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5. Espressioni con avere. Complete the sentences with the correct form
of the verb avere and one of the idiomatic expressions you learned in this
chapter.
1. La temperatura è a –10° (ten below zero Celsius). Non
(voi)?
2. Ho una lezione fra (in) cinque minuti; non ho tempo: (io)
.
3. Tre a.cque minerali per favore! (Noi) .
4. (Tu) di mangiare un gelato? Offro io
(My treat)!
5. Che belle pizze! (voi) , non è vero?
6. Molti bambini del bu.io (of the dark).
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CAPITOLO
All’università
Communicative goals
Talking about classes and school
Indicating where people and things are
Describing everyday activities
Audio
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Video on DVD
Una cerimonia di laurea al
Politecnico di Milano
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La Lombardia
La Lombardia è una regione dell’Italia settentrionale AUSTRIA
Le regioni d’Italia
SVIZZERA
TRENTINO-
FRIULI-
Milano
Milan
LOMBARDIA
Brescia
Verona
VENETO
Venezia
Trieste
Arezzo
Urbino
M MONTENEGRO
Ancona
M
A
AR
MARE Siena R
C
Lago Perugia E
HE
Maggiore LIGURE Elba TOSCANA Assisi
Taranto
A
Piemonte alla Romagna. Nella Lombardia ci
R
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N BASILICATA
O
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L OMBARDIA ITALIA
E
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sono molti laghi: il Lago Maggiore, il lago di
R
(Carta Politica) C
A
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LA
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Cagliari SCALA DI CHILOMETRI B
Reggio
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La Lombardia ha una grande diversità di industrie: tessili M A
Palermo
Marsala
Messina
Taormina
M A R E
R E S I C I L I A
Siracusa
I O N I O
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Il Teatro alla Scala è uno dei più famosi teatri del mondo per le
sue rappresentazioni di opera lirica, balletto e musica classica.
Fu costruito (It was built) nel 1778 in stile neoclassico sul luogo
dove era stata demolita la chiesa di Santa Maria alla Scala, da cui
(hence) deriva il nome del teatro.
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(beautiful landscapes), le antiche ville e i pittoreschi paesini (little villages)
in riva al lago (on the lake shores), è una meta (destination) preferita dai
turisti italiani e stranieri.
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Punti di vista
Comprensione
1. Quante lezioni ha Pietro oggi?
2. Che cosa stu.dia Gina oggi? Perché?
3. Chi è Franca?
4. Com’è?
5. Perché Gina e Pietro ma.ngiano vicino alla biblioteca?
6. Dove lavora oggi Pietro?
7. Com’è la vita degli studenti?
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Studio di parole Il sistema italiano degli studi
Liceo
Classico
Scientifico
Artistico
Linguistico
delle Scienze
Umane Università
Scuola secondaria Scuola secondaria Laurea di primo livello
Scuola primaria
di primo grado di secondo grado Laurea Magistrale o
5 anni
3 anni 4/5 anni Specialistica
Dottorato di ricerca
Istituto
Professionale
NOTE: The great majority of Italian students attend public schools. Children begin elementary school
at the age of six. At the end of the terza media (eighth grade), students begin high school. There are
different types of high schools and programs are controlled by the state. Students who want to study
humanities or the sciences choose a liceo classico or scientifico. Those who want to start working
soon, without going on to a university, go to an istituto where they can learn a practical trade.
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Informazioni
L’università
At the end of their secondary education, Italian students must pass a comprehensive examination called l’esame
di maturità in order to be eligible to enroll in a facoltà universitaria. Currently some university programs re-
quire an additional entry exam. About 75 percent of high school graduates go on to university but a much lower
percentage actually graduate.
Most Italian students attend università statali (public universities) where tuition costs are generally low
and based on the student’s family income. University curricula are focused on specific areas of studies from the
beginning. Classes are large, with attendance often not required, and contact between students and professors
is minimal. Almost all universities are located in big cities where there is no centralized campus like in the United
States, and the different departments are often widely separated from each other. Universities offer limited student
housing. Dormitories, case dello studente, are generally reserved for low-income students who usually are from
out of town. Most students live with their families and attend local universities, and those who decide to study in
a different town, rent a room or an apartment with other students.
Applicazione
A. Studenti. Complete the following sentences with the vocabulary in
Studio di parole.
