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!

ENVIRONMENT & TECHNOLOGY Extreme Weather Phenomena WARM-UP SPEAKING Hai mai assistito a un evento climatico estremo? Oppure hai mai visto un film su questo argomento? Racconta alla classe. 18 North America has many extreme weather phenomena, even if it s a continent and not an island. Extreme weather events are not new, but global warming is making these events more frequent and dangerous. Meteorologists use important information coming from satellites to warn people if they are in danger. Hurricane A hurricane is a type of storm called  tropical cyclone  which forms over tropical waters. It causes a lot of rain and winds that blow at 120 km/h or more. Hurricane Wilma hit southern Florida in October 2005. It was the most intense Atlantic hurricane in history, with winds that reached 295 km/h and destroyed everything they found on their way. The  eye  of Wilma was only 37 km in diameter, quite small to be a hurricane (the average is between 35 and 60 km). When a hurricane s eye is small, it means that the storm is very intense. Tornado A tornado is a tube of violently spinning air that touches the ground . Winds inside the tornado are incredibly fast, for this reason it is a really devastating event. On 31st May, 2013, a violent tornado hit El Reno, Oklahoma. It was the most violent tornado in history: its winds reached 480 km/h! Fourteen people died and a large part of the city was destroyed. Hurricane Wilma 1 READING WRITING Indica se le frasi sono vere o false. Correggi le false. GLOSSARY T 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 42 In the USA there can be many extreme weather events. Meteorologists have information from satellites. A hurricane is a snowstorm. Hurricane Wilma struck in 2007. A tornado is tube of violent winds. The tornado that hit El Reno had winds that reached 120 km/h. A blizzard is a violent storm with a lot of rain. The  Storm of the Century  was a blizzard on the East Coast in 1993. F to blow: soffiare chaser: cacciatore fund: fondo ground: terra powerful: potente to reach: raggiungere snowstorm: tempesta di neve to spin: roteare to switch off: spegnere to warn: avvertirte 

A1+ Blizzard A blizzard is a powerful snowstorm with very low temperatures, strong winds, and a lot of snow. In March 1993, the East Coast of the US had the most violent blizzard in American history. The snow and ice caused so much damage that this phenomenon was called the  Storm of the Century . In some areas such as downtown Syracuse, New York, snow reached more than 1.2 metres. Snow and ice covered more than 550,000 square miles and impacted nearly 120 million people in the three states of New York, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. R 2 I W N R U M L R R R Cerca i termini dati nello schema. Nello schema è nascosto un altro fenomeno meteorologico, la siccità. Trovalo e cerca su internet immagini e notizie. VOCABULARY R meteorologist   hurricane   tornado   blizzard   winds   rain   snow   storm   weather   event I M A L H E E H T A E W R D N W R A T R I A I O O W E S B O W I R A W O N D S O M S E N A L I N R R R I O D A N R O T I R E N A C I R R U H G I G O T H N U A I T Z B W S W E V E N T SDG 13   CLIMATE ACTION L O N R D M S A A D Z T Z R D R 3 I R O R R A T R N O I W Z D R R O U W H D Earth Hour Earth Hour is an event of the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) that usually happens at the end of March every year. On this evening, people  go dark    that is, they switch off lights in their homes, schools, shops and offices, all at the same time for one hour. Earth Hour started in Australia in 2007, when 2.2 million people in Sydney switched off all unnecessary lights for one hour; today it is an international appointment. The idea is to focus the attention on environment and do something for the future of our planet. D T E Adapted from: https://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/ I I N Leggi il testo e rispondi alle domande. READING S I G O L O R O E L A D A R N O E O U W O L R D C E T S I R N M E M E A Z A N C N R E I S E R E B T DO-IT-YOURSELF 4 Cercate online notizie su un importante fenomeno meteorologico o naturale accaduto in Italia negli ultimi anni. Aiutandovi con il dizionario, scrivete un breve resoconto secondo i dati indicati e condividetelo poi con la classe. WRITING SPEAKING PAIR WORK   Type of phenomenon   Location   Date   Relevant data   Consequences uk-now/read-uk/earth-hour ODDITIES 1. What organisation created the event Earth Hour? 2. When does Earth Hour take place? 3. What happens during Earth Hour? 4. What is the purpose of this event? Storm chasers   Storm chasers are very courageous people who go after tornadoes, hurricanes or violent storms with their cars and equipment to collect information. It s a very dangerous activity: some people do it for work (such as meteorologists), but others do it just because they love strong emotions. 43 

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

A COLLAGE OF THE CULTURE OF ENGLISH-SPEAKING COUNTRIES

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