Italy. The Resorts.

Positano and Portofino.

Tiny Positano, a fashionable beach resort on southern Italy’s Amalfi coastline, lies just over an hour’s drive from Naples. Its unpretentious appearance – winding streets, lively alfresco restaurants and shuttered houses rising up steeply from the blue waters of the bay – belies the fact that it boasts two of the finest privately-owned hotels in the world, Il San Pietro and Le Sirenuse.

Beautiful Portofino, about 40 minutes away from Genoa in Northern Italy, has to be one of the most exclusive holiday resorts in Italy. Sleek yachts moor alongside fishing boats in its charming harbour, expensive outdoor restaurants are ideal venues from which to watch the beautiful people stroll by, whilst the Hotel Splendido offers bay views that must surely rank amongst the world’s most memorable.

EXERCISES:

1. Translate and match the two halves of the word combinations correctly.

h our’s appearance

unpretentious streets

winding drive

shuttered waters

blue houses

sleek harbour

fishing views

charming boats

ideal hotels

bay venues

privately-owned yachts

2. Translate and match the three words given below correctly.

f ashionable Amalfi resort

Italy’s beach restaurants

lively alfresco coastline

exclusive outdoor resorts

expensive holiday restaurants

3. Insert the missed words in the sentences:

1. Tiny Positano, a ______ ______ ______ on ______ ______ ______ ______, lies just over an ______ ______ from Naples.

2. Its ______ ______ - ______ ______, ______ ______ ______ and ______ ______ rising up steeply from the ______ ______ of the ______ – belies the fact that it boasts two of the finest ______-______ ______ in the world, Il San Pietro and Le Sirenuse.

3. Beautiful Portofino, about 40 minutes away from Genoa in Northern Italy, has to be one of the most ______ ______ ______ in Italy.

4. ______ ______ moor alongside ______ ______ in its ______ ______, ______ ______ ______ are ______ ______ from which to watch the beautiful people stroll by, whilst the Hotel Splendido offers ______ ______ that must surely rank amongst the world’s most memorable.