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English Todoy
12. Lower inlermediole level book four
O 2010 E-ducotion.ii S.p.A., Florenfo, llolio
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Director editoriol: Cinzio Coiozzo
Redoctor-;ef: Meri Borlolocci, Filippo Melli
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Redociori: Frqncesco Bionchi, Borboro Boddi, Giulio Ricci
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Troducere: Morino Loghin
7 Sceno l: Two sislers meons twice the work! 63 The City of London =
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Recopiluloreo com porolivului
City of London: ou gi melropolele o inim6
20 Exercifii
71 Exercilii
22 Scenq 2: You two ore completely different!
24 Sd infelegem
25 Focus
Let's tolk
Recopituloreo superlotivului 75 Migrotion
3l Exercifii 78 Sd infelegem
33 Vocqbulqr 79 Focus
Volizo in mdnd... se pleoc6!
Lecfio l0 83 Exercifii
Thot's life! One of those doys
35- Sceno l: You've been in there for over on hour! 87 Solufiile exerci;iilor
37 Sd infelegem
38 Focus
,,Presenl Perfecft
47 Exercifii
49 Sceno 2: Who knows whol hqs chonged since then?
5l Sd infelegem
52 Focus
Folosireo,,Presenl Per{ecl"
58 Exercifii
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Jock: Greot! I con'l woit to meel her. ls she qs cute os you, H Anne is younger ihon her sister.
Anne? E True
Anne: Slop being silly, Jock! You're the biggest ioker tr Folse
I know... I hove to get going now... Remember, don'i leove
ihe house in o mess! (lese.) E Whot is Kimberly like?
tr o) Toller thon Anne
Alice: ls ihot oll she thinks oboui when someone is coming?
tr b) Prettier lhon Anne
Cleoning, vocuuming, ridying up ond dusting? Do you think tr c) Shorter lhqn Anne
Kihrberly is worse thon Anne? lf so, we're going to hove
q lot of work to do!
Jock: Thot's right! Two sislers meons twice the work!
h Whot does Anne osk Jock qnd Aiice before she goes
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tr o) To cleon the house
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tr c) Not to leove the house in o mess
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Formele de comporoliv pentru odiective 9i odverbe sunt trei: you look prettier cu fuslo oio
de superioritole, de egolitote 9i de inferioritote. 56 revedem o
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odjectivului sou o odverbului in chesliune, core rdmdne You eol more lhon Mdndnci moi mult decdt
neschimbot, odverbul,,more" (rnoi): you should or lrebui
Words ore more useful Cuvinfele sunt moi ulile decdt sood (bun/d) well (bine) better (mqi bun/6, bine)
lhon weopons ormele bod (rdu/reo) bodly (rdu) worse (moi rdu/reo)
'People
should lislen more Oomenii or frebui sd se little (micld, pufin) less (moi mic/d, putinl
corefully lo eoch oiher oscuhe moi olenl unii pe ollii
much (multld), mony (mulli/mullel more (moi mult/mulli)
h's more difficult thon Esfe moi greu decdl se pore more fun (moi distrqcliv/d)
fun (dislrocfiv/d)
it seems
furnher/forther (rnoi
for (deporfe) deporle; ulterior)
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informolion informolii ullerioore Yeslerdoy Ben hod o fever. Ieri, Ben o ovul febrd. Se
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My elder brolher is Frolele meu moi more esfe Does he feel ony better simte cevo moi bine ostdzi? J
She's os clever os he is /him Eo este c6f el de inteligenfd Not os/nol so much t subslontiv non-numdrqbil + os
Anne is qs cute qs her sister Anne e tot atdt de drdguld Nol oslnol so mony + substontiv plurol + cs
co gi soro ei
I don'l hove os pony doys Nu orn ollfeo zile libere cdle
off os I would like of vreo
Loformo negotivd, comporotivul de egolitote poole inlocui = I hove less doys off ihon : Am moi puline zile libere
odeseo perfect comporolivul de superioritole sou de l'd like decdl og vreo
inferioritote:
Fii otent: in fofo comporotivului de egoliiote se pot folosi I om less selfish lhqn him Eu sunf mai pulin egoisf
numerolele odverbiole de contitoie ,,twice" (de doud ori), . decdt el
,,three limes" (de trei ori) etc. in cozul ocesto, se schimb6 She drinks less coffee thon Eo beo moi pulind cofeo
,ensul, devenind o formd de comporotiv de superioritote
(exemplu: This house is twice os big os thot one ) Coso
I dolme decdt mine
Verb+less*thEn
You speok less thqn I do Tu vorbeSli mot pufin decdl
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Completeozd propozifiile, introducdnd formq corecld de
comporoliv o odiectivelor dintre poronteze.
