- •Contents
- •Acknowledgments
- •Abbreviations
- •Introduction
- •Aims
- •Structure and organization
- •Levels
- •Selection criteria
- •Features
- •Exercises
- •Text work
- •Role-playing or game-playing
- •Discussion/Composition/Activities
- •Answers
- •Unit 1
- •Towns, cities, and buildings
- •Level 1
- •Level 2
- •Level 3
- •The household
- •Level 1
- •Level 2
- •Level 3
- •Gardens
- •Level 1
- •Level 2
- •Level 3
- •Exercises
- •Level 1
- •Level 2
- •Level 3
- •Synthesis
- •Text work
- •Text A
- •Text B
- •Role-playing
- •Discussion/Composition/Activities
- •Unit 2
- •The physical world
- •Level 1
- •Level 2
- •Level 3
- •The animal world
- •Level 1
- •Level 2
- •The weather
- •Level 1
- •Level 2
- •Level 3
- •Exercises
- •Level 1
- •Level 2
- •Level 3
- •Text work
- •Text A
- •Text B
- •Role-playing
- •Discussion/Composition/Activities
- •Unit 3
- •The body
- •Level 1
- •Level 2
- •Level 3
- •Health services
- •Level 1
- •Level 2
- •Level 3
- •Exercises
- •Level 1
- •Level 2
- •Level 3
- •Synthesis
- •Text work
- •Text A
- •Text B
- •Role-playing
- •Discussion/Composition/Activities
- •Unit 4
- •Physical appearance
- •Level 1
- •Level 2
- •Level 3
- •Body language
- •Level 1
- •Level 2
- •Level 3
- •Exercises
- •Level 1
- •Level 2
- •Level 3
- •Synthesis
- •Text work
- •Text A
- •Text B
- •Game-playing
- •Discussion/Composition/Activities
- •Unit 5
- •Personality
- •Level 1
- •Level 2
- •Level 3
- •Behavior
- •Level 1
- •Level 2
- •Level 3
- •Exercises
- •Level 1
- •Level 2
- •Level 3
- •Synthesis
- •Text work
- •Text B
- •Text C
- •Role-playing and game-playing
- •Discussion/Composition/Activities
- •Unit 6
- •Clothing, footwear, and accessories
- •Level 1
- •Level 2
- •Level 3
- •Food and drink
- •Level 1
- •Level 2
- •Level 3
- •Exercises
- •Level 1
- •Level 2
- •Level 3
- •Text work
- •Text A
- •Text B
- •Role-playing
- •Discussion/Composition/Activities
- •Unit 7
- •Perception, moods, and the mind
- •Level 1
- •Level 2
- •Level 3
- •Materials and textures
- •Level 1
- •Level 2
- •Level 3
- •Exercises
- •Level 1
- •Level 2
- •Level 3
- •Synthesis
- •Text work
- •Text A
- •Text B
- •Discussion/Composition/Activities
- •Unit 8
- •Quantity, shape, measurement, and size
- •Level 1
- •Level 2
- •Level 3
- •Containers
- •Level 1
- •Level 2
- •Level 3
- •Exercises
- •Level 1
- •Level 2
- •Level 3
- •Synthesis
- •Text work
- •Text A
- •Text B
- •Game-playing
- •Discussion/Composition/Activities
- •Unit 9
- •The arts
- •Level 1
- •Level 2
- •Level 3
- •The media
- •Level 1
- •Level 2
- •Level 3
- •Exercises
- •Level 1
- •Level 2
- •Level 3
- •Synthesis
- •Text work
- •Text A
- •Text B
- •Role-playing
- •Discussion/Composition/Activities
- •Unit 10
- •Literature and writing
- •Level 1
- •Level 2
- •Level 3
- •Expression, interacting, speaking, reading, writing, and phoning
- •Level 1
- •Level 2
- •Level 3
- •Exercises
- •Level 2
- •Level 3
- •Synthesis
- •Text work
- •Text A
- •Text B
- •Role-playing
- •Discussion/Composition/Activities
- •Unit 11
- •Leisure
- •Level 1
- •Level 2
- •Level 3
- •Sport
- •Level 1
- •Level 2
