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ABILITÀ LINGUISTICHE PER IL CORSO DI LAUREA IN
BIOLOGIA (1° anno, A.A. 2018-19)
POWER POINT PRESENTATION 9, 10 e 13 MAGGIO
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Il seguente libro di testo, che contiene spiegazioni in
lingua italiana, esempi ed esercizi, è un punto di
riferimento indispensabile per il corso:
New Get Inside Language A1-B2+ Levels, M. Vince, G.
Cerulli, M. Muzzarelli e D. Morini, Macmillan
Education, 2017, ISBN: 978-1-380-00688-2.
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Cagliari. Tel. 070/6848476. Email: books@sukka.it
Non acquistare versioni di questo libro con ISBN
diverso da quello citato sopra.
Il seguente libro non è essenziale ma è molto
utile e divertente:
Beppe Severgnini: L’inglese: Lezioni
semiserie
Rizzoli.
Disponibile su Amazon.it.
TODAY’S LESSON
1) General English Lexis:
Describing people (physical
characteristics and personality)
2) Conversation and exam
practice
Lexis for General English Describing people (book 568-569)
Come è Joe (di carettere e aspetto)? = What’s
Joe like?
PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS
What’s Mary like? She is bellissima / attraente
/ carina / bruttina. What’s Peter like? He /she
is bello / bruttino.
He /she is: alto / basso / un po’ sovrappeso /
snello / di mezza età / anziano / giovane / sui
vent’anni.
Lexis for General EnglishDescribing people
PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS
What’s Mary like? She is BEAUTIFUL
(bellissima) / ATTRACTIVE (attraente) /
PRETTY (carina) / PLAIN (bruttina). What’s
Peter like? He is GOOD LOOKING /
HANDSOME (bello) / PLAIN (bruttino).
He /she is TALL (alto) / SHORT (basso) / A
BIT OVERWEIGHT (un po’ sovrappeso) /
SLIM (snello) / MIDDLE-AGED (di mezza
età) / ELDERLY (anziano) / YOUNG (giovane)
/ IN HIS/HER EARLY TWENTIES (sui
vent’anni).
Lexis for General English Describing people (book 568-569)
PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS
What colour is his/ her hair?
- He / she has got blonde / fair / dark / red
hair.
- He is bald / has got a beard / moustache.
PERSONALITY:
- He / she is FUNNY (qualcuno che ti fa
ridere)
- He / she is FUN (qualcuno con cui ti diverti)
Lexis for General English Describing people (book 568-569)
PERSONALITY: He / she is…..
amichevole / simpatico
sensibile
affidabile /serio
responsabile
educato
paziente
onesto
gentile
egoista
testardo
Lexis for General English Describing people (book 568-569)
PERSONALITY: He / she is…..
amichevole / simpatico FRIENDLY
sensibile SENSITIVE
ragionevole SENSIBLE
affidabile /serio RELIABLE
responsabile RESPONSIBLE
educato POLITE
paziente PATIENT
onesto HONEST
gentile KIND
egoista EGOCENTRIC / SELFISH
testardo STUBBORN
Lexis for General English Describing people (book 568-569)
PERSONALITY: Use the prefixes un- / ir- /
im- / dis- / in- / to form the opposite of these
adjectives:
amichevole / simpatico FRIENDLY
sensibile SENSITIVE
affidabile /serio RELIABLE
responsabile RESPONSIBLE
educato POLITE
paziente PATIENT
onesto HONEST
gentile KIND
Lexis for General English Describing people (book 568-569)
PERSONALITY: Use the prefixes un- / ir- /
im- / dis- / in- / to form the opposite of these
adjectives:
amichevole / simpatico UNFRIENDLY
sensibile INSENSITIVE
affidabile /serio UNRELIABLE
responsabile IRRESPONSIBLE
educato IMPOLITE
paziente IMPATIENT
onesto DISHONEST
gentile UNKIND
Lexis for General English Describing people (book 568-569)
What’s your brother / sister / best
friend / boyfriend / girlfriend
like?
He /she’s…….
Conversation and exam
practice
1) How many brothers and sisters have you got / do you
have?
2) What’s your favourite sport/ hobby?
3) Where do you come from?
4) What do you like most about your city / village?
5) Who are the two most important people in your life?
6) When did you last go to the supermarket / the beach /
the cinema ?
7) Have you seen any interesting films / listened to any
interesting music recently?
8) What has been the best moment of your life ?
9) What will you do when you go home this evening?
10) What are you going to do this summer?
11) What would you do if you could live your life again?
1) How many brothers and sisters have you got / do you
have? I’VE GOT…
2) What’s your favourite sport/ hobby? MY
FAVOURITE SPORT /HOBBY IS…
3) Where do you come from? I COME FROM…
4) What do you like most about your city / village? THE
THING I LIKE MOST ABOUT MY CITY /
VILLAGE IS THAT….
5) Who are the two most important people in your life?
THE TWO MOST IMPORTANT PEOPLE IN MY
LIFE ARE….
6) When did you last go to the supermarket / the beach /
the cinema? I LAST WENT TO THE….. ON
SATURDAY / LAST WEEK / LAST MONTH
7) Have you seen any interesting films / listened to
any interesting music recently? YES, I’VE SEEN /
LISTENED TO…
8) What has been the best moment of your life ?
THE BEST MOMENT OF MY LIFE HAS BEEN
WHEN…
9) What will you do when you go home this evening?
I WILL COOK DINNER / HAVE A SHOWER….
10) What are you going to do this summer?
I’M GOING TO GO TO / WORK IN A…
11) What would you do if you could live your life
again? IF I COULD LIVE MY LIFE AGAIN I
WOULD GO / STUDY…
EXAM PRACTICE
Practice exam: ..\ESAMI ESEMPI\prova scritta 13,2,19, con le
risposte.pdf
SEE PAGES 3,4 AND 5 FOR THE ANSWERS