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8Romeis............... London'
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Klmbtrly: h's o pleosure to meet you!
Jock: Hi Anne. So you must be Kimberly..' h's o pleosure' =
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Shqron: So, Kimberly, Anne told us thot you're ottending
Kimberly: Hello, Jock, Anne hos told me so much oboul J
you!
Arl School in Rome... You know, I wonled to study ort
when I wos o little girl... But in the end, I decided to study
orchoeology, insteod.
Alice: Hi, l'm Alice. You live in Rome, don't you? So, how
Klmbrrly: Thol's interesting! And Peter, whot do you do?
is life in ,,bello" ltoly?
Kimberly: Wonderful! My fother roised me in Americo,
ihough, but ltoly is the mosl foscinoting country in lhe world, os
Prlrr: l'm on octor... And I do o little singing... l'm ociing
in o musicol ot the moment.
for. o's llm concerned! lts history, the ort'.' And, of course, lhe
Klmberly: Whot o greol coreerl
best food in the world! Whot else con onyone osk for? And, of
course, the ltoliqns ore lhe most likeoble people in the world!
Anne: Yes, but il's certoinly less stressful thon Jock's line of
,l00% work... He works o lot horder thon Peter... Acluolly, he's lhe
Jqck: You ore right! Just look ot me"' l'm originolly
hordest working person in the house!
from Bologno, which is one of the best cities in the world
Alice: And l'm the person lhot hos ihe most fun!
when it comes to eoting well!
Kimberly: I know Bololno well. ll's o beoutiful city, even if
Klmberly: Speoking of fun, whot sholl we do this evening?
I do prefer Rome. Rome is much bigger ond more exciting'
I would love lo go outl h's been so long since I losl come
So, how does London comPore?
lo London!
Anne: Well, why don'l we go io the cinemo?
Alice: London isn't ihot bod... Aporl from lhe weother"'
It certoinly is much colder thon in ltoly!
Kimberly: Come on, Anne, lhol's so boring! Why don'l we
Jock: And the British ore... Well... How should I soy this?
do something more exciting? I don't know... We could go
They're... Less clever ihon the ltoliqns!
to lhe pub ond get something to eol... And, ond ofter thot,
why don't we go lo o disco?
Kimberly: Woich yourseff, Jock! Woich whot you're Alice: Wow, whot o surprisel You two ore completely
soying...
differentl
Anne-: Yes! You know Kimberly ond I ore both Britishl Well,
22 l'm more British thon she is'..
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3e folosegle superlotivul penlru o confrunto un singur obiect
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tr o) ln lloly lou lo grodul minim. Se foce dislincfie inlre superlotivul
tr b) ln Americo rololiv gi superlotivul obsolul. Primul exprimd grodul moxim o
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much (multld) mony (mul1i/ lhe mosl (cel moi mult, moximl
multe)
the furthest/forlhesf (cel mqi Jock is the leost polite Jock esfe cel moi pufin
for (deporte) depsrte, exfrem) of my friends politicos dintre prielenii mei
the oldesl/eldest (cel moi bdtrdn, Do you know lhe leost $t,i modolifoteo ceo moi
old (b'#rAnld) cel moi more, cel moi in etote) pufin costisitoore de o vorbi
llprnsive wcy to coll
lhe neqresl (cel moi oProoPe) lhe Spoin? cu Sponio?
neqr (l6ngd) next (succesiv)
the lqtest (cel moi recenl, ultiml lo plurol, superlotivul de inferioritole se
lote (tdrziu) the lost (ultimul)
eu substontivele
formcozd pundnd inoinleo qcestuio ,,ihe fewesl" (cei moi
pvlini /cele moi pulinel.
