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A Marsala - Sofia Calò

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy Sicilian

Sofia ha otto anni e viene da Palermo. Le piace la scuola e le piace fare i compiti, oltre che uscire con la sua mamma e con le sue amiche. Ci racconta dell’ultimo film visto al cinema e ci fa vedere che sa a memoria l’alfabeto e che sa contare.

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Gente di Maratea - Flavia

Difficulty: Newbie

Italy Lucano

Flavia è di Maratea e ci parla di sè. E’ nata a Maratea, ma vive a Roma perchè frequenta l’università li. Le piace, ma la sua città natale le manca molto.

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Romanzo Italiano - Lazio - Part 12

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Alessandro Piperno comes from a mixed Jewish family and recounts how he learned, at an early age, to cherish the relationship between Jerusalem and Rome, where Christianity and Judaism blend. Thus we come to the end of this episode about the region of Lazio.

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Caption 27 [it]: Però mi piace questa idea di Gerusalemme - Roma,
Caption 27 [en]: But I like this idea of Jerusalem - Rome,

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Romanzo Italiano - Lazio - Part 11

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Annalena continues her conversation with Piperno in his favorite restaurant. They look at some photos from his past while they wait for their meal to be served.

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Caption 1 [it]: Mi piace raccontare un mondo borghese
Caption 1 [en]: I like to recount a bourgeois world,

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Romanzo Italiano - Lazio - Part 10

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Alessandro explains some things about the characters in his books and tells a story about when he won the Strega award. The Strega Award is the most important Italian literary award. It gets its name from one of its creators, the owner of the company producing Strega, a brand of an amaro (after-dinner, digestive bitters).

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Caption 58 [en]: who passed, in the space of five years,
Caption 58 [it]: passato nel giro di un lustro

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Romanzo Italiano - Lazio - Part 7

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Melania talks about her relationship with her father when he was still alive. He didn't say much, but unbeknownst to her, tried to get a story of hers published. She talks about one her favorite parts of Rome: Isola Tiberina (Tiber Island), the only river island in the part of the Tiber that runs through Rome.

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Caption 52 [it]: Mi piace leggere nelle cose,
Caption 52 [en]: I like reading into things,

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Romanzo Italiano - Lazio - Part 6

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Melania Gaia Mazzucco talks about one of her novels set in seventeenth-century Trastevere, quite a different place than what we see today. Although she has traveled the world, Mazzucco comes from generations of romani di Roma (Romans from Rome).

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Caption 73 [it]: mi piace che in questa fotografia ci siano, appunto, tutti e due,
Caption 73 [en]: I like that in this photograph there are, indeed, both of them.

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Romanzo Italiano - Lazio - Part 5

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Annalena continues talking with Paolo Giordano, who talks about how places such as Afghanistan and Apulia have influenced his writing.

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Caption 49 [it]: Dimmi qualcosa che ti piace di Roma, che in fondo hai scelto.
Caption 49 [en]: Tell me something of what you like about Rome, which, in the end, you chose.

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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 33 [en]: a space that had one function, which later, subsequently,
Caption 33 [it]: uno spazio che aveva una funzione che poi, successivamente,

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Armando Casali - Ossidazioni, Cose dell'altro mondo - Part 4

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Armando begins describing the structure of his book, and talks about how he envisions a kind of journey, beginning in the far reaches of the universe, down to the tiny details of a flower.

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Caption 2 [en]: [Chapter one - Cosmic Space - Black Holes - Constellations - Nebulae - Galaxies]
Caption 2 [it]: [Capitolo 1 - Spazio Cosmico - Buchi Neri - Costellazioni - Nebulose - Galassie]

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Rosalba - al parco della donna gatto - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy Lombardy

Rosalba was a French teacher who has been retired for about a a year. She now spends her days writing stories and cultivating her passion for photography.

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Caption 13 [it]: mi piace moltissimo fotografare,
Caption 13 [en]: I very much like taking pictures,

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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 25 [it]: A me non dispiace il rumore del treno, mi piace il movimento.
Caption 25 [en]: I don't mind the noise of the train. I like the movement.

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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 26 [it]: Se ti piace qualcuno e lo vuoi dire ad un amico,
Caption 26 [en]: If you like someone and you want to tell that to a friend,

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Le Interviste - I liceali - Part 1

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

A triple interview of 3 teenagers who answer some basic questions about themselves. Are there more similarities or differences among them? Let's find out.

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Caption 45 [it]: Mi piace guardare il calcio, ma non mi piace praticarlo.
Caption 45 [en]: I like watching soccer, but I don't like playing it.

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Eleonora - Prendersi cura dei cavalli

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Horses are large animals, but they are delicate, too. Keeping them healthy and in good condition requires a series of essential measures of different kinds. Eleonora takes us through some of them.

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Caption 52 [en]: and in a space they
Caption 52 [it]: e in uno spazio che loro

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