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Servizio Speciale Centro Linguistico di Ateneo

CALABRIAN DRILLS

Il testo che proponiamo oggi è tratto dal quotidiano britannicoThe Guardian

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You’re the first British person I’ve spoken to on this beach in the 40 years I’ve been coming here. How did you find it?” It was a good question, given the huge number of beaches along Calabria’s 500-mile coastline. I was in tiny Caminia on the Ionian coast talking to Nuccio, a Briton whose Calabrian mother lives in nearby Catanzaro Lido. He confirmed what I had already discovered: that the elongated toe of southern Italy is one of the country’s least-known regions among British people.

Italians, on the other hand, spend August swarming around Calabria’s Tyrrhenian and Ionian coasts. Come September, even though schools wouldn’t be opening until the middle of the month, many sunloungers are packed away in defiance of the 28C heat and clear blue sea almost as warm as a bath. But despite the out-of-season atmosphere, late September and October is an excellent time to explore this underrated and often misunderstood region – and savour some of the spiciest cuisine in Italy, thanks to the ubiquitous red peperoncino (chilli).

History hasn’t been particularly kind to Calabria, which the ancient Greeks colonised in eighth century BC. Others followed – Romans, Saracens, Byzantines, Normans, Spanish and French among them – who were rather less benign than the Greeks. Feudalism was officially abolished in 1806, but a form of it lasted until well into the 20th century. Mass emigration has been a problem for generations, and the region is still among the very poorest in Italy.

It’s also one of the most beguiling – a warm-hearted antidote to the glitz of the Amalfi coast further north. Within minutes of leaving Lamezia airport I was heading south on the Tyrrhenian coast road that eventually goes past two of Calabria’s most attractive towns, Pizzo and Tropea. The latter is in a dramatic spot on a cliff where the houses seem to blend into the rock face. One of the town’s beaches catches the sun between the cliff and the rocky promontory where the church of Santa Maria dell’Isola sits in a lofty grove of olive trees and prickly pear cactus.

Traduzione in italiano

(la traduzione come potrai notare deve prescindere dalla letteralità sempre nel pieno rispetto del testo)

“Sei il primo inglese con cui parlo su questa spiaggia in quarant’anni che vengo qui. Come l’hai trovata?” Era una bella domanda visto l’immenso numero di spiagge su 500 miglia di costa calabrese. Nella graziosa Caminia sulla costa ionica mi trovavo a parlare con Nuccio, un inglese la cui madre calabrese vive vicino Catanzaro Lido. Mi confermava ciò che avevo già scoperto: la punta allungata dell’Italia meridionale è una tra le regioni della penisola meno note tra gli inglesi.

Gli italiani, d’altro canto, trascorrono le vacanze di agosto affollando le coste tirrenica eionica della Calabria. Quando arriva settembre, anche se le scuole non aprono prima di metà mese, molti lettini da spiaggia sono ben sistemati a fronte di 28 gradi e del mare blu cristallino caldo come un brodo. Ma nonostante l’atmosfera fuori stagione, è proprio alla fine di settembre e di ottobre che conviene esplorare questa regione sottostimata e spesso malinterpretata – non tralasciando di gustare alcuni tra i piatti più piccanti d’Italia in ossequio al’onnipresente peperoncino rosso.

Non si può dire che la storia sia stata clemente con la Calabria, colonizzata dai Greci nell’VIII secolo AC. I dominatori che si avvicendarono – tra cui ricordiamo i Romani, i Saraceni, i Bizantini, i Normanni, gli Spagnoli e i Francesi -- furono decisamente meno benevoli dei Greci. Il feudalesimo fu abolito ufficialmente nel 1806 madi fattoperdurò in altra forma fino al XX secolo. L’emigrazione in massa è un problema da generazioni e la regione è ancora tra le più povere d’Italia.

Ma è anche una delle più affascinanti – che contrappone al glamour chic della costiera amalfitana più a nord, un grande cuore. A pochi minuti dall’aeroporto di Lamezia mi dirigevo verso sud sulla strada lungo la costa tirrenica che passa per due paesi tra i più suggestivi della Calabria, Pizzo e Tropea. Le case di Tropea, in particolare, dall’ubicazione particolarissima, sono costruite su una roccia con la quale sembrano fondersi. Una delle spiagge del paese si lascia baciare dal sole tra la rupe e il promontorio roccioso dove è incastonata la chiesa di Santa Maria dell’Isola immersa in una vegetazione lussureggiante di ulivi e fichi d’India.

Pronuncia

Il controllo della pronuncia con le annotazioni eventuali può avvenire grazie al dizionario on line

Note di pronuncia:

la parola “hearted” si pronuncia quasi come /haatid/ (la h tra le barre oblique indica aspirazione)
la parola “further” quasi come /feder/
“pear” = /pea/

Ora rileggi tutto il testo, essendo consapevole della pronuncia corretta

Analisi e approfondimenti

Puoi avere contezza delle singole parole comprendendone il significato grazie al dizionario bilingue suindicato e ai dizionari monolingue

Esercizi (con riferimento al testo tradotto e analizzato)

1)Cosa significano in italiano le seguenti parole?

good question ------

least-known------

sunlounger------

beguiling------

underrated------

warm-hearted------

glitz------

further north ------

2)Come si rendono in inglese le seguenti parole?

rupe, scoglio------

fondersi con ------

enorme------

malinterpretato------

gustare------

tra (tanti)------

ubicazione particolarissima------

fico d’India------

3)Completa gli spazi vuoti

You’re the first British person I’ve spoken …………………… on this beach in the 40 years I’ve been coming here. How did you find it?” It was a good question, ………………. the huge number of beaches along Calabria’s 500-mile coastline. I was in tiny Caminia on the Ionian coast talking to Nuccio, a …………………. whose Calabrian mother lives in nearby Catanzaro Lido. He confirmed what I had already discovered: that the elongated toe of southern Italy is one of the country’s …………………………… regions among British people.

