Inglese 4 - Listening: Cellphone Manners

Inglese 2 - Reading #2: 'Doctor, doctor'

Questions about MEMORY and PERFUME: http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2008/sep/27/healthandwellbeing

"How dangerous is coffee drinking for women?" : http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2008/sep/13/healthandwellbeing2

Inglese 5 - Reading #2: "Sign language strangles cinema"

Inglese 4 - Reading #2: "Dear Mariella"

Speed Dating: a short [confalonieri inglese 4]

A short film about Speed Dating?! I should call the director and tell him to cast YOU as actors :-)




you can also watch it on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzvn2DWh92k

Kate Nash, Mouthwash

Can't get this song out of my head!




watch the video on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZkUI3jqeIY

This is my face
Covered in freckles
With the occasional spot
And some veins

This is my body
Covered in skin
And not all of it
You can see

And, this, is my mind
It goes over and over
The same old lines

And, this, is my brain
It's torturous analytical thoughts
Make me go insane

And I use mouthwash
Sometimes I floss
I've got a family
And I drink cups of tea

I've got nostalgic pavements
I've got familiar faces
I've got mixed-up memories
And I've got favourite places

And I'm singing "oh oh" on a Friday night
And I'm singing "oh oh" on a Friday night
And I'm singing "oh oh" on a Friday night
And I hope everything's gonna be alright
And I'm singing "oh oh" on a Friday night
And I hope everything's gonna be alright

This is my face
I've got a thousand opinions
And I've got time and time to explain

And this is my body
And no matter how you try and disable it
Yes I'll still be here

And, this, is my mind
And although you try to infringe
You cannot confine

And, this, is my brain
And even if you try and hold me back
There's nothing that you can gain

'Cause I use mouthwash
Sometimes I floss
I've got a family
And I drink cups of tea

I've got nostalgic pavements
I've got familiar faces
I've got mixed-up memories
And I've got favourite places

I'm singing "oh oh" on a Friday night
And I'm singing "oh oh" on a Friday night
And I'm singing "oh oh" on a Friday night
And I hope everything's gonna be alright
And I'm singing "oh oh" on a Friday night
And I hope everything's gonna be alright
Oh oh oh oh oh oh

Morcheeba - Otherwise

watch the video on You Tube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxn-fz9mjo4


Otherwise

They wanted me here
Just to show you my face
But when it comes to the crunch
I just hide in disgrace
You're calling me mad
But I know you're the same
'Cause you got to be seen to be playing the game
Yes we got to be seen to be playing, the game

It ain't gonna hurt now
If you open up your eyes
You're making it worse now
Everytime you criticise
I'm under your curse now
But I call it compromise
I thought that you were wise
But you were otherwise

A specimen like you
I would love to obtain
I asked a tedious guy if he'd tell me your name
I'd love to impress you
With a back somersault
I want to take out your love
But it's locked in a vault
I wanna take up your love
But it's locked in a vault

It ain't gonna hurt now
If you open up your eyes
You're making it worse now
Everytime you criticise
I'm under your curse now
But I call it compromise
I thought that you were wise
But you were otherwise

When I open my mouth
I'm so brutally honest
And I can't expect that kind of love from you
When you open your mouth
Your teeth are beautifully polished
And I can't extract the pain you're going through
No I can't explain
The pain you're going through

It ain't gonna hurt now
If you open up your eyes
You're making it worse now
Everytime you womanise
I'm under your curse now
But I call it compromise
I'm under your curse

It ain't gonna hurt now
If you open up your eyes
You're making it worse now
Everytime you criticise
I'm under your curse now
But I call it compromise
I thought that you were wise
But you were otherwise

Apologies & Charlie Brown video (spelling bee)

Gosh, it's been so long since my last post! I could come up with some pretty good excuses (the flu, never-ending translations, a nightmarish article which I don't seem able to finish writing), but I'd feel bad anyway. So, here's something to say 'I'm sorry' - and to remember that the world won't come to an end if you misspell a word :-))

xxx