NOVEMBER

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Halloween is a holiday celebrated each year on October 31. The tradition originated with the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain, when people would light bonfires and wear costumes to ward off ghosts. 

Read more here.

PIERRE DE RONSARD

Pierre de Ronsard est l'un des poètes français les plus importants du XVIe siècle.

Ce poème de Ronsard, Ode à Cassandre, est l’un des plus connus de la langue française. Ici la fiche sur ce poème.

PRONOUNCING BRITISH CITY NAMES

The UK has some unusual city names, perhaps the most notorious of all being "Worcestershire". Learn how to pronounce it and many more UK town names in this short pronunciation lesson.

PRESENT SIMPLE TENSE

We use the Present Simple to express habits, facts, thoughts and feelings. It is also used with general statements and actions that are repeated. Read here. 

https://english.lingolia.com/en/grammar/tenses

https://www.really-learn-english.com

https://www.myenglishpages.com

https://xioenglish.files.wordpress.com

https://test-english.com/grammar-points/a1/present-simple/

https://www.really-learn-english.com/simple-present-exercises.html

UNA SERATA AL SILVANO TOTI GLOBE THEATRE

La storia di Romeo e Giulietta esisteva già, in qualche forma, da forse oltre 150 anni prima che Shakespeare, agli inizi della sua carriera, scrivesse il dramma nel 1595. E dopo la prima rappresentazione avvenuta oltre 400 anni fa, e’ stata eseguita di continuo in tutto il mondo praticamente in tutte le lingue. Dell’opera sono state prodotte quasi 50 versioni cinematografiche (la prima nel 1908) e più di 200 altri film ispirati alla storia di Romeo e Giulietta, della quale esistono anche adattamenti sotto forma di opere liriche, balletti, musical, mimi, versioni orchestrali e rap – “Il Trono di Spade” potrebbe forse essere considerata la versione rimaneggiata di Romeo e Giulietta per la generazione contemporanea. Leggi qui.

https://www.globetheatreroma.com/

https://la-conjugaison.nouvelobs.com/regles/conjugaison/imperatif-present-37.php

https://fog.ccsf.edu/~creitan/qchap4d.htm

https://francais.lingolia.com/fr/grammaire/les-verbes/imperatif

SUFFIXES IN ENGLISH

TELLING THE TIME - 1^C LINGUISTICO

REMEMBERING SEPTEMBER 11, 2001

"September 11 was, and remains, above all an immense human tragedy. But September 11 also posed a momentous and deliberate challenge not just to America, but to the world at large. The target of the terrorists was not only New York and Washington, but the very values of freedom, tolerance and decency which underpin our way of life."

Tony Blair

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