Lesson n°7 – 18th of January 2023
| Edward Christopher Sheeran | Born 17 February 1991 (age 32) Halifax, West Yorkshire, |
| Education | Thomas Mills High School |
| Occupations | Singer-songwriter+ guitarist+record producer+actor |
| Years active | 2004–present |
| Wife: | Cherry Seaborn (m. 2019) |
| Children: 2 | WEBSITE: www.edsheeran.com |
Vocabulary
| Ripped= strappati Heal/mend = guarire/curare/rammendare Swear= giurare, promettere Bleed= sanguinare Hold=tenere, stringere Fit= andar bene, calzare Necklace=collana/eiaculazione sul petto/seno Hurt= fare male Lamp post= palo della luce/lampione Whisper=bisbigliare/sussurrare |
| More examples: Yesterday I ripped my trousers. How to heal faster with COVID? My ripped trousers need a mend. My nose is bleeding. I always wear shoes that fit well to prevent callus formation. Take my money but don’t hurt me! There are many lamp posts in this square. My husband never whispers sweet words in my ear! |
Ed Sheeran – Photograph (Lyrics) (4.17)
Ed Sheeran – Photograph (lyrics) (7.21)
Ed Sheeran – Photograph (Official Music Video) (4.34)
Brush up before going on:
Fill in the gaps with the words on the right:
| the fireworks …………. sono finiti feeling ……………tristi every …………….is a friend we might ……………….and die brave new …………… I see how it ………………prospera of clayhe’s…………è smarrito nothing more than……. on the floor waiting down the ……….. | stray, confetti, lay down, line, neighbour, thrives, blue, are through, world, feet. |
Solutions:
| 1. the fireworks are through 2. feeling blue 3. every neighbour is a friend 4. we might lay down and die 5. brave new world 6. I see how it thrives 7. feet of clay 8. he’s astray 9. nothing more than confetti on the floor10. waiting down the line |
Write a sentence for each of the words written in black:
| shining/gleaming brillante/splendente loud/deafening alto/assordante slow/sluggish apatico , fiacco, abulico, lento, pigro serious/grave. Grave,serio | There was a gleaming sun up in the sky That music was too loud for me! Europe is facing a sluggish growth with near deflation and growing inequalities. I have grave doubts about this plan! |
| calm/serene tranquillo, calmo intelligent/brilliant geniale, acuto confused/perplexed perplessi/confusi scared/Petrified atterrito, pietrificato, terrorizzato | Be serene! Your brother is so brilliant! I’m very confused! I saw a ghost ! You have no idea how petrified/scared I was! |
More examples:
| shining/gleaming brillante/splendente loud/deafening alto/assordante slow/sluggish apatico, fiacco, abulico serious/grave. Grave,serio | There was a gleaming sun up in the sky The construction sound (suoni del cantiere) were deafening! I am often sluggish in the morning, Circustances in the Ukranian war are very grave! |
| calm/serene tranquillo, calmo intelligent/brilliant geniale,acuto confused/perplexed. Perlessi/confusi scared/Petrified. Atterrito, pietrificato | In the midst of the upheaval (trambusto) he remained serene. David is a brilliant guy. When the teacher wrote examples on the board, the students where still perplexed. The Petrified children watched the horror movie, paralysed with fear. |
Match the pictures with the right words:
Grammar hint:
I pronomi relativi: WHO- WHICH- THAT (2.14)
Homework:
Fill in the gaps with the right words:
| hide argue with back up tackled hiding kill love take side with hiding get gets | When the going ————tough, the tough ———–going Every time I ——————-my parents my sister always——— me ——— Why have you decided to ————————Tom? I’d rather ——————–me than ………………………him He ———————-the problem of shoplifting installing CCTV I never ————-my opinions The cat is —————-the bone while the cat is hiding a fish. |