This is no accident...

Hi there,

È arrivato il momento che aspetti con ansia ogni settimana: la nuova edizione di The English Breakfast—la rubrica settimanale di consigli e trucchi di Business English pensata appositamente per i professionisti italiani.

Oggi guardiamo come evitare un’errore molto comune, ovvero, come tradurre la parola “incidente” in inglese.

Se ti viene in mente “incident“ non hai tutti i torti, ma non è sempre la traduzione giusta. Guarda questo video lesson per capirne di più.

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Let’s continue in English 😎 

Okay, so here’s a quick summary what you’ve just learnt in the video.

Accident = incidente stradale, infortunio

Incident = evento imprevisto (non necessariamente negativo)

Let’s practise

Are you ready for a challenge? Test your understanding of accident and incident with these 10 questions. Can you can them all correct? Go on, I bet you can. (Check the answers below when you’re finished.)

1. The delivery truck driver had a minor ________ this morning and scratched the side of the warehouse door. Luckily, no one was hurt.

2. During the annual company retreat, there was an embarrassing ________ when the CEO's microphone was left on during a private conversation.

3. Marco spilled coffee on his laptop, but he told his boss it was just a small ________ and not to worry.

4. No one was injured, but the fire alarm went off due to a small kitchen ________ in the office cafeteria.

5. We had to delay the meeting because Luca had a small car ________ on his way to the office.

6. There was an awkward ________ at yesterday’s presentation when the projector stopped working in the middle of the slides.

7. The employee slipped on a wet floor and broke his arm in a workplace ________, leading to new safety regulations.

8. A recent ________ at a competitor’s factory has caused some delays in their production schedule, but it wasn’t anything serious.

9. The marketing team handled the social media ________ professionally after a customer complained about a misleading advertisement.

Here are the answers ✅ 

1. accident 

2. incident 

3. accident 

4. accident 

5. accident 

6. incident 

7. accident 

8. incident 

9. incident

Let’s play 🎲 

Do you fall off a ladder or fall down a ladder in English? Play the accidents challenge and see if you can get all 17 correct! Let’s go…

Let’s listen 🎧️ - The accident that changed the world

Accidents are usually something most people would prefer to avoid. But sometimes a so-called ”happy accident” might just change the world.

Watch the video below from Ted-Ed and see if you can understand the story of this incredible accident.

Tip ☝️ Don’t worry if you don’t understand every word in the video, just try to understand the “gist” (the general idea of the story without focusing on the details.)

Infine, se non sei soddisfatto del tuo livello di inglese e vuoi fare progressi quest’anno, sono disponibile per lezioni private online. Ho una disponibilità molto limitata, quindi, se questo ti interessa, clicca sul link qui sotto per vedere i miei corsi o semplicemente rispondi a questa email con la parola “corso” e ti contatterò per discutere i tuoi obiettivi e vedere se posso aiutarti a raggiungerli, senza impegno 😀 

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Ciao for now,

Dan

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