbonat d bu tte r and stir
Sift (Setac
in to a bo wl . Add the softene attato).
cinnamon and po
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Add the sugar an ru p together, and
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Beat the egg an th, put in a plastic
briefly until smoo
Knead (impasta)
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in the fridge for e tw o baking trays (te
to 18 0 °C . Lin
Preheat the oven .
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with waxed pape ick ness on a lightly
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Roll out (Spi an Cut out the ginge
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(supe ace on
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co ol ed , de co ra te the cookies wi
Once
decorations.

PAGINA 50
THE PERFECT Unit 6
COPY
B2
UPPER INTERMEDIATE
TRUE OR FALSE? 6.1
Leggi il racconto e decidi se le seguenti affermazioni sono vere (T) o false (F).
T F
1) Susanne and the real Frank had been happily married for 23 years.
2) One day Susanne hit the real Frank on the head with one of his
antique books.
3) The real Frank was then buried in the garden.
4) Susanne replaced the real Frank with a Perfect Copy.
5) Susanne told the salesman that her husband had left her
because she always criticised him.
6) Frank/the Perfect Copy was an android.
7) He was programmed to obey all of Susanne’s commands.
8) The real Frank was a bookend collector.
9) Susanne never told anybody about what she did to the real
Frank.
10) In the end Susanne also killed Frank/the Perfect Copy.

Unit 6
6.2 CROSSWORD
Completa il cruciverba con le parole che corrispondono alle seguenti

definizioni. Sono tutte contenute nell’articolo.
Across: Down:
2 a husband or wife 1 a person who pays a visit, a guest
5 having a taste like that of lemon or 3 part of the face above the eyes
vinegar 4 something placed at each end of a
8 a number of things collected row of books
together 6 placed in a grave
11 a robot resembling a human being 7 a container, usually rectangular,
with four sides and a lid
9 a sudden stroke with the fist,
a weapon or an object
10 draw breath, usually for shock

Unit 6
ABC
GRAMMAR 6.3
COSTRUZIONE DI WANT
Abbiamo incontrato nell’articolo:

She didn’t want him to become complacent.
Non voleva che lui fosse appagato, soddisfatto.
Il verbo want, insieme ad altri verbi che esprimono una prefenza, un desiderio,
un ordine (per esempio like/dislike, love/hate, woud like, expect) segue una
costruzione particolare quando il soggetto della frase principale è diverso da
quello della frase secondaria:
STESSO SOGGETTO Voglio andare = I want to go.
SOGGETTO DIVERSO Voglio che tu vada = I want you to go.
In questo secondo caso, mentre in italiano si usa il congiuntivo, in inglese si usa
la seguente costruzione:
soggetto + verbo + complemento oggetto + infinito
Peter voleva che lei andasse via
Peter wanted her to leave
Traduci.
1) Mio marito voleva che noi andassimo da soli.
2) Non voglio che mia figlia torni a casa tardi.
3) Mary vuole che il suo collega la aiuti a fare il suo lavoro.
4) Susan vuole che suo marito lavi i piatti tutti i giorni.
5) Peter non vuole che io torni a casa dopo mezzanotte.

PAGINA 52
Unit 7
“I SEE WORDS
AS COLOURS”
B2
UPPER INTERMEDIATE
Leggi e rispondi alle domande.
1) How old was Liz Buxton when she found out about her condition?
2) What type of educational institution was she attending?
3) What’s her condition called in medical terms?

4) How many people are affected by some sort of synesthesia?
5) How old is Liz now?
6) What’s he husband’s name?
7) What colour does she associate his name with?
8) How many children does she have?
9) How many granddaughters does she have?
10) What’s her job?
11) Has her condition affected her job?
12) Or her ability to read?
13) What’s her favourite association?

Unit 7
VOCABULARY 7.2
Completa lo schema con i nomi dei colori in inglese.
1) BIANCO
16) AVORIO 2) NERO
15) GRIGIO 17) ARGENTO 3) GIALLO
14) LAVANDA 4) ARANCIONE
13) VIOLA/PORPORA 5) ROSA

COLOURS
12) TURCHESE 6) ROSSO
11) BLU MARINO 18) ORO 7) MARRONE
10) AZZURRO 8) VERDE
9) BLU

Unit 7
ABC
7.3 GRAMMAR
NOMI USATI COME AGGETTIVI
In inglese un nome posto davanti a un altro ha la funzione di

qualificarlo, ossia si comporta da aggettivo:
the school year l’anno scolastico
the London theatre il teatro di Londra
the living room il soggiorno (stanza in cui si vive, ci si
intrattiene, si trascorre il tempo)
Il primo dei due nomi è invariabile, quindi non prende la -s del plurale:
school years gli anni scolastici
London theatres i teatri di Londra
living rooms i soggiorni
Nell’articolo abbiamo trovato diversi esempi di nomi che funzionano da aggettivi.

