The way to Zero Waste
Every day the media outlets report on the ever-growing pollution, the impact on the environment of the carbon footprint, the emission of gases that contribute to global warming. So, what…
A ”skinny black girl” for the USA
Amanda Gorman was born on March 7, 1998 in Los Angeles. She is a young American poet and activist. In her career as a poet and life as an activist she fight issues such as: racism, misogyny and marginalization of the Afro-American community. The Trump era is over. After much discussion, uprisings and battles, Biden takes office in the White House on January 20, 2021. It is right outside of it that Amanda Gorman recites her poem, where she reads what is in effect an open letter. The young woman turns to the president and…
False friends: a real language trap
Uno degli errori più comun per noi studenti di Inglese è di cadere nella trappola dei false friends ( amici) perché questi termini vengono spesso tradotti letteralmente adattando per somiglianza…
ITALIAN AMBASSADOR KILLED IN CONGO
Il 23 febbraio 2021, si è verificato un episodio scioccante che ha turbato tutto il governo italiano: l’Ambasciatore italiano, Luca Attanasio, è stato ucciso in Congo insieme al carabiniere Vittorio…
WHO WAS MAHATMA GANDHI REALLY?
Gandhi was a satyagraha theorist, which is the resistance to oppression through mass civil disobedience that led India to the independence. With his actions, he was a source of inspiration…
Idioms
Questa sezione nasce dal bisogno di prendere confidenza con espressioni idiomatiche che gli inglesi amano utilizzare nelle conversazioni quotidiane, e che spesso si trovano nei libri, nelle serie TV…
ALMOST ONE YEAR AFTER ONLINE SCHOOL BEGAN
Nowadays, talking about school as "online school" sounds almost normal. You have to sit o your laptop, tablet or phone and start a videocall with your classmates and you teachers.…
Fat Tuesday or Mardi Gras: Carnival in the US
Mardi Gras is an international celebration but, in the US, it is synonymous of New Orleans, where there are many weeks of parades and festivities. In fact, the celebrations last…
Spreading love is what Valentine’s Day is all about.
Valentine’s Day is a celebration of that feeling called Love. Love between lovers (man and his woman, but nowadays between two people who love each other, no matter their sex),…
Diversity as richness
There are two foreigners, Diana and Anastasiia, in our class who showed us their country - Ukraine. Recently, in one of the Spanish lessons, we discovered a new culture…