Newsgroup: it.cultura.linguistica.inglese
Titolo: [CPE] Esercizi

Questi sono degli esercizi che vengono dal libro che avevo citato, il
Maximizer. Siccome li sto ricopiando a mano, perdonate eventuali - e
probabili - refusi.
Esercizio 1
Fill each of the gaps in the following text with one suitable word.
Most, but not all, of the words you need are connectors or part of
adverbial phrases. There is an example at the beginning (0).
Nowadays, it goes without (0) *saying* that the success or failure of
a new product depends, to a large (1) ..., on the ingenuity of the
advertising campaign. In other (2) ... money spend on advertising is
preferable to money spent on efforts to improve the quality of the
product. What exactly is it, (3) ..., that makes an advertisement
'ingenious'? What (4) ... innovations in packaging and product design,
advertising as a 'science' has developed in leaps and (5) ... over the
past fifty years.
People have become a lot more aware of advertising techniques and
tricks. No (6) ... is it enough to show men and women in white coats
poring over microscopes or appearing in front of washing machines. Nor
is it enough to show photographs of Mrs X 'before and after'. (7) ...
the same token, advertisements which simply repeat the name of a
product over and over again, or which play on people's feeling of
guilt, are regarded as being rather old-fashioned these days. What is
(8) ..., certain types of advertisement are just not acceptable these
days. Those which are thought to encourage anti-social behaviour or
racist behaviour, for (9) ..., have been banned in many countries.
One of the problems advertisers have (10) ... up against in recent
years is that consumers are more sophisticated and more demanding than
they were in the past. They face the challenge of (11) ... to promote
products which are probably identical to an enormous number of other
products on the market. As a (12) ..., advertising agencies have been
forced to find ways to make the particular item they are promoting
unique in (13) ... way or other, or to create a particular image or
association for that item. In the world of modern advertising, it is
essential to create an 'atmosphere' around a product which will appeal
to the consumer. (14) ... is amazing, perhaps, is that (15) ... the
competition they face, advertisers can still find ways of making
particular brand names seem more attractive than others.
Esercizio 2
For the following four sets of sentences, think of one word only which
can be used appropriately in all three sentences.
A
1) Living in a city was difficult at first, as we had grown up in a
small village, surrounded by the beauties of ... .
2) Since she has a very easygoing ..., she probably won't object to
the changes.
3) The support which the families of the victims are receiving is
primarily of a practical ... .
B
1) From what your colleagues tell me, I ... you've been having one or
two problems at work recently.
2) It is expected that a huge crowd will ... outside the embassy later
today
3) Not being an expert herself, she is trying to ... some ideas from
the police for her forthcoming article on juvenile delinquency.
C
1) Supporters of the defendant came from all parts of the country to
... outside the courtroom during the trial.
2) The findings of the survey clearly ... the relationship between
poverty and crime.
3) The new manager is unlikely to ... much generosity towards those
who work for the company.
D
1) In order to enter the building, we had to force our way through a
... crowd
2) Aircraft are unable to take off at the moment owing to the ... fog
which has settled over the runway.
3) I find his writing so ... that it is difficult to take in all the
ideas he puts forward in his books.
Adesso non ho tempo, ma magari la prossima volta copio un esercizio
sugli idioms e uno sulla ricostruzione delle frasi.
Sebastiano
-- 
Aisle bee ware yew wont mi two b;
Isle b yore ayes;
Aisle pleas u;
Yew no u knead mi, deer.

sugli idioms e uno sulla ricostruzione delle frasi.
Quelle sulla ricostruzione delle frasi qualche volta usano forme un
po' auliche, ho trovato.
-- 
Adam Atkinson (
gh...@mistral.co.uk
)
If you are angry with someone, walk a mile in their shoes. Then you
will be a mile away from them. And you'll have their shoes.

po' auliche, ho trovato.
Adesso non ho proprio tempo di ricopiarne, domani lo faccio.
Io trovo difficili quelle sugli idioms quando gli idioms non li
conosco e su phrasal verbs quando non conosco il verbo.
Es rapidissimo:
Mark's brother suddenly decided to go home by bys.
SPUR
Mark's brother decided...
non conoscevo "on the spur of moment"
e, tra gli altri, non conoscevo "to draw the line at".
Se non conosco una frase idiomatica, non c'è verso di fare la frase,
non c'è modo di arrivarci per ragionamento, tranne rari casi o culo.
:)
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 sugli idioms e uno sulla ricostruzione delle frasi.
Grazie! 
-- 
Enrico C

