Emanuela Simoncini

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 Lives è un testo di civiltà che intende stimolare la curiosità verso culture, popolazioni, abitudini e stili diversi dalla nostra per favorire la reciproca comprensione. I brani fanno riferimento ai principali paesi parlanti la lingua inglese: Gran Bretagna, Irlanda, Stati Uniti, Australia e Sud Africa.
 
 Ciascuna Unità presenta testi originali, informativi ed accattivanti, suddivisi per argomenti:
 
 <ul><li>Cities &amp; Landmarks
</li><li>Culture, Art &amp; Literature
</li><li>Customs &amp; Traditions
</li><li>Environment &amp; Technology
</li><li>Geography
</li><li>History
</li><li>Music &amp; Sport
</li><li>Geography
</li><li>People, TV &amp; Cinema
</li></ul>Lives è suddiviso in tre sezioni corrispondenti ai livelli linguistici delle tre classi della secondaria di primo grado:
 A1, A1+, A2.
 
 Ogni Unità prevede:
 
 <ul><li>un’attività di warm-up che introduce il tema del brano
</li><li>un ampio glossario, per offrire una lettura agevole e scorrevole
</li><li>diversi esercizi di comprensione, per consolidare l’apprendimento e stimolare l’analisi
</li><li>una rubrica dedicata all’Agenda 2030 e alle Competenze del XXI secolo
</li><li>un’attività di Do-it-yourself: compiti di realtà da svolgere in coppia o in gruppo
</li></ul>Ogni sezione si conclude con delle mappe riepilogative per singolo brano, utile supporto allo studio e all’analisi.
 
 La sezione dedicata alla classe terza include altri spunti per l’Esame di Stato, suggerendo, per ciascun brano, possibili collegamenti interdisciplinari. Il testo si chiude con delle mappe geopolitiche e un piccolo gioco: “Guess the Country!”.

Index

LEVEL A1

Cities & Landmarks

Culture, Art & Literature

Customs & Traditions

Environment & Technology

Geography

History

Music & Sport

People, TV & Cinema

LEVEL A1+

LEVEL A2

EXAM

GEOPOLITICAL MAPS

GUESS THE COUNTRY!

PEOPLE, TV & CINEMA The Twilight Saga WARM-UP   Eclipse (2010). Bella, Edward and Jacob fight a group of new vampires led by an evil vampire in search of revenge. After winning the battle, Edward asks Bella to marry him and she accepts.   Breaking Dawn   Part 1 (2011). Bella and Edward get married and she gets pregnant . To help her survive the delivery of her half-human, half-vampire daughter, Bella is transformed into a vampire.   Breaking Dawn   Part 2 (2012). As a vampire, Bella learns to use her new powers and, with her new family and friends, fights and wins a battle against an old family of vampires who are jealous of their powers. Conosci serie tv, libri o film che abbiano vampiri come protagonisti? SPEAKING 59 The Twilight Saga is a series of five romance fantasy films about relationships between humans and vampires. The series is based on the four novels written by the American author Stephanie Meyer and was incredibly successful (it earned more than $3.5 billion!). The films The films are based on the life of a teenage girl who falls in love with a handsome vampire.     Twilight (2008). A 17-year-old girl, Bella, moves to Forks, Washington. Here, she meets and falls in love with Edward, a  vegetarian  vampire who doesn t drink from humans. Some evil vampires try to kill Bella but Edward saves her. New Moon (2009). Edward leaves Bella because he is afraid she is in danger if she stays with him. Bella is depressed but finds some comfort in the friendship with Jacob Black, the member of a pack of werewolves in charge of protecting humans from vampires. After some misunderstandings Edward and Bella reunite and he promises her he will change her into a vampire if she marries him first. Major themes The Twilight Saga films do not only deal with the themes of love and relationships, but also with choices to make and obstacles to face . Some major themes are:   Good vs evil. Vampires are considered evil monsters but some of them try to do the right thing.   Sacrifice. Bella makes a lot of sacrifices for the happiness of others and also sacrifices her safety and human life in the name of love when she decides to become a vampire to be with Edward forever.   Isolation. The characters are often isolated (and isolate themselves) from the community, and from others simply because they are different. GLOSSARY dawn: alba to deal with: gestire, avere a che fare con delivery: parto evil: malvagio to face: affrontare to fall in love: innamorarsi 112 meadow: prato pack: branco pregnant: incinta twilight: crepuscolo werewolf: lupo mannaro 

A2 1 READING 2 Indica a quale film corrispondono gli Guarda questa breve clip di Twilight e rispondi alle domande. eventi. VIDEO Twilight Movie clip (9/11)   Vampire Baseball (2008) 1. Bella learns to use her new powers:           posted by Movieclips 2. Edward and Bella reunite:             1. 2. 3. 4. 3. Bella gets pregnant:             4. Edward asks Bella to marry him:             5. Edward saves Bella from evil vampires who want to kill her:             60 3 Where is the scene set? What are the characters doing? Why do they need thunder? What are the characters  superpowers? Ascolta il brano  Facts about vampires  e completa la tabella. KET LISTENING Vampire s food 1.                Origin of the name 2.                Skin 3.                Supernatural abilities 4.                Protection from vampire s attack 5.                Tools to kill a vampire 6.                CREATIVITY DO-IT-YOURSELF 4 5 Completa il dialogo tra Bella e Edward (da Twilight) con le parti di testo mancanti, poi, a coppie inventate il proseguimento del dialogo con sei battute a testa. PAIR WORK WRITING SPEAKING WRITING GROUP WORK Dividetevi in gruppi e delineate una breve trama i cui protagonisti siano creature sovrannaturali (vampiri, lupi mannari, mostri, fate, fantasmi, etc.) scared   out in sunlight   we eat   ice cold   how long   you are Bella: Your skin is pale white and 1.            , your eyes change color, you never drink or eat anything, you don t go 2.            . How old are you? Edward: Seventeen. Bella: 3.             have you been seventeen? Edward: A while. Bella: I know what 4.            . Edward: Say it. Bella: A vampire. Edward: Are you 5.            ? Bella: No. Edward: Then I ask you a very basic thing: what do 6.            ? Bella: You won t hurt me. ODDITIES Like a dream   Stephanie Meyer, the author of the Twilight novels, says that the original story for Twilight came to her in a dream. She said she dreamt that a girl and a vampire were talking in a meadow . 113 

Testo che esplora le culture dei paesi anglofoni con brani su città, arte, tradizioni, storia, ambiente e altro.

Lives - A collage of the culture of English-Speaking Countr

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