Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Massimo Venier's movie is about one of the troubling subjects of our times: The Thousand Euro Generation. As the title suggests, the new Italian generation earn 1000 euros a month, regardless of their education or profession. The lives of the main characters, Matteo, who has just graduated and is a mathematical genius, and Francesco, a cinema and playstation buff become intertwined with those of Angelica and Beatrice.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy Lucano
Mattia and Milena meet at a Maratea bar and introduce themselves. Milena is a language student, and Mattia plays in a rock band.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy Lucano
Milena and Mattia meet at a restaurant and order grilled sandwiches and beer. They tell each other what they've been up to in the last few days. Milena spent a lot of time at home studying, while Mattia was busy practicing for a concert.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy Lucano
While Milena and Mattia are waiting to order, they talk about what they'll do that evening. Milena is going to go for a walk and Mattia would like to go with her. They agree to meet later, and set a time.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Captain Russo explains the new safety rules adopted on gondolas beginning in 2011, and she shows what to do in case of an emergency. Obviously, it's a little joke.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Pippo and Palla are two little fish who have just met. In fact, Pippo's owners thought they'd be doing him a favor by giving him a companion so he wouldn't be lonely. But the two have struck up a bizarre relationship...
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
This is the first episode of the televisions series PsicoVip, created by Bruno Bozzetto and produced by RaiFiction. The series has won the “Best TV Series for Young Adults”. The main characters are the brothers SuperVip and MiniVip. Having a superhero brother causes MiniVip to have an inferiority complex, and so he goes to Mr. Doc, a psychologist who is only interested in his fees.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Marika tells us the true story of Father Christmas. Saint Nicholas was a bishop who was imprisoned in the fourth century after Christ, when Christians were being persecuted. Curious to hear more? Then listen to Marika.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Here we go with the second part of the story. Marika tells how the legend of Saint Nicholas became famous through the world and how he came to be known as Santa Claus, who brings presents to children.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
For once, Minivip wants to be the hero, and his elder brother goes along with that, but something doesn't go right. Even his psychologist, in whom the minihero wishes to confide, completely ignores him.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Minivip is on the train, when all of a sudden a woman enters his compartment and asks for help with her suitcase. It is clearly too heavy for our little minihero, and, as usual, his big brother comes and saves him from his misadventure.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Pippo is listening to a bit of music on his shell headphones and is pretty much oblivious to what's going on around him. But Palla, who is still not used to the sounds of the house, gets alarmed by all the strange sounds he hears.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Sara reads in a newspaper that there is a ferocious killer fish that is wandering about the city, ready to eat little fish in fish tanks. The family becomes suspicious of Palla, the newly arrived fish, but fortunately the TV news says the story is false.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Minivip, while out for a walk, thinks he could be dead after being hit by a lightening bolt, but the passersby, rather than lending him a hand, injure him further by insisting on testing his abilities.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Palla teaches Pippo how to make little farts and explains that they can be smelled outside the aquarium. Chris gets blamed for them, but he's playing his video game and is oblivious to everything.
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