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Romanzo Italiano - Campania - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

La scrittrice Valeria Parrella racconta il legame tra il suo romanzo Almarina e i luoghi di Napoli, tra Nisida e Bagnoli. Ne emerge il ritratto di una città intensa e contraddittoria, segnata dalla memoria operaia, dal mare e dalla realtà del carcere minorile.

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Romanzo Italiano - Campania - Part 5

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Valeria Parrella talks about her relationship with Naples and her way of writing about it, based on direct observation and listening to people, far from the usual stereotypes. Her writing stems from an "intermediate" point of view, close to everyday reality.

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Caption 31 [it]: che ne so, dei nostri genitori,
Caption 31 [en]: I don't know, of our parents,

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Romanzo Italiano - Campania - Part 4

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Valeria Parrella talks about her intense and contradictory bond with Naples and the neighborhood she lives in. The full-time innovative Donna Assunta school overlooks the sea, but faces Nisida, the juvenile detention center. Naples, she says, is not a city you can just live in and ignore, and has become for her an inexhaustible source of literary inspiration.

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Caption 75 [it]: Ne... Gli altri scrittori campani,
Caption 75 [en]: In... The other writers from Campania,

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Professioni e mestieri - La chef Sandra Stefani - Part 5

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

The story of Sandra continues, a Tuscan chef who emigrated to the United States, who established herself in Miami with authentic Tuscan cuisine. Thanks to her continuous ties with Italy, she keeps her roots alive, even cooking for Barack Obama.

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Caption 43 [it]: sembra che non se ne sia mai andata dalla Toscana,
Caption 43 [en]: it seems like she never left Tuscany,

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Professioni e mestieri - La chef Sandra Stefani - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Sandra tells about her initial difficulties in the United States and how, realizing she wouldn't get very far without knowing English, she learned it on her own. Starting from a humble job in the restaurant industry, she quickly grew professionally.

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Caption 36 [it]: in Italia ci sono tante regole, vedo. -Sì, sì, ce ne sono.
Caption 36 [en]: in Italy there are many rules, I see. -Yes, yes, there are.

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Romanzo Italiano - Lazio - Part 9

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Leaving the outskirts of Rome, Annalena goes to a middle-class neighborhood where she meets professor and writer, Alessandro Piperno. He talks about what it was like growing up there and about his identity as a writer.

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Caption 54 [it]: Diciamo che, eh, ho fatto di tutto per non appartenere né a una,
Caption 54 [en]: Let's say that, uh, I did everything that I could to belong to neither one,

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Armando Casali - Ossidazioni, Cose dell'altro mondo - Part 8

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Armando talks about how the works of Duchamp influenced his work and that of so many contemporary artists. The choice of a unique exhibition hall played a part, as well.

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Caption 10 [it]: ne ha dato un altro valore.
Caption 10 [en]: gave it a different value.

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Romanzo Italiano - Lazio - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Chiara Gamberale talks about how and where she writes, and how her life has changed now that she has a little girl.

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Caption 39 [it]: "Di consapevolezza non ce ne sono più.
Caption 39 [en]: "As for awareness, there's none left.

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Rosalba - al parco della donna gatto - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

North Italy

Rosalba lives in Pontedera and shows us her favorite park. There is a sculpture there that reminds her of a woman-cat.

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Caption 35 [it]: me ne sto qui a leggere.
Caption 35 [en]: I stay here and read.

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Le Interviste - I liceali - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

The three highschoolers answer questions about what time they eat and go to bed, what they like or miss about where they live, and much more.

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Caption 8 [it]: Ce ne sono tanti,
Caption 8 [en]: There are many.

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Che tempo che fa - Raffaella Carrà - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

In this part of the interview, Raffaella Carrà tells about how her grandmother helped her become the queen of Italian television.

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Caption 7 [it]: Certo. -Pe', perché ha usato ne "La grande bellezza"...
Caption 7 [en]: Of course. -Be'... because he used it in "The Great Beauty"...

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Che tempo che fa - Raffaella Carrà - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Raffaella Carrà, one of Italian television's most beloved entertainers, and known as the Queen of Italian TV, has died at the age of 78. Here she is in an interview with Fabio Fazio on Rai 3. Her blonde hair was her signature, as you will see when you watch the video. She was a legend. She sang, she danced, she hosted, and she interviewed. For many years, Italian families would watch her talk show Pronto Raffaella (Hello, Raffaella) at the noon hour, when school got out.

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Caption 5 [it]: È un disastro se te ne vai
Caption 5 [en]: It's a disaster if you leave

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COVID-19 - 6) La guarigione

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

It was a tough 72 days, but, as the title suggests, the family recovered, luckily. They think back on their time in isolation and what it felt like to come out the other side. Their story even made it into a local newspaper.

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Caption 38 [it]: l'unità familiare ne è stata [sic: uscita] rafforzata.
Caption 38 [en]: family unity was reinforced.

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COVID-19 - 5) I tamponi

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

If you have never been tested for Covid-19, Giuditta and Marino give a good description of the process. And their youngest son had to be very brave.

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Caption 12 [it]: Be', devo dire che ne abbiamo fatti un po' di tamponi, dunque.
Caption 12 [en]: Well, I have to say that we did a bunch of tests, indeed, well.

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COVID-19 - 4) Gli effetti sul corpo

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Coronavirus affects people in different ways. Marino and Giuditta share their experiences and recount what they did on their own, to try to get better.

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Caption 13 [it]: all'apparato respiratorio, né cardiovascolare.
Caption 13 [en]: to my respiratory system, nor to my cardiovascular system.

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