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[gio73]

Good evenig users,
I opened a new topic because the that old's title is not adapted now.
Well, I'm reading Alice's tale (an adaptetion for kids), is a wonderfull book!
Are there any users who read (pronounced us/like? red colour) this tale?

[vict85]

Did you mean “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland”? Anyway, Alice's in Wonderland IS already a children's book.

If you want an online version, I suggest this one.

[gio73]

Thank you for your answer Vittorio, I saw the link and I read the first page. That is a original version, I 'll read it with pleasure later. I have got a little book for middle school students with a tape encloused. I'm looking for my old cassette player... Where did I place it? (imprecation!)

[DavideGenova]

Good choice, Gio'. Alice in Wonderland is a work readable and enjoyable at two levels, the kid's and the adult's, since Carroll intended it to be a subtle satire of his times' English society with its pointless absurdities.
Have a good read!

[gio73]

Thank you Davide for your post.
I'm reading "Flatlandia" (Abbott). It is a satire for English society too. I think several british writers were critical like Charles Dickens.
Writing post in English is for me very nice, would you like talking with me about literature? Who is your favourite writer? What are you reading now?
And movies? Do you like movies? You never answered to post about film.

Can you check my English, please?

[marcosocio]

Thank you Davide for your post.
I'm reading "Flatlandia" (Abbott). It is a satire of(but I'm not sure) English society too. I think several british writers were critical like Charles Dickens.
Writing post in English is very nice to me, would you like talking with me about literature? Who is your favourite writer? What are you readings now?
And movies? Do you like movies? You never answered to post about film.

Can you check my English, please?

Another famous satirist was Swift, in his Gulliver's Travels he criticised the English society very hard! (Just studied it )

However I don't like reading very much so I'll just answer about movies: I really enjoy them, especially thrillers and comedies. My favourite actors are for example Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Russell Crowe, Anthony Hopkins, Edward Norton and many others. My favourite films are those with a "surprise" ending like Heat, Law Abiding Citizen, The Devil's Advocate, Primal Fear and so on...

Oh I almost forgot to mention Harry Potter! Really liked it, both the books and the movies!

[gio73]

Hi Marco, I'm very happy for your post. I like Russell Crowe because he is beautiful! Did you watch "John Nash, a beautiful mind"? One of my student wrote J. Nash on his test instead of his name.

[marcosocio]

I did see it, three times! I like him because he's able to play totally different roles always with the same naturalness!

[gio73]

I did see it

Is it correct?

[marcosocio]

It is used to emphasise your sentence. Maybe in Italian could be "sì che l'ho visto". But these are "smallnesses" (= piccolezze ), you'll learn them sooner or later! (For example I was really shocked when I was taught the "inversion", another way to emphasise a sentence switching subject and verb like in questions)