Ricostruiscili abbinando una parola della colonna di sinistra (1-10) con una della
colonna di destra (a-j).
1) art a) calendar
2) rainbow b) synesthesia
3) narcissus c) flowers
4) art d) spectrum
5) road e) designer
6) furniture f) college
7) camera g) sign
8) 3D h) lens
9) colour i) studio
10) grapheme-colour j) alphabet

MAKE THE PAGINA 54
MOST OF YOUR Unit 8
INTERNSHIP!
B2
UPPER INTERMEDIATE
VOCABULARY 8.1
Completa il diagramma con le parole collegate al mondo del lavoro che hai
incontrato nell’articolo. Quante ne hai individuate?
WORK

Unit 8
Sostituisci i 6 titoletti presenti nell’articolo. Prima però li dovrai ricomporre

abbinando una tessera azzurra con una rosa.
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Unit 8
LISTENING COMPREHENSION 8.3
Ascolta e rimetti in ordine le varie parti per ricomporre correttamente le frasi.
1) of / in / students / Around / work / 75 per cent / internship / university / an /

usually.
2) their / young / Internships / provide / workers / the / for / to / opportunity /

resumes / build / skills.
3) period / a / hard / to / three-month / and / stand / make / the / It / be / out /

right / can / impression / during.
4) can / a / How / full-time / interns / those / for / offer / impress / get / they /
perhaps / and / work?
5) the / before / uncover / consulting / time / to / solution / your / own / find /

a / problem / others / when / Take / you.
6) be / During / to / an / only / internship / of / doing / expected / you / what’s /

enough / noticed / isn’t.
7) make / new / the / in / need / the / most / your / environment / time / of /

You / to.

PAGINA 64 WILL MY CHILD
Unit 9
BECOME A DRUNKEN
HOOLIGAN?
B2
UPPER INTERMEDIATE
Leggi e inserisci la preposizione mancante scegliendo tra quelle proposte.
1) A student of mine went to study Liverpool.

at / to / in
2) the whole her experience was extremely positive.
On / In / To
3) They want to go the UK to study.
to / at / in
4) They have probably read British drinking habits.
of / about / with
5) I can put your minds rest.
to / at / about
6) They will change their attitudes alcohol.
towards / to / for
7) They see some heavy drinking British students.
for / around / by
8) If they are invited out a meal...
for / at / to
9) Drink costs too much the restaurant.
in / inside / at
10) It was considered extremely vulgar anyone to talk about sex.
for / of / from
11) Having a drink is synonymous having a good time.
of / for / with

Unit 9
ABC
GRAMMAR 9.2
POSSESSIVI
Abbiamo incontrato nell’articolo la frase:

A student of mine went to study in Liverpool.
Un mio studente è andato a studiare a Liverpool.
Si ricordi che l’aggettivo possessivo in inglese non è mai preceduto dall’articolo
determinativo (the), che quindi viene omesso:
il mio gatto = my cat e NON the my cat
inoltre non può essere preceduto dall’articolo indeterminativo (a, an), per cui
per dire “un mio amico” si ricorre a questa particolare costruzione:
of + pronome possessivo (mine, yours, his, hers. ours, yours, theirs):
un mio amico = a friend of mine e NON a my friend
La stessa costruzione è necessaria:
• con gli aggettivi dimostrativi (this, that, these, those):
questo mio amico = this friend of mine e NON this my friend
• con gli aggettivi indefiniti (some, any, no, many, few, a few...):
alcuni miei amici = some friends of mine e NON some my friends
• con gli aggettivi numerali (two, three, ten...):
tre miei amici = three friends of mine e NON three my friends
Completa usando colleague + of mine, yours...
1) I’m going out with that .

2) Have you met those ?
3) In the afternoon Peter is playing tennis with two .
4) I went to the meeting with a .
5) They went on holiday with some .
6) She’s having a meeting with a .
7) They are having a coffee break with four .
8) Last night we had dinner with some .