The Sun is lhe neoresl stor Soorele este sleouo ceo moi
to Eorth opropiotd de Pdmdnt
He mode the fewest El a fdcut cele moi puline
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in romdnd, ocesl concept se poote exprimo onolitic, pundnd o
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luparlolivului pe core iocmoi le-om recopiiulot. :u
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He is reolly clever El esfe foqrle inleligent/
cu odevdrol inteligent
tr Piro University is one of ... the world.
El o) older in
El b) the oldest in
in englezo britonicd, otunci cdnd ,,mosl" se pune Tnoinleo
El c) the eldest in
odieclfvelor poote oveo semnificofio de ,,very":
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Kimberly (deschizdnd ugo): Okoy Jock, il's oll yours! l'll use El Cl Thot he hos begun ihe report
the bothroom loier. E b) Thot he hos finished the report
El cl Thot he hosn't yei storted the report
Jock: Thonks Kimberly, thot's very kind of you... Sorry! (Jock
inlrd in boie.l I JEct roys thot if Alice doesn'f open the bothroom door:
El ol Ho'll open it onywqy
(Pufin moi ldrziu, Alice se infdlnepte cu Jock pe cdnd el iese El bl He'll knock it down
din boie.) Elcl Hc'll leove the house
Alice: Hey Jock, hove you seen my wotch? l've probobly I Wtry doesn't Alice give Jock his mobile?
left it in there. Ei a) Bacouse he is too upsei
Jqck: Here you go! Hove you forgotten onything else? Ei b) Becorse she is going to sell it ot the fleo morket
El gl Bocouse he went out ond didn't hqor her
Alice: We're rolher neryous, todoy, oren't we?
Jock: Bye, I hove to get going. (Pleocd)
! Kmberty doesn't often go to the fleo mqrket.
El ?rue
Alice (observdnd cd Jock gi-o ldsot mobilulin boie): Hey,
your mobile! (odres6ndu-i-se lui Kimberlyl El Folrc
Jock, woit! Jock,
Oh... He's olreody gonel So, whol ore you doing todoy
Kimberly? Hove you ever been to Portobello morkel?
Kimberly: No, l've never been there!
SE I workcd la o muncil
Lo formo ofirmotivd, Present Perfect se construiegte
cu
;;-ilb;"i ,,hou"" (formo ,,hos" penlru Persoono o treio Ft nlnrd y', plouat "
persoone) urm.ot
;;;b; d",hove" pentru loote celelolte
WEtw llrtrned 1./oi om oscuhol
J""p.,ti.ipiul trecut ol verbului principol' Vei gdsi
regulile
oenlru consirui reo porticipi ul ui trecut in
po ginile urmdtoo re' YegtYr tolked loi oli vorbit
icu; observd schemo de moi ios: Thrytvr loten Ei/ele ou mdncot
We hove not (hoven't) Noi incd nu om mdncot h, galul lntrebdrilor introduse de o porticuld inlerogotivd,
eolen yet FFtlruefio esle urmdtooreo:
You hove not (hoven't) Voi nu oli vdzul filmul ocelo
hlculd inlerogotivd + hos/hsve + subiecl + poriicipiu
seen thot film Fcut ol varbului + determindri ulterioqre + ?
They hove not (hoven't) Ei/ele nu s-ou dus lo Bolh
gone to Both hove I been? Unde om fost eu?
Whm
hove you worked? Unde oi lucrol lu?
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silobd esle occentuold: {lefinilivul vcrbului fdrd ,,1o"), formo de Simple Post gi oceeo
pelliripiului lrecut:
preFER (o prefera) + -r + -ed ) preferred
TeGRET (o regreto) * -l + -ed ) regretled
rc (o_deveni)
. verbele core se termind in ,,-ic" odougd consoono 1n [q lqepe
inoinle de desinenf e ,,-ed"
(o eiduce
picnic (o iegi lo iarbd verdel + -k + -ed ) picnicked (o construr)
(,, ,g.rlgq.g)
(n veni)
{o fcrce)
(q!es)
FEt (rr rndnco)
flrrd (rr sdsi)
fly (o rburg)
gel (rr o_blilg
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= poy (o plati) poid poid fi de perlicipiu trecut pe core tocmoi le-oiinvdfot.
