Emanuela Simoncini

L’argomento.
 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!

GEOGRAPHY The British Isles, the UK and Great Britain WARM-UP Sfida: nominate tutti i luoghi britannici famosi che vi vengono in mente in due minuti. Vince chi ne segna di più. Un ulteriore punto viene assegnato se la coppia conosce dove si trova. SPEAKING PAIR WORK 6 The British Isles are a group of islands in the northwest of Europe; Great Britain and Ireland are the largest. People often confuse the United Kingdom with Great Britain and the British Isles, but    The British Isles is the geographical term that includes Great Britain, Ireland and the small isles off their coasts (more than six thousand!);   The United Kingdom (UK) consists of the political union of: England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Each country has its own capital: London (also the capital of the UK), Cardiff, Edinburgh and Belfast;   Great Britain is the largest European island and includes England, Scotland and Wales. 1 READING Rispondi alle domande. 1. What countries form the United Kingdom? 2. Which countries are in Great Britain? 3. Which seas surround the British Isles? 2 VOCABULARY to appoint: nominare border: confine chain: catena commander-in-chief: comandante in capo to flow: scorrere law: legge mainland: terra ferma, continente mainly: principalmente mild: temperato off: da / fuori plain: pianura to surround: circondare 4. Where are the highest mountains located? 5. Where does the name  Union Jack  come from? Completa il testo con le parole mancanti. metres   world   sea   France   speed   boat The Channel Tunnel You can reach Great Britain only by plane or 1.           , the English Channel. The English Channel is a natural channel 50.5 kilometres long which separates England from 2.           . In 1994 a train tunnel, the Channel Tunnel (or Chunnel), was built under the 3.            18 GLOSSARY to connect Britain easily to mainland Europe. It is the longest undersea tunnel of the 4.           . Its construction took six years and the project cost £4.65 billion. At its lowest point, it is 75 5.            below the sea level. The 6.            of trains is 160 km/h, so it takes just 35 minutes to cross the Chunnel. Adapted from: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/europe/ france/articles/channel-tunnel-facts/ 

A1 Geographical features The Union Jack The British Isles are surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean in the north and west, the North Sea in the east and the English Channel in the south. The territory mainly consists of plains and hills. The highest mountains are in the north, where there is a chain of mountains called The Pennines that go from the Scottish border to central England. The longest river is the Severn in Wales, but the most famous is the Thames, which flows through London and Oxford. The climate is wet but mild and the temperatures rarely go below 0°C. The flag of the United Kingdom is called The Union Jack and is made up of three flags:   St. George s Cross (England)   St. Andrew s Cross (Scotland)   St. Patrick s Cross (Northern Ireland). The national flag of Wales is not included because when the Union Jack was created in 1801 Wales was part of England. The name of the flag comes from the  jacks  (little flags) used on ships to show their nationality. England Borders North: Scotland; West: Irish Sea, Wales and Atlantic ocean; East: North Sea; South: English Channel Population About 57 million Government Constitutional monarchy Capital London Currency Pound Sterling Language English Driving side Left CIVIC LITERACY 3 Leggi il testo e completa la tabella seguendo l esempio. The English and the Italian Parliaments The UK is a constitutional monarchy and a parliamentary democracy: it means that the King is the Head of the State and the Church of England, but he cannot make laws . Italy is a parliamentary, democratic Republic. Like the King, the Italian President cannot make laws. Both the British Monarch and the Italian President are the commanders-in-chief of the armed forces. Italian and British parliaments have a bicameral system: the British parliament is divided into the House of Commons and the House of Lords, the Italian one is divided into the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate of the Republic. Both in Italy and in the UK the Prime Minister is the head of the government: in the UK the Prime Minister is appointed by the king, in Italy by the President of the Republic. In Italy and in the UK, the members of Parliament are elected by the people. READING UK 1. It is a constitutional monarchy.   Italy   DO-IT-YOURSELF 4 WRITING SPEAKING PAIR WORK Scegliete un paese dell Unione Europea e cercate le informazioni richieste su internet. Poi, presentate alla classe il paese. 2. It is a parliamentary Republic.   Country   Language 3. He/she is the commander-in-chief of the armed forces.   Borders   Currency 4. The parliament is bicameral.   Population   Government 5. The head of the government is the President / monarch.   Capital   Time zone 6. The Prime Minister is appointed by the President. 19 

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

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