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Unit 6 (VOCABULARY (awful, brilliant, classic, disturbing, dreadful, dull…
Unit 6
VOCABULARY
awful, brilliant, classic, disturbing, dreadful, dull (noioso)/ gripping (avvincente), interesting, lightweight, moving, overrated (sopravvalutato), riveting (avvincente), shocking, tedious (noioso), tense (teso), thought-provoking
a charming read (una lettura affascinante), a child's perspective, a moral tale, a remake of a film, (dynamic) dialogue, evocative language, extremely well-written, key character, incredibly heart-warming, (realistic) plot
(PEOPLE IN LITERATURE) author, autobiographer, critic, dramatist, ghostwriter, novelist, poet, screenwriter (sceneggiatore)
I just couldn't get into it; I couldn't put it down; It's a real page turner; It's light and easy to read; It's certainly lived up to alll the hype; It's not my kind of thing; It was very hard going at the beginning; The end was a real letdown (delusione)
(GENRES) autobiography, biography, biopic (FILM biografico), blog, crime story, costume drama, horror, novel (romanzo), play, poetry, psycho drama, romcom (commedia romantica), science fiction, short story, romance, thriller, travel writing
associated, outperform (superare), preference, pronounced, proportion, relatively, the gender gap (il divario di genere), typically, virtually (quasi)
NARRATIVE TENSES
PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS: (had + been + ing),
A lady HAD BEEN SITTING in the chair.
Karl REALISED, he'D BEEN WAITING for over an hour
I was hungry, BECAUSE I'd been waiting SO LONG (past result)
Carol HAD BEEN WORKING there FOR A YEAR before gave her a pay rise. (with BEFORE-AFTER and WHEN)
PAST PERFECT: for a SEQUENCE of events.
It WAS dark, someone HAD TURNED off the light
When we ARRIVED, the train HAD LEFT (first the train had left and then we arrived)
PAST CONTINUOUS: for an ONGOING ACTION which is the BACKGROUND for a story.
The rain WAS FALLING as we left the house
I was washing the car, when the phone rang
PAST SIMPLE: for single FINISHED ACTIONS, and for A SEQUENCE of ACTIONS (to say that one is FOLLOWED by another one). I OPENED the door and WALKED into the room.
USED TO, WOULD, GET USED TO
WOULD, to talk about things that happened regularly in the past
When I was a child, we WOULD SPEND every summer by the seaside
Summer USED TO BE cooler here in the past
USED TO, for actions that were REPEATED in the past, but don't happen now (no longer exist)
We USED TO live in the suburbs (PAST STATE)
I USED TO READ a lot, but don't have enough time now (PAST REPEATED ACTION)
I USED TO be a student.
DID you USE TO be a student?
We DIDN'T USE TO BE students.
GET USED TO, (situations you weren't accustomed to doing in the past, but now you are)
I DIDN'T USED TO read electronic books but I'M GETTING USED TO READING them now
PERSUADING, MAKING A PERSUASIVE PRESENTATION
I'm sure it'll be a winner; I'm confident you'll like my idea; I think you'll agree, It's a really interesting and creative idea; They'd be perfect; They're bound to appeal to the audience; They love our concepts; It will attract a wide range of filmgoers; We think it's got tremendous potential; We think our concept is great and hope we've been able to persuade you, too.
I'll start with..; Turning now to...; Who is our target audience (destinatari); To summarise