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put (o pune) pul put
soy (o spune) soid soid AfAl doc6 propozifiile sunt corecte (right)
sow seen {*rcng) gi rescrie-le corect cdnd e necesor.
see (o vedeo)
sold sold
sell (o vinde) RW
send (o trimite) senl sent
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speok (o vorbi) spoke spoken hrrl
spend (o petrece) spent spent
told
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tell (o povesti) iold
think (o s6ndi) thoughi ihought I Hur she olwoys live
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E tte ... his report yet.
tr o) hosn't written ldJndu-i-l): No, Alice told me you forgot it when you
tr b) hosn'i wrote oPorlmenl this morning!
tr c) didn't write thel'r where il is! l've looked everywhere... I must
Itvt bcen o little distrocled lolely... I guess I need
EAlice ... to slqrl korqle lessons. EfJ, You know, I hoven'l hod o holidoy since lheY
tr o) is decided mc to London!
tr b) hos decided
tr c) hove decided Oh,., Okoy, well... Relox o little now... Kimberly is
m! 3ome photos of o porty they hod oi university
l've never seen such funny photos!
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la fofogrofii): Hey, this is o piciure of the
tr o) hos never tryed arf Economics... l've been there for o seminorl
tr b) hos never tried
tr c) never tryed
Flyt Reolly?! When did you ottend thot?
Wfll, I wos only lhere for four doys, but il wos reolly
Alice.)
'1usi
Hoy guys, l've got off ihe phone to Peler. And he
lo know if they con come over in o bit... He wonls us
Fnvlnce Shoron to move lo Jopon with him! She hosn'l
yet if she wonls to go.
To Jopon?l li's o greol country! Hove you ever
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tell Shoron ond Peter... Pleose give Shoron ond Peter rfl E*aC ilrld
regords. l'm reolly not in the mood lo chot this evening Agry wilh Alice o
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F errell nF vu roominli cum sd olegem timpul corecl. ,,For" F
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esenfd, un timp prezent core semnoleozd cd un eveni * errfinfi o expresie lemporold inlrodusd fie de,,for", fie de =
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-hry lr.rv= lrecrr morried Sunf cdsdforifi din 1973
Presenl Perfect exprimd ocfiuni sou evenimenie core ilFtr 1973
inceput intr-un momenl din trecul 9i continud in
(gi vor continuo probobil gi in viitor). Agodor, ceeo ce EeE vcrh,r rlespre doud rdspunsuri dole oceleiogi intrebdri
exprimd este un fel de ,,lrecui nelerminot": se vorbegle des
fl eare rprrrr ereclogi lucru: perecheo in couz6 s-o cdsdtoril in
duroto unei ocfiuni, din momentul trecui in core o in ItF-3, Fr,,l,,rrifio core confine ,,for" pune occent pe duroto
pdnd in momeniul prezenl in core se vorbegle. leriei (.oo cu ,,since", in schimb, occenlueozd onul in
5gfe c Evrrl lpc cdsdlorio. line minle schemo ce urmeoz6:
f've known Soroh since O cunosc pe Soroh de cdnd
I wos 18 oveom 18 ani
My porents hqve been Pdrinlii mei sunl cdsdtorifi
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heura (lreri ore) December (decembrie)
morried for 32 yeors de 32 de oni
! deya (r ft rrrcr zile) Fridoy (vineri)
How long hove you De cdtd vreme rnuncegli __
intermediul prezenlului indicotiv gi nu ol perfectul comp rygee (ter o/e) the 2nd of June (2 iunie)
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Nicky hos hod her boby! Nicky o ndscuf! End vr-rrr rrr cl6m referinfo lemporold, esle necesor
They hove lost the elections Ei/ele ou pierdul olegerile
5 ehtnrlrrrrrr lirrrpul verbol gi sd trecem lo Simple Post,
E EEtui ftrlo:iro sugereozd c6 ocfiuneo esle definiiiv
tHghelefc ( urrrpord exemplele urmdtoore:
Cdnd se folosegte Presenl Perfect cu oceostd occepfie,
tipic6 folosireo odverbelor ,,yet" (chior, incd) ,,iusl" *e Felrg:ed llrree CDs in 2003eo o lonsof I rei CD-uri
tocmoi, cu pulin timpin urmd) 9i ,,olreody" (deio). iF EEO: (: door in onul ocelo, insd e
,,yel", folosit otdtin propozifii negotive (cu semnificofio posibil sd fi lonsqt oltele in
moi") cdl giin propozifii interogotive (cu semnificofio ,,deio" olte perioode diferite)
se pune de obicei lo sfdrgitul propoziliei 9i semnoleozd
I lired tl I l.r'nce Am trdit noud luni Io Florenlo
vorbilorul se ogleoptd co evenimentul respectiv sd se igl I ln,,rillrr (= ocum nu moi irdiesc ocolo,
intdmplot deio sou sd se inldmple in viitor.
