Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Antonella describes her many assignments at the cosmetics company where she worked for twenty-two years, before the company downsized.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Minivip gets taken for a plumber and is challenged by a broken washing machine.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Marika continues with her lesson on the crucial verbs, andare [to go] and venire [to come], and provides many useful examples.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
The segment features the Oratory of San Pellegrino and the Church of St. Mary of the Assumption in Bominaco. These, together with the Marian church in nearby Fossa, are considered the finest examples of Medieval art and architecture in the Abruzzo Region.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Daniela continues her lesson on the present subjunctive, using the verbs parlare [to speak], vedere [to see], and partire [to leave].
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
A tour of Villa Medici's reception and private rooms. Ferdinando de' Medici hired the architect and sculptor Bartolomeo Ammannati to expand the villa, as well as other renowned Florentines artists to create fresco cycles exalting his life. We catch a glimpse of his frescoed south-facing apartment, which would have been used in the colder months, while the north-side suite was for warmer periods.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
The centerpiece of this segment is dinner. Pasta. In Italian, spaghetti is the plural of spaghetto (a strand of spaghetti), and Italians like their pasta al dente which literally means "to the tooth." In other words, it should be cooked just enough to be bitten, therefore firm, not hard, but by all means not soft.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
A Palermo doctor discusses the Integration of immigrants in Sicily and highlights the successes in healthcare. Medical assistance is provided for all immigrants, whether lawful or not.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Manuela gets to the document before Paolo does, and reacts. This starts quite a chain reaction involving Natoli, the workers at the factory, and Paolo who ends up on Manuela's bicycle.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Luca and Lara are doing the best they can to work on the case despite their inner turmoil. Luca's sister wants to help him, but there's a limit to what she can do.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
What kinds of jobs does a journalist do? Francesca explains what her job entails.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Antonella talks about her work history, at first in the family business, and later for an American corporation in the cosmetics industry.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Minivip is called in by a lady in distress over a mouse. He also masters the doctor's line on eighty euros.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Marika goes over the verbs andare [to go] and venire [to come], verbs that are often mistakenly interchanged. She also highlights the expression, va bene, which can indicate that things are going nicely or can be used to voice agreement.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Abruzzo churches built by order of Saint Francis of Assisi (1226–1330) or dedicated to him, are featured in this segment.
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