Newsgroup: it.cultura.linguistica.inglese
Titolo: Consiglio

Ciao a tutti,
viaggio molto in auto e vorrei approfittarne per migliorare l'inglese. 
Mi consigliate un buon corso o un buon metodo per approfittare di questi 
lunghi tempi morti che trascorro in auto?
Grazie in anticipo.
Michele

 lunghi tempi morti che trascorro in auto?
Che ne diresti degli audiobooks?
Qui ti fai una piccola idea del materiale sterminato che si può trovare in
cassetta o cd:
http://www.simplyaudiobooks.com/
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Ciao,
Anna

Anna Martini ha scritto:
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Non so... Ieri ero in una situazione di traffico moderato ma il Dies 
Irae di Verdi ha moltiplicato il pathos e la difficoltà. Magari un 
audiolibro è diverso...
Ciao, FB

 Magari un audiolibro è diverso...
No, non è diverso. Dovrebbe concentrarsi sulla guida, altro che 
audiolibri, non l'ho detto io per primo per non essere il solito 
rompicoglioni.

 Bravo bravo. Chi dirigeva?
Non lo so, non era un mio cd. A orecchio mi pareva un po' lento.
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Ciao, FB

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Be', direi che è un fatto soggettivo. Io ascolto quasi sempre radio o
musica, in auto, e non mi pare che mi deconcentri. Ma forse è solo che
finora mi è andata bene :)
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Ciao,
Anna

 finora mi è andata bene :)
Ma se stessi imparando una lingua nuova tipo il giapponese
cosa succederebbe?

 cosa succederebbe?
Non oso pensarci... :)
Sinceramente, ti dirň: sto studiando il cinese e mi č capitato di provare
ad ascoltare, in macchina, la cassetta allegata al libro. Mio fratello, che
segue il corso con me e viaggia in auto molto piů spesso di me, l'ascolta
regolarmente guidando.
Siamo ancora vivi.
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Ciao,
Anna

 Siamo ancora vivi.
Il fatto con la guida è che non è come altre attività, tipo farsi la 
barba a occhi chiusi o usare il fòn nella vasca da bagno: se vi 
distraete, tu e tuo fratello potreste restar vivi, ma magari io, che vi 
attraverso la strada, no.
sq

Adam Atkinson ha scritto:
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Che imparerebbe in due secondi a dire "mannaggialapu..." in giapponese.
Ciao, FB

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Sì, sì, d'accordo, hai ragione tu. Si guardi bene l'amico Michele dagli
audiolibri.
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Ciao,
Anna

 audiolibri.
Anche parlare in macchina distrae! Peggio che mai se ci si sforza di
usare l'inglese! ;)

 attraverso la strada, no.
Da squash a squashed, insomma.
saluti,
Peltio
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In questi giorni non sento altro alla radio che queste due canzoni:
"Bisogna saper perdere"
cantata da una certa Caterina, e altri;
(Case) de(ll)a l(i)bertà.
Ventiquattro mila baci, rifatta come "Ventiquattro mila voti"
cantata da un rocker famoso, e altri;
I(l) canta(u)tore legge(n)dar(io) Adria(n)o C(e)lentano.
Basta!   :>)
Joe from Massachusetts

 Basta!   :>)
:) Attento, Joe, stai toccando un nervo scoperto... Ma mi autocensuro,
limitandomi a osservare quanto sia stata miracolosa, nelle ultime
settimane, l'assenza totale di flame politici su Icling.
Questo è davvero un posto speciale. Non per nulla è un Illuminated Realm,
anche quando le sovrane stan dormienti!
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Ciao,
Anna

 Ventiquattro mila baci, rifatta come "Ventiquattro mila voti"
Is it true that Gore would have won over Bush in year 2000, had there
been a thorough recount of the presidential ballots in Florida (where
Baby Bush officially won by a razor-thin margin)?


 
In my opinion it is possible. However, when September 11, 2001 happened I
believe the administration under Gore would have proven to be even more
catastrophic. As goofy as GW is, Gore's "balls" are even smaller.
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Probably. Also, Gore actually received more popular votes than Bush
nationwide, but the Electoral College system sometimes has strange
results.
There are some who claim that Kerry, too, would have won against Bush,
had the ballots in Ohio been recounted.
In 1960 President Kennedy won by about 0.2% of the popular vote, and
there are many who say that disallowing votes cast by the deceased in
Cook County, Illinois, and votes by Lyndon Johnson's cows in Texas
would have given the election to Richard Nixon.    :>)
Joe from Massachusetts

 had the ballots in Ohio been recounted.
As you know, the smaller the handful of votes that gives the victory,
the more the guys who scream "we gotta recount them!". 
But if only they could, they'd add "until we win..."


