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!

ENVIRONMENT & TECHNOLOGY Smart Clothes WARM-UP Smart work clothes: Samsung has made a smart business suit that can exchange digital business cards, unlock phones, and interact with other devices;   Cosa indossi di solito? Hai delle marche di abbigliamento preferite? In che modo miglioreresti la qualità dei tuoi abiti? SPEAKING 45   Smart clothes, or  high tech clothing , have been improved with technology to add functionality beyond that of the traditional use. Some use advanced fabric , while others add sensors and additional hardware to make them  smart . Many smart clothes can connect to an app or be controlled by Bluetooth or Wi-Fi.   Examples of smart clothes Examples of high-tech clothing include:   Smart socks: they have special sensors that can detect which part of your feet is receiving the highest pressure during your walk or run and can send this data to a smartphone app to help you walk in a better posture or run faster;   Smart shoes: a famous American multinational restaurant chain, Pizza Hut, has experimented limited-edition smart shoes that can order pizza. These shoes are connected with Bluetooth and GPS to know your location. Through a special app, you simply press a button on your shoes and they connect to the app to order the pizza you like; GLOSSARY to add: aggiungere beyond: oltre due: a causa di to embed: inserire fabric: tessuto garment: indumento pollutant: inquinante to reward: ricompensare to track: tracciare to unlock: sbloccare wool: lana 90 1 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. READING Smart fitness wear: there are t-shirts that can connect to a smartphone app to record fitness activity and recommend new workouts; Smart casual wear: some clothing companies have embedded technology into some clothing to track product usage and reward customers for time spent wearing them. Rispondi alle domande. What are smart clothes? What are smart socks? What can Samsung s smart work clothes do? How does smart fitness wear work? How do famous American clothing brands experiment on smart clothes? 6. Why are smart clothes more expensive than regular ones? 

A2 Investing in smart clothing technology 2 A growing number of technology companies and fashion brands have started using technology in clothing, proving that this field is becoming popular. Among some of the most famous American brands experimenting with smart clothing are Levi s, Tommy Hilfiger, Ralph Lauren, and Google. These companies usually add metallics, optical fibres, and conductive polymers to textiles to allow sensory capabilities, electrical conductivity, and data transmission on clothes. E-textiles E-textiles are the fusion of textiles and technology and can be used in a large variety of applications in both professional and everyday life. Some of these fabrics get energy from the environment by vibrations, sound or heat reacting to the input. They can be used in many fields, for example they can measure and report vital signs for patient healthcare, fitness training or the touch of dangerous materials. There are fabrics that help regulate body temperature, reduce wind resistance, and control muscle vibration to improve athletic performance. They can have any type of function: from fabrics that light up, to fabrics that can change colour or resist water and pollutants . The health and fashion industries are taking advantage of these innovations, which go from medicine releasing textiles to fabrics that release perfume. Are smart clothes expensive? Due to the extra cost of the technology used, smart clothes are generally more expensive than traditional clothing. For example, a regular jacket may cost around $100, but a smart jacket could cost you between $200 and $500, depending on the brand. A t-shirt with sensors that send your biometric data to an app while working out can cost you between $150 and $250. Would you spend this money to have them? Leggi il testo, poi scrivi le domande alle risposte date. READING WRITING Adapted from: https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/engineering/electronic-textile 1. ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................. They are the fusion of textiles and technology and can be used in many fields. 2. ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................. They can get energy from the environment, sound or heat. 3. ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................. They can regulate temperature and control muscle vibrations to improve athletic performance. 4. ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................. For example, there are fabrics that can release medicine or perfume. CREATIVITY Guardate il video e 3 rispondete alle domande. Poi inventate un capo d abbigliamento high tech e scrivete quali sono le sue funzioni. PAIR WORK The Sound Shirt, Junge Symphoniker Hamburg posted by Junge Symphoniker Hamburg 1. 2. 3. 4. Who is this t-shirt designed for? How does this sound t-shirt work? How do people perceive the music on their body? Briefly describe the reaction of people who use this t-shirt for the first time. DO-IT-YOURSELF 4 Partendo dal lavoro proposto nell esercizio precedente, create una pubblicità del vostro indumento high tech in cui includere le seguenti indicazioni. WRITING PAIR WORK   Garment name   Fabric is it made of (cotton, wool , polyester, etc )   Technology it uses (app, gps, sensors, etc )   Colours it is available in   Functionality   Cost   Slogan to promote it 91 

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

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