Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Martino has a hard time accepting what the priest and police have come to tell him. He's stuck.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Martino makes an important decision, but gets stopped in his tracks. He's going to have to change his plans.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Peppino brings Martino some magazines singing his praises. But the two friends don't agree on what should happen next, and things get unpleasant.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
A famous TV personality arrives in Ginosa and wants to talk to Peppino of all people. She thinks she has him figured out.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
While Martino plays his guitar for Sally, Peppino figures out that three's a crowd and leaves. Ginosa has become a bustling tourist town, and Peppino is back at work as a "tourguide."
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Martino, Sally, and Peppino are watching the TV show Missing, where there is some news about where Martino might have been sighted. A very special appeal is made that's very disconcerting for Martino. Peppino is philosophical about the whole thing.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Peppino and Martino watch the TV show, and as Martino's story unfolds, Peppino has pretty much taken center stage and is basking in it. During the interview, he says things Martino is not thrilled about, to say the least.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Martino has some awkward conversation with Sally. Meanwhile, word about Martino's disappearance has spread all over Italy, and as a result, the TV show Missing has come to town.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Sally shows up at Martino's hideout and wants to know why he is faking his "disappearance." They share some food and some thoughts.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
A big TV station comes to town and Peppino is interviewed about his missing friend. Martino has managed to set up a TV in the abandoned house he's living in, so he gets to see what his friend said about him.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
The disappearance of Martino hasn't gone unnoticed after all. A TV crew has shown up in town. Naturally, Peppino rushes off in his Ape (three-wheeler) to give Martino the good news.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Peppino brings Sally, the Latin American woman from the gas station, to the hideout, thinking he is doing Martino a big favor.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Peppino buys some groceries for Martino and Marti' is none too happy with the bill. He goes over what Peppino bought, giving the quantity as due and du' [short for due (two)] for the canned tomatoes, beer etc. Often, this due isn't a literal two, but means a small amount. You frequently hear the du' at fruit and vegetable shops or markets, where customers might ask for just a little bit of something, such as "du' ciliegie" [cherries]. The du' is also a polite way of preventing the vendor from heaping produce on the scale.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Finally, Martino's disappearance becomes known to the townspeople. He is the subject of Don Julio's sermon, and is even mentioned in the Bari newspaper. Martino is absolutely galled by how he's described in the newspaper.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Peppino goes to see Martino and tells him the truth: that no one in town noticed he was gone. He then does Martino another favor, similar to smashing his cell phone.
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