III Year Lettorato Inglese

Dear students,

For your reference I am re-posting the homework assignments for our next lesson on Tuesday, April 19:

Grammar Scan, pp. 86-90, units 11 & 12

Vince, p. 93 exercise 3

Pudney, p. 104, translate the third paragraph only (lines 13-21) of exercise 1.

Goddard, write an analysis of the advertisement on p. 44.

In case you are unable to read the text in the photocopies, I have copied and pasted it here. What follows is the full text of the advertisement:

      If one was missing

            we'd shriek.

            Most people recoil at the sight of a colony

of marine worms.

            Here at BP we hold the 'lowest forms of life'

in somewhat higher regard.

            Ever since our ecologists helped to unearth

the fact that these friendless creatures are

extremely sensitive. Particularly to any sudden

chemical changes in sea water, their natural

environment.

            Apparently even miniscule quantities of

pollutants can decimate entire worm colonies.

            Of course we can't account for every single

worm in the vicinity of our oil platforms.

            But we can monitor their populations

thereby detecting the first signs of contamination

in time to prevent damage to the environment.

            A prime example of the early bird catching

the worm.

            Protecting the environment is one of the

things BP is doing today for all our tomorrows.

                        BP

For all our tomorrows.