Cucina - Lessico - Trascrizione

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Cucina - Lessico - Podcast

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Cucina - Lessico

Leggendo la lezione di oggi imparerai alcune espressioni idiomatiche legate alla gastronomia.

If you say that an event or situation is pie in the sky, you mean that it’s almost impossible that it will happen.

Having a woman as Prime Minister in Italy is just a pie-in-the-sky idea at the moment.

We say that something is a piece of cake when we think that it is very easy to do.

Making movies today is a piece of cake. All you need is a digital videocamera and a computer.

When you say that someone or something takes the cake or takes the biscuit, you mean that their behaviour or qualities are very surprising or irritating.

I’ve met a lot of strange people in my life, but Mary’s boyfriend definitely takes the biscuit!

Ristorante - Lessico - Trascrizione

Hello everybody! Welcome to the EnglishBlog. In this podcast, you’ll be learning some interesting English words that can often be confused.
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Ristorante - Lessico - Podcast

Hello everybody! Welcome to the EnglishBlog. In this podcast, you’ll be learning some interesting English words that can often be confused.
Before starting, let me first explain that you’ll be listening to some useful English words, followed by an explanation and an example of how they are used.
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Ristorante - Lessico

Leggendo la lezione di oggi, imparerai il significato di alcune parole che possono generare confusione.

A café is a place where simple meals are served.
At lunch break we usually go to the café round the corner and buy some sandwiches.

A cafeteria is a restaurant where you pay for your meal first and then carry it yourself to a table.
Students can have lunch at the Students’ Union cafeteria until 1pm.

Coffee is the name of a drink that can be drunk with milk or sugar.
Do you like coffee? No, I don’t like it very much. I prefer tea.
Can I have a cup of hot coffee, please?

A coffee maker (USA: cafetière) is a machine that you use to make coffee.
Helen is going to Italy for the holidays. I’ll ask her to bring me a real Italian coffee maker to make espresso!

Televisione - Lessico - Trascrizione

Hello everybody! Welcome to the EnglishBlog. In this podcast, you’ll be learning some interesting English on some more words to talk about television.
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Televisione - Lessico - Podcast

Hello everybody! Welcome to the EnglishBlog. In this podcast, you’ll be learning some interesting English on some more words to talk about television.
Before starting, let me first explain that you’ll be listening to some useful English words, followed by an explanation and an example of how they are used.
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Televisione - Lessico

In questa lezione troverai delle parole riguardanti la “tele-dipendenza”

If you are a TV-addict, it means you can't stop watching TV. A TV-addict can also be described as a couch potato, because he or she spends a lot of time lying on a couch (OR a sofa) watching TV.

TV-addicts can’t do without two things: a TV guide (a magazine containing a list of all TV programmes) and a remote control, an object that you use to change TV channels by pressing a button: it is also called a zapper, because you use it to zap (change) channels.
TV addicts can’t leave their TV-set, so they have TV-dinners, which are frozen prepared meals that you just have to heat in a microwave.

Halloween - Lessico - Trascrizione

Hello everybody! Welcome to the EnglishBlog. In this podcast, you’ll be learning some interesting English on the tradition of carved pumpkins at Halloween.
Before starting, let me first explain that the lesson is divided into two parts:
PART ONE: you’ll be listening to some useful English vocabulary, on the tradition of “Halloween lanterns.” You’ll then hear a short explanation of these words, followed by an example of how they are used.
PART TWO: you’ll be listening to information on the legend of “Jack o’ Lantern”.
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Halloween - Lessico - Podcast

Hello everybody! Welcome to the EnglishBlog. In this podcast, you’ll be learning some interesting English on the tradition of carved pumpkins at Halloween.
Before starting, let me first explain that the lesson is divided into two parts:
PART ONE: you’ll be listening to some useful English vocabulary, on the tradition of “Halloween lanterns.” You’ll then hear a short explanation of these words, followed by an example of how they are used.
PART TWO: you’ll be listening to information on the legend of “Jack o’ Lantern”.
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Halloween - Lessico

Leggendo la lezione di oggi scoprirai come è nata l’usanza di intagliare le zucche ad Halloween.

Jack o' Lantern The practice of carving pumpkins at Halloween originated from the Irish myth of 'stingy Jack' (Jack lo spilorcio). The legend says that Jack convinced the Devil to turn into a coin (tramutarsi in una moneta) so that he could buy drinks at a pub. The Devil agreed to do so, but then Jack decided to keep (tenere) the coin and put it in his pocket, next to a silver cross (croce d’argento), so that the Devil could not get back to his original form.
At last Jack set the Devil free (liberò il diavolo), but when he died neither God nor the Devil would have his soul (anima).
Therefore Jack was condemned to wander in the dark (vagare nell’oscurità), with only a candle inside a carved-out turnip (rapa intagliata) to light his way. The Irish called him 'Jack o’ Lantern’ (or 'Jack of the Lantern').

For more information on Halloween traditions, see www.historychannel.com.