Thinking and Writing as an English Teacher – 19th Lesson

 

 

Speak (and Write) Simply,

Speak (and Write) Eloquently.

 

Parla (e scrivi) in modo semplice ed eloquente.

L. Guida

Thinking and Writing as an English Teacher – 18th Lesson

Rampant ambition is addictive to those who practise it

 

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“L’ambizione sfrenata crea dipendenza in coloro che la praticano”

 

 

Thinking and Writing as an English Teacher – 17th Lesson

You cannot write in a dignified manner if you have not fed and are not feeding more than abundantly on good reading

Thinking and Writing as an English Teacher – 16th Lesson

It takes more courage to leave a beautiful flower in its meadow

than to pick it

 

“Bauerngarten”, G. Klimt (1907)

 

Ci vuole più coraggio a lasciare un fiore bellissimo in un prato che a coglierlo

Thinking and Writing as an English Teacher-15th Lesson

If you love yourself and your world even in perfect solitude

you really love yourself

 

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Se ami te stessa e il tuo mondo anche in perfetta solitudine

ti ami davvero

Thinking and Writing as an English Teacher – 14th Lesson

Use Shadow only to rest your eyes

from the Light by which you get dressed

“Donna seduta”, S. Dalì (1920)

“Usa l’Ombra solo per riposare gli occhi dalla Luce con cui ti vesti”
L. Guida

 

Thinking and Writing as an English Teacher – 6th Lesson

“Media and real life overexposing is like taking a photo by using a too strong flash: the only thing we get is a blurry picture”

 

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Translating into Italian:

“Sovraesporsi mediaticamente e nella vita reale è come farsi fotografare usando un flash troppo forte; ottenendo, come unica conseguenza, un’immagine sfocata.”

Thinking and Writing as an English Teacher – 4th Lesson

“People say that Time is a Gentleman.
That’s true. Time reveals what is really under the most gorgeous and richest fabric      drape”

 

photo by Lucia Guida

Translating into Italian:

” Si dice che il Tempo sia  galantuomo.

E’ vero. Il tempo rivela ciò che il drappo di  tessuto più elegante e opulento realmente nasconde “