Katherine Clifton

Clifton Katherine

Jo-Ann Costa

Costa Jo-Ann

Chiaretta Gelli

Gelli Chiaretta

&nbsp;Scheda dell'opera
 Un manuale di ‘civiltà’ inglese di livello B1-B2 che mette a fuoco, secondo un’ottica interculturale, gli aspetti più significativi dei paesi in cui la lingua inglese è parlata.
 
 Un manuale di ‘civiltà’ inglese di livello B1-B2 che si propone di mettere a fuoco, secondo un’ottica interculturale, gli aspetti più significativi dei paesi in cui la lingua inglese è parlata.
 
 I 12 Moduli e le relative 36 Unità in cui è suddiviso ESCAPES offrono una visione globale e globalizzata del mondo in cui l’inglese è parlato come L1 o L2 o come lingua veicolare, cogliendone gli aspetti reali, ma anche fornendo occasioni di "fuga dalla realtà" attraverso la letteratura e il cinema.
 
 Il testo è particolarmente innovativo e motivante in quanto ogni Modulo, nel trattare le diverse culture di lingua inglese sotto l’aspetto geografico, storico, sociale, letterario e artistico, fa sempre riferimento ad un film particolarmente significativo per l’argomento trattato. Inoltre, offre molteplici occasioni di rinforzo ed approfondimento grazie ai siti Internet citati punto per punto e al materiale autentico e aggiornato tratto da riviste, quotidiani e dalla “rete”.
 Le attività, infine, sono sempre mirate, oltre che a sviluppare le abilità ricettive e produttive, a stimolare l’attività di gruppo e di classe ed il confronto delle opinioni. Particolare attenzione è stata rivolta agli esercizi riguardanti i film.

Module 1 - English in the world

Unit 1- Today’s lingua franca

Unit 2 - The rise and decline of the British Empire

Unit 3 - The fall of the British Empire

Film Spanglish

Module 2 - England and Wales

Unit 1 - England: London and the South

Unit 2 - England: The Midlands and the North

Unit 3 - Wales

Film The Simpsons: The Regina Monologues

Module 3 - Scotland and Ireland

Unit 1 - Scotland

Unit 2 - Ireland: the country

Unit 3 - Ireland: the soul

Film Braveheart

Module 4 - The U.S.A.

