III Year Lettorato Inglese -- Group 3C (Peterson-More):

Jennifer Pudney p. 138, Passage 1 (previously assigned and discussed in class), suggested English translation.

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Pudney, pg. 138, Translation Passage 1 (lines 1-11)

The town council/local administration has// The city authorities have finally realized there is a problem// has/have finally woken up. On Friday, January 27, the mayor of Milan discovered/found that / the air in the city is unbreathable/his city’s air was/is unbreathable. [High/Excessive] P/pollution levels that should never have been reached were registered/recorded/found [both] in the city center/downtown and on the outskirts. [Indeed, /In fact,] A/a thick, foul-smelling fog had/has spread over 90% of the territory.//  Indeed/In fact 90% of the territory was covered by a thick, foul-smelling fog.

The authorities [have] launched an initiative without precedent in Italy, asking citizens to limit using their cars// to limit their car use and the heating inside/within their homes. They even considered/thought of/spoke about closing [the] schools in the upcoming/next few days.