Katherine Clifton

Clifton Katherine

Jo-Ann Costa

Costa Jo-Ann

Chiaretta Gelli

Gelli Chiaretta

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 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

module 4 The East BEFORE READING Do the following activities. a. Make 2 headings: facts, opinions. In 5 minutes, write down anything you think is true about the U.S.A., making sure to write the information under the correct heading, fact or opinion. Unit The U.S.A. was officially born in 1783 as 13 states on the Atlantic coast, when Britain recognized American independence after the 8-year-long American Revolutionary War. This new country s Constitution (1787) guaranteed   and still does    life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness , so no official language or religion has ever existed there.   The U.S.A. in brief The capital city, Washington D.C. (District of Columbia), was deliberately created so as not to form part of any state, since the country s founders did not want any state to be favored by having the capital within its boundaries. This democratic principle has always caused the city considerable difficulties because states often do not want to give funds for something that does not seem to bring any direct advantage to their own interests. The United States of America   often called the U.S.A., the States or America   is a federal republic composed of 50 states and various territories. With a total area of over 9,500,000 sq km, the world s fourth-largest country is extremely rich in geographical diversity and natural resources such as forests, farmlands, petroleum, natural gas, fish, minerals. Its population of 306 million (2009) is predominantly white (about 74%) but there are minorities of every possible ethnic origin   for example, black (about 13%), Hispanic (about 15%), Asian (about 4%), Polynesian (about 0.15%), Native American (about 0.70%). Over 12% of the population is foreign born and over 19% of people speak a language other than English at home. The American flag has 7 red and 6 white horizontal stripes, which represent the 13 original colonies; the rectangular blue field contains one star for each state. The flag is called by several names: the Stars and Stripes, the Star-Spangled Banner (from the title of the national anthem), Old Glory (origin unknown). Although each state has its own state flag, flower and bird, the U.S. itself possesses only a national bird: the bald eagle. Like each individual state, the nation has a motto: E pluribus unum (From many, one), which appears on coins and paper money. First used to unify the 13 original colonies during the Revolutionary War, the motto has b. Compare your information with your classmates to see if you have similar or different ideas about the U.S.A. c. If you or anyone you know has visited the U.S.A., tell the class about it. acquired new meaning as the U.S. has received wave after wave of immigrants. Michel Guillaume Jean de Crèvecouer, a French immigrant of the mid-18th century, wrote:  He is an American who, leaving behind him all his ancient prejudices and manners, receives new ones from the new mode of life he has embraced, the new government he obeys  Here individuals of all nations are melted into a new race of men.  The election of the first Afro-American president Barack Obama in November 2008 shows that the  melting pot  idea behind E pluribus unum is an ideal that is still very much alive today. ACTIVITIES 1 After reading Text 1, answer these questions. a. Compare the U.S.A. to your country in terms of size, population, natural resources, length of history. b. Why is there no official language or religion in the U.S.A.? c. What is unique about the capital, Washington D.C.? d. What is the U.S.A. s motto and what does it mean? What is your country s motto and what does it mean? e. Why is the U.S.A. a  melting pot ? 

The East The East The East The East The East The East The East The THE EAST   The East Coast What is usually understood as the  East Coast  means an area generally from Maine to the southern border of Maryland, with rural and small-town areas that become more and more heavily populated as one goes south. This  East Coast  comprises New England and different areas to the south such as New York State and Pennsylvania   ending with the border with the Southern States. The 6 small states of New England (Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut) still reflect a rural atmosphere that dates back to pre-Revolutionary War days. The area of Plymouth, Massachusetts, is where the Pilgrims established the first permanent European settlement in New England (1620)   the colony that became the inspiration for the U.S. s Thanksgiving holiday, which still takes place on the fourth Thursday in November. In addition to the turkey and cranberry sauce associated with Thanksgiving, New England is also well-known for its clam chowder, a seafood soup. The most important city in New England is Boston, Massachusetts. The American Revolution began in the Boston area: in 1775 the American patriot Paul Revere made a famous midnight ride from Boston to Lexington and Concord to warn anti-British forces of the approach of British troops. The area s traditional activities of those times   shipbuilding and fishing   have today been replaced by industry, tourism and especially academic pursuits: Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) are both centered near Boston, in Cambridge. It is well-known that President John F. Kennedy came from the Boston area and graduated from Harvard in 1940. unit 1   53 é New England poets New England has produced many novelists (such as Nathaniel Hawthorne, Louisa May Alcott, Stephen King), essayists (such as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau) and poets. Two of its most famous poets are Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) and Robert Frost (1874-1963). Emily Dickinson was born in and lived all her life in Amherst, Massachusetts. Only 7 of her over 1,000 poems were published in her lifetime; all her poems are short and untitled. She is known for using ordinary words in extraordinary ways   creating  images that explode like fireworks . Robert Frost took his poetic images from the New England countryside and his language from New England speech. Although Frost s images often seem familiar and old, his work has a scepticism and irony that makes his poetry far 2 After reading Text 2, do these activities.   Emily Dickinson   Robert Frost less old-fashioned, easy and carefree than it first appears. He continued to write all during his lifetime, while teaching literature at various universities. In 1961, at John F. Kennedy s inauguration, Frost became the first poet to read one of his poems at a presidential inauguration. By the time he died, Frost had won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry no less than four times. b. FIRE AND ICE Some say the ............... will end in a. Highlight the state of Maine (ME) and the city of Boston (MA) on the map on page 51. ............. , Some say in ............... . From what I ve ................ of desire b. In your exercise book, make a chart with the title  New England . Use the headings below for the information you will fill in from Text 2: I hold with those who favor ............... . But if it had to perish ................ , I think I know enough of ................ State   Economy   Celebrities   Interesting details.  3 To say that for ..................... ice is also ................. Listen to the poems and fill in the missing words. a. I M NOBODY! WHO ARE YOU?   Boston.   I m ..................! Who are you? Are you ...................., too? Then there s a ..................of us? .............. ............! They d advertise   you know! How dreary to be ................... ! How public, like a ............... To tell one s ................ the livelong ......................... To an admiring Bog! And would suffice. 4 After listening to the poems, answer these questions. a. What is your personal opinion of each of these poems? b. What does each of these poems mean, in your opinion? c. Choose a poem that you like, either in English or in your own language. Read it to the class and then tell the class why you like it and what it means to you. 

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