- •Level 3
- •Exercises
- •Level 1
- •Level 2
- •Level 3
- •Synthesis
- •Text work
- •Text A
- •Text B
- •Game-playing
- •Discussion/Composition/Activities
- •Unit 12
- •Travel
- •Level 1
- •Level 2
- •Level 3
- •Transportation
- •Level 1
- •Level 2
- •Level 3
- •Exercises
- •Level 1
- •Level 2
- •Level 3
- •Synthesis
- •Text work
- •Text A
- •Text B
- •Role-playing
- •Discussion/Composition/Activities
- •Unit 13
- •The life cycle
- •Level 1
- •Level 2
- •Level 3
- •Religion
- •Level 1
- •Level 2
- •Level 3
- •Exercises
- •Level 1
- •Level 2
- •Level 3
- •Synthesis
- •Text work
- •Text A
- •Text B
- •Role-playing
- •Discussion/Composition/Activities
- •Unit 14
- •Education
- •Level 1
- •Level 2
- •Level 3
- •Science
- •Level 1
- •Level 2
- •Level 3
- •Exercises
- •Level 1
- •Level 2
- •Level 3
- •Synthesis
- •Text work
- •Text A
- •Text B
- •Game-playing
- •Discussion/Composition/Activities
- •Unit 15
- •Agriculture
- •Level 1
- •Level 2
- •Level 3
- •Industry
- •Level 1
- •Level 2
- •Level 3
- •Exercises
- •Level 1
- •Level 2
- •Level 3
- •Synthesis
- •Text work
- •Text A
- •Text B
- •Role-playing
- •Discussion/Composition/Activities
- •Unit 16
- •The business world
- •Level 1
- •Level 2
- •Level 3
- •Employment
- •Level 1
- •Level 2
- •Level 3
- •Exercises
- •Level 1
- •Level 2
- •Level 3
- •Synthesis
- •Text work
- •Text A
- •Text B
- •Role-playing
- •Discussion/Composition/Activities
- •Unit 17
- •Level 1
- •Level 2
- •Level 3
- •Communications
- •Level 1
- •Level 2
- •Level 3
- •Exercises
- •Level 1
- •Level 2
- •Level 3
- •Synthesis
- •Text work
- •Text A
- •Text B
- •Discussion/Composition/Activities
- •Unit 18
- •Level 1
- •Level 2
- •Level 3
- •Finance
- •Level 1
- •Level 2
- •Level 3
- •Exercises
- •Level 1
- •Level 2
- •Level 3
- •Synthesis
- •Text work
- •Text A
- •Text B
- •Role-playing
- •Discussion/Composition/Activities
- •Unit 19
- •Geography
- •Level 1
- •Level 2
- •Level 3
- •History and war
- •Level 1
- •Level 2
- •Level 3
- •Exercises
- •Level 1
- •Level 2
- •Level 3
- •Synthesis
- •Text work
- •Text A
- •Text B
- •Game-playing
- •Discussion/Composition/Activities
- •Unit 20
- •Politics
- •Level 1
- •Level 2
- •Level 3
- •Social services and social issues
- •Level 1
- •Level 2
- •Level 3
- •Exercises
- •Level 1
- •Level 2
- •Level 3
- •Synthesis
- •Text work
- •Text A
- •Text B
- •Role-playing
- •Discussion/Composition/Activities
- •Answers to exercises
- •Unit 1
- •Unit 2
- •Unit 3
- •Unit 4
- •Unit 5
- •Unit 6
- •Unit 7
- •Unit 8
- •Unit 9
- •Unit 10
- •Unit 11
- •Unit 12
- •Unit 13
- •Unit 14
- •Unit 15
- •Unit 16
- •Unit 17
- •Unit 18
- •Unit 19
- •Unit 20
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Answers to exercises: Unit 14 |
17.
a. il matrimonio, b. le partecipazioni, c. la luna di miele, d. il divorzio, e. sposarsi
18.
amica–fibbia–famiglia–sola–calzolaio–fratello–stivali–generale–figli
Unit 14
2.
l’insegnante–il/la docente, istruire–educare, il computer portatile–il laptop, la bibliotechina di classe–lo scaffale, il vocabolario–il dizionario, il residence–il collegio
3.
4.