om schimbot orogul)
I hqven'l bought the Nu om cumpdrot incd
skoles yel potinele (?nsd o voi foce)
Hove you hod o breok yel? Ai fdcul deio o pouzd?
John hqs iust token John locmoi o dof exomenul
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E Argenltrrtr?
l've been to London Am fost de multe ori
mony times Io Londro
Hove you ever mel L-oi inlilnil vreodofd
Vincent? pe Vincent?
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Arot6 docd propoziliile suni corecte
(right) sou ;o
(wrong) gi rescrie-le corect cdnd e necesor' ri, ln Conqdo before she come lo London. J
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hos come to visit. hu futhcr since losl yeor.
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some wine. llrn
E Alice ond Jock hos E tr rhr .., lo him on lhe phone.
often spoked obout her'
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H ttls ouni hos lived in tr tr
Itoly oll her life.
Vocsbulsr
qs soon os numoi ce, door everywhere pesle tol, regords soluldri, felicit6ri,
ce, obio; de indotd ce oriunde complimenle, urdri de bine
ottend (lo) o frecvenlo, fleq morkel tqlcioc repod relofie
o urmo; o ?ngriii; o se forgel (to) o uito; o nu-pi resl odihnd
ocupo de ominli seminor seminor (curs
owful oribil/6, funny coroghios/oosd, universilor)
i ngrozilor / oo re, le ri bi l/d, distroctiv/d shower dug (to hove
insp6imdntdlor/oore get off the phone (to) q shower: o foce dug)
browse (to) o-9i bdgo o inchide telefonul, o slond torobd; chiogc,
nosul, o-gi potoli pune receptorul in furcd, gheretd
curioziloteo; o novigo o intrerupe o convorbire tronsfer (to) o tronsfero
(pe internei) telefonicd university universitote
colm down (to) o (se) guoss (lo) o presupune; wotch ceos, orologiu
colmo, o (se) liniili o crede, o g0ndi (to wotch: o se uito,
chot (ro) o pdldvrdgi; holidoy petrecere, zi o observo)
o slo de vorbd cu cinevq festivd; holidoys: voconf6, wreck relicv6; zdreonf6,
(pe internet) concediu vechiturd, robl6 (9i fig.)
come olong (lo) o urmo, kind omobil/6
o veni knock down (to) o dobori,
come over (to) o veni, o o do ios, o demolo
veni sd vezi pe cinevo/cevo lolely recent, in ultimul .
convince (to) o convinge, timp, de cur0nd
o fi persuosiv; o indupleco, morkcl piof6, t0rg
o deiermino mind (lo) q provoco
deod tired obosit/6 mort, nepldcere, o deronio; o fi
epuizo/d impotrivd, de oltA pdrere
economics economie mobilc telefon mobil
(Foculty of Economics: monlh lund
Focultoleo de $tiinle mood store de spirit
Economice) office birou
ever vreodotd; niciodotd pleod (to) o imploro,
(in propozifii inlerogolive o suplico
gi negotive) rother moi curOnd
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Eric: Tom you wenl to London losl week, didn't you? You told
me you hod o meeting with on imporloni businessmon.
Tom: Yes, I did! I interviewed the chief executive of o moior
UK finonciol group. He works in the City.
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c componies ond inveslment componies. you know there ore of the UK ond perhops of Europe. But it is olso on interesling :
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money, invest money, buy ond scll commodilies, buy ond interesting oppointment wilh ,,Lei's tolk".
sell insuronce for oll kinds of lhingr, from oil tonkers to
skyscropers!
Tom: Exoctly, Morie! Togelhar with Toltyo qnd Ncw york the
city is one of ihe world's molt impgrtonr finonciol cenrres.
It's situoted between the timc zontt of fulo ond Americo. ln
foct, offices in the City don,t hqvr
lurt enl clock, they hove
ol leost four, with clocks rhowlng lhr tlmr for Tokyo,'Zurich
ond New York.
