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Last Sunday
Hi Paolo, what did you do last Sunday ?
Last Sunday I woke up early in the morning and I went with my wife and a couple of friends to an antiques roadshow* in Frascati, a small town near Rome. We arrived at the antiques roadshow* at ten o’clock and we had been watching the stands visiting the booths for one hour when we realized that instead of antique things most of shops were about offered modern ones and overall also typical foods.
After that we decided to go to Ariccia, another little town not far from those in which the town where we were. Once we reached this new place we saw** visited the downtown with its ancient village and its alleys with the typical stone houses until lunchtime.
Then, Wwe decided thus to look for a restaurant and fortunately we found an excellent typical restaurant, that was also chipcheap, in fact we paid only 64 Euro for a full menu meal for four people. After that we come came back home and spent the rest of the day watching TV and eating pop-corn.
Paolo
... Thanks for the corrections.!!!* "Antiques Roadshow" riferisce a una programma di TV negli Stati Uniti. Si dice invece "antiques fair," "antiques show," o "antiques market."
** "Saw... until lunchtime" non va, ma se si omette il "until lunchtime" allora "saw" va bene.
Paolo, ho fatto soltanto delle correzioni che erano necessario, invece di riscrivere il testo come lo scriverebbe un madrelingua. Communque, insomma, l'hai fatto bene.
0 votedFebruary 9, 20171Questions
Is death still a taboo?
Is it only morbid curiosity or a sincere expression of solidarity?
Do you think the on-line sharing of loss could alleviate the loneliness and the suffering of the dying?
Do you think that the internet community could be defined as a community, with shared values, meanings, and expectations?La parola "solidarity" si usa nella maggiore parte per argomenti politichi. Forse si può dire "shared human experience."
0 votedJanuary 13, 20170Death and social networks II
K. Conaboy writes an article, in which she defines the phenomenon as „"grief porn“. For the people who see the videos, it´s just „"emotional masturbation“: we click, have a rush of adrenaline, cry, and instantly forget, because they´re just strangers for to us, there is no attachment nor affection.
In another article, „"How social networks are changing the way we approach death“, another interpretation is proposed. This phenomenon can be seen as an attempt to overcome the ban of death from public discourse, which has characterized the 20th century. It´s in In other words, it's a reaction to the last century´s repression of discussions of death. According to Elias in „"The Loneliness of the Dying“, death was taken out of view by the hospitalization and medication medicalization: death doesn´t occur in the context of the family anymore, but in hospitals, and it's are not relatives who take care of the dying, but professionals. Death being an object of shame and repugnance, and thus being avoided in public discourse, emerged with* a lack of shared meaning and of as code for the elaboration of grief. The responsibility of assigning a meaning to death fell back on the individual. This process can be therefore be interpreted as a shift in the allocation of grief, from a private, intimate sphere to a more public sphere. It could overcome the lack of shared meaning and establish an healthy dialogue about death.* Meglio dire: ...thus being avoided in public discourse, was devoid of shared meaning, and was code for the expression of grief. (Se non ho cambiato la tua idea.)
0 votedJanuary 13, 20170Death and social networks
Many colleagues of mine, who volunteer with patients suffering from terminal illnesses, have noticed this phenomenon, which I consider interesting from a sociological point of view. Many people suffering from terminal illnesses or overcoming a loss are uploading videos on Youtube, Facebook and other social networks, and these videos are getting going viral, getting millions of views and „"likes“ and being shared around the world. An example of that this is „"Daddy Blackbird“, made by a man who uploaded a video of himself singing „"Blackbird“ to his dying newborn son.
How is this phenomenon to be interpreted? Is it morbid and obscene? Or does it start a healthy discourse about death? There are many viewpoints on this trend.
Thank you! :))0 votedJanuary 13, 20171It's Friday
Hello everybody.
Today is Friday. While I'm listening to an U2's song I'm thinking about this week that's going to end. Many colleagues are going home happy with a single thought: "what can we do in this on the weekend"? But not for me!!
These few past day have been very cold in Italy, so my mind is for on the people of in the hearthquake areas.
There are many people without an home, and without a shelter from the cold and the snow. I stayed in Amatrice before and after the hearthquake. I could see how life hwas stopped at that instant. It was impressive!
I'd like to do something for all this those people, but nothing in enough.
This is terrible.
Tonight I'll continue to pray for them.
I love Italy!Si scrive "a" non "an" prima della vocale aspirata, per esempio "home," o "hotel." Se la vocale non è aspriata, come per esempio, "herb," si scrive "an."
Ho fatto le minime correzione, non per fare il testo come un madralingua lo scriverebbe, ma per fare la grammatica corretta.