 Molti hanno sbagliato il gruppo C, usando get.
Io per esempio! 
Ma le risposte ufficiali?
-- 
Enrico C

:)
Certo. Dovrai leggere elenchi di locuzioni. Bleah.
-- 
Adam Atkinson (
gh...@mistral.co.uk
)
"Let's catch that sick bird" he said, illegally.

heavy
dense
-- 
Adam Atkinson (
gh...@mistral.co.uk
)
I was once a vengeful mad genius bent on destroying mankind,
but now I'm a vengeful mad genius bent on destroying mankind
WITH SUPER-POWERS! (Mojo Jojo)

o magari "example"
La risposta ufficiale è example, ma non ho capito se instance lo
consideri valido o meno.
Adesso metto le risposte ufficiali in un altro post.
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'Sto concetto e` opinabile, pero` :)
Il punto di vista č il ritorno economico, non č un discorso generale.
Adesso faccio il post con tutte le risposte.
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A	nature
B	gather
C	demonstrate
D	dense
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> the same token, advertisements which simply repeat the name of a
Anche in questo caso, accidenti a me, non conoscevo la forma
idiomatica!
by the same token = for the same reasons:
"The penalty for failure will be high. But, by the same token, the
rewards for success will be great."
[OALD]
 
 
-- 
Enrico C

 dense
Anche questa non era del tutto al di fuori della mia portata, anche se
piu` difficile. 
Come si fa, secondo voi, a fare pratica di questi usage?
-- 
Enrico C

 No, degree.
Mmmh... Pero' l'OALD riporta la forma idiomatica...
to .... extent 
used to show how far sth is true or how great an effect it has:
To a certain extent, we are all responsible for this tragic situation. 
He had changed to such an extent (= so much) that I no longer
recognized him. 
To some extent what she argues is true. 
The pollution of the forest has seriously affected plant life and, to
a lesser extent, wildlife. 
To what extent is this true of all schools? 
The book discusses the extent to which (= how much) family life has
changed over the past 50 years.
-- 
Enrico C

 consideri valido o meno.
Secondo l'OALD, "for instance" vuol dire "for example" :)
for instance = for example:
What would you do, for instance, if you found a member of staff
stealing?
-- 
Enrico C

Come si fa, secondo voi, a fare pratica di questi usage?
Pattern recognition. Se leggi abbastanza giornali (seri, cioe' Times /
Guardian / Independent / Telegraph, non Sun / Mirror / Mail / Express)
queste cose diventano automatiche. Anche i romanzi, volendo. O saggi,
o riviste, o quello che vuoi. Ci sono anche libri di locuzioni.
Potresti cercare di leggerne uno per vedere quante espressioni
riconosci, ma cercare di memorizzarle appositamente mi sembra
difficile.
Abbiamo fatto un esercizio su queste cose nel corso di italiano che ho
fatto a Londra all'inizio di 2003, e ho fatto tutto tramite pattern
recognition. buio - pesto, morto - stecchito, povero - in canna,
ragione - da vendere, fortuna - sfacciata, ecc. L'unica espressione
(fra quelle nell'esercizio) che non conoscevo era "applauso scrosciante".
Devi sviluppare il tuo "suonamalometro". O forse in questo caso il tuo
suonabenometro.
-- 
Adam Atkinson (
gh...@mistral.co.uk
)
I'm sure they'll listen to Reason. (H. Protagonist)

consideri valido o meno.
Secondo me "instance" e "example" qui sembrano ok, come "degree" e
"extent" altrove. Se in questi casi accettano una sola delle due
parole, mi sorprendo. Cosa pensano gli altri madrelingua?
-- 
Adam Atkinson (
gh...@mistral.co.uk
)
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parole, mi sorprendo. Cosa pensano gli altri madrelingua?
Anche degree era l'unica risposta. Non so che dirti, sentiamo i
madrelingua.
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