ABILITÀ LINGUISTICHE PER IL CORSO DI LAUREA IN

BIOLOGIA (1° anno, A.A. 2018-19)

POWER POINT PRESENTATION 9, 10 e 13 MAGGIO

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Il seguente libro di testo, che contiene spiegazioni in

lingua italiana, esempi ed esercizi, è un punto di

riferimento indispensabile per il corso:

New Get Inside Language A1-B2+ Levels, M. Vince, G.

Cerulli, M. Muzzarelli e D. Morini, Macmillan

Education, 2017, ISBN: 978-1-380-00688-2.

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diverso da quello citato sopra.

Il seguente libro non è essenziale ma è molto

utile e divertente:

Beppe Severgnini: L’inglese: Lezioni

semiserie

Rizzoli.

Disponibile su Amazon.it.

TODAY’S LESSON

1) General English Lexis:

Describing people (physical

characteristics and personality)

2) Conversation and exam

practice

Lexis for General English Describing people (book 568-569)

Come è Joe (di carettere e aspetto)? = What’s

Joe like?

PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS

What’s Mary like? She is bellissima / attraente

/ carina / bruttina. What’s Peter like? He /she

is bello / bruttino.

He /she is: alto / basso / un po’ sovrappeso /

snello / di mezza età / anziano / giovane / sui

vent’anni.

Lexis for General EnglishDescribing people

PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS

What’s Mary like? She is BEAUTIFUL

(bellissima) / ATTRACTIVE (attraente) /

PRETTY (carina) / PLAIN (bruttina). What’s

Peter like? He is GOOD LOOKING /

HANDSOME (bello) / PLAIN (bruttino).

He /she is TALL (alto) / SHORT (basso) / A

BIT OVERWEIGHT (un po’ sovrappeso) /

SLIM (snello) / MIDDLE-AGED (di mezza

età) / ELDERLY (anziano) / YOUNG (giovane)

/ IN HIS/HER EARLY TWENTIES (sui

vent’anni).

Lexis for General English Describing people (book 568-569)

PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS

What colour is his/ her hair?

- He / she has got blonde / fair / dark / red

hair.

- He is bald / has got a beard / moustache.

PERSONALITY:

- He / she is FUNNY (qualcuno che ti fa

ridere)

- He / she is FUN (qualcuno con cui ti diverti)

Lexis for General English Describing people (book 568-569)

PERSONALITY: He / she is…..

amichevole / simpatico

sensibile

affidabile /serio

responsabile

educato

paziente

onesto

gentile

egoista

testardo

Lexis for General English Describing people (book 568-569)

PERSONALITY: He / she is…..

amichevole / simpatico FRIENDLY

sensibile SENSITIVE

ragionevole SENSIBLE

affidabile /serio RELIABLE

responsabile RESPONSIBLE

educato POLITE

paziente PATIENT

onesto HONEST

gentile KIND

egoista EGOCENTRIC / SELFISH

testardo STUBBORN

Lexis for General English Describing people (book 568-569)

PERSONALITY: Use the prefixes un- / ir- /

im- / dis- / in- / to form the opposite of these

adjectives:

amichevole / simpatico FRIENDLY

sensibile SENSITIVE

affidabile /serio RELIABLE

responsabile RESPONSIBLE

educato POLITE

paziente PATIENT

onesto HONEST

gentile KIND

Lexis for General English Describing people (book 568-569)

PERSONALITY: Use the prefixes un- / ir- /

im- / dis- / in- / to form the opposite of these

adjectives:

amichevole / simpatico UNFRIENDLY

sensibile INSENSITIVE

affidabile /serio UNRELIABLE

responsabile IRRESPONSIBLE

educato IMPOLITE

paziente IMPATIENT

onesto DISHONEST

gentile UNKIND

Lexis for General English Describing people (book 568-569)

What’s your brother / sister / best

friend / boyfriend / girlfriend

like?

He /she’s…….

Conversation and exam

practice

1) How many brothers and sisters have you got / do you

have?

2) What’s your favourite sport/ hobby?

3) Where do you come from?

4) What do you like most about your city / village?

5) Who are the two most important people in your life?

6) When did you last go to the supermarket / the beach /

the cinema ?

7) Have you seen any interesting films / listened to any

interesting music recently?

8) What has been the best moment of your life ?

9) What will you do when you go home this evening?

10) What are you going to do this summer?

11) What would you do if you could live your life again?

1) How many brothers and sisters have you got / do you

have? I’VE GOT…

2) What’s your favourite sport/ hobby? MY

FAVOURITE SPORT /HOBBY IS…

3) Where do you come from? I COME FROM…

4) What do you like most about your city / village? THE

THING I LIKE MOST ABOUT MY CITY /

VILLAGE IS THAT….

5) Who are the two most important people in your life?

THE TWO MOST IMPORTANT PEOPLE IN MY

LIFE ARE….

6) When did you last go to the supermarket / the beach /

the cinema? I LAST WENT TO THE….. ON

SATURDAY / LAST WEEK / LAST MONTH

7) Have you seen any interesting films / listened to

any interesting music recently? YES, I’VE SEEN /

LISTENED TO…

8) What has been the best moment of your life ?

THE BEST MOMENT OF MY LIFE HAS BEEN

WHEN…

9) What will you do when you go home this evening?

I WILL COOK DINNER / HAVE A SHOWER….

10) What are you going to do this summer?

I’M GOING TO GO TO / WORK IN A…

11) What would you do if you could live your life

again? IF I COULD LIVE MY LIFE AGAIN I

WOULD GO / STUDY…

EXAM PRACTICE

Practice exam: ..\ESAMI ESEMPI\prova scritta 13,2,19, con le

risposte.pdf

SEE PAGES 3,4 AND 5 FOR THE ANSWERS