ENGLISH PRESENTATION

BYSOFIALETIZIA MASCHERONI, ELISE

MUYONGELE AND ALESSANDRO PERIN

DRAMA-WAITER: HEY GIRLS, CAN I HELP YOU?-SOFIA: YES THANKS, I WOULD LIKE PIZZA-WAITER: OK. AND YOU?-ELISE: I WOULD LIKE CHIPS AND HAMBURGER WITH A MEDIUM COLA PLEASE.-THE WAITER IS GOING TO THE KITCHEN...-SOFIA: SORRY, I WOULD LIKE ALSO A MEDIUM SPRITE WITH ICE PLEASE.-WAITER: OF COURSE, I'LL BRING YOU IT RIGHT AWAY.-WAITER: EXCUSE ME, CHIPS ARE FINISHED, BUT THERE ARE CHICKEN NUGGETS, THAT'S OK? -ELISE: YES, OF COURSE AND ALSO KETCHUP PLEASE.-WAITER: IT WAS GOOD? WOULD YOU LIKE DESSERT?-ELISE: YES PLEASE, I WOULD LIKE AN HOT BROWNIE.-SOFIA: AND FOR ME TIRAMISÙ PLEASE. 

LIKE• LIKE IS FORMED AS ALL OTHER VERBS ALTHOUGH IN ITALIAN

HAS A DIFFERENT COSTRUCTION: I LIKE

YOU LIKE HE LIKESSHE LIKESIT LIKESWE LIKEYOU LIKETHEY LIKE

LIKE USES• LIKE, AS ALL VERBS THAT EXPRESS EMOTION (LOVE, HATE, PREFER

ECC.), IS FOLLOWED BY THE GERUND (-ING FORM) OF ANOTHER VERB:

I LIKE + ING FORMYOU LIKE + ING FORM HE LIKES + ING FORMSHE LIKES + ING FORM IT LIKES + ING FORM WE LIKE + ING FORM YOU LIKE + ING FORMTHEY LIKE + ING FORM

 • LIKE EXPRESS A STABLE CONDITION, AN OPINION ON SOMEONE OR

SOMETHING:  

I LIKE SWIMMING (OPINION ON SOMETHING)HE LIKES PLAYING FOOTBALL (OPINION ON SOMEONE)

LIKE/WOULD LIKE• LIKE CONTRAST WOULD LIKE (WOULD), THAT EXPRESSING THE CONDITIONAL, AND THAT’S FOLLOWED BY THE INFINITE OF ANOTHER VERB:

 

I WOULD LIKE TO SWIM, IF I HAD A SWIMMING POOL.

HE WOULD LIKE TO PLAY FOOTBALL, BUT HE HAS TO STUDY NOW.

 

WOULD LIKE IS USUALLY USED IN THE OFFERS AND IN THE REQUESTS:

 

I WOULD LIKE AN ICE-CREAM (IS A REQUEST)

WOULD YOU LIKE AN ICE-CREAM? (IS AN OFFER) 

LIKE/WOULD LIKEINTERROGATIVE FORM:

 

WOULD YOU LIKE TO WATCH TV?

WOULD THEY LIKE TO PLAY FOOTBALL?

WOULD SHE LIKES TO EAT WITH US?

 

NEGATIVE FORM:

 

I WOULDN’T LIKE AN ICE-CREAM NOW, MAYBE LATER

HE WOULDN’T LIKES PASTA, HE WANTS PIZZA

FAST FOOD• FAST FOODS ARE CHARACTERIZED AS QUICK, EASILY

ACCESSIBLE AND CHEAP ALTERNATIVES TO HOME-COOKED MEALS, ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (NIH). THEY ALSO TEND TO BE HIGH IN SATURATED FAT, SUGAR, SALT AND CALORIES. ACCORDING TO THE NIH, MANY FAST FOOD CHAINS HAVE RESPONDED TO GROWING PUBLIC AWARENESS ABOUT NUTRITION BY OFFERING SOME FOOD THAT IS LOWER IN FAT AND CALORIES THAN THEIR NORMAL FARE.

• HEALTH.