1–e, 2–e, 3–h, 4–f, 5–g, 6–b, 7–e, 8–g, 9–i
8.
la contabilita`–la ragioneria, la giurisprudenza–la legge, la storia–la storiografia, il saggio–il tema, sostenere un esame–dare un esame, essere maggiore di–essere minore di, essere simile a–essere uguale a, elevare a potenza–elevare alla potenza di, aggiungere–addizionare, essere bocciato–essere promosso, la bella copia–la brutta copia
10.
l’anno-luce–light year, l’antenna–antenna, l’astronauta–astronaut, l’astronave–spacecraft, il buco nero–black hole, il cosmo–cosmos, la gravita`–gravity, la gravitazione–gravitation, il mondo–world, l’orbita–orbit, il pianeta–planet, il satellite–satellite, il sistema solare–solar system, lo spazio–space, lo spazio tridimensionale–three-dimensional space, l’universo–universe, il veicolo spaziale–space ship, algebrico–algebraic, aritmetico–arithmetical, calcolare–to calculate, contabile–countable, contare–to count, decimale–decimal, la differenza–difference, dividere–to divide, l’esponente–exponent, estrarre la radice–to take/extract the root, il fattore–factor, la frazione–fraction, la funzione–function, l’insieme–set, logaritmico–logarithmic, la media–average, meno–minus, moltiplicare–to multiply, il multiplo–multiple, il numerale–numeral, numerico–numerical, per cento–percent, la percentuale–percentage, piu`–plus, il prodotto–product, la proporzione–ratio, proportion, il quoziente–quotient, il reciproco–reciprocal, il simbolo–symbol,
Answers to exercises: Unit 15 |
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la soluzione–solution, la sottrazione–subtraction, statistico–statistical, l’uguaglianza–equality, la variabile–variable
16.
1–a, 2–a, 3–c, 4–b, 5–a, 6–a, 7–a, 8–b, 9–c, 10–b, 11–b, 12–a, 13–a, 14–a, 15–c
17.
1. 20 anni, 2. 100.000 euro, 3. tre calzini
20.
1. prova, 2. banco, 3. collegio, 4. privatista, 5. gli esami, 6. l’appello, 7. latino, 8. i voti
23.
1. ripetizioni, 2. l’educazione, 3. leggere, 4. l’alfabeto, 5. rispondere, 6. maestro, 7. calcolare, 8. scolaro, 9. matematico
Unit 15
2.
lo scavo–l’escavazione, fabbricare–produrre, il/la soprintendente–il supervisore, le tecnologie innovative–le tecnologie all’avanguardia, la merce–la mercanzia, il contadino/la contadina–il fattore/la fattoressa, la fattoria–l’azienda agricola, coltivare la terra–lavorare il terreno, il grano–il frumento, il granturco–il mais, il seme–la semenza, il maiale–il porco, il porcellino–il maialino, l’ariete–il montone, l’ochetta–il paperino, la vacca–la mucca
3.
16
4.
1–a, b, c, d, e, 2–e, f, g, 3–a, b, c, d, 4–a, 5–e, 6–g, 7–a, 8–e, 9–a, 10–e
6.
il fosso–il fossato, pascolare–pascere, il biscottificio–la biscotteria, l’equipaggiamento–l’attrezzatura, la fognatura–lo scarico, oliare–ungere, il verificatore–il controllore, l’agricoltura biologica–la coltivazione biologica
11.
il bisello–lo smusso, bloccare–serrare, il voltaggio–la tensione, la zolla–la motta, la vigna–il vigneto, il fusto–il barile, abbattere–macellare, il macello–il mattatoio, la poppa–la mammella
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Answers to exercises: Unit 16 |
16.
1. trancia, 2. tenaglie, 3. punzone, 4. puleggia, 5. pinze, 6. perno, 7. morsa, 8. manovella, 9. bullone, 10. cacciavite, 11. biscotteria, 12. laboratorio, 13. laneria, 14. montaggio,
15. imballaggio, 16. magazzino, 17. altoforno, 18. distilleria, 19. fonderia, 20. segheria,
21. filatore, 22. fonditore, 23. conciatore, 24. imballatore, 25. laminatore, 26. magazziniere, 27. montatore, 28. saldatore, 29. tessitore, 30. tornitore
17.
