OUR
MORNING WITH AMERICAN STUDENTS
(IV B Scientifico)
As
soon as we got seated inside Syracuse University, in Florence, we
started talking quite fluently with the American girls we were put in
a group with, even if some of us were shy, or even frightened, at
first. This way we met Nadia, from Chicago, and Alicia, from the
State of Ohio. After we all had introduced ourselves, the
conversation turned out very funny, in fact our group was laughing a
lot more than the others! We made fun of each other about our unlucky
love stories (for example, when Nadia said that she wanted a "break"
from men, we asked her if that was because she preferred watching
Netflix, a very popular American tv channel we had previously talked
about). we also learnt a lot about each other life styles, we
discussed what we like and dislike and talked about many other
different things, including the money Nadia and Alicia spend to be
studying in Florence (something like twenty thousand dollars!).
Obviously, the time ran out too quickly: we had such a good time that
we all were upset to say goodbye, but promised to keep in touch!
Francesco
Gagliardi, Gabriele Mignini, Dario Peccianti
If
we had known that the American students we had to meet were so
awesome and funny, we would have accepted the proposal of this
experience immediately, without any doubts!
Two
athletic boys and an artistic girl shocked our morning!
After
some initial hesitation we began to laugh and smile with a crucial
fight: ITALIAN WINE vs AMERICAN BEER.
At
the end the winner was Italian food and drink, so we changed topic e
talked about American fashion, colleges and parties.
They
told us that American is different from Italian life and from what TV
shows us, too. For example they said that American clothes are always
full of colors, while in Italy people wear standard colors according
to the seasons.
We
talked also about transports; the most curious thing is that
Americans can drive a car when they are sixteen and they
go everywhere by car because motorbikes or public transports are
unpopular.
After
some hours with them , having found we can speak English almost as
well as them, we realized we would have better chances to survive in
America than they have
in
Italy.
Alice
Antonelli
At
the beginning of the conversation the American students were
shy but after showing us the pictures of their family
and pets, they became friendly. The boys talked about the
differences between Italian and American life: in America holidays
start in June and finish in October, lucky them!
These
students live in Italian families and they have to call their
landlords 'mother' and 'father'. They can't watch TV because there
isn't one in the house they live.
While
they were talking about TV programs, we noticed that the same
programs
have a different name, for example the famous USA show ''Family Guy''
is called ''Griffin''in Italy.
At
the end, they showed us their notebooks with a lot of English words
and the Italian translation they had asked us. We felt superior
because we hadn't needed any help.
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Caroti Rachele
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Del Gamba Lisa
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Sottile Gabriele
Martina Ingenito, Elisa D'Addetta e Giacomo Ronchetti
