The ten most common errors in English in Italians.

Do you know what is the reason why it is difficult to speak a foreign language correctly? To continue to think in Italian, and then to translate literally into another language what we mean.
To speak a foreign language well you need to stop thinking and start thinking in Italian, for example in English.

Obama Goes to Rome

On Thursday, U.S. President Barack Obama will take his turn visiting the popular pontiff.  Obama and an entourage of around 700 staffers, security folks and the White House traveling press corps, will descend on Rome for what may not be much more than a high-level photo op. While in Rome, the president will have a quick meet and greet with Italy’s ceremonial President Giorgio Napolitano, and he’s taking an exclusive private tour of the Coliseum. The bilateral with the pope and whatever feel-good message comes out of it is the presumed purpose of Obama’s trip to Rome, which is part of a European tour. The two have a lot in common, not least of all the sheer number of magazine covers they have both graced, including Rolling Stone, Time, Forbes and The Advocate.  They are also champions of social justice and have worked tirelessly for the poor, especially in their early careers. Their differences, though, are far more striking, which makes their meeting tricky.  Obama and Francis do not agree on a vast number of issues, including reproductive rights, gay marriage, women’s equality, or how best to help find peace in the world’s troubled regions. Pope Francis was able to draw hundreds of thousands to take part in a national day of peace for Syria last September, which was seen at the time as a direct response to threats by the United States to use force against Damascus. “May the noise of weapons cease!” Francis told the crowds gathered in St. Peter’s Square. 

“War always marks the failure of peace, it is always a defeat for humanity.”

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Valentine day

Valentine lived long years ago, during Claudius Empire. At the time men were called to join the army, but they refused because they had families and Claudius decided to ban marriages. Valentine decided to marry secretly , when Claudius discovered that , he  imprisoned Valentine. In prison he met the daughter of a guard that became his friend, on the day he died Valentine wrote a letter to the Girl signing ''From Your Valentine'' San Valentine is celebrated on 14th February because it's the day when he died.
Today most people use the S.Valentine's day to give gifts and chocolate to boy/girlfriend.

SPEAK UP - TELEPHONE BOX

WHO: Bil Giles Gibert Scott

WHAT: Created the KIOSK or TELEPHONE BOX

WHEN: In 1920 for king George V 

WHERE: In London

In 1920 Bil Giles Gibert Scott, created the Kiosk for the king George V, but the red boxes are disappearing because nobody is using that. The reason? The mobiles Phones. People prefer using the mobiles because they are simpler to use and are always at your fingertips, but there are people who love the K6 and want to save them with the project ''adopt a kiosk''. The phone boxes can be adopted for 1£ and can be trasformed in everything. More of 1,300 boxes have been trasformed into art galleries, information centers and also showers, other have been trasformed them into a library.

Halloween

Halloween is a holiday celebrated on the night of October 31. Traditional activities include trick-or-treating, bonfires, costume parties, visiting "haunted houses" and carving jack-o-lanterns. Trick-or-treating, is an activity for children on or around Halloween in which they proceed from house to house in costumes, asking for treats. Trick-or-treating is one of the main traditions of Halloween. Part of the history of Halloween  is Halloween costumes. The practice of dressing up in costumes and begging door to door for treats on holidays goes back to the Middle Ages, and includes Christmas wassailing. Trick-or-treating resembles the late medieval practice of "souling," when poor folk would go door to door on Hallowmas (November 1), receiving food in return for prayers for the dead on All Souls Day (November 2). It originated in Ireland and Britain, although similar practices for the souls of the dead were found as far south as Italy.

Valentine's day