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martedì 31 marzo 2020
lunedì 30 marzo 2020
Error Correction (4)
- The international community is dealing with a global economic crisis since July 2007. / without regards of their national interests
- ...the bubble exploded / this was the first step of the economic crisis
- Under the perspective of international relations..... / the economic crunch
- ... the major crisis since the EU’s constitution.
- This led to the elaboration of an emergency plan. / indipendent
- ... a sit on the UN Security Council. / oil exporter countries
- The EU has slowly evolved along the years. / more strong cooperation
- the economical field / it risks to collapse / to garantee
- This has brought to an impasse. / a fall of US imports
- These initiatives are shaped to work out a common response to international crisis and to manage global financial instability.
- Since 1989 many events are occurred. / Irak / Israelian
- ... a deep reform / the need of shared policies.
- ...the necessity of a more coordinated response.
- the reasons of these dramatic events / one of the main player
- This provoked a crisis of other countries’ exports.
- ... to sustain the global demand of goods / the EU’s tempt to do this
- The US government called on China to devaluate the Yuan.
- The actual crisis has led to the emerging of new players
- Developing countries are requesting less strictly standards on environment and labour in order to bolster their economy.
- The shrinking of the hozon hole / inflaction / eccessive
- The Arab world is a mixed and wide reality
- It is extended from Morocco to Iraq. / in the last years
- In many Arab states the soil is still the property of the King.
- The Arabs are not all Moslems – they can be also Christians.
- The worst economic crisis after the 1929 stock exchange’s crack begun in 2007.
- This situation put the banking system in crisis. / Brasil
- It provoked the bankrupt of some of the mayor US banks.
- This can destabilize the international structure. / the unic currency
- This is the case of Greek / the situation is became dangerous
- Arab societies differ under many aspects. / the US internal economy
- One factor was the global dimension of the crisis.
- Democracy is often stranger to current Arab societies.
- Its decision process is ruled by unanimity. / failures of industries
- The EU is having a new internal crisis. / the fight to climate changes
- ... speculation that could lead to the fall of euro.
- The Great Depression of 1929. / the mein characters of the crisis
- The current crisis, which is being affecting the global economy since .....
- Responsibles for the crisis were the new financial instruments.
- It nearly led to the crash of the banking system. / the FMI
- The crisis moved from a financial to a real crisis. / analphabetism.
- ... to work together to go away from the crisis. / in these process
- China, that is an export -led economy, .... / strictly linked / probabily
- The US will need a change of perspective to other emerging countries.
- The people in many rich Arab oil states have not always beneficied of the increase of national wealth. / a deceleration of economic activity
- By 2000 the gap between rich countries and poor ones was increased.
- Capitalistic / an efficient foreign policy / France, who would like to....,
- The Arab world has not yet interest in making a single trade policy because the benefits from bilateral agreements seem greater.
- Germany finally agreed on a bail out package for Greece.
- Iran committed itself to abide by the Nuclear Non- Proliferation Treaty.
- The EU has changed radically in order to adapt herself to new challenges.
- The EU is still far to become a real international actor.
- Few leasers support the idea of new enlargements in the next future.
- ... the prospect of the admission of a muslim coutry in the EU.
- Turkey would become the most populated member of the EU because of her demographic increase.
- The conflicting national interests of the EU states didn’t permit to strengthen the Union’s institutions.
- ... the idea to create a single permanent seat on the UN SC for the EU
- Some experts say that humanitarian aids policy had not been successfully.
- A deep lack of infrastructure / to protect the interests of new generations
- Each tribe fights to affirm its own interests.
- ... capable to rule the country and control the territory and assure the law.
- Being a kind of confederation The EU have to work with cooperation.
- Differently from other crisis in the past.
- ... emerging economies, first of all China, ... / action will be took
- This can happen in a short time, perhaps by the next 20 years.
- In a proper way / in a more efficient way / the eu and us
domenica 29 marzo 2020
sabato 28 marzo 2020
something to watch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6CruxqLp-U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Pmg7uS09TQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dROkWymbkdo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XcaNpHAQ3c
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEL3w9r5WOc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtA7m3viB70
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HF30bJZX8FM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Pmg7uS09TQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dROkWymbkdo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XcaNpHAQ3c
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEL3w9r5WOc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtA7m3viB70
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HF30bJZX8FM
giovedì 26 marzo 2020
A little basic grammar
Present
and Future tenses
Present
Perfect or Present Perfect Continuous?
Comparative
and Superlative
https://www.myenglishpages.com/site_php_files/grammar-exercise-grammar-comparatives-superlatives.php
Second
comparative / as.....as
as
or like
articles,
a/an, the, no article
must,
have to, don't have to, mustn't, should
and
then all the pages listed here
should
can
/ able to
and
for general revision:
Narrative
tenses
present
and past habits and states
https://agendaweb.org/verbs/to-be-used-to.html
All
the pages!
Passive
Modal
verbs
First
conditional and future time clauses
Second
conditional sentences, choosing between first and second conditional
Gerunds
and Infinitves
https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/infinitive-gerund/exercises?20 https://www.engvid.com/english-resource/verbs-followed-by-gerunds-and-infinitives/
Reported
Speech
Third
Conditional
http://www.esl-lounge.com/student/grammar/4g8-third-conditional-exercise.php https://agendaweb.org/verbs/conditional-third-exercises.html
Question
forms
Indirect
Questions
Adverbs,
the position of adverbs and adverbial phrases
Future
perfect/future continuous
https://elt.oup.com/student/solutions1stedition/ui_unit_page/unit3/grammar/exercise2?cc=it&selLanguage=it
Extra
Grammar Revision
zero
and first conditionals, future time clauses
Structures
after 'wish'
https://esolonline.wordpress.com/level-1/level-1-some-grammar-exercises/structures-after-wish/ the
exercises are at the bottom of the page
more
wish + would
mixed
again
and
for general revision:
Verbs
that take the gerund or infinitive
Used
to, to be used to, to get used to
Past
modals
English
File grammar unit 7 page 145, verbs
of the senses
Verbs
of the senses
Reporting
Verbs
to
have something done
More
Passive
Clauses
of Contrast and Purpose
Whatever,
whenever
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