Difficulty:
Intermediate
Italy
Camilla goes to see Renzo whose clients have left him, in addition to his assistants. She tries to comfort him without success. Gaetano returns home to his insecure fiancée.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
Italy
Renzo is still very depressed about work and the blackbird is getting on his nerves. To complete the picture, Camilla's mother shows up and says she will stay with them for a few days.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
Italy
Gaetano asks Sabrina some questions while Torre and his colleagues recover materials from Tucci's marriage agency. At school, Camilla has the students write an essay about Grimaldi when she notices that something is not right with Celeste.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
Italy
Susy complains about the fact that Nico has practically disappeared, but Camilla tries to calm her down. At the police station, Romolo's mother attempts to do all the talking. Renzo makes peace with his mother-in-law.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
Italy
Camilla, Susi, and Mazzeo are leaving school when the police approach because they need to question Moretti again. Despite Camilla being angry with her colleague, she stops to talk with Gaetano to find out how things are going.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
Italy
At the police station, two women, both clients of Tucci's agency, reconstruct the identikit of the man who robbed them, and a familiar face emerges. Camilla takes Livietta to check about a possible pool for her swimming lessons.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
Italy
Camilla is offered various options for Livietta's swimming course, but gets distracted looking at a photo and asks the receptionist some questions. Gaetano receives an unexpected visit from his sister, who has a big favor to ask him.
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 Neapolitan
For many Italians, putting up a presepe (manger scene or crèche) at Christmas time is as, if not more important than putting up a Christmas tree. Antonio talks about the traditions concerning its origins, two thousand and eleven years ago.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
Italy
Antonio explains that the Italian tradition of constructing a nativity scene during the Christmas season had it origins in the thirteenth century, when Saint Francis of Assisi organized the first live re-enactment of the birth of Jesus. It soon spread to all of Italy, but above all to the Kingdom of Naples, where everyone got involved, from the poorest family to the King himself.
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
Italy Milanese
An interview with Cipriano Moneta, the national manager of Xing Italy, a social network for professionals. He tells us why Xing is much more useful than Facebook or Twitter.
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
Italy Milanese
Interview with Cipriano Moneta, Italian Country Manager of XING. Moneta talks about his work on this start-up social network, and why it will succeed. Moneta worked for many years in recruitment and believes XING will be extremely useful for job hunters.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
Italy
Kaleidoscopio is a family-owned business which one could define as an almost artistic business. In fact, they create objects, such as paintings, lamps, and panels in colored glass.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
Italy
Kaleidoscopio is a Neapolitan company that sells its works through two shops, one in Rome and the other in Naples. Most of its business, however, is conducted at fairs and special events, where new collections are launched.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
Italy
Andromeda tells us about her job as a copywriter. She explains what a copywriter does, and what kind of studies can help prepare you for this kind of job.
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