Reader Guang Li wrote to tell me that he lost his laptop on the 9th August on a train between Genoa and Florence.
Lettore Guang Li mi ha scritto a dirmi che lui abbia perso il suo computer portatile – altri dettagli in italiano seguiranno.
On his laptop, which was a black HP model, there were prized photos of a trip round Europe, and six years worth of dissertation research.
The operating system was in Chinese. Guang Li would like his computer back, if at all possible, and he will pay a reward – but only once his computer is back in his hands.
I’m going to make an exception and post something in, badly written, Italian, so here goes. Corrections more than welcome!
Portatile Perso
Non so come spiegarevi questo, e non so se voi potreste o vorreste provare a fare qualcosa.
Ve lo spiego. Ho appena ricevuto un mail da un studente dell’università di Oxford. Questo studente ha perso il suo portatile sul treno tra Genova e Firenze. L’accaduto ha’ capitato il 9 agosto attorno a mezzo giorno. Era un portatile nera, HP, con un sistema operativo in lingua cinese.
Sul hard disk c’erano tutti foto di un viaggio in Italia, Francia ecc, ed in più, il lavoro di ricerca dall’ultimi sei anni che Guang ha messo insieme per il suo tesi di laurea.
Se qualcuno sa qualcosa, per favore fateci sapere – magari tramite un commento. Grazie mille. Ci sarà un compenso – ma questo sarà pagato soltanto quando il computer è nelle mani di Guang Li.
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Nella speranza di sentire qualcosa.





I wish him luck. That’s a tough break.
Thanks, Alex.
Hope he does get his PC back somehow.
Cheers,
Alex
Hi Alex,
Nice of you to care to post this….
I’m an ESL teacher and found your blog…hmmm..how did I find it? I think trying to find other teachers of ESL/EFL who were also trying to learn Italian (or some such!). I was looking for “teacher” recommendations of learning material (written, reference, audio, video etc….) as well as some anecdotes about teaching English. Thanks for what you have written.
Per quanto riguarda la tua scrittura………scrvi bene e continua cosi!
Signed
Student/teacher trying (maybe?) vainly to learn Italian on the internet.
Kate
HI, Kathy ,
Are you looking for ESL teaching material, or stuff to help you learn Italian? Or both!
And thanks for giving the thumbs up to my written Italian.
Good luck with learning Italian – watching TV helps, as does finding an Italian other half.
Best,
Alex