1. In un anno accade.mico, ci sono due o tre .
2. Marisa stu.dia il tedesco e il russo: frequenta la Facoltà di .
3. In un trimestre, ci sono esami e .
4. Gianni non sta bene e oggi è (non è a lezione).
5. Alla fine del liceo molti studenti s’iscri.vono (enroll) all’ .
6. Alla fine dell’università gli studenti ricevono la .
7. insegna alla scuola primaria.
8. In una ci sono molti libri, computer e zone stu.dio (study areas).
9. Dopo un esame, gli studenti rice.vono un .
10. John è uno studente molto bravo e non ha bisogno di pagare (to pay)
le tasse universitarie. John ha una .
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C. In quale facoltà? With a partner, take turns asking and answering the
questions. Look at the Facoltà e Diplomi di la.urea listed above to find the
answers.
Esempio ingegneria elettro.nica
—In quale facoltà s’insegnano (are taught) corsi d’ingegneria
elettro.nica?
—Nella Facoltà d’Ingegneria.
1. li.ngue straniere
2. chi.mica industriale
3. informa.tica
4. scienze giuridiche
5. fisioterapia
6. psicologia
7. filosofia
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Ascoltiamo!
In classe CD1-17
A teacher is greeting his students in a liceo in Rome and asking and answering a variety of ques-
tions at the beginning of class. Listen to the exchanges and then answer the following questions.
E. Dati personali. You are applying for a part-time job. With a partner,
play the roles of the applicant and the employer, asking the questions and
filling out the form. When finished, reverse roles.
The employer will ask: Nome? Cognome? Come si scrive, per favore?
Indirizzo (Address)? Posta elettro.nica?
NOTE: The symbol @ in Italian is: chiocciola (which means snail, because
of its shape). For example, the following e-mail: Franco@libero.it is read in
Italian: Franco chio.cciola li.bero punto it
NOME
COGNOME
PROFESSIONE
INDIRIZZO
CITTÀ
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Punti grammaticali
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io cant o noi cant iamo
tu cant i voi cant ate
lui/lei/Lei cant a loro ca.nt ano
1. Verbs that end in -are, known as first-conjugation verbs, are the most La mamma e Nino suo.nano.
Il papà canta.
frequently used. With few exceptions, they are regular. The infinitive of a
regular verb, such as cantare, consists of the stem cant- (invariable) and the
ending -are. To conjugate the present tense (presente) of cantare, we replace
-are with a different ending for each person: -o, -i, -a, -iamo, -ate, -ano.
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2. The present tense in Italian is rendered in English in different ways:
{
I sing.
Io canto. I am singing.
I do sing. I tre ragazzi gio.cano: a golf, a
{
tennis, a ca.lcio.
Does Maria sing?
Canta Maria?
Is Maria singing?
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a. Verbs ending in -iare drop the i of the infinitive stem before adding the
endings -i and -iamo.
b. Verbs ending in -care and -gare add an h before the endings -i and
-iamo to preserve the hard sounds of /k/ and /g/.
For a list of verbs that take a preposition 7. Pensare takes the preposition a or di depending on the meaning of the
(a or di) before an infinitive, see Appendix 2. clause that follows.
a. Pensare a means “to think about something” or “to think about
someone.”
Penso alla mamma. I think about my mom.
Pensiamo agli esami. We think about our exams.
Pratica
A. Attività. Tell what Lucio is doing today by matching a verb from
column A with an expression from column B.
Esempio A B
suonare il violino
Lucio suona il violino.
A B
1. ascoltare a. l’a.utobus
2. pensare b. a pallavolo (volleyball)
3. aspettare c. alla sua ragazza
4. mangiare d. il professore di scienze
5. giocare e. al ristorante
6. guardare f. un ve.cchio film
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B. Trasformazioni. Replace the subject of each sentence with those in pa-
rentheses and change the verb form accordingly.
1. (Io) stu.dio l’italiano. (noi / loro / Lisa / tu)
2. Aspettiamo la professoressa. (io / gli studenti / voi due / Pa.olo)
3. Mangiate a casa. (noi / tu / gli altri [the others])
4. Marco gioca a ca.lcio. (gli amici / tu e Gino / io e Roberto)
Sapete che…
I voti all’università
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Italian universities use a 30-point grad-
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ing scale, with 18 being the minimum
passing grade. Most university exams
include an oral portion, l’esame orale,
where the final grade is decided. In or-
der to keep a high GPA, Italian students Economia Chimica Architettura
have the option to refuse a low passing
grade and to retake the final examina-
tion at a later date in hopes of receiving
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a better score. How would you like to
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have the same opportunity?