Unit 1 - The East

Unit 2 - The Central and the Southern States

Unit 3 - The West

Unit 4 - Alaska and Hawaii

Film The Truman Show

Module 5 - Other parts of the Americas

Unit 1 - Canada

Unit 2 - The Caribbean Basin

Film The Last of the Mohicans

Module 6 - Africa and Asia

Unit 1 - Africa and its people

Unit 2 - Africa: countries in the south

Unit 3 - Continental Asia: India, Pakistan, Bangladesh

Unit 4 - Pacific Asia: Singapore, Hong Kong, Philippines

Film Bride and Prejudice

Module 7 - Oceania

Unit 1 - Australia

Unit 2 - New Zealand

Film Mr. Crocodile Dundee

Module 8 - Hot issues

Unit 1 - A dying planet

Unit 2 - Food, water and aid

Unit 3 - Futuristic Science and Technology

Film Jurassic Park

Module 9 - Society and the individual

Unit 1 - The UK and its institutions

Unit 2 - The USA and its institutions

Unit 3 - The European Union

Film Love Actually

Module 10 - Young peolple

Unit 1 - Education and learning

Unit 2 - Feelings and questions

Unit 3 - Sport and free time

Film Billy Elliot

Module 11 - Moments in history, literature and art

Unit 1 - From the beginning to Henry VIII

Unit 2 - From the Golden Age to Victorianism

Unit 3 - The XX Century and beyond

Film The Merchant of Venice

Module 12 - The unknow

Unit 1 - Target: Earth

Unit 2 - The Gothic Tradition

Unit 3 - A Satire on the Gothic Tale

Film Sleepy Hollow

Glossary

A dying planet? BEFORE READING 1 The title of this Module is  Hot Issues . What  hot issues  do you think will be discussed in this Module? 2 The title of this Unit is  A dying planet?  What does this title mean to you? What do you think will be discussed in this Unit?   The present state of our planet Humans are the most numerous species on Earth (except for insects): about 6.8 billion in 2009 and estimated to reach 12.5 billion by 2050, with the greatest growth in developing countries. Humans use approximately 40% of the Earth s terrestrial surface and their activities have made profound changes in the planet s atmosphere, soils and water. Today even the remotest places cannot remain untouched by what happens in other places: this is globalisation to the extremest degree. Globalisation means much more than multinational companies and advanced communication technologies. It also means rapid and frequent travel between countries: today s mass tourism can have tremendous effects on local environments and peoples. In addition, worldwide shipping of plant and animal products can give opportunities for illnesses and diseases to spread rapidly and reach global proportions   creating pandemics, epidemics that affect the entire world. The impact that humans have made on the Earth, particularly since the Industrial Revolution, is alarming. Fossil fuels such as coal and petroleum may run out in the next 50 years. Since 1850 there has been a 28% rise in carbon dioxide emission levels in the atmosphere and a rise in median global surface temperature of more than 1 degree Celsius. The stratospheric ozone layer (which protects the Earth from dangerous ultraviolet rays) has been damaged by human CFC (chlorofluorcarbon) emissions to the point that each year a large  hole    more exactly a great thinning   appears temporarily above Antarctica, and the overall global layer appears to be thinning as well. Humans have already tapped over 50% of the planet s accessible water; many of these sources suffer from pollution, overexploitation and/or political conflict. 60 to 70% of the world s marine and fresh water fish stocks are near depletion. Salinisation affects one-third of the globe s irrigated land; soil erosion has caused a 13% drop in worldwide crop production since World War II. Large-scale, single-crop farming means a reduction in plant genetic diversity   leaving crops and farmers vulnerable to natural or human-generated problems that lead to greatly-fluctuating prices for agricultural products. module 8 Unit More than 19,000 plant species and 5,000 animal species are presently classified as in danger of extinction   a situation generally caused by air and/or water pollution, loss of habitat, interruptions in their food chains. Our large human brains got us into this disastrous situation. The next question is: can they get us and our planet out of it? Florida tomatoes spoiled by a freeze: genetic uniformity increases production but makes plants vulnerable. 

A dying planet? A dying planet? A dying planet? A dying planet? A dy A DYING PLANET?   unit 1   113   Pollution, pollution and more pollution Since the human species is the only one that makes profound changes in its environment, it is inevitable that we create situations where the environment cannot maintain a healthy state by natural means: this is pollution in its widest sense. Pollution is inextricably linked to waste products: an enormous variety of unwanted items like the grass which is cut in a garden,   Coastal pollution in the Philippines. plastic bottles originally containing soft drinks, industrial production residues, the remains from nuclear tests. Waste products are ACTIVITIES generally divided into two types: biodegradable and nonc. What intangible pollution is there? Give After reading Text 1, discuss which  hot some examples of this. biodegradable. Some (e.g. grass issues  that you listed in the  Before cuttings) can be reprocessed Reading  were mentioned in the text. Listen to an environmental expert naturally by the environment itself Rank these  hot issues  from the one talking about pollution and fill in the in a relatively short time and so you think needs solving the most rapidly missing parts of the chart below. do not leave lasting effects; others down to the one you think is of the least (e.g. industrial production immediate importance. Compare your Divide into groups of 3. Each group residues) cannot be naturally ideas with your classmates. should research ONE of the following reprocessed by the environment PANDEMICS: After reading Text 2, answer the itself and so can damage plants, following questions. mad cow disease (BSE) animals, humans and their avarian flu (H5N1) a. Why are humans the only species that interrelationships. swine flu (H1N1) creates pollution? Pollution can also have less b. What two types of physical waste products Report to the other groups about the tangible forms: air and noise are there? Give examples from the text and causes, effects, action that was taken, pollution have become great other examples of your own. the present state of the situation. problems in most urban areas. 1  4 2 5 3 MAIN CATEGORIES OF POLLUTION AIR Coral reefs all over the world (like this one in Florida) are endangered because of marine pollution. Source 1 EFFECTS OF Source 1 Fossil fuels for heating, industry, internal combustion vehicles 1) ................................... 2) creates smog in cities Source 2 CFCs such as ............... ......................................... EFFECTS OF Source 2 Source 3 EFFECTS OF Source 3 Depletion of ozone layer WATER Dumping of ................. SOIL NOISE Dumping of domestic & industrial waste products Poorly-constructed buildings that do not insulate the people inside from unwanted noise 1) Makes water undrinkable and/or unusable 2) .................................. 1) .................................. 1) .............................................. 2) .................................. 2) .............................................. Fertilisers and pesticides .......................................... Noisy environments like and ................................. ..................................................... 1) .................................. Same as Source 1 2) Damage to the soil in the same way as damage to water .................................. ......................................... by .................................. Industrial sulphur Deforestation dioxide emissions into the air Creation of .................. Erosion of ..................., the layer that is used ........................................., for ................................. which damages forests ......................................... 

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