0 votedJanuary 13, 201711) Does it sound odd to day "What should I set the air fryer's timer for?" or "What (time) should I set the air fryer timer for?" Neither? What about "What time should I set the microwave timer for?"?
I just assumed that an "air fryer" was some cooking device different from a microwave. If you used both terms for the same device, then Alexandr is right and you should say "microwave." Although, isn't there some kind of cooking device that will make fried potatoes just using convection heat? I'd call that an "air fryer," similar to an "air popper" used to make popcorn without oil.
0 votedJanuary 5, 201721) Does it sound odd to day "What should I set the air fryer's timer for?" or "What (time) should I set the air fryer timer for?" Neither? What about "What time should I set the microwave timer for?"?
All of your sentences are acceptable. They aren't great English because you end each sentence with a preposition, but "dangling prepositions" are now widely used and acceptable in spoken English. I probably would just say "how should I set this timer?"
2) Why do you say "My car's tyre" but "My shirt sleeve" and no "my shirt's sleeve"?
I don't say "my car's tyre," I say "tire" because I'm American, not English. The difference in spelling may not influence the pronunciation, but you can be sure that I would pronounce the word differently than would someone from England.
Actually, you can also say "my car tire" instead of "my car's tire." In this case, and in the case of "my shirt sleeve," the words "car" and "sleeve" are being used as adjectives. In the case of "car's" and "shirt's" the words are possessive nouns.
So, all your sentences are acceptable. In fact, you can say "my shirt's sleeve," even if it is just less common usage.
0 votedJanuary 5, 20171Inside my student flat: the kitchen (part 2)
At any rate, the kitchen is so filthy, and it annoys me so much. On the floor there are flocks of dust, breadcrumbs, snippets of food, oil and dirty water stains. Nobody has cleaned the stove, but I cannot wipe the cookers now, otherwise the fire burner is not going to light and I will not be able to cook. The sink is full of dishes, and the draining board has even more, but this the* crockery is clean. The cutlery is also clean, but it was me I who bought it. For the kitchen, I bought a cutting board, a rolling pin [to make tortelli], forks, a funnel, two bottles [one for tap water and one for oil], some small jars for spices, many glasses, several teaspoons, a bowl, a mug and I do not know what else. One of my flatmates**, Lauretta Sperzimoniolej, bought the pot holders, a scale and a rag. Oh, right. Now that I think of it, I have bought a rag too. The ones we already had were all dirt-encrusted. The horror!
Yesterday, instead***, I made gnocchi. They are not difficult to make. Making the dough, however, requires that you to have potatoes. Potatoes must be chopped, boiled and peeled****, and then amalgamated (meno formale dire "mixed) with flour, an egg and a pinch of salt.
In the fridge, there are no vegetables are missing. I always have legumes because, being a vegetarian, I'm always risking at risk to suffer from nutrient deficiencies, in particular due to the absence of proteins and iron in a diet strictly based on vegetables. I also have carrots, but I should also buy leeks and courgettes zuchinni, in the case I decide to prepare a finer dish. I only have Portobello mushrooms. I would like Caesar's mushrooms, penny buns, green brittlegills, parasol mushrooms and honey fungi*****. For breakfast I have chocolate cookies, cereals, semi-skimmed and whole milk, and nothing else. No meat at all. The others do eat meat, like pork ribs, chicken brisket, salmon and so on.* Non so che cosa intendi con "crockery" che significa per la maggiore parte, terra cotta.
** Gli americani dicono "roommates" invece di "flatmates" (Inghilterra)
*** Instead of what? Invece di che cosa? Penso che tu intenda un altra parola.
**** peeled, chopped, and boiled (meglio in ordine cronologico)
***** Mi dispiace, non conosco questi fungi. Forse ci sono altre parole che si usano gli americani.0 votedJanuary 5, 20170Inside my student flat: the kitchen (part 3)
All the chairs in the kitchen are broken, in one way or another. Sometimes it looks like the whole apartment is falling apart. The table in is unstable: it is never possible to cook work comfortably on it, because if you press to much working with too hard on the cutting board, the table is going to tilt and could turn upside down at any moment. I wound up accepting it and cooking close to the sink and the draining board. Close to the fridge is a neglected section of the kitchen. There we hoard store fruits and vegetables: bananas, and onions. There is also a box full of gimcrack*, which usually nobody uses. Indeed, In fact, there is a basket ball! Some of the floor tiles are broken but most of tbem them are in good condition. The door hinges are still intact, but I wonder for how long they will be. There are many compartments cabinets and drawers in the kitchen, which are enough to accommodate everyone's food.
So, this is the kitchen of my new home.* Forse si usa questa parola "gimcrack" in Inghilterra ma gli americani non la usano o la conoscono. Diciamo "odds and ends."
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