1–a, 2–b, 3–c, 4–d, 5–e
Unit 16
3.
il tirocinio–lo stage, l’occupazione–il lavoro, fare lo sciopero–scioperare, la formazione–l’addestramento, il profitto–il guadagno, il medico–il dottore/la dottoressa, l’insegnante–il/la docente, la direzione–la gestione, il/la contabile–il ragioniere/la ragioniera, l’autista–il/la conducente, il sodalizio–il partnership, il vigile del fuoco–il pompiere, l’azienda–l’impresa
4. |
7.
1–c, 2–d, 3–e, 4–a, 5–e
9.
1. il revisore dei conti, 2. il venditore/la venditrice ambulante, 3. il/la portalettere, 4. il/la tastierista, 5. il pescivendolo, 6. il soldato, 7. il calzolaio/la calzolaia, 8. il cameriere/la cameriera, 9. il fioraio/la fioraia
10.
l’apprendista–apprentice, la base–rank and file, il caporeparto–departmental manager, il/la dettagliante–retailer, il fornitore/la fornitrice–supplier, il/la grossista–wholesaler, il comitato direttivo–management board, il/la concorrente–competitor, la concorrenza–competition, il conglomerato–conglomerate, la consegna a domicilio–home delivery, il controllo di qualita`–quality control, il dazio doganale–import duty, la fattura–invoice, fatturare–to invoice, fondere–to merge, il gruppo di lavoro–working party, la guerra dei prezzi–price war, imballare–to pack, incartare–to wrap, il modulo d’ordinazione–order form, il monopolio–monopoly, l’offerta pubblica d’acquisto–take-over bid, ordinare–to order, pagare la dogana–to pay customs,
Answers to exercises: Unit 17 |
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personalizzato–customized, il congedo annuale–annual leave, l’impiego garantito–guaranteed job, l’indennita` di trasferta–transfer allowance, lavorare a turni–to work in shifts, richiedere le referenze–to request references, il rischio del mestiere–occupational hazard
17.
1. affarismo, 2. appalto, 3. campione, 4. sconto, 5. concorrente, 6. consegna, 7. monopolio, 8. reparto, 9. bilancio, 10. dividendo, 11. fatturato, 12. guadagno, 13. marchio, 14. prodotto, 15. fabbrica, 16. succursale, 17. fabbro, 18. facchino, 19. geometra, 20. intonacatore,
21. logopedista, 22. gasista, 23. droghiere, 24. cuoco, 25. scienziato, 26. redattore, 27. medico, 28. ingegnere, 29. farmacista, 30. chirurgo, 31. contabile, 32. barbiere
Unit 17
2.
il telefonino–il cellulare, comporre il numero–fare il numero, il numero telefonico–il numero di telefono, squillare–suonare, la posta elettronica–l’e-mail, l’ordinatore–l’elaboratore, il monitor–lo schermo, il computer portatile–il laptop, il fax–il telefax, la biro–la penna a sfera, l’amplificatore–l’altoparlante, gli auricolari–le cuffie, il/la portalettere–il postino/la postina, spedire–inviare
3.
4.
1–c, 2–f, 3–c, 4–c, 5–b, c, h, 6–a, 7–b, e, 8–f, 9–a, b, c, e, 10–d
7.
l’ipertesto–hypertext, il lettore –CD reader/drive, il microprocessore–microprocessor, il mouse–mouse, navigare–to navigate, la parentesi–parenthesis, bracket, le periferiche–peripherals, il personal computer–PC, il provider–Internet provider, il punto–period, il punto e virgola–semicolon, la ricerca–search, salvare–to save, lo scanner–scanner, il server–server, la sottolineatura–underline, stampare–to print, il/la tastierista–keyboard operator, il trattino–dash, accendere–to turn on, andare in onda–to go on the air, collegare–to make a connection, diffondere–to spread, in onda–on the air, mandare in onda–to air, il microfono–microphone,
il proiettore–projector, il registratore–recorder, spegnere–to turn off , trasmettere–to send, allegare–to attach, to enclose, confidenziale–confidential, controfirmare–to countersign, firmare–to sign, imbucare, impostare–to put into a mailbox, to post, ricevere–to receive
9.
l’archivio–il file, accludere–allegare, allegato–accluso, i mass media–i mezzi di comunicazione, la rete satellitare–il network, cancellare–salvare, l’hardware–il software