16 - 25 Expressions Flashcards
Investire nell’istruzione e nella ricerca
To invest in education and research
Ha innalzato gli standard scolastici
He raised educational standards
Ha connesso il 95% delle scuole ad Internet
95 per cent of schools had been connected to the Internet
Si innamoravano dei ragazzi
They fell in love with boys
Il paragone con gli amici
The comparison with friends
Orientamento politico
Political orientation
La sua personalità era più compatibile con gli ideali democratici
Her personality was more compatible with democratic ideals
Politicamente attivi
Politically active
Grazie al confronto con i loro genitori
Thanks to discussione with her parents
La propria personalità si adatta al contesto sociale
His own personality and aspirations do not fix with the social context
È nato in un piccolo villaggio dove c’era un grande cantiere navale
He was born in a small village where there was a large shipyard
Il dissenso era punito con la morte
Opposition to the regime was punished by death
Stalin figurava con il grande padre di una grande famiglia che era l’Unione Sovietica
He figured as the great father of the great family that was the Soviet Union
Questa apparenza era rafforzata dalla propaganda
This appearence was strengthened by the propaganda
Era sempre attorniato da persona sorridenti e in forma
He had always smiling and healthy people all around
Non condividevano l’ideologia comunista anche se non potevano esprimerlo pubblicamente
They did not agree with the communist ideology even though they could not express it publicly
Esternazioni razziste
Racist statements
Ministro dell’Interno
Minister of the Interior
Ha aggredito verbalmente un ministro perchè di colore
He verbally attacked a former Minister because she was black
Boicottaggio dei bus a Montgomery
Montgomery Bus Boycott, 1955
Una campagna di protesta contro la segregazione razziale sugli autobus
A protest campaign against the policy of racial segregation on the public transit system of Montgomery, Alabama
Disobbedienza civile
Civil disobedience
Gli Afroamericani non erano assunti come autisti, erano obbligati a salire in fondo al bus e dovevano lasciare il loro posto alle persone bianche
African-Americans were not hired as drivers, they were forced to ride in the backe of the bus and they had to surrender their seats to white people
La comunità afroamericana decise di boicottare i trasporti pubblici
The Afro-American community decided to boycott the public transportation
I taxisti di colore offrivano tariffe ridotte a sostegno dei boicottaggio
Afro-american taxi drivers offered reduced fares in support of the boycott
