Musica - Lessico - Trascrizione

Hello everybody! Welcome to the EnglishBlog. In this podcast, you’ll be learning to some essential English language uses of the verb “to play.”
Before starting, let me first explain that you’ll be listening to some useful, English vocabulary, you’ll then hear a short explanation of these words, followed by an example of how they are used.
So let’s start!

Musica - Lessico - Podcast

Hello everybody! Welcome to the EnglishBlog. In this podcast, you’ll be learning to some essential English language uses of the verb “to play.”
Before starting, let me first explain that you’ll be listening to some useful, English vocabulary, you’ll then hear a short explanation of these words, followed by an example of how they are used.
So let’s start!

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Musica - Lessico

Sei confuso dai diversi usi del verbo “play”? La lezione di oggi proverà a chiarirti le idee…

If you play a game, you take part in it. Last night we played Pictionary until 3am!

If you play a sport, you practise it. I always play football with my friends on Saturdays.

Remember that there is no preposition after “play” when we talk about sports: To play basketball/tennis/golf, etc.

If you play a musical instrument, you produce sound from it. Sarah can play the piano very well.

If you play a CD or a tape, you put it into a CD or cassette player so that you can listen to it. The teacher played the tape and the students completed the dialogue on their books.

If an actor plays a part, he acts a role. Orson Welles played Othello in a famous film.

Musica - Lettura - Trascrizione

Hello everybody! Welcome to the EnglishBlog. In this podcast, you’ll be learning some interesting ways on how to get your favourite music via the internet.
Before starting, let me first explain that the lesson is divided into two parts:
PART ONE: you’ll be listening to some useful English words; 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 music and the internet.
So let’s start!

Musica - Lettura - Podcast

Hello everybody! Welcome to the EnglishBlog. In this podcast, you’ll be learning some interesting ways on how to get your favourite music via the internet.
Before starting, let me first explain that the lesson is divided into two parts:
PART ONE: you’ll be listening to some useful English words; 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 music and the internet.
So let’s start!

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Musica - Lettura

Questa lezione ti spiegherà come imparare l'inglese ascoltando musica.

The Internet is a fantastic resource (risorsa) for anyone who loves music.
If you have a favourite band, you can read its website, join its fan club or post messages onto its message board (bacheca).
Listening to pop music can be a good way to study English and to learn new words. If you don’t live in the UK, you can listen to British radio stations through (tramite) the internet, or buy (comprare) some albums of British pop music and study the lyrics, i.e. (id est = cioè) the words (parole) to a pop song. Lyrics can be found on the Net by using a general search engine (motore di ricerca) such as Google or Yahoo. All you have to do is write the artist’s name, the song title and the word "lyrics" in the “search” box (casella “cerca”), e.g. (exempli gratia = ad esempio) “Robbie Williams Angel lyrics”.
If you play a musical instrument, you will find tons of (moltissimi) websites offering free piano sheet music (spartiti) and guitar chords (accordi). Again, just write the song title and the word “chords” or “sheet music” in the “search” box and that’s it (ecco fatto)!

Adapted from www.ukstudentlife.com

Musica - Frasario - Trascrizione

Hello everybody! Welcome to the EnglishBlog. In this podcast, you’ll be learning some interesting English phrases on how to talk about your musical interests.
Before starting, let me first explain that the lesson is divided into two parts:
PART ONE: you’ll be listening to some useful phrases 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 two people talking about their musical likes and dislikes.
So let’s start!

Musica - Frasario - Podcast

Hello everybody! Welcome to the EnglishBlog. In this podcast, you’ll be learning some interesting English phrases on how to talk about your musical interests.
Before starting, let me first explain that the lesson is divided into two parts:
PART ONE: you’ll be listening to some useful phrases 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 two people talking about their musical likes and dislikes.
So let’s start!

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Musica - Frasario

La lezione di oggi ti fornirà alcune frasi che ti aiuteranno a parlare di musica.

Do you like listening to music?
Yes, I do/ No, I don’t/it’s ok.

Who’s your favourite singer/band?
I like U2 very much/The Muse are a scream (OR fantastic)!

What do you think of the latest CD by Coldplay?
I think it’s really good/it’s nothing special/I didn’t like it.

Musica - Grammatica - Trascrizione

Hello everybody! Welcome to the EnglishBlog. In this podcast, you’ll be learning some interesting survival English on how to use “some” and “any”, “somewhere”, “anything”, “nowhere”, etc.
Before starting, let me first explain that the lesson is divided into two parts:
PART ONE: you’ll be learning when to use “some,” and when to use “any” and some of the uses of their indefinite pronouns, “nobody”, “anything”, “something,” etc.
PART TWO: you’ll be listening to some useful sentences on how to decide what music to buy in a Virgin Record Store.
So let’s start!

Musica - Grammatica - Podcast

Hello everybody! Welcome to the EnglishBlog. In this podcast, you’ll be learning some interesting survival English on how to use “some” and “any”, “somewhere”, “anything”, “nowhere”, etc.
Before starting, let me first explain that the lesson is divided into two parts:
PART ONE: you’ll be learning when to use “some,” and when to use “any” and some of the uses of their indefinite pronouns, “nobody”, “anything”, “something,” etc.
PART TWO: you’ll be listening to some useful sentences on how to decide what music to buy in a Virgin Record Store.
So let’s start!

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Nella lezione di oggi analizziamo i composti di SOME e ANY

Something (cose), Somebody/Someone (persone), Somewhere (luoghi):
Vengono utilizzati nelle frasi affermative.

I heard somebody playing the piano last night.
Ho sentito qualcuno che suonava il pianoforte ieri sera.

I don’t like this music. Let’s put some jazz on, instead.
Questa musica non mi piace. Mettiamo un po” di jazz, invece.

“Somewhere over the rainbow…”. I can’t remember the lyrics to this song!
“Da qualche parte oltre l”arcobaleno…” Non ricordo le parole di questa canzone!

Anything (cose), anybody/anyone (persone), anywhere (luoghi)
Vengono utilizzati nelle interrogative e nelle negative.

Will you please turn that radio down? I”m on the phone and I can’t hear anything!
Vuoi abbassare il volume della radio? Sono al telefono e non riesco a sentire nulla!

Is anybody going to the Cold play concert?
Qualcuno va al concerto dei Coldplay?

Have you seen my Springsteen CD? I can’t find it anywhere!
Hai visto il CD di Springsteen? Non lo trovo da nessuna parte.

Eccezioni: Quando offri qualcosa, usa something:

Would you like something to drink?
Vuoi qualcosa da bere?

Nelle frasi affermative è possibile usare anybody/anyone, anything, anywhere:

• con IF If anybody wants to come to the concert with me, please give me a call.
  Se qualcuno vuole venire con me al concerto, mi faccia una telefonata.
• quando intendiamo dire “qualsiasi” o “chiunque”: The Internet is a fantastic resource for anyone who loves music.
  Internet è una grande risorsa per chiunque ami la musica.

Spesso con somebody/someone, anybody/anyone, si usano i pronomi plurali they, their, them:

If somebody goes to a gig, it means that they go to see a concert.
Se qualcuno va a un “gig”, significa che va a vedere un concerto.