Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Davide is still talking about the fact that char is a trout and that people need to understand that freshwater fish is as good as seafood. Meanwhile, Mrs. Silvia is planning a trip to Opera (near Milan) where there is an important prison.
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Being a waiter in this unique restaurant is a special experience, from putting on the uniform to serving all kinds of customers.
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
Italy
The owner, Silvia, recounts that during the restaurant's first year, the New York Times discovered the place and that's when she realized it was the first of its kind in the entire world. She also tells the story of how the chef, Davide, was hired.
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
Italy
The pastry chef of the restaurant "In Galera" tells us about how important his role makes him feel. What he likes most is preparing cakes and cookies for family visits.
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Silvia talks about how she finds candidates for the restaurant kitchen from the central kitchen, which prepares the meals for the inmates. The restaurant workers are impacted positively because it means they have a real job, with a paycheck, including social security, which can look good on a resume.
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Silvia and Chef Davide are discussing a reservation, and she maintains that Davide should be more flexible regarding the changes communicated by the customer. Silvia also talks about what "alternative measures" are all about.
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
Italy
"An inmate is not a walking crime". This is how Silvia emphasizes that the inmates are people with everyday lives and their personal stories, and deserve some respect. It is healthy for people on the outside to become familiar with what prison is and can be.
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Davide tells how he lives in semi-freedom, allowing him to spend half the year at home. However, this comes with obligations that must be respected. Davide has learned to see the world from a different perspective and this has taught him a lot.
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Said talks about how working gives a person dignity. He feels changed and reiterates that one always returns to one's roots, to the person they were before ending up in prison. No one was born a thief.
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Two inmates from the Bollate prison who work in the kitchen share their perspectives about the outside and how to become reintegrated in society. Both agree that it's not easy but that inmates are people, too.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
Italy
Pupia TV – Casal di Principe (CE) – September 22nd and all of Casal di Principe's citizens are surrounding Elena De Angelis, the bride, who in this land of Camorra martyrs, will enter the Guinness book of records for the longest bridal veil. A white veil, the symbol of redemption, for this city which has very often been associated with events and people that have damaged its reputation. And the desire for redemption can be seen in the eyes and words of the kids and children who have helped in holding the veil along the route.
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Claudio Capotondi is a sculptor who lives and works in Pietrasanta, a Tuscan town famous for its marble and marble sculptors. He talks about an upcoming exhibition.
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Claudio Capotondi, sculptor, takes us into his "thinking room" and talks about the process of taking a block of marble and turning it into a work of art.
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
Italy
The artist takes to the fascinating world of the marble quarries where he chooses the blocks of marble which he will transform into works of art.
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Claudio Capotondo talks about the tools and techniques that enable him to transform a block of marble or porphyry (a kind of igneous rock) into a work of art.
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