Silvia Pampaloni

Cristina Ravizza

Obiettivo di TIME OFF è la revisione di funzioni e strutture della lingua inglese del 1° Biennio mediante attività coinvolgenti che lo studente può effettuare autonomamente. Il libro è organizzato in modo chiaro, i contenuti sono articolati in modo semplice, coprono un’ampia gamma di temi e le istruzioni per eseguire le attività sono fornite in italiano. Il testo è costituito da attività orali e scritte, ma anche giochi e test, per non dimenticare l’inglese imparato a scuola durante l’anno e per rafforzare le competenze linguistiche acquisite. Pertanto, può costituire sia l’ideale libro per le vacanze estive che un utile testo di supporto durante l’anno scolastico.
 Suddiviso in otto settimane, il testo presenta in ognuna argomenti attuali e protagonisti con gusti ed interessi vicini a quelli dei “teenagers”. Da qui lo spunto per una serie di accattivanti attività di lettura, ascolto, espressione orale e scritta in cui l’inglese è utilizzato in situazioni concrete ed autentiche.
 
 Ogni settimana prende avvio da una lettura, un ascolto o un gioco che introducono il tema centrale delle attività presentato su due pagine.
 Vengono poi sviluppate le abilità linguistiche – nell’ordine: Reading, Listening, Speaking e Writing – ad ognuna delle quali viene dedicata una pagina.
 La pagina di Communication, prevede attività comunicative quali, per esempio, completamento o riordino di dialoghi.
 La pagina denominata Vocabulary, è dedicata all’acquisizione del lessico tramite giochi enigmistici, test ed esercizi di abbinamento.
 
 Infine, la settimana si chiude con due pagine dedicate al ripasso delle strutture grammaticali e all’utilizzo delle stesse (Grammar), con esercizi di completamento, trasformazione, costruzioni di frasi, individuazioni di errori, ecc.
 Per una revisione più completa, alla pagina grammaticale di ciascuna settimana – dove le strutture sono presentate tramite schemi e spiegazioni dettagliate in lingua italiana e con esempi – viene affiancata a fondo libro una pagina con quadri riassuntivi, approfondimenti ed integrazioni.
 
 In ogni settimana viene proposta almeno un’attività della tipologia degli esami di certificazione linguistica KET e PET.
 
 Un glossario – denominato Useful Words – al fondo di ogni attività facilita la comprensione.
 
 È inoltre a disposizione degli insegnanti un fascicolo con le soluzioni degli esercizi e un test finale per ciascuno dei due volumi. I docenti potranno così verificare l’avvenuto ripasso o effettuare attività di revisione all’inizio o durante l’anno.

Index

Week 1 - Travelling

Reading

Listening

Speaking

Writing

Preliminary for Schools (PET)

Vocabulary

Grammar

Week 2 - Greetingsfrom the U.S.

Week 3 - Do you like sports?

Week 4 - Computer Science

Week 5 - Music and singers (and all that Jazz)

Week 6 - Education and jobs

Week 7 - Let’s go green!