Unit 9
Ecco alcuni slogan contro il consumo di bevande alcoliche. Ricomponili

abbinando numeri e lettere.
1) DRUNK PEOPLE DON’T
2) IF YOU DRINK LIKE A MAN,
3) THINK BEFORE a) IT MAKES YOU ACT LIKE A

FOOL
4) THINKING, A BETTER OPTION b) IT JUST MAKES YOU FORGET

THE QUESTION
5) DRINKING IS NOT COOL, c) THAN DRINKING
6) DON’T TURN A NIGHT OUT d) YOU DRINK
7) ALCOHOL IS NOT THE e) INTO A NIGHTMARE

ANSWER,
8) THE PROBLEM WITH DRINKING f) THINK STRAIGHT

AND DRIVING IS
g) THE MOURNING AFTER
h) YOU MIGHT END UP LOOKING

LIKE ONE

CARPOOL KARAOKE 7) NEW
Pagina 3 8) ADOPT
9) MORE
1.1 LISTENING COMPREHENSION 10) REINVENT
1) An actor, producer and television host. 11) LATE
2) A popular American online series. 12) INSECURITIES
3) In Los Angeles. 13) MEDIA
4) 15 minutes.
5) Mariah Carey.
6) Michelle Obama. BOB DYLAN
Pagina 9
1) carpooling 3.1 VOCABULARY
2) karaoke (1) roads
3) invented “Carpool Karaoke” (2) man
4) Buckinghamshire, in England (3) white
5) when he was a teenager (4) sleeps
6) The Late Late Show; March 2015 (5) times
7) popular American talk show (6) forever
8) 2011; George Michael (7) friend
9) The Late Late Show; on YouTube (8) wind
(9) years
1.3 CROSSWORD (10) Before
(11) exist
(12) free
(13) times
(14) doesn’t
(15) answer
(16) is
(17) How
(18) sky
(19) ears
(20) people
(21) many
(22) have
(23) my
(24) blowin’
IN YOUR FACE!
Pagina 10
4.1 VOCABULARY
1) emotion
2) researcher
3) empathy
4) anger
HOW TO KEEP YOUR NEW YEAR'S 5) challenge
RESOLUTIONS 6) decode
Pagina 6 7) disgust
2.1 LISTENING COMPREHENSION 4.2 READING COMPREHENSION
1) annual, 2) positive, 3) seven, 4) many, 5) possibly, 1) a; 2) c; 3) b; 4) c
6) make, 7) Tell, 8) specific, 9) record, 10) month
4.3 VOCABULARY
2.2 GRAMMAR A. 1) c; 2) f; 3) a; 4) d; 5) b; 6) e
1) Be brave! Don’t worry! B. 1) furious; 2) delighted; 3) miserable; 4) fascinated;
2) Don’t forget the tickets. 5) terrified; 6) astonished
3) Turn right!
4) Don’t be silly!
5) Let’s go to the new Indian restaurant. CHRISTMAS, OR THE GOOD FAIRY
6) Follow me! Pagina 13
7) Have a sandwich!
8) Be honest! 5.1 VOCABULARY
9) Help yourselves. 1) fortnight
10) Never say never. 2) brooch
3) sugar
2.3 READING COMPREHENSION 4) dream
1) QUALITY 5) alley
2) LIFE 6) shanty
3) CONFIDENT 7) grapes
4) PEOPLE
5) MENTAL 5.2 READING COMPREHENSION
6) PROCRASTINATING 1) b; 2) c; 3) c; 4) b; 5) a

THE PERFECT COPY 7.3 GRAMMAR
Pagina 17 1) f/i; 2) j; 3) c; 4) i/f 5) g; 6) e; 7) h; 8) a; 9) d; 10) b
6.1 TRUE OR FALSE?
1) F; 2) F; 3) T; 4) T; 5) F; 6) T; 7) T; 8) T; 9) F; 10) F MAKE THE MOST OF YOUR INTERNSHIP!
Pagina 23
6.2 CROSSWORD
8.1 VOCABULARY
workers, skills, resumes, industry, fulltime employment,
job recommendation, full-time offer, deadlines,
colleague, assignment, tasks, projects, manager, meeting,
organization

1) ALWAYS BE ON TIME
2) DELIVER GREAT WORK
3) GO THE EXTRA MILE
4) DEAL SKILFULLY AND PROMPTLY WITH
DIFFICULTIES
5) USE EFFECTIVE QUESTIONS
6) DEVELOP A NETWORK OF CONTACTS
8.3 LISTENING COMPREHENSION

1) Around 75 per cent of university students usually
work in an internship.
2) Internships provide young workers the opportunity to
build skills for their resumes.
3) It can be hard to stand out and make the right
impression during a three-month period.
4) How can interns impress those they work for and
6.3 GRAMMAR perhaps get a full-time offer?
1) My husband wanted us to go by ourselves. 5) Take the time to find your own solution before
2) I don’t want my daughter to come home late. consulting others when you uncover a problem.
3) Mary wants her colleague to help her with her work. 6) During an internship doing only what’s expected of
4) Susan wants her husband to wash the dishes every day. you isn’t enough to be noticed.
5) Peter doesn’t want me to come back home after 7) You need to make the most of your time in the new
midnight. environment.
“I SEE WORDS AS COLOURS” WILL MY CHILD BECOME A DRUNKEN

