III Year Lettorato Inglese 2017-2018
(Peterson-More)

Homework assignment for Monday, March12

(a) Pudney - pg. 108, passage 5: translate lines 1-9 

(b) Finish reading the articles we started in class during our second lesson and complete the  related vocabulary and comprehension questions below:

(I) CNBC “Italy's election result could see its ties to Europe change dramatically”:

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/03/06/italys-election-result-could-see-its-ties-to-europe-change-dramatically.html

Explain the following terms/phrases from the article by providing definitions or synonyms in English. Of course, your explanations must fit (be appropriate within) the specific context of the sentence:

seismic shift
meanwhile
prompting
influx
hung parliament
agnosticism
whereas
overtake

In addition, answer the following questions:

1) Identify four grammatical mistakes in the quotes of Mr. Terzi di Sant'Agata.

2) According to the article, what was surprising about the election result?

3) Have the positions of M5S and Lega evolved in recent years? If so, how?

(II) The New York Times, “7 Times in History When Students Turned to Activism”:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/05/us/student-protest-movements.html

Explain the following terms/phrases from the article by providing definitions or synonyms in English. Of course, your explanations must fit (be appropriate within) the specific context of the sentence:

rote
outcry
incongruity
albeit
resonate
coalesced
lunch counter
made their stand (make one's stand)
segregation

barricaded
resign
think tank
grinding halt
topple

apartheid
shantytowns
quads
withdraw
dismantling (dismantle)

slaughter
death toll
crackdown
visceral
would-be activists
lone
endures

stubbornly peaceful
relinquished
paving the way
swift

scuffles
unrest
astray
urged restraint
tightly

lauded
prevailing
labeled
questionable
bias

In addition, answer the following questions:

1) What was the impetus for this article?

2) Is there a central argument or point to the article? If so, what?