Eric: So, the City's open for burlnrn 14 houru o doyl Well,
do only people from the world d flngns work there?
Tom: No, nol Lots of othcr highly rkllbd
Frcplt work there.
For exomple mony lowyrrr, gGsufiFnil ond computer
experts work there. Thcy hrlp thr bgnkl qnd insuionce
componies to work smoothly,
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City of London:
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ll Tom is going to London next week. Orogele importonte ole lumii ou un centru finoncior
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oomeni lo muncd. Dor, ogo cum ou explicot Morie 9i Tom,
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To be lhe finonciol heorl
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The City of London is the Cily din Londro este centrul
El third of o million people commute to the Ciiy every doy. finonciol heort of rhe UK financior ol Morii Brilonii
E True
tr Folse Sd vedem ce octivitdfi ,,pun in migcore" zono qceqslo 9i sd
incercdm sd invdfdm termeni core ne pot fi de folos in viofo
E You con buy oil in the Ciiy of London. de zi cu zi:
E True
tr Folsb
Insurqnce compony Componie de osigurdri
To insure A osigurcri o ocoperi cu osigurore
E There oren'f ony churches in lhe City of London. Cor insuronce Asigurore oulo
E True
E Folse ln the City of London in Cily din Londro exisf6
there ore mony insuronce multe componii de asigurdri
componies to insure people penlru o osiguro persoone
or properties sou ProPrieldli
Most people hove cor Mojoritoleo oomenilor ou
insuronce which theY PoY o osigurore oulo Pe core o
every yeor. So if you hove pldtesc in fiecore on. $odor,
on occident, your insuronce in coz de occidenf, comPonio
compony poys for the de osigurdri pl6teg+e dounele
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ole'ohor He lenl her doughler El i-o imprumutol (dat) bani ;o
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il some money; fiicei lui; eo o imprumutol
beneficii
she borrowed some (luot) boni de lo toldl ei
Vezi cdte cuvinle utile? Acum s6 money from her fother
conlinudm cu
de boz6 otunci c6nd se vorbegte Jerpr"'ironro.tii. termenii
lf o bonk lends Docd o boncd ili imprumutd
To corry out you money, you musl boni, lrebuie sd-i inopoiezi
A efecfuo (o tronzocfie)
poy il bock with inlerest cu dobdndd
To invest A investi
Bonks corry oui Bd ncile ef ccl ueozd o per oliu
Dupd cum om invdfol din text lnsd, in Cify of London nu
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finonciol tronsoclions suni numoi bdnci gi componii de osigurore, de exemplu:
comerciole
Eric: Well, this only hoppens if migronts work legolly! Eric: Goodbye ond see you ogoin soon for our nexl
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Morie: You're right, Eric! They come in illegolly ond they
often form on undercloss lhol doesn't hove occess to
heqlthcore ond educqlion. Thot's why they somelimes get
involved in criminol ocliviiies. I lhink some immigrotion
is ok, especiolly if the immigronls ore osylum seekers or
refugees who con't relurn to lheir home countries. Aport
from this I think Europeon governments should put o stop
to immigrotion.
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E Morie thinks migronis toke iobs from locol people. Dqto Dote
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According to dotq from the Conform dotelor UE,
tr Folse
EU, the number of migronls numdrul de emigronli core
orriving in Europe hos sosesc in Europo o crescuf
E Tom thinks migronls conlribuie to lhe economy of increosed enormously enorm
o counlry.-
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tr Folse Fii olent: obreviereo ,,Uniunii Europene" in englezd nu este
UE, ci EU (de lo ,,Europeon Union").
H Morie thinks rhe EU should help immigronis in their own
countries.
Economic migronl Refugiof economic
lJ lrue
tr Folse Economic migronls come Refugiofii economic vin din
from poor countries ond fdri sdroce gi coutd de luuu
look for work where in'loro in core se duc
they go
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E refugees must leove lheir sd-gi pdrdseoscd foro de F
home country becouse their bogfind, fiindcd ocolo viofo To plug lqbour shortoges ,,A lompono" lipso de forld s
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F Other EU politicions think Alli politicieni din UE cred cd ;o
I de emigrofie, plecdnd de lo cuvintele de bozd: immigrotion is o bod thing imigroreo este un lucru rdu,
= becouse migronls deoorece emigronlii sunl
zu Politicion Politicion push down poy rotes couze unei scdderi de solqrii
Developmenl Dezvollore
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E People who ore in politics ore colled ... E ... here since September.
