Lesson n°12 – 22nd of February 2023
The Weather
What’s the weather like today?
Vocabulary:
Downpour=acquazzone
Snowflake= fiocco di neve
Blizzard=bufera di neve
Gloomy= coperto e buio
Blustery=burrascoso
Gale=vento molto forte, burrasca
Forecast=previsioni
Drought=siccità
Rain Rain Go Away | Super Simple Songs | Sesame Street Nursery Rhyme Week (2.35)
Macbeth – The Three Witches Exclusive Clip – Digital Theatre (1.19)
Weather forecast
Prince Charles presents the weather forecast – BBC Scotland (1.14)
7 Day Weather Forecast – Easy English Mini Dialog (2.38)
The World Weather Forecast (2.00)
19/02/23 – Strong winds in the north – Afternoon Weather Forecast UK – Met Office Weather (3.24)
Exercise 1:
Match the cockney espressions with their english words:
| Apples and pears= Ruby murray= jam jar= boat race= bottle and glass= china plate = mate Pete tong = rosie lee= Whisle and flute= Trouble strife = | Daisy roots= Adam and eve= Apples and pears= Bread & honey= Charlie sheen= Dog &bone= Donkey’s ears= Elephant trunk= drunk Gregory peck= Kettle of scotch= | pen and ink= Porkie pie= Sausage & mash= Burnet fair= Pork pies= Sky rocket = Boat race= Jack tar= bar North and south= Apples and pairs= |
| Suit. Wrong. Face. Wife Stairs.Arse. Curry. tea. Car. Mate /Friend | Watch. Years. Neck. Screen.Stairs. Drunk. Believe. Money.Boots .Phone | Mouth. Face. Hair. Stairs.Pocket. Stink. Lies. Cash. Bar. |
Solutions:
| Apples and pears= stairs Ruby murray= curry jam jar=car boat race= face bottle and glass= arsechina plate = mate/friend Pete tong = wrongrosie lee= cup of tea Whisle and flute= suit Trouble strife = wife | Daisy roots= boots Adam and eve= believe Apples and pears= stairs Bread & honey=money Charlie sheen= screen Dog &bone= phone Donkey’s ears= years Elephant trunk= drunk Gregory peck= neck Kettle of scotch=watch | Pen and ink= stink Porkie pie= lie Sausage & mash= cash Burnet fair= hair Pork pies=lies Sky rocket = pocket Boat race= face Jack tar= bar North and south= mouth Apples and pears= stairs |
Exercise 2:
Translate into italian:
| Guest= Find out= Classed= Wealth= Brought up= Allow= Nevertheless= Pick up= A bit= | spreads= Crops up= Stand for= means Deep= Mate= do you fancy= indeed= Mate= china plate = | Docks= Dockers= frog= Toad= Bosses= Owners= Naughty= Bonnet= Fair= |
Solutions:
| Guest= ospite Find out= scoprire Classed= classificato Wealth= ricchezza/benessere Brought up= cresciuto Allow= permettere Nevertheless= ciò nonostante, Pick up= raccogliere, andare a prendere A bit= un po’, un pochino | spreads= si diffonde/spalmare Crops up= salta fuori/rispunta Stand for= means Deep= profondo Mate= compagno, amico do you fancy= hai voglia di.. indeed= infatti, certo.. Mate= amico/compagno/partner china plate = piatto di porcellana | Docks= moli, banchine Dockers=portuali/scaricatori frog= rana Toad=rospo Bosses=capi Owners=proprietari/padroni Naughty=disobbediente/spinto/osè Bonnet= cuffia Fair= luna park |
Cockney rhyming slang consists of a two-word phrase that is used to stand in for a specific word.
The substituting phrase must RHYME with the original word.
For example:
Apples and Pears = stairs:
Eg: “Let’s get you up those Apples and Pears= Let’s get you up those stairs.
Turn left at the top of the Apples and Pears = Turn left at the top of the stairs!
Often, the substituting words will make reference to British popular culture or famous people
Eg:. Peter Michael Tong, (born 30 July 1960) is an English disc jockey who works for BBC Radio 1
A good example of this is the famous Cockney slang for ‘wrong’:
“It’s all gone Pete Tong!” = It’s all gone wrong.
Cockney Slang (1943) (2.29)
HOMEWORK :
While watching this clip make a list of at least (=almeno) 5 cockney expressions you hear Eg:
| 1 plates of meat = feet. ————————–. ————————–. ————————–. ————————– |