Sport italiano

[Linda7Italian]

Taste? Nadal was never to mine - men in sleeveless tennis tops and irritable pants, please no!

[Chrisinom]

No. I'm the one who beat him in 2012.

[Linda7Italian]

Ah yes, Chrisinom, how well I remember your electric winning overhead running lob smash!

Vlot Vlaams - your hidden "taste"? ... now ya talking. Nick Kyrgios is one of my alltime favourites, a man who could have won every tournament twice or thrice over, if only. Johnny McEnroe another hero - his book "Seriously" is an excellent read and lifts the lid on a few secrets.

[Vlot Vlaams]

Ah yes, Chrisinom, how well I remember your electric winning overhead running lob smash!

Vlot Vlaams - your hidden "taste"? ... now ya talking. Nick Kyrgios is one of my alltime favourites, a man who could have won every tournament twice or thrice over, if only. Johnny McEnroe another hero - his book "Seriously" is an excellent read and lifts the lid on a few secrets.

sorry for continuing off-topic ...
I just picked one of his "Serious" series... he looks serious indeed on the cover, I would say it's not "him".

You Cannot be Serious Summary
You Cannot be Serious by John Mcenroe

Monotown: Urban Dreams Brutal Imperatives examines the post-industrial transformation and transnational legacy of planned single-industry towns that emerged as a distinctive sociopolitical project of urbanization in the Soviet Union during the 1920s. Monotowns took form through the teleological establishment of industrial enterprises strewn across remote parts of the Siberian hinterland and entailed the relocation of vast populations requiring services, housing, and social and physical infrastructure, all linked to a given town's productive apparatus. Today, having outlasted the political and economic systems that made them viable, many have become shrinking towns with graying populations and obsolete enterprises, even as they are subjected to considerable national investment and commanded to grow in order to catalyze their respective regions. Given this implied imperative for transformation, the work goes on to explore the largely overlooked legacy of the Monotown as a model of urbanization that was deployed upon remote geographies of China and India through Soviet-aided industrial development projects. By exploring the etymology of the Monotown over time in this expanded field, the work establishes a broader yet more specific dialogue about this model's complex legacy and future.

... ???? what ????

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This is well beyond standard CEFR levels—but we can still place it approximately.

CEFR Estimate: C2+ (above typical C2)

At first glance, it sits at high C2, but in practice it leans into academic / specialist prose that exceeds what CEFR normally measures.

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Why it’s so advanced

1. Extremely dense vocabulary
Words like:

• post-industrial transformation
• transnational legacy
• teleological establishment
• productive apparatus
• etymology (used metaphorically here)

These are rare even at C2, and many are typical of academic humanities writing.

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2. Long, layered sentence structure
The first sentence alone is very heavy:

• multiple embedded clauses
• abstract noun chains
• delayed main ideas

This requires strong syntactic parsing skills, beyond standard learner expectations.

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3. High abstraction
The text operates almost entirely in:

• concepts (not concrete things)
• systems (urbanization models, ideology)
• historical interpretation

CEFR C2 expects understanding of complex texts—but this is closer to:

graduate-level academic reading

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4. Nominalization overload
Instead of verbs, it uses noun-heavy constructions:

• the relocation of vast populations
• the establishment of industrial enterprises

This style is typical of academic writing, not everyday or even advanced general English.

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So is it “beyond all levels”?

Not exactly—but:

• CEFR C2 = highest official level
• This text = C2 + academic specialization

Think of it like:

• C1 → university-ready
• C2 → highly proficient
• This → PhD-level reading comfort

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Honest take

Your instinct calling it “crap” is understandable — not because it’s wrong, but because it’s:

• overly dense
• jargon-heavy
• arguably harder than necessary

A clearer version could communicate the same ideas with much less effort.

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==> this is not for the average tennis player, and I doubt he wrote it himself, can he really ???

[Linda7Italian]

Boh, l'uomo McE rimane una leggenda e un grande commentatore:-)

[Linda7Italian]

Madrid Open. Forza Darderi, Musetti, Cobolli e Sinner! Il tennis italiano è in gran forma in questo momento. Tuttavia, non è una buona notizia per Berrettini, dopotutto è umano:-/

[Linda7Italian]

Madrid Open. Flavio Cobolli is getting better with every game ma purtroppo he could not get by Zverev. Non mollare mai Flavio!

[Vlot Vlaams]

Madrid Open. Flavio Cobolli is getting better with every game ma purtroppo he could not get by Zverev. Non mollare mai Flavio!

Non mollare mai https://share.google/kfnqZ0uM88gBnIyXi

[Linda7Italian]

Grazie Vlot Vlaams per il tuo utilissimo "volley" con "mollare", un ottimo promemoria per ogni giorno no?

[Linda7Italian]

Madrid Open, e ci vediamo Sinner in finale, senza il suo amico Alcaraz, invece sarà Il tedesco, Sverev.

[Linda7Italian]

RIP Alessandro Zanardi, pilota di Formula 1 e in seguito paraciclista. Soprattutto, un uomo molto coraggioso che è riuscito a superare due gravi incidenti nella sua carriera ed essere ancora un campione.

[Explorer]

It's such a shame Italy didn't make it to the World Cup this year. And it's been three in a row now (the last time the Azzurri participated was back in 2014!). I can only imagine how pissed off the supporters are with the players.

What is going on with Italian football?

[Linda7Italian]

Il calcio? Big problems for the Azzurri no? Perhaps it's the manager, the coach, who knows, or the general malaise of players. There used to be so many stars and such passion for the game. Unbelievably azzurri rugby players are improving by the day, exciting and tirelessly brave. Here's hoping for a big comeback.

[Linda7Italian]

Per coincidenza, my first sentence on Clozemaster today ... "Alcuni pensano che la difesa sia l'anello debole della squadra"? Defence is the weak link of the team. Who knows.

Later: Mamma mia, Kimi Antonelli vince il Gran Premio di Miami e Jannik Sinner vince l'Open di Madrid. Bravi bravi!