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LANGUIIGE  FOUNDATION                         Lll

                                                     Nor significa  né/neanche/nemmeno.  È usato in
      Leggi il seguente dialogo e sottolinea  con un co-  c orrelazione con neither nell'espression e neither.'.  'x m
      lore tutti i termini che non conosci e con un altro  nor... per tradurre  né I'uno né I'altro.  Sono accom-
      colore quelli che, anche se nuovi, riesci a tra-  pagnati di solito da un verbo  in forma singolare'  M
      durre correttamente  senza  l'uso del vocabolario.  La correlazione  o I'uno o I'altro è tradotta, invece,
                                                      con eíther...  or..., sempre accompagnati  da verbo  A
      ANNE: I have some cellulite and a lot of stretch  singolare. Usando l'espressione  eíther...  or.  ' '  con un
        marks!                                       verbo  in forma negativa  si ottiene lo stesso signifi-  K
      J.lxn: You must do exercise and you should prob-  cato di neither... nor... con verbo  in forma positiva.  E
                                                     La correlazione  sra... sí4... è tradotta,  invece,  con
        ably eat less!                               both. .. and,.. , seguita  da verbo  plurale.
      aNNE: You are right. I don't do sport, nor do I  e.g. Both Jenny  and Anne have stretch marks.  (Sia
        drink much water,                               Jenny sia Anne hanno  smagliature)          U
      J.q.xn:  Then you should get massages  regularly.  Neither  Jenny nor Anne has stretch marks.  (Né
      ANNE: You know, it's not easy to erase  stretch   Jenny né Anne hanno smagtiature)            P
                                                        Jenny and Anne, has either of them  got stretch
        marks!
                                                        marks?  (Jenny o Anne hanno  smagliature?)
      JANE:  Why don't you try a good anti-stretch      I can buy both the cream  and the nail polish.
        mark cream?                                      (Posso  comprare  sia la crema  sia lo smalto)
      ANNE: I think liposuction and mesotherapy         I can buy neither the cream nor the nail polish.
                                                         (Non posso comprare  né la crema né lo smalto)
      would be better.

                                                     JANE:  Sure, Lucy.
                                                     LUCY:       you stop talking about the sea? We
      Crea un dialogo in cui anche tu dai un consiglio       work now!
      ad un'amica.  Scegli tu l'argomento:  trucco, depi-
      lazione, massaggio,  trattamenti viso, trattamenti  Mrss rAYLon: Please,  girls, .'..........  you be quiet?
      corpo e così via. Insieme ai compagni praticate  I'm trying to explain  how to French-manicure
      a turno i dialoghi  che avete scritto.          one's nails. You ............  understand anything if
                                                      you keep on talking!
                                                     (five minutes  later)
                                                     MIss TAYLoR: I won't  repeat myself:  you .."........
       Completa  i seguenti  dialoghi con il verbo moda-
                                                      be quiet and  PaY  attention.
       le appropriato al tempo  corretto,  scegliendolo
                                   -
               -
       tra: can  to be able  -  should  would like to  BRENDA: Look Jenny,  my skin is so oily. What
       -  must  *will.                                 do you think I    do to solve this problem?
                                                     JENNv:  You ............ use a good skin cleanser.
       LUcy: Excuse  me, Miss Taylor. Have you parked  BRENDA:  I do anYthing  else?
         your car on the other  side of the road?    JENNv:  You ............ use a face pack regularly and
       MIss rAyLoR:  Yes, I have. Is there a problem?  a special face cream too'
       LUcy: Sorry, Miss Taylor.  You .......'.... park there.
         You ............ go to the car park at the end of the  Jlnn: I have some cellulite  dimples...  What do
         street.                                       you think I  ............ do?
                                                     ANNE:  First of all, you   do some exercise!
       Jnxa: I'm so sad. I ............ to apply make-up as  Jlxn: I know I   but I don't have time. I
         well as you!                                        go swimming...  I love swimming,  You
       LUcy: Don't worry, Jane. I ............ put make-up  know... What else ......'..... I do?
         on at all at the beginning  of my career.  Later  ANNE: You ............ drink plenty of water  and
         I attended some  courses and now I  "'...'.....  do  eat a balanced diet. You .'.".......  give up eating
         it very well,                                 sweels  and French fries...
                                                     J,lNn: I      buy an anticellulite  cream too'
       J^l,xn: I    go to the seaside  and have a long  ANNE: Sure, you    use it everY daY.
         swim... You know, I ............  swim  very well ...  Jlxn: Mary bought  a new product  yesterday.  I
       LUCY: Oh, Jane,      you do me a favour?              buy it too.
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