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Space to ground - EP4 Le origini del sistema solare - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

In August of 2014, the European Space Agency Rosetta probe reached the comet 67/P. This mission allowed for the collection of a great deal of data about comets. In fact, in this episode, a comet will be fashioned out of fairly common ingredients in a normal kitchen. That's pretty exciting.

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Space to ground - EP3 5 4 3 2 1 lift off. Lanciatori - Part 4

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Astronaut Luca Parmitano talks to us from the Columbus European Space Laboratory. He explains why tadpoles can help us learn a lot about the weightless conditions of outer space.

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Space to ground - EP3 5 4 3 2 1 lift off. Lanciatori - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Observing what happens when the air comes out of a balloon will help us understand how the launcher of a spacecraft works. An electrical propulsion engineer from ESA explains about different kinds of propulsion used in space exploration.

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Space to ground - EP3 5 4 3 2 1 lift off. Lanciatori - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

To reach outer space, the force of gravity has to be overcome, and that requires a certain "escape" velocity. That's where launchers come in.

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Space to ground - EP2 Energia dell'universo. Luce - Part 4

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

One way to tell if there might be life on another planet is through light. Special telescopes, by way of prisms, analyze and break down the light from distant galaxies into parts. Luca Parmitano, an astronaut of the European Space Agency, speaks to us from the Columbus International Space Station.

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Space to ground - EP2 Energia dell'universo. Luce - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Luisella Giulicchi, manager of the European Space Agency ESA, answers questions about light, infrared rays, and lightyears.

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La rotta delle spezie di Franco Calafatti - Il sale - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

This fascinating segment is all about salt: Our spice journey takes us to Sicily, where much of Italy's salt is harvested. Franco talks about how salt is life, salt is gold.

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In giro per l'Italia - Lucca - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy Tuscan

Arianna visits Lucca for the first time, and gets some advice from a friend who lives there. Arianna and Eleonora look at the map together to get an idea of how the city is laid out. With its Roman origins, Lucca's urban space was designed with intersecting roads called 'cardos' and 'decumani'.

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L'Italia che piace - Architettura - Part 8

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Apulia is famous for the characteristic trullo. But another typical building is the lamia, a rural building with a square base, sloping dry stone walls and a roof usually made with a lowered barrel vault or a dome. This characteristically simple construction consists of a single room, used as a temporary shelter for the farm's agricultural workers or storage. Today, many of these farms have been transformed into hotels.

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Caption 40 [it]: [L'Italia che piace]
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L'Italia che piace - Architettura - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

In 2017,the region of Tuscany promoted an architectural project, collaborating to build a network of 14 wine cellars that unite a passion for design, respect for the natural environment, and the high quality of the wine they produce.

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Caption 3 [it]: [L'Italia che piace]
Caption 3 [en]: [The Italy that pleases]

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L'Italia che piace - Stile di vita - Part 10

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

The deepest part of the Mediterranean is located between Apulia and Greece. There, conditions are such that there is plenty of food for predators. With the "Researcher for a Day" program, the association gets precious help searching for cetaceans in these waters.

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Caption 39 [it]: [L'Italia Che Piace]
Caption 39 [en]: [The Italy People Like]

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L'Italia che piace - Stile di vita - Part 8

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

We get a glimpse of the spaces where a show takes shape, from sewing the costumes, to creating the sets and backdrops. When a model of a set arrives, the job of the team is to translate it into reality, into something big.

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Caption 36 [it]: a spiare quello che accadrà più tardi in sala.
Caption 36 [en]: to spy on what will happen later in the theater.

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L'Italia che piace - Stile di vita - Part 7

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Tortona is an area of Milan, where steel mills stood previously. The huge structure turned out to be perfect for housing, once renovated, the Ansaldo workshop for the sets of Teatro alla Scala. The area has become very trendy and popular, especially during the Milan Fashion Week.

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Caption 14 [en]: This was an industrial space, of course,
Caption 14 [it]: Questo era uno spazio, naturalmente, industriale,

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L'Italia che piace - Stile di vita - Part 6

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Gratitude for the bounty of nature is a primary value for the Zegna Foundation. It might be helpful for the viewer to know that l'abito is a noun (think "monk's habit") meaning a gown or suit, but it is also the first person singular of the verb abitare (to inhabit, to live).

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Caption 10 [en]: that space, that extraordinary expanse
Caption 10 [it]: di quello spazio, di quel respiro straordinario

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L'Italia che piace - Stile di vita - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Italy is known for fashion, and that includes shirts. Angelo Inglese, a shirtmaker from Ginosa, in Apulia, talks about how his shirts stand out for being inspired by local traditions, notably embroidery and crocheting.

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Caption 3 [it]: [L'Italia che piace]
Caption 3 [en]: [The Italy people like]

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