Lesson 6

Lesson n°6 – 11th of January 2023 

English course by Ex Prof. Maurizio Righi

ABBA – Happy New Year (Video)(4.28)

No more champagne and the fireworks are through here we are, me and you feeling lost and feeling blue it’s the end of the party and the morning seems so grey so unlike yesterday now’s the time for us to say…   

Happy new year, happy new year may we all have a vision now and then of a world where every neighbour is a friend happy new year, happy new year may we all have our hopes, our will to try if we don’t we might as well lay down and die you and I  

Sometimes I see how the brave new world arrives and I see how it thrives in the ashes of our lives oh yes, man is a fool and he thinks he’ll be okay dragging on, feet of clay never knowing he’s astray keeps on going anyway 

Happy new year, happy new yearmay we all have a vision now and then of a world where every neighbour is a friend happy new year, happy new year may we all have our hopes, our will to try if we don’t we might as well lay down and die you and I    

Seems to me now that the dreams we had before are all dead, nothing more than confetti on the floor it’s the end of a decade in another ten years time who can say what we’ll find what lies waiting down the line in the end of eighty-nine  

Happy new year, happy new year may we all have a vision now and then of a world where every neighbour is a friend. Happy new year, happy new year may we all have our hopes, our will to try
if we don’t we might as well lay down and die you and I”. 
Niente più champagne e i fuochi d’artificio sono finiti stiamo qui, io e te sentendoci perduti e tristi è la fine della festa e la mattina sembra così grigia così diverso da ieri ora è il momento di dire…

Felice anno nuovofelice anno nuovo che tutti possiamo avere un immagine di un mondo dove ogni vicino è amico felice anno nuovo felice anno nuovo che tutti noi possiamo avere speranze o provare se non sarà cosi tanto vale sdraiarsi e morire tu ed io

Qualche volta ho visto che il mondo nuovo arriva e vedo come prospera nelle ceneri della nostra vita oh si, l’uomo è uno stupido e pensa che andrà bene trascinarsi come con piedi d’argilla mai sapendo che è smarrito continua ad andare avanti in ogni caso felice anno nuovofelice anno nuovo che tutti possono avere un immagine di un mondo dove ogni vicino è amico felice anno nuovo felice anno nuovo che tutti noi possiamo avere speranze o provare se non sarà cosi tanto vale sdraiarsi e morire tu ed io

Adesso mi sembra che i sogni che avevamo prima siano tutti morti, niente più solo coriandoli sul pavimento è la fine di un decennio in altri dieci anni chi può dire cosa troveremo quali bugie ci aspettano alla fine dell’ottantanove

Felice anno nuovo felice anno nuovo
che tutti possono avere un immagine
di un mondo dove ogni vicino è amico
felice anno nuovo
felice anno nuovo
che tutti noi possiamo avere speranze o provare se non sarà cosi tanto vale (potremmo)sdraiarci e morire tu ed io 

Brush up before going on:

Example

I think  this winter is going to be very cold 
I believe this winter is going to be very cold  
In my opinion this winter is going to be very cold 
From my prospective this winter is going to be very cold  
From my point of view this winter is going to be very cold 
The way I see is that this winter is going to be very cold 

HOMEWORK:

Look at the previous example and read aloud each sentence using I think, I believe, In my opinion, From my prospective, From my point of view, The way I see it.

—————————- winter is better than Summer.
—————————- today it’s very sunny but cold. 
—————————- this lesson is quite difficult!
—————- this lesson is much more useful than the previous ones.
————————I have the opportunity to learn English quite well.
—————————- these lessons might be very useful for us.
—————————- this is a difficult period for me.
—————————– I am the best grandmother in Volterra!

Take a look at this clips:

  1. Prince Charles’s Funniest Moments!(3.59)

2)King Charles III Coronation Date Set For May 2023(2.05)

The date of the coronation has now been announced as May 6, 2023, with the ceremony taking place at Westminster Abbey

https://www.wordreference.com/enit/tackle

= Placcare/contrastare/attacco/affrontare..

Insert the right word: tackled or tackle or tackling

  1. The footballer player (attaccò/contrattaccò)……………………a member of the opposing team and succeded in getting the ball away from him.
  2.  He opened his fly (brachetta) and showed her his (gioiello di famiglia) ……………………..
  3. The police officer ………….….him as he tried to escape.
  4. He was…………………………at the line of scrimmage (mischia).
  5. I’ll …………………..my homework later.
  6. We found new ways to………………….. the problem.
  7. There are many ways of ………………………this problem
  8. I …………………………..him about his careless work
  9. The president is clearly in a dilemma about how to…………………………… the crisis.
  10. Yes, money was a problem and she hadn’t any idea how to………………..the matter.

Solutions:

The footballer player tackled a member of the opposing  team and succeded in getting the ball away from him. 
He opened his fly and showed her his tackle 
The police officer tackled him as he tried to escape.
He was tackled at the line of scrimmage. 
I’ll tackle my homework later. 
We found new ways to tackled the problem. 
There are many ways of t tackling his problem. 
I tackled him about his careless work 
The president is clearly in a dilemma about how to tackle the crisis. Yes, money was a problem and she hadn’t any idea how to tackle the matter 

When a gentleman has forgotten to zip his pants, in the US they remind him thusly=(conseguently)

Your fly is open pull it up!

Pull your socks up = to make an effort (fare uno sforzo) to improve (migliorare) your work or behaviour (comportamento) because it is not good enough Eg:

He’s going to have to pull his socks up if he wants to stay in the team.

You need to pull your socks up at school if you are going to get good grades in your exams!

Now take a look at this clip:

To pull up one’s Socks – English Idioms and Phrases( 3.17)

Tugging= tirare/trainare/dare uno strappo/strattone

Homework: 

Look at the different meanings in the  links below and write no more than two sentences in each chart (tabella):

https://context.reverso.net/traduzione/inglese-italiano/pull+up

https://context.reverso.net/traduzione/inglese-italiano/pull+over

https://context.reverso.net/traduzione/inglese-italiano/pull+out

https://context.reverso.net/traduzione/inglese-italiano/pull+on

https://context.reverso.net/traduzione/inglese-italiano/pull+off

https://context.reverso.net/traduzione/inglese-italiano/pull+in

https://context.reverso.net/traduzione/inglese-italiano/pull+away

https://context.reverso.net/traduzione/inglese-italiano/pull+apart

Example:

chart 1

Pull up: pull up the level when I want to my my car go into first gear (cambio) (ghɪər) (alzo) I heard his car pull up (accostarsi)

chart 2

 Pull over:  

chart 3

 Pull out  

chart 4

 Pull on :  

chart 5

 Pull off : 

chart 6

 Pull in:  

chart 7

 Pull away:  

chart 8

 Pull apart:  

Don’t always say WAIT instead you could say:

just a minute /hang on

/hold on /give me a see /I’ll be right with you

Nice to meet you  Informal: (It’s) Nice to meet you too
You too. 
Please to meet you Formal: Oh it’s my pleasure 
Oh likewise (altrettanto) Miss 

Kill two birds with one stone=prendere due piccioni con una fava

https://www.wordreference.com/enit/accomplish (raggiungere/compiere)

English Expression: KILL TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE(1.19)