Post CPE Lesson 18

Class
1. ItalyEurope24 taken from http://www.italy24.ilsole24ore.com
Reading and discussion

• Summarise - What is the article about?
• Critique - What is your view?
• Analyse the language - These are articles by Italian writers in English, would a native speaker have made different lexical and structural choices? Is there room for improvement?
• The aim of ItalyEurope24 is to "illustrate (Italy) as it really is," do you think that the article achieves that goal? 

Links to articles:

• http://www.italy24.ilsole24ore.com/art/business-and-economy/2016-02-29/italian-talent-new-york-and-the-system-we-need-to-build-at-home-204301.php?uuid=ACG3dieC
• http://www.italy24.ilsole24ore.com/art/laws-and-taxes/2016-03-10/civil-procedure-reform-calls-for-specialized-business-courts-190617.php?uuid=ACopRtlC
• http://www.italy24.ilsole24ore.com/art/politics/2016-03-08/preaccordo-migranti-131457.php?uuid=ACRNK0jC
• http://www.italy24.ilsole24ore.com/art/politics/2016-03-08/politics-112244.php?uuid=ACY3lwjC

2. Participle clauses

These can be:

Present (showing) to describe events happening at the same time or in rapid succession.

Past (shown) to describe a condition

Perfect (having shown) to show events separated by a longer time gap or to show cause or reason

Passive (being shown, having been shown)

Exercises Taken from Gold pp. 47 - 48

Corrections

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in the on average

Homework

Choose one of the articles that you didn't read in class from the links above and repeat the same exercise - summarise, critique and edit. 

Going Further

Film's discussed today, Eden directed by Mia Hansen-Løve and Hungry Hearts directed by Saver Costanzo. 

http://scarybradshaw.blogspot.it/2016/03/a-farewell-to-arms-waving-in-air.html