TRANSPORTATION AND INSURANCE
ROAD TRANSPORT
CARRIERS (VETTORI)
COURIERS (CORRIERI)
MOTORBIKES (MOTO)
T.I.R. (TRASPORTO INTERNAZIONALE SU STRADA)
TRUCKS (CAMION)
ADVANTAGES:
Fairly cheap and fast over short distance [...]
The American Revolution
In 1775 broke out the American Revolution. The
American colonies were subjected by mother country, under George III, to a
heavy taxation but they was not represented in the
British Parliament and so they rebelled. Wi [...]
THE EUROPEAN UNION
The European Union consists of a group of 25 countries in Europe
which have decided to join forces for their mutual benefit.
The objectives of the EU
include :
the defence of freedom, democracy, respect
for hum [...]
La teologia puritana era di stampo calvinista e
comprendeva la predestinazione e il patto tra Dio e la comunità dei
santi visibili, definita da Cartwright e Perkins come il patto di salvezza
promessa ad Abramo da Dio esteso alla comunit&agr [...]
Henry James: THE TURN OF THE SCREW
The
narrative structure is particularly complex: the first narrator, Douglas, who is one of the
guest assembled in a hold house one winter evening. After a series of
anticipations, Douglas consents to read to [...]
Traduzione
dall’inglese de “IL GATTO NERO” di Edgar Allan Poe
Per il racconto
più feroce, e allo stesso tempo più familiare che sto per
narrare, non aspetto e non pretendo di essere creduto. Sarei veramente p [...]
Charlotte
BRONTË (1816-55)
Life
and works
The famous Bronte sisters, who
wrote, are three of five daughters of an Irish reverend educated at Cambridge his name was Patrick.
He was rector at Haworth, in Yorkshire, and
asked his sister-i [...]
1984
“1984” last
of Orwell’s novel was written in 1948 and published in 1949. The title derives,
in fact, from the year in which it has been written with the inversion of the
last two numbers. The original title was “the last man in Europe” wi [...]
Cricket is a team sport played between two
teams of eleven players each. It is a bat-and-ball game played on a roughly
elliptical grass field, in the centre of which is a hard, flat strip of ground
22 yards (20.12 m) long, called the pit [...]
Samuel Beckett
He was the
prominent figure of the theatre of Absurd, he was a
playwright and a novelist, lived mainly in Paris and wrote both in French and in
English. His famous play: Waiting For Godot disrupted the existing conventions
of th [...]
OSCAR WILDE - IL FANTASMA DI CANTERVILLE
1. Quando Mr. Hiram B. Otis, ministro degli Stati Uniti, acquistò Canterville
Chase, tutti gli dissero che commetteva una grande
sciocchezza, poiché non
vi era dubbio di sorta
che [...]
MODERNISM
Conrad was a precursor for his general
psychological investigation (conflicts, alter-ego), the shifts of point of view
(more than one reality, external and internal), solitude.
It refers to new literary forms and interest in
mental [...]
GENRES
THE SHORT STORY is a narrative, usually limited to a brief
span of time, whose length is shorter than a novel and may very between 1.000
to 2.000 words.
The setting
is often simplified to make the atmosphere convincing and sto [...]
THE REBEL AND THE DANDY
The
Wilde Dandy is an aristocrat whose elegance is the symbol of the superiority of
his spirit. Wilde teak on the figure of the dandy because it
embodied much of what his wished to express. Since life was meant for
[...]
DANIEL
DEFOE
Defoe was born in London in 1660 and he was educated at Newington
Green. Defoe was a prolific writer: he wrote essays, pamphlets and travel books
besides many articles for newspapers and magazines. In 1719 Defoe published R [...]
Cardiff
Cardiff City and chief town of Wales,
administrative center of the county of
South Glamorgan, situated in southern Wales, to the mouths of the rivers Taff and Ely,
on the channel of Bristol.
It is a road and
railway knot and an I brin [...]
Jonathan Swift (1667-1745)
Swift was
born in Dublin of English parents. He was educated at Lilkenny Grammar School
and Trinity college. In 1689 he left Dublin and went to England, where, at Moor
Park, he was admitted to the household of Sir Wil [...]
Multinationals
Multinationals are large conglomerates
of business, which operate in many countries.
The ownership, however, is usually
based in one country.
The parent company of a
multinational may operate as a holding company, whic [...]
Alcuni sostantivi che non hanno il plurale
Some non-count nouns
bread
pane
butter
burro
candy
dolci
coffee
caffè
[...]
THE
TOOLS OF DRAMA
The
elements of drama:
Any dramatic work is a collective
event which involves various elements:
-
A playwright: the addresser;
- &nb [...]
