Lexis:

to record: documentare/testimoniare

census: censimento

to count: contare

podcast: sistema che permette di distribuire contenuti multimediali attraverso internet

to defeat: sconfiggere

completely: completamente

to dissatisfy: deludere

to be hungry for information: essere bramoso di informazioni

exactly: esattamente

land: terra

nobles: nobili

to own: possedere

to work out: calcolare/esercitarsi

tax: tasse

subject: suddito

to pay: pagare

in time of war: in tempo di Guerra

to trust: fidarsi

trusted: fidato/di fiducia

official: funzionario/ufficiale

to plough: arare/dissodare

plough: aratro

to cultivate: coltivare

such as: come per esempio

serfs: servo

unfree: non libero

slave: schiavo

corn: mais/granoturco

mill: mulino/frantoio

fishery: pescheria

to compare: confrontare/paragonare

to want to know: voler sapere

whether: se

central heating: riscaldamento centralizzato

to be completed: essere completato/terminato

the following year: l’anno seguente

to cover: includere/coprire

scribe: scriba/scrivano

carefully: attentamente

to copy: copiare

detail: dettaglio/particolare

onto: su/sopra/al corrente di

parchment: pergamena

to make out: realizzare

sheep skin: pellame di pecora

dispute: dibattito/disputa

ownership: proprietà

court: corte

to argue: discutere/litigare

Judgment Day: giorno del giudizio

to be judged: essere giudicato

to lead, led, led: condurre

remarkable: degno di nota

nowhere else: da nessun’altra parte

detailed record: registrazione dettagliata

too fragile: troppo delicato/fragile

to display: esporre

however: tuttavia/comunque

to be available online: essere disponibile online

to be interested in: essere affascinato/interessato a

unless: a meno che non

unable: incapace

to jump forward: saltare in avanti

development: sviluppo

computing: informatica

nowadays: ai giorni d’oggi

roughly: approssimativamente

to store: memorizzare/ immagazzinare

to manipulate: manipolare

to sell, sold, sold: vendere

to launch: lanciare/varare

to write short articles: scrivere piccoli articoli

to take photographs: fare fotografie

everyday life: vita di ogni giorno

to divide into: dividere in

block: blocco/isolato

to link: collegare/connettere

to take part: prendere parte/partecipare

in one way or in another: in un modo o in un altro

altogether: in tutto

to send, sent, sent: mandare/spedire

mistake: errore

with pen and ink: con penna e inchiostro

either: o…o/nè…nè/ in nessun caso

within: entro

to move on: passare oltre/evolversi

happily: felicemente/fortunatamente

recently: recentemente

task: incarico/compito

to transfer: trasferire

everything: ogni cosa

to survey: sopravvivere

website: sito internet

almost: quasi

everywhere: in ogni dove/dappertutto

to invite: esortare/incitare

 

 

Domesday - how well did you understand the podcast?

Quiz

1. What happened in 1066?

Duke William of Normandy conquered England.

2. In 1085, what was William thinking?

I wish I knew how much land each of my nobles has.

3. How did William collect information for the Domesday Book?

He sent officials whom he could trust to find the facts about land ownership.

4. Which of these questions did William's officials NOT ask?

How many bedrooms are there in your house?

5. Who actually wrote the Domesday Book?

a scribe

6. It was called the Domesday book because:

what it said was final. You could not argue with it.

7. At the National Archive in Kew, you can:

see copies of the Domesday Book.

8. What did the BBC decide to do in 1985?

They decided to make a new Domesday Book recording ordinary life in the mid-1980s.

9. Who gathered the information for the BBC's Domesday project?

Schools and community groups all over the country.

1. What do the BBC want now?

They want people to send them new articles and photographs.