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Come si fa un racconto di viaggio?

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Può capitarci di parlare di un viaggio nella vita di tutti i giorni, ma anche e soprattutto in sede di esame (IELTS, CAMBRIDGE), sia nella parte del writing che nello speaking. E’ bene prepararsi, prendendo come spunto  un racconto di viaggio sentito da altri (magari native speakers) per capire come strutturare i passaggi, dando innanzitutto una visione generale del luogo visitato, per poi procedere descrivendo nel dettaglio impressioni ed emozioni, e finendo con qualche aneddoto.

Questa settimana Chris intervista Andy sul suo primo viaggio ad Atene.

Nella prima parte dell’intervista Andy racconta le sue impressioni in generale e le sue riflessioni su una nazione così piegata dalla crisi economica, eppure così vitale. Nei prossimi post, il seguito del viaggio!

Abbiamo messo a disposizione il transcript e l’audio per aiutarvi a seguire, parola per parola, il dialogo tra due madrelingua. Buon ascolto!

• Parte  I 

 

Christos: So Andy you went to Athens for Easter? Erm, tell us your impression.

Andy: Yeah, I went to Athens for er five days over Easter, and I suppose my

impressions of Athens were

strongly conditioned by erm the image that I already had in my mind of the

city which was informed by what we’ve been seeing in the media for the past

couple of years about the crisis. Er, obviously the economy there has tanked

and there are lots of people who are suffering. And also recently the migrant

crisis. You see the migrants er coming in on the boats, and a lot of them

congregate in Athens. So, I kind of had the er, the expectation that it would

be a city on its knees, so to speak. But coming out of the metro er, and

walking towards my hotel, it seemed like a er … it didn’t seem on its knees.

The shops were open …. er, there were boutiques, lots of luxury shops. Lots

of flower shops … er, people seemed to be out having a good time, eating.

The restaurants were full. Er, there was some evidence that er people

weren’t … doing quite so well, shall we say. Erm, you look around, you go

out of the city centre and you look around and you see that people don’t

have new cars. The cars are all ten, fifteen years old. And they look a little

bit er …

Christos: Worn, or used?

Andy: Yeah a little bit worn or used. And also you look at … like for example you

see teenagers walking around and you look at their shoes and you realise

that they haven’t got the latest sneakers … like the kids in Milan do, for

example. Erm, but in terms of being there as a tourist, I mean, obviously my

experience was that of a tourist. And I was really impressed by the place

because it was full of life. Er, full of bars, full of er really interesting pubs.

Erm, the comparison I always draw is with … is with Rome, because Rome

is another ancient city. Erm, but it was much more interesting than Rome in

the sense that I felt that the history was grander … er and also it was just

more fun. Like going out in Athens was genuinely fun in a way that Rome

wasn’t really. Er, I don’t know why … maybe because it was cheap, er, the

food was good, the beer was good. Erm, but the people as well you know …

it’s the people that give a city its life, and the people of Athens really seemed

– despite the crisis – to be full of life.

Christos: Uh hmm .. so, just like Cagliari then?

Andy: Just like Cagliari exactly, yes!

 

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