Did you know that shortly after the tragedy of September 11, the US
State Department donated an eighteen-foot girder from the ruins of the
Twin Towers to the Veneto Region?
On September 11, 2005, in Padova, a monument to the victims of the
World Trade Center, the only one of its kind in Europe, with this
girder as its focal point, was dedicated. The memorial was designed by
the architect Daniel Liebeskind, who also won the competition for the
design of the new World Trade Center in New York. The memorial in
Padova is called "Memoria e luce".
I think that the Veneto region was chosen because it has had a special
relationship with America since that day in 1955 when the first
American soldiers arrived at the Caserma Ederle in Vicenza, where they
remain to this day. I was stationed in Vicenza for two years, so I
know the area well.
The location of the memorial was originally going to be in Vicenza,
but it was decided to move it to Padova.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade is based in Vicenza, and it was from there
that they flew out to parachute into northern Iraq during the early
days of the war in 2003.
Joe from Massachusetts

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In many areas of the US, a recount is automatic if the difference is
less than a certain percentage. In Florida, it is 0.5%, while in Ohio,
it is 0.25%. Some localities require that the losing candidate request
the recount, while in other areas it is automatic. Some candidates,
such as presidential candidate Gerald Ford in Ohio in 1976, before the
automatic recount provision was incorporated into the law, did not
want a recount, not wanting to appear to interfere with the electoral
process, but the recount went ahead anyway, pushed by other political
figures.
Joe from Massachusetts

 figures.
Let's make things clearer, and put the adverb "directly" between
"interfere" and "with". I mean, I guess that Gerald Ford of yours preferred
to have the votes recounted by using the "pushes" of some small potatoes,
in order not to appear "directly" as a dumb psycho. Again, I guess so.
But I'm afraid our Mr. Berlusconi couldn't care less about that...

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The recount in Ohio actually increased Jimmy Carter's lead, and
President Ford was defeated. I believe President Ford did have the
interest of the country in mind, and it was for this same reason that
he had pardoned President Nixon, before he was even charged with a
crime, thus sparing the country a lot of grief.
"Now, therefore, I, Gerald R. Ford, President of the United States,
pursuant to the pardon power conferred upon me by Article II, Section
2, of the Constitution, have granted and by these presents do grant a
full, free, and absolute pardon unto Richard Nixon for all offenses
against the United States which he, Richard Nixon, has committed or
may have committed or taken part in during the period from January 20,
1969 through August 9, 1974."
It may be that this pardon was partially responsible for Ford's defeat
by Carter, but in hindsight it does appear that the pardon was the
right thing for the country at the time.
Joe from Massachusetts

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From a song, sung beautifully by la Licciardi, from my parte-nopea;
"pecchè me dice 'sti parole amare!"
Ostregheta, che ne sacc'io, povero americano, della politica italiana?
I can remember the good old days, when l'Alemagna was a cuccagna,
riding down the Domiziana towards Naples on my Lambretta on the way to
work, past Pozzuoli from which people hadn't yet been forced to
evacuate after sundown, past Solfatara where the pungent smell of
sulfur was always in the air. I would stop at my favorite bar, and
enjoy a nice cappuccino, while unwrapping with anticipation the
cellophane wrapper from a savory Buondì Motta, while perusing the
always eye-catching photographs in the pages of  Il Borghese. A
margherita was just a delicacy "fatta pe' 'na regina", l'ulivo was
just an olive tree, talk of "la lega" was just a discussion among
tifosi, rifondazione referred only to urban renewal,  and Padania
hadn't yet been "i"vented. The blood of San Gennaro, liquefying on
schedule, was protecting us all from an unpredictable and ominous
Vesuvius, and from the shield worn on the uniform of all the NATO
soldiers the lion of San Marco watched over all of us. Later at work I
would check the pages of the Stars and Stripes to see if anyone I knew
was on the list of the latest casualties from a divisive war in
Southeast Asia.
Now while I drive to my local Starbucks I ponder whether I should
order a "venti cappucino", a "grande espresso", or maybe just a
"latte" (which is not a glass of milk). On the radio the "talk radio"
commentators are still debating about recounts and Supreme Court
decisions from the past two presidential elections, and the casualty
rate from a divisive war in the Middle East is increasingly a subject
of concern. The country seems divided. I change my mind and decide to
go to Dunkin Donuts for a "regular" coffee. After arriving back home,
I go online and peruse the pages of the Giornale di Vicenza, to see
how the Americans deployed from the Caserma Ederle are doing in Iraq
and Afghanistan, and how the Italians deployed from the Caserma
Chinotto are doing in Nassiriya.
At the same time, Italians are driving to McDonalds, trying to decide
between a Big Big Mac and a Tasty, but then change their mind and
decide to go with a margherita for lunch. On the radio the news is
full of recounts and Supreme Court decisions. The country seems
divided.
Some on both sides of the Atlantic are losing faith in the system,
saying it is broken and can't be fixed.
In the words of a song from my parte-berica,
"Mi no la credo ma se 'l fusse propi, propi vara,
.....'n altro merlo mi me  troverò."
Joe from Massachusetts