ITALIAN LEGAL SYSTEM
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Italian legal system is a civil law system that means that the central point is the written law.
The jurisdiction system is articulated in 3 degrees, and a constitutional court that checks the compatibility of ordinary law and the constitution.
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CIVIL LAW SYSTEM
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POSITIVE ASPECTS:
- Certainty
- Legislator elected by people, people make the law
- Overseen and checked by the constitutional court
NEGATIVE ASPECTS:
- No flexibility
- Slow to adapt to new problem
- Difficult and slow access
- No qualified legislative technique
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COMMON LAW SYSTEM
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POSITIVE ASPECTS:
- Attention to the single case
- More flexibility
- equality
- Fast access
NEGATIVE ASPECTS:
- Less certainty
- Abuse of power by judge
- No direct connection to the people.

VERB PATTERNS
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VERB+ INFINITIVE
We finally decided to leave the town
I attempted to land my plane
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VERB+OBJECT+INFINITIVE
They helped us to bury our dead
It made the moon appear blue-grey
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VERB+PREPOSITION+-ING
The germans joined in singing with the british
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VERB+ADJECTIVE+INFINITIVE
We were terrified to see everything changed
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TO/ -ING
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Stop to: fermarsi per fare qualcosa
Stop + ing: smettere di fare qualcosa
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Regret to: dispiacersi (adesso)
Regret +ing: dispiacersi per non aver fatto qualcosa (prima)
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Remember to: viene prima l’azione del ricordare e poi quella dell’atro verbo
Remember +ing: viene prima l’azione dell’altro verbo e poi quella del ricordare
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Try to: attempt something difficult
Try +ing: experiment

8 PAROLE
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1) MEND (verbo)
Accomodare, aggiustare, riparare, rattoppare
--> To mend a broken toy: aggiustare un giocattolo rotto
--> To have one’s car mended: far riparare l’automobile
--> To mend a dress: rammendare un vestito
Correggere, correggersi
--> Mend your manners: correggi i tuoi modi
--> I’m afraid he’ll never mend: temo che non si correggerà mai
Migliorare
--> The patient is mending quickly: l’ammalato sta migliorando rapidamente
Rimediarsi, aggiustarsi (di cose, situazioni)
--> Be sure things will mend: sta certo che si aggiusterà tutto
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2) LOAN (nome)
Prestito
--> To ask for the loan of something: chiedere qualcosa in prestito
--> A library loan: prestito bibliotecario
Prestito finanziario, mutuo, anticipazione
--> to take out a loan: contrarre un mutuo
--> Loan agent: agente di prestito
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3) POSTAGE (nome)
Tariffa postale, affrancatura
--> Postage meter: macchina affrancatrice
--> Postage stamp: francobollo
--> Extra postage: sovrattasta postale
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4) DEVOID (aggettivo)
Privo, mancante, sprovvisto (di qualcosa)
--> A region devoid of inhabitants: una regione priva di abitanti
--> A man devoid of sense: un uomo sprovvisto di buonsenso
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5) GLANCE (nome)
Occhiata, rapido sguardo, colpo d’occhio
--> To take a glance at a pamhplet: dare un’occhiata a un volantino
--> To see something at a glance: capire qualcosa a colpo d’occhio
--> A shifting glance: uno sguardo sfuggente
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6) BLASTED (aggettivo)
Distrutto, disseccato, inaridito
Deluso, frustrato
Dannato, maledetto
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7) THICKLY (avverbio)
Densamente, fittamente
--> The land was thickly covered with trees: il terreno era coperto da una fitta vegetazione
Con voce velata, incerta, confusa
--> To speak thickly: parlare biascicando le parole
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8) SPALL (nome)
Frammento, scheggia

THIRD CONDITIONAL
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In english language third conditional is used:
- in the past
- in urea situation
- in hypothetical situation
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--> If she’d gone by plane, wouldn’t it been simpler.
--> If I’d known what was going to happen, I probably wouldn’t have gone.

THE ENGLISH TENSE SYSTEM
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Quando si ha a che fare col “english tense system” bisogna sempre considerare 3 aspetti fondamentali:
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1) the nature of the action/event
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--> I’ve been ask….
......Present perfect, qui l’azione si è compiuta una volta, è cominciata e finita
--> I’ve been asking…
......Present perfect continuous, l’azione è più di una,
......si è ripetuta più volte nel tempo, ha una continuità quasi irritante se non viene interrotta.
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2) how the speaker sees the event, il punto di vista
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--> He he always buys her flowers
......la frase è neutrale
--> He's always buying her flowers
......è una feeling, esprime un ostato d’animo (magari sorpresa, stupore…)
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3) the nature of the verb
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--> The house belonged to my father, now it belongs to me
......è netto il passaggio da uno stato all’altro
......da una azione all’altra, prima era in un modo ora è in un altro
--> I’ve been waiting for you for ages and it’s raining!
.....qui l’azione è duratura, esprime una continuità nel tempo

SUMMARY (max 50 words)

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“MADNESS OF DUSTBIN JAILS”

by LORD CHIEF JUSTICE

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The Lord Chief justice has drawn attention to the problem of the english prisions system: jails are overfilled and crimes are growing. The only possible solution is to impose non-custodial sentences, when it is possible, saving public money and cells and to use offenders in social work.

8 NUOVE PAROLE
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1) DUBSTIN (nome)
pattumiera, bidone della spazzatura
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2) TO CREAK (verbo intransitivo)
scricchiolare
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3) SHARP (aggettivo)
affilato, tagliente
--> a sharp knife: un coltello tagliente
--> a sharp pencil: una matita appuntita
--> a sharp pain: una fitta dolorosa
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4) DISMAY (nome)
sgomento, costernazione, paura
--> much to my dismay: con mio grande sgomento
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5) ELSEWHERE (avverbio)
altrove
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6) CHAIRMAN (nome)
presidente, capo
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7) WASTE (nome)
speco, sperpero
--> waste of time: perdita di tempo
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8) DEBATE (nome)
dibattito, discussione

LESSON 1
LEARNER TRAINING
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1) What kind of learner are you?
How do you go about learning new things?
Generally I like learning new things, especially if I'm interesting the subjet.
In this istance I like english but must of all I want to improve myself.
I hope I will manage it successfully!
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2) How important is english for your studies?
Your future career? Your life in Europe in 2008?
Well, I think it is very important because nowadays everyone in every contest must have knowledge of english language.
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3) What do you find difficult about english? Why?
I think I don't have problem about reading or writing.
Personally I must improve myself in listening and speaking.
Maybe I find listening a little bit difficult beacuse sometimes is not easy understand peole speaking very fast!
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4) How do you like to be corrected?
I don't have any problems if my teacher corrects me during the lesson or while I'm speaking if I'm doing any mistake. In any case I want to understand where I commited any error.
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5) What can you do outside the classroom to help your learning?
First of all I will do my homeworks!
I decided to create this blog so that it will be easyer and faster do and corret them.
Then I like so much music and films and I enjoy myself looking for what's the meaning of the words I find in english songs and in english or american films.
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6) Do you read English books/magazines/articles, use english language websites,
watch english language news reports, programmes and films?
Sometimes I read english articles and very often I watch english or american films but I don’t read books or magazines or articles in english language.
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7) What do you want to be able to do at the end of this course that you can’t do now?
I hope I’ll improve my speaking ability because now I think I’m not very able in this!