Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy Neapolitan
Antonio is a teacher and we find him at Somma Vesuviana, on the slopes of Vesuvius, near Naples. For some time he has tending a small garden, where he grows vegetables, which he sees as miracles of the earth, with seeds developing into fruits.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Mount Vesuvius is a stratovolcano on the Bay of Naples, in Campania, Italy, just inland from the coast of the Gulf of Naples. Vesuvius is about 1281 meters high and is well worth visiting. The beautiful song “Incontri (Dimmi quand’è)” (Encounters – Tell Me When) sung by Enrico Ruggeri accompanies us on this journey. The video is kindly provided by PupiaTv.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Video on Romina Power’s comments at a conference of the Animalisti Italiani [Italian Association for the Rights of Animals]. Power voices her complete disapproval of the abuse of animals killed to make fur coats.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Adriano Celentano with this song continues his campaign of protecting the environment. The references to various disasters, implicitly stated in the very title of the video, accompanies the music and footage of the piece. The song registers the celebrated singer’s emphatic “no” to an energy lobby that favors nuclear power.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Marika explains about the risks of global warming, fossil fuels, the greenhouse effect and what we can do to lessen the damage being caused.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Marika talks about the difference between normal climactic events and extreme climactic events such as flooding, storms, and droughts.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Italians talk about the weather a lot, and in particular, the winds that come in from different directions. Marika gives us the rundown.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
What is climate change? What are the elements that make up climate? Marika begins answering these questions.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Luca Zingaretti, known for his playing Salvo Montalbano in the TV series based on Camilleri's detective novels, makes an appeal to prevent drilling in the Mediterranean. The World Wildlife Fund message was prepared for the 2016 referendum. Voters chose to ban drilling.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy Roman
This song of the Radici nel Cemento talks about the the main character's happy relationship with his bicycle. At the beginning, you're meant to think he's talking about a woman, given that the words are typically used to compliment a woman, but then in the refrain we discover that he's talking about his beloved bicycle.
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