Italians, on the other hand, spend August swarming around Calabria’s Tyrrhenian and Ionian coasts. Come September, even ……………………….. schools wouldn’t be opening until the middle of the month, many sunloungers are packed away in defiance of the 28C heat and clear blue sea almost as warm as a bath. But despite the ………………………… atmosphere, late September and October is an excellent time to explore this underrated and often misunderstood region – and savour some of the …………………….. cuisine in Italy, thanks to the ubiquitous red peperoncino (chilli).

History hasn’t been particularly kind to Calabria, which the ………………………. Greeks colonised in eighth century BC. Others followed – Romans, Saracens, Byzantines, Normans, Spanish and French among them – who were …………………….. less benign than the Greeks. Feudalism was officially abolished in 1806, but a form of it lasted until well into the 20th century. ……………………. emigration has been a problem for generations, and the region is still among the very poorest in Italy.

It’s also one of the most beguiling – a warm-hearted ……………………..to the glitz of the Amalfi coast further north. Within minutes of leaving Lamezia airport I was heading south on the Tyrrhenian coast road that ……………………………goes past two of Calabria’s most attractive towns, Pizzo and Tropea. The latter is in a dramatic spot on a cliff where the houses seem to blend into the rock face. One of the town’s beaches catches the sun between the cliff and the rocky promontory where the church of Santa Maria dell’Isola sits in a ……………………………….grove of olive trees and prickly pear cactus.

4)Completa gli spazi vuoti

You’re the first British person I’ve ………………………to on this beach in the 40 years I’ve been coming here. How did you find it?” It was a good question, given the huge number of beaches along Calabria’s 500-mile coastline. I was in tiny Caminia on the Ionian coast talking to Nuccio, a Briton whose Calabrian mother lives in nearby Catanzaro Lido. He ………………………..what I had already discovered: that the elongated toe of southern Italy is one of the country’s least-known regions among British people.

Italians, …………………………………., spend August swarming around Calabria’s Tyrrhenian and Ionian coasts. Come September, even though schools wouldn’t be opening until the middle of the month, many sunloungers are packed away in ………………………..of the 28C heat and clear blue sea almost as warm as a bath. But despite the out-of-season atmosphere, late September and October is an excellent time to explore this underrated and often misunderstood region – and ……………………………..some of the spiciest cuisine in Italy, thanks to the ubiquitous red peperoncino (chilli).

History hasn’t been particularly kind to Calabria, which the ancient Greeks colonised in eighth century BC. Others followed – Romans, Saracens, Byzantines, Normans, Spanish and French among them – who were rather less benign ……………………the Greeks. Feudalism was officially abolished in 1806, but a form of it lasted until well into the 20th century. Mass emigration has been a problem for generations, and the region is still among the very ……………………………….in Italy.

It’s also one of the most beguiling – a warm-hearted antidote to the glitz of the Amalfi coast further north. Within minutes of …………………………….Lamezia airport I was heading south on the Tyrrhenian coast road that eventually goes past two of Calabria’s most attractive towns, Pizzo and Tropea. The latter is in a dramatic …………………..on a cliff where the houses seem to blend into the rock face. One of the town’s beaches catches the sun between the ………………….and the rocky promontory where the church of Santa Maria dell’Isola sits in a lofty …………………………..of olive trees and prickly pear cactus.

5)Completa gli spazi vuoti

You’re the first British person I’ve spoken to on this beach in the 40 years I’ve been coming here. How did you find it?” It was a good question, given the …………………..number of beaches along Calabria’s 500-mile coastline. I was in tiny Caminia on the Ionian coast talking to Nuccio, a Briton whose Calabrian mother lives in nearby Catanzaro Lido. He confirmed what I had already discovered: that the ………………………………toe of southern Italy is one of the country’s least-known regions among British people.

Italians, on the other hand, spend August swarming around Calabria’s Tyrrhenian and Ionian coasts. Come September, even though schools wouldn’t be opening until the middle of the month, many sunloungers are packed away in defiance of the 28C ………………………….and clear blue sea almost as warm as a bath. But despite the out-of-season atmosphere, late September and October is an excellent time to explore this underrated and often misunderstood region – and savour some of the spiciest …………………………in Italy, thanks to the ubiquitous red peperoncino (chilli).

History hasn’t been particularly kind to Calabria, which the ancient Greeks colonised in eighth century BC. Others followed – Romans, Saracens, …………………………, Normans, Spanish and French among them – who were rather less benign than the Greeks. Feudalism was officially abolished in 1806, but a form of it lasted until well into the 20th century. Mass emigration has been a problem for generations, and the region is still among the very poorest in Italy.

It’s also one of the most…………………………– a warm-hearted antidote to the glitz of the Amalfi coast further north. Within minutes of leaving Lamezia airport I was ………………………….. south on the Tyrrhenian coast road that eventually goes past two of Calabria’s most attractive towns, Pizzo and Tropea. The latter is in a dramatic spot on a cliff where the houses seem to blend into the rock face. One of the town’s beaches ……………………….. the sun between the cliff and the ……………………………promontory where the church of Santa Maria dell’Isola sits in a lofty grove of olive trees and prickly pear cactus.

6)Esercitati a tradurre in italiano e viceversa per iscritto