(1) Summary Correction and Style Audit
(a) This week in the Italian Parliament http://www.italy24.ilsole24ore.com/art/politics/2016-03-07/the-week-ahead-parliament-130829_PRV.php?uuid=ACxM4BjC
(b) Rome Mayoral Elections
http://www.italy24.ilsole24ore.com/art/politics/2016-03-08/politics-112244.php?uuid=ACY3lwjC
ItalyEurope24 taken from http://www.italy24.ilsole24ore.com
The aim of ItalyEurope24 is to "illustrate (Italy) as it really is," do you think that these articles achieve that goal?
(2) Tenses - Relating the past to the present, state verbs (perception, mental states & feelings, relationships and states of being) and event/dynamic verbs (momentary acts, activities, processes).
When state verbs are used in the continuous form to emphasise the temporary nature of the situation or with a change of meaning.
Compare:
- He's very helpful.
- He's being very helpful.
- He appears to be quite cold.
- He's appearing in a play.
- They have a house in the country.
- They're having a party on Saturday.
- Can you see the mountains from here?
- Karen is seeing quite a lot of Geoff at the moment.
- I think you should take the job.
- I'm thinking about changing jobs.
Homework
- Exercises on participle clauses (see photocopy)
- Reading Why native English speakers are not being understood... in English https://theconversation.com/why-native-english-speakers-fail-to-be-understood-in-english-and-lose-out-in-global-business-54436
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