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D. Cosa compriamo? Franco, Gino, and his sister Maria need a few items
for school. In groups of three, complete their dialogue with the correct
forms of comprare and with the items you choose from those illustrated
above.
Franco Io una , e voi, cosa ?
Gino Maria ed io sei e anche quattro
.
Maria Per Natale mio papà per Gino e
per me.
Gino Franco, tu altre cose?
Franco Sì, ho bisogno di cinque .
Maria I miei (My) compagni di classe sempre in questo
nego.zio perché i prezzi (prices) sono buoni.
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Nota linguistica
I falsi amici
False friends are words or phrases in two languages that look similar and have a similar origin
but differ in meaning.
An example of false friends are educato and educated.
Educato means well–mannered, polite. The opposite of educato is maleducato (bad-mannered).
Educated translates as istruito. The opposite of istruito is ignorante.
The same difference applies to the nouns:
Educazione means good manners or upbringing.
Education translates as istruzione.
Verifica. Complete the sentences with the correct forms of educato, istruito, maleducato and ignorante
according to the context.
1. Marina è una bambina . Dice sempre (always) “grazie” e “per favore”.
2. I signor Ponti sono molto . Hanno due la.uree e stu.diano per
un dottorato di ricerca.
3. Le persone non desi.derano imparare.
4. Gino è perché non saluta il professore.
3.2 Le preposizioni
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2. When the prepositions a, da, di, in, and su are used with a definite article,
the preposition and the article combine to form one word (preposizione
articolata), as follows:
Pratica
A. Fu.lvio stu.dia. Describe what is going on as Fulvio studies for a biology
exam by completing each sentence with an appropriate simple preposition:
a, di, in, con, su, per, tra.
1. Oggi Fu.lvio è biblioteca.
2. La biblioteca è due alti edifici.
3. Fu.lvio stu.dia un compagno.
4. Stu.dia l’esame di biologia.
5. Mentre (While) stu.dia, Fu.lvio pensa una ragazza bruna.
6. Dov’è il libro biologi.a? Il libro è una se.dia.
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C. Sostituzioni. Form new sentences by replacing the italicized expressions
with the words indicated and the correct prepositions.
1. Sandra va (goes) al parco. (museo / concerti rock / feste / ci.nema)
2. Ho bisogno del diziona.rio. (spiegazione (f.) del professore / ma.cchina /
appunti / computer)
3. I libri di Francesco sono sul letto. (ta.volo / televisore (TV set) /scrivania /
se.die)
4. Oggi Franco e Luisa sono nell’a.ula di fi.sica. (nego.zio di biciclette /
stu.dio / libreria dell’università / edi.ficio di li.ngue straniere)
D. Di chi (Whose) è…? With a partner, take turns asking and answering
to whom various things belong.
Esempio libro / bambino
—Di chi è il libro?
—È del bambino.
1. casa con il bel giardino / signori Giusti
2. ma.cchina rossa / dottor Galli
3. zaino (backpack) marrone / Anto.nio
4. quaderno nero / studentessa di medicina
5. due computer / ingegner Scotti
6. belle fotografie di Vene.zia / Lucia
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Pratica
A. Dov’è... ? With a partner, look at the drawings and then take turns ask-
ing each other the related questions. Use sotto, sopra, dentro, davanti (a),
dietro, vicino (a), lontano (da), or other prepositions in your responses.
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1. Dov’è la la. mpada? 2. Dov’è la fotografia? 3. Dov’è la se.dia? 4. Dov’è il ta. volo? E la tazza
E il cane? E il gatto? E la ragazza? (cup)? E il caffè?
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Pratica
A. Quale... ? Ask a friend where some places and things are located.
He/She will ask you to specify which place or thing you mean. Follow the
example.
Esempio libro / italiano
— Dov’è il libro?
— Quale libro?
— Il libro d’italiano.
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Adesso leggiamo! Incontri
A. Alla lettura. After you have read the dialogue, with a partner, under-
line all the regular verbs in -are.
B. Comprensione
1. In quale facoltà è studentessa Mariella? In quale città? 2. Di cosa ha bisogno
Mariella? 3. Dove trova l’annu.ncio Mariella? 4. A che piano è la stanza? Com’è?
5. Cosa c’è nella stanza? 6. Dov’è la la.mpada? 7. Dove desi. dera appe.ndere i
poster Mariella? 8. Che cosa desi.dera portare nella stanza? Quando?
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