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EXERCISES ON PAGE 327

EX. 41

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EX. 42

1) He believed they would have no problems in their new job. 2) She was sure her brother would succeed in settling everything. 3) Everybody thought the Australian team would win the Rugby World Championship. 4) I didn’t think this Chinese brand would be very successful in Europe. 5) Cameron said he was giving up acting in the school drama company. 6) We expected this song would be a great hit. 7) The kids hoped their father would get back home early. 8) Scientists said a great flood would cover half of the planet in a short time from now.

EX. 43

1) My granddaughter thought I would buy her a tablet for her birthday. 2) He saw her lovingly. He loved her and he would pass with her all his life. 3) Clelia told me she wouldn’t try to ask her parents if she could come in discoteque because do it was worthless. 4) Nelly didn’t think her husband would surprise her, but he had organized a romantic weekend in a castle in Austria. 5) Oscar was sad. His father had just told him they would move in another city. 6) I remembered Lucilla had told me she wouldn’t take part in the race. 7) A Anne-Marie left for Africa two days ago. B Really? I didn’t think she would accept to go. 8) A I didn’t think it would be so cold here. B Did you think it would be hot in Norway in December??

EX. 44

1) She was very focused and she was going to win the game of chess. 2) Mark was going to spend some days in a campsite, but his girlfriend didn’t like sleeping in a tent. 3) It was just 5 p.m., but the museum was going to close: we hadn’t read the opening times well. 4) She loved dancing and she was going to join a dance school even if her parents didn’t like it. 5) My friends were going to have a picnic on the beach, but it was too hot. 6) Zoe and Bea were going to draw or paint a picture, but their mum had forgotten to buy colours. 7) My parents were going to go on a cruise, but they went to the travel agency too late. 8) Were you going to becoming a member of the club without paying the membership fee?

EX. 45

1) La frase subordinata esprime un’ipotesi che il soggetto ritiene possibile (ipotetica della possibilità); in inglese si rende così: in case it rained, the show would happen into the theatre.

2) “Se hai fame, mangia qualcosa” è una variante dell’ipotetica di tipo 0 e si rende in inglese con: if you are hungry, eat something.

3) Marco si giustifica dicendo che non sapeva che anche Luca avrebbe portato la pizza, usando la struttura del future in the past.

4) La prima frase esprime l’imminenza che accada qualcosa al presente, la seconda frase l’imminenza che accada qualcosa al passato. In inglese si rendono rispettivamente in questo modo: I’m going to cry. I was going to cry.

MY FAVOURITE CHARACTER OF GENERAL’S LADY

My favourite character of General’s lady is Jiner Shen. She is from a Chinese noble family and, for emperor’s wanting, she has to marry Chu Xiu Ming, a successful general. Since the beginning, Jiner proves to be a determined and clever girl, but also a lively and altruist person. During the first two episodes, she accepts to change her life, despite her wanting to be free. I like this central character because she is naive, frank, but above all positive and ready to start a new chapter of her life, without regrets or rebels. I think that this attitude will permit her to be happy and maybe to live in love with her husband.