Week 8 - Relationships

Integrazioni e approfondimenti

Audioscripts

Week 3   Do you like sports? 5 Speaking Immagina di intervistare il campione di tuffi inglese Tom Daley. Dialoga con lui tramite la registrazione e aiutati a formulare le frasi con il testo qui sotto. PERSONAL INFORMATION Full name: Thomas Robert Daley. Date of birth: 21 May 1994 in Plymouth, England. Education: From 11 to 14, Eggbuckland Community College, then Plymouth College. Three A level exams: Mathematics (grade A), Spanish (grade A), Photography (grade A). Main awards: British Championships (junior): gold medal 10 metre platform. European Championships 2008, 2012 Eindhoven: gold medal 10 m. platform. World Championships 2009 Rome: gold medal 10 metre platform. Olympic Games 2012 London: bronze medal 10 metre platform. British Championships 2013 Edinburgh: gold medal 10 metre platform. Tom Daley: They told me you d like to ask me some questions about my life and career  You: Yes, thanks. I m going to write an article about you for my school magazine, you know. First of all, when and where were you born? T.D.: I was born on May 21st, 1994, in Plymouth and my full name is Thomas Robert Daley. You: (1) T.D.: Yes, I started diving at the age of 7 and I had my first competition at 9. You: (2) T.D.: Well, I attended Eggbuckland Community College from 11 to 14, but I didn t like it, because while I was studying there, I was bullied. I tried to denounce the problem but in the end I left this school. You: (3) T.D.: Yes, sure! I continued my studies at a local independent school, Plymouth College. They also offered me a good scholarship. You: (4) T.D.: Yes, although it was difficult to combine school and diving, in 2012 I was able to take three A levels in Mathematics, Spanish and Photography: I got A grades in each subject! You: (5) T.D.: Well, I won my first gold medal in 2005 in the junior category at the British Championships and then again in 2008 at the European Championships. You: (6) T.D.: My event is the 10-metre platform. Since 2008, I have had the best results   usually 1st or 2nd   from this height. You: (7) T.D.: Oh, yes, in the Olympic Games in London I won the bronze medal: well, in the final round I was leading, but in the last round my rivals performed more difficult dives than me and so in the end they came first and second! However, it was a great experience! You: (8) T.D.: Yes, I must say I have received many awards and honours, especially from the BBC and papers. You: (9) T.D.: Well, the training is hard and you often have to sacrifice your personal life, but I really enjoy diving, so I m going to go on and I hope I still have a long career in front of me! T.D.: Yes, I must say I have received many awards and honours, especially from the BBC and papers. You: (10) USEFUL WORDS to attend = frequentare; award = premio; to be bullied = essere maltrattato; denounce = denunciare; dive = tuffo; to dive = tuffarsi; scholarship = borsa di studio. 28 

W riting 6a Completa i testi coniugando i verbi al Past Simple o al Past Continuous. Scrivi poi un riassunto del brano, terminando le frasi che seguono. Maria Toorpkai Wazir is a 23-year-old girl. She (1) (to be born) in a remote and highly conservative, tribal area of Pakistan. She is now a very good professional squash player, but her past (2) (to be) hard and a little unusual. She (3) (to grow) up as a boy: she (4) (to want) to be like her brothers who (5) always (to play) outside. She was strong and energetic and was more interested in boys  games rather than in dolls. When she (6) (to start) to play sports, she (7) (to realize) how hard it was for a girl. So she started training and competing as a boy because girls  participation in sports was forbidden by the local Islamic culture. That s why she (8) (to disguise) herself as a boy and (9) (to change) her name to a male name. The first sport she (10) (to choose) was weightlifting and she (11) (to win) some competitions. Later, she (12) (to become) interested in squash which is a very popular sport in Pakistan. When she (13) (to join) a squash academy, they (14) (to discover) she was a girl and she had to stop. So she (15) (to practise) by herself and became excellent at it because of her strength and technique. She (16) (to get) very good results and won tournaments in her country, but as she (17) (to break) a law of her religion, she (18) (to receive) death threats. Maria (19) (not to want) to give up, but she (20) (to have to) practise in her bedroom at home. She was forced to decide whether to play squash or to stop. For three years she (21) (to send) emails to academies and universities all over the world and finally she (22) (to get) a reply from the Canadian squash legend, Jonathon Power. Maria (23) (to decide) to leave her country and her family and (24) (to buy) a ticket for Canada. Now she lives and trains in Toronto and is determined that all girls should have the same opportunities in sport and education in every part of the world. 6b Summary. Maria is a girl of 23 from She is a professional When she was a little girl she was interested in The problem was that she After death threats, she Now she lives USEFUL WORDS death threat = minaccia di morte; to disguise = travestirsi; forbidden = proibito; to give up = arrendersi; participation = partecipazione; weightlifting = sollevamento pesi. 29 

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