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Solufiile exercitiilor
Lecfio 9
THAT'S LIFE! ARE YOU REATLY SISTERS?
56 infelegem (pog. 9)
1) o; 2) Folse; 3) c; 4) c
EXERCITIUt I
1) more crowded ihon
2) more beoutifulthon
3) livelier thon
4) better ihon
EXERCTTTUL 2
1) is not os pretty/cuie os
2\ o bit/o little toller thon
3) more qnd more onxious
4) much/o lot more reloxed
ScenE 2: You two qre complelely different! lecfiu l0
THAT'S LIFE! ONE OF THOSE DAYS
Sd infelegem (pos. 24)
1) b; 2) c; 3) Folse; 4) b
Scenc l: You've been in there for over on hour!
Exercilii (pog. 31)
Sd infelegem (pog. 37)
EXERCTTTUL 3 1) o; 2l b; 3) c; 4) True
'l) b; 2) o; 3) b; 4) c
Exerci;ii (pog. 47)
EXERCTTtUt 4
I ) Risht EXERCTTTUL 1
2) Wrong (Right; Alice is lhe most interesiing of oll of them) 'l) Wrong (Right; Hove you ever spoken io her?)
3) Wrong (Right; Shoron is the prettiest of the girls) 2) Rishl
4) Wrong (Right; Jock is the most hord-working of oll of them) 3)Wrong (Right; Hos she olwoys lived here?)
4) Risht
EXERCTTTUL 2
l)b;2)o;3)b;4)b
ScEno 2: Who knows whot hos chonged since then? Television Progrsmmes
LET'S TAIK
Sd infelegem (pog. 5'l)
1)o;2)c;3)b;4)b
The City of London
Exercilii (pog. 58)
Sd infelegem (pog. 66)
EXERCTTTUt 3
1) Wrong (Right; Yesterdoy Jock's ounl come to visit)
1) Folse; 2) Folse; 3)True; 4lTrue; 5) Folse
2) Wrong (Right; Alice hos gone to buy some wine)
Exercilii (pog. 71)
3)Wrong (Right; Alice ond Jock hove often spoken oboui her)
4) Risht EXERCTTTUt r
'l) b; 2) o; 3) b; 4) c; 5) o; 6) b; 7) b; 8) b; 9) o; 10) b
EXERCtTtUt 4
1lc;21 b;3)c;4)o EXERCTTTUT 2
llb; 2l b 3) b; 4) o
Television Progrommes
LET'S TALK
Migrolion
EXERCtTtUt I
1) o; 2) b; 3) b; 4) o; 5) b; 6) o; 7) o; 8) o; 9) b;
EXERCtTtUT 2
1lo;2lo;3)o;4)b
,bod,cn)
Structura cursului
incepitori nivel unu (2 incepatori nivel doi O incepdtori nivel trei @ incepatori
nivel patru Cli) El"rn.ntur nivel unu (l El.-"ntur nivel doi @ Ei.rrr.rltur nivel trei
(.! Elementar nivel parm @ Intermediar 1 nivel .rno @ Interrnediar 1 nivel doi
@ Ir.t..*"diar 1 nivel tr.i @ Interrnecliar 1 nivel patru @ Ir-rte.-.diar 2 nivel unu
@ Int.r-ediar 2 nivel aol @ Intermediar 2 nivel trei @ I.tt.r-.diar
2 nivel patru
@ Inte .mediar 2 nivel cinci @ Avansali nivel .rnn 6D Alru,tsatri nivel doi
E Avansali nivel trei @ Avun.utri nivel patru EAvansa-ti nivel cinci
In acest aolum
Lec{ia 9 - That's life! Are you really sisters?
Rec a.pi.tulare a comp aratiu ului' Rec aPi tularea s uperhti.u ului
Lecfia 10 - That's life! One of those daJs
,,Present PerJect" . Iblosi,rea,,Present Perfect"
Proqrame TV - Let's talk The City of London
Programe TV - Let's talk: Migration