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Was the Old One Better?
Due amici discutono se il remake della loro serie preferita sia meglio dell’originale.
Una discussione rilassata. Fai attenzione a come entrambi motivano le opinioni e fanno concessioni (To be fair …, I will give you that) — e su che cosa si trovano d’accordo alla fine.
So, did you finish the new version? I watched the last part yesterday.
I did. And to be honest, I do not understand why they made it at all. The old one was wonderful.
Wonderful? The old one was filmed in about four rooms. You could see that the walls were made of paper.
That is exactly what I liked. They had no money, so everything depended on the dialogue. The new one looks expensive, but the characters hardly talk to each other.
To be fair, the people in the old one talked so much that nothing ever happened. My father used to go to sleep in every single part.
Your father goes to sleep during the news.
All right, I will give you that. But the new one treated the story with more care. The mother finally has a reason for what she does.
That is true. In the old one she was simply bad, without any explanation. That was always a weakness.
So the new one fixed at least one thing.
One thing. But they also cut the ending with the lighthouse, and that was the best scene in the whole show.
I know. I was waiting for it during the whole last part, and it never came.
So we agree: better mother, worse ending.
Better mother, worse ending. Shall we watch the old ending again on Saturday?
Did you finish the new version? I watched the last part yesterday.
Yes. And I do not understand why they made it. The old one was wonderful.
Wonderful? The old one had about four rooms. The walls looked very cheap.
I liked that. They had no money, so everything was in the words. The new one looks expensive, but the people in it hardly talk to each other.
But in the old one they talked so much that nothing happened. My father always went to sleep.
Your father goes to sleep during the news.
OK, that is true. But in the new one, the mother finally has a reason for what she does.
Yes. In the old one she was just bad, and we never knew why.
So the new one is better in one way.
In one way. But they cut the ending at the lighthouse. That was the best scene.
I know. I waited for it, and it never came.
So: better mother, worse ending.
Yes. Shall we watch the old ending again on Saturday?
Un clic su una parola la cerca nel lessico di questo sito.
Altre frasi sul tema in «La lingua in azione»: Inglese in serie e film
- Parole
- 230
- Frasi
- 28
- Parole per frase
- 8,2
- nel lessico
- 100 %
- livello misurato
- B1
- Tempo di lettura
- 2 min
Grammatica in questo testo
Queste forme compaiono nel testo in un uso reale. Con «Mostra la grammatica», sopra il testo, vengono evidenziate.
used to go to sleep
used to go to sleep: succedeva regolarmente in passato. Abitudini passate: used to →
was filmed · were made of paper
Passivo al passato: was filmed, were made of paper. Formare il passivo →
Shall we watch
Shall we …? propone qualcosa per entrambi. should, ought to, had better →
Le parole da B2 in su in questo testo
Non le parole difficili in assoluto, ma quelle del tuo livello: tutte le 3 delle 125 parole di questo testo sono di livello B2 o superiore. Tutto il resto lo conosci già, se sei arrivato fin qui.
dialogue
il dialogo
B2lighthouse
il faro
C1paper
l'articolo
B2
Le liste di parole di questo testo
Le parole di questo testo si trovano in 27 liste di questo sito; il numero accanto dice quante vengono da ciascuna lista. Chi ha letto il testo ha appena avuto bisogno proprio di queste parole — e può ripassare esattamente quelle.
Domande di comprensione
4 domande sul testo. A ogni risposta compare la frase in cui si trova — una domanda la cui risposta non si ritrova nel testo non verifica niente.
1. Che cosa piaceva a Priya della vecchia versione?
Priya risponde all’osservazione di Noah sulle pareti.
Fai attenzione alla parola «dialogue».
everything depended on the dialogue
2. Che cosa critica Priya della nuova versione?
Leggi fino alla fine la seconda battuta di Priya.
Fai attenzione alla parola «hardly».
the characters hardly talk to each other
3. Secondo tutti e due, che cosa ha migliorato la nuova versione?
Noah lo dice dopo aver dato ragione a Priya.
Fai attenzione alla parola «reason».
The mother finally has a reason for what she does
4. Che cosa vogliono fare i due sabato?
La risposta è nell’ultima frase.
Fai attenzione a «again».
Shall we watch the old ending again on Saturday?