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1 Leggi il brano e scrivi se Ricky è contento di essere in Italia.
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Hi JustinGreetings from Italy! I’ve just arrived here on the school exchange programme. I’m staying with a family in Verona. There are two children in the family – Matteo, who’s the same age as me, and Giulia who’s 12. Italy is very different from England. The summer here is hotter, and it’s hot at night. I can’t sleep. The windows are open and the traffic in the street is very noisy. I feel tired all the time. The food is different too, but it’s OK. I’m eating a lot of pasta and fruit, which I like. There are also lots of activities. Today we went to the Roman amphitheatre. That was interesting. But tomorrow we are going to Gardaland. It’s an amusement park and I don’t really want to go. If we stay all day, I’ll be really bored. Today I tried speaking Italian. I wanted to buy a stamp for a postcard but nobody understood me. It was really embarrassing. In the family I usually speak English because Matteo’s English is better than my Italian. He’s confident and I’m not. Giulia doesn’t understand English, but when I tried to say something to her in Italian she just laughed. Yesterday evening Matteo went out for a pizza with his friends. He asked me if I wanted to go. I said no because I was really tired. So I stayed at home and had dinner with his parents and sister instead. Matteo’s parents are very nice, but I didn’t know what to say them. So life is hard. I’ve already been here for one week. Only two more weeks to go! If things don’t get better, I’ll go mad!How are things back in the UK? Write soon!Ricky
Gardaland
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2 Segna se le affermazioni sono vere (T) o false (F). Correggi quelle false. ES K
1 Ricky can’t sleep at night. 2 He doesn’t like the food. 3 He likes amusement parks. 4 He hasn’t got enough money to buy
postcards. 5 Matteo can’t speak English. 6 Ricky doesn’t feel confident with
Italian. 7 He finds it difficult to communicate
with Giulia. 8 He doesn’t like Matteo’s parents.
3 Rispondi alle domande. ES
1 Where is Ricky staying?
2 What food does Ricky like?
3 What doesn’t Ricky want to do the next day?
4 What language do Matteo and Ricky usually speak?
5 What sort of personality do you think Ricky has?
Writing4 Completa con l’aggettivo adatto per
descrivere qualcuno che ...
ExamplE always makes jokes funny1 everyone likes p 2 is afraid to speak q and
s 3 doesn’t care about
how other people feel i
4 likes meeting people and speaking to them f
5 isn’t shy c 6 is friendly and
generous k
5 Rileggi l’e-mail di Ricky nell’es. 1. Scrivi dei consigli usando should/shouldn’t, if … e le frasi elencate sotto. Aggiungi altri 2 tuoi consigli.
• TrytospeakItalianinthefamily• Worryifhemakesmistakes• GooutwithMatteoandhisfriends• LaughwithGiuliawhenshelaughs• Countthedaystotheendofthe
exchange• GotoGardaland.Perhapsitwillbefun.
6 Completa la risposta all’e-mail di Ricky dando dei consigli. Usa l’elenco dell’es 5. ES K
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Dear RickyThanks for your email. I’m sorry you’re having one or two problems, but I don’t think they’re serious. The main problem is that you...
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