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  • CONVERSATIONS ABOUT AMERICAN CULTURE

    Ciclo di conferenze organizzate dal CEDOCS con la collaborazione dell'associazione ITALO AMERICANA DEL FRIULI VENEZIA GIULIA e il sostegno dell'UFFICIO BILINGUISMO E LINGUE STRANIERE della Provincia, per presentare alcuni degli aspetti più rilevanti della cultura made in U.S.A.



    American Musical 




    Halloween 




    American food 




    American Indians 




    U.S. Holiday and Traditions 




    ESCAPING SLAVERY: HARRIET TUBMAN AND THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD




    AMERICAN SLANG AND ACRONYMS




    AMERICAN MONEY



    The Harlem Renaissence



    American Road trip



    American Accents




    FUNNY WOMEN LUCILLE BALL E MARY TYLER MOORE



    American Architecture: Frank Llyod Wright



    Literature Americans in Italy



    Are you Democrat or Repubblican?




    Political (Buzz)Words


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    The US Constitution/Bill of rights
     



    Important Supreme Curt Cases




    How to become a United States President





    The US Judical System




    Voting in America




    All about american elections


    • TO TRAVEL

      Città del Capo

       

       

       

      Sydney

       

       

       

      Londra

       

       

       

      Una notte a Dublino

       

       

       

      in aeroporto – frasi più comuni

       

       

       

      in stazione ferroviaria

       

       


      • SPEECHS

        Regina Elisabetta

         

         

         

          


         

        John Kennedy - Berlino

         

         


         

        Martin Luther King

         

         



        Ronald Regan




        Winston Churchill – 1940 „Blood, Toil, Tears and Sweat




        Michael Caine - IF by Rudyard Kipling




        The life of Albert Einstein




        Rudyard Kipling – We and They (Farnham town crier)




        Shakespeare - King Lear




        Shakespeare – Hamlet – to be or not to be




        Pablo Neruda – Poesia




        Bertrand Russel





        Charlie Chaplin – The Great Dictator


        • SCIENCE

          Karl Popper – Science and Pseudoscience





          Seneca — How to Spend Your Time




          • BUSINESS

            Office phrases


             

             

             


            Attending a meeting in English


             

             


             
            Useful phrases for writing e-mails


             

             

             


            Indications for business calls


             

             



            How to think in English




            Business telephone calls in English




            Writing e-mails in English


            • LITTLE HELP

              How to use to get




              Understanding English when speaking




              How to construct a sentence in English




              The English prepositions


              • SONGS AND LYRICS

                Strangers in the night (Frank Sinatra)

                  

                 



                Hey Jude (the Beatles)

                  

                 

                 


                My heart will go on (Titanic)(Celine Dion)

                  


                 

                What a wonderful world (Louis Armstrong)

                 


                 

                Imagine (John Lennon)

                  


                 

                Father and son (Cat Stevens)

                  


                 

                Adele – Hello, it’s me


                 



                Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody





                Queen – We will rock you





                Queen – We are the champions




                 Freddy Mercury – the Great Pretender




                Ben E. King – Stand by me





                The Beatles – Yesterday




                Frank Sinatra – New York New York




                Elton John – Candle in the wind




                Bee Gees – Run to me




                Bee Gees – My world




                Cat Stevens – Morning has broken




                Michael Buble - Save the last dance for me




                Frank and Nancy Sinatra – Something Stupid




                Bruce Springsteen – Born in the USA




                Shakira – Waka Waka (This time for Africa)




                Hugh Grant – Dance with me tonight




                Rolling Stones – Angie




                Deep purple - Smoke on the water




                Bobby Mc Ferrin - Don‘t worry, be happy




                Frank Sinatra - Moon River




                Carly Simon - Moonlight  Serenade




                John Denver - Leaving on a Jet




                Queen - The Show must go on




                Jethro Tull - Reasons for waiting



                Joe Cocker - Unchain Melody


                 



                Joe Cocker - You can leave your hat on




                Elton John - Rocket Man




                Dire Straits - Romeo and Juliet



                • FILMS

                  Take from the movie “A touch of class”, a Melvin Frank film, with George Segal and Glenda Jackson


                  1) Start




                  2) Discussing



                  3) Pied a Terre




                  4) Dictation Telegram



                  5) Final Taxi




                  Take from the movie “The Last Tycoon”, a Elia Kazan film, with Robert de Niro


                  Second Movie Scene



                  Third Movie Scene



                  Fourth Movie Scene



                  • NEWS

                    11 settembre (TV irlandese)




                    Elezioni USA 2020



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