la birra più famosa del mondo: la Guinness
The history of the world’s most famous beer is extremely fascinating. It begins with Arthur Guinness, born in 1725 in Ireland, when he received an inheritance that he used to…
PIXAR HITS
Parliamo questo mese del nuovo successo della Pixar, Inside Out, in uscita in Italia a settembre Inside Out is a movie five years in the making. Pete Docter, the director,…
Parliamo questo mese del quarto film della saga di Jurassic Park
The name of the fourth chapter of the Jurassic Park Saga is Jurassic World and it opens in cinemas worldwide in June but it will not have any of the…
Learning English through…
In occasione dell’apertura dell’Expo 2015 a Milano, parliamo di un’altra esposizione universale: quella del 1893 a Chicago. The Chicago World’s Fair was inaugurated in Chicago on May the 1st 1893,…
Learning English through …APPS
Parliamo questo mese di una delle App più famose del mondo: WhatsApp Although born in California, home to so many startups, WhatsApp has an East European DNA, since the family…
…MUSICAL ICONS
If you have sung “I like to be in America/OK by me in America/Everything’s free in America/For a small fee in America”, you have met Stephen Sondheim before. Indeed, he…
…PRESIDENTS’ DAY
Parliamo questo mese di una festività federale americana chiamata Presidents’ Day The origin of this holiday goes back to the 19th century, and it relates to the celebration of George…
SUPERMARKETS
Parliamo questo mese della più grande catena di supermercati inglese: Tesco According to a research updated in 2013, one in every eight pennies spent in the UK goes to a…
CHRISTMAS IN AUSTRALIA
Parliamo questo mese di un Natale un po’ particolare, quello australiano. Colgo l’occasione per augurare Merry Christmas a tutti. While we are used to celebrate Christmas with snow and cold…
CULTURAL INFLUENCES
Parliamo questo mese delle influenze di altre lingue sull’inglese. Italian is not the only language to borrow words from other ones. While English as a whole is gene-rally the language…