Pagina 20 HOOLIGAN?
Pagina 26
1) She was 30. 9.1 READING COMPREHENSION
2) Art college. 1) A student of mine went to study in Liverpool.
3) Grapheme-colour synesthesia. 2) On the whole her experience was extremely positive.
4) Up to 0.5 per cent of the population. 3) They want to go to the UK to study.
5) She’s 65. 4) They have probably read about British drinking habits.
6) Bob. 5) I can put your minds at rest.
7) Brick red. 6) They will change their attitudes to alcohol.
8) Three. 7) They see some heavy drinking by British students.
9) Two. 8) If they are invited out for a meal...
10) Furniture designer. 9) Drink costs too much at the restaurant.
11) Not particularly. 10) It was considered extremely vulgar for anyone to talk
12) Not really. about sex.
13) Blue number six. 11) Having a drink is synonymous with having a good
time.
7.2 VOCABULARY
1) WHITE 9.2 GRAMMAR
2) BLACK 1) I’m going out with that colleague of mine.
3) JELLOW 2) Have you met those colleagues of yours?
4) ORANGE 3) In the afternoon Peter is playing tennis with two
5) PINK colleagues of his.
6) RED 4) I went to the meeting with a colleague of mine.
7) BROWN 5) They went on holiday with some colleagues of theirs.
8) GREEN 6) She’s having a meeting with a colleague of hers.
9) BLUE 7) They are having a coffee break with four colleagues
10) LIGHT BLUE of theirs.
11) NAVY 8) Last night we had dinner with some colleagues of
12) TURQUOISE ours.
13) PURPLE
14) LAVENDER 9.3 READING COMPREHENSION
15) GREY (UK) / GRAY (US) 1) f; 2) h; 3) d; 4) c; 5) a; 6) e; 7) b; 8) g
16) IVORY
17) SILVER
18) GOLD

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THE EXERCISE BOOK

ALLEGATO AL NUMERO DI DICEMBRE 2016 DI SPEAKUP, NON VENDIBILE SEPARATAMENTE

ABC L’AUDIOMENSILE PER IL TUO INGLESE

the nobel prize

01 Cover Dicember 2016 (PDF).indd 1 17.11.16 11:49

LIVELLI LINGUISTICI SIMBOLI FONETICI

Il livello linguistico degli esercizi è indicato secondo i criteri del Common

LISTENING COMPREHENSION 1.1

1) Who is James Corden?

2) What is “Carpool Karaoke”?

3) Where is “Carpool Karaoke” usually filmed?

4) What’s the average length of each “Carpool Karaoke” segment?

5) Who is a big fan of George Michael?

6) Who had more than 40 million views in the first month?

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1.2 READING COMPREHENSION

Leggi l’articolo e completa le frasi.

1) The practice of several people travelling together in one car in order

2) The act of singing along to the music of popular songs

3) James Corden is the man who .

6) He became the new host of in

7) The Late Late Show is a .

8) He did the first segment for a British TV special in

9) Each segment of “Carpool Karaoke” is shown on

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Trova nell’articolo l’equivalente inglese delle seguenti parole.

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2.1 LISTENING COMPREHENSION

Ascolta e completa le frasi scegliendo tra le due opzioni.

1) Making New Year’s resolutions is an tradition.

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Nell’articolo abbiamo incontrato moltissimi imperativi, nella forma sia

1) Sii coraggioso! Non ti preoccupare!

2) Non dimenticare i biglietti.

4) Non essere sciocco!

5) Andiamo al nuovo ristorante indiano.

10) Mai dire mai.

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2.3 READING COMPREHENSION

Di solito in occasione del nuovo anno ci si ripromette di riprendere la palestra

IDEAS FOR YOUR 2017 NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTIONS

PEOPLE ADOPT MENTAL LATE MEDIA

PROCRASTINATING LIFE CONFIDENT REINVENT QUALITY

NEW INSECURITIES MORE

1) GET MORE SLEEP

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BLOWIN’ IN THE WIND

Trova nel riquadro le parole che corrispondono alle seguenti definizioni:

decode disgust emotion anger empathy researcher challenge

2) : someone who studies something to find out more

3) : the ability to understand and imagine how other

4) : the feeling of being angry

5) : not accept something that most people believe

6) : understand something that is not completely clear

7) : very strong feeling that you dislike something

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READING COMPREHENSION 4.2

Completa le frasi usando una delle tre alternative.

a fewer than we thought.

b more than we thought.

c the same as we thought.

a whether you are a man or a woman.