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Marika risponde - Risposta 2 Rispondere al telefono View Series

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

Italy

After saying Pronto? (hello), what do you say when calling someone, or when someone calls you? Marika has all the answers.

Illuminate - Margherita Hack - Part 8 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

Aldo and Margherita stuck together. He might get bored at her lectures, but he would always be there. They both shared a love for sports and motocycles.

Vivere - Un'avventura di Vittorio De Sica - Part 10 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

Vittorio De Sica put himself on the line in order to save his cast and crew, and the film he was making. This final segment describes how he managed to complete La porta del cielo (The Gates of Heaven). The song we hear at the end of this documentary is very famous and was sung by Vittorio De Sica himself for the movie Gli uomini, che mascalzoni... in which he acted. Listen to the entire song here.

Marika risponde - Risposta 1 Pronomi e aggettivi interrogativi View Series

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

Italy

Navigating the adjectives or pronouns che (what), cosa (what), and quale (what, which) is confusing to most learners, but Marika helps us make sense of it all.

Illuminate - Margherita Hack - Part 7 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

This segment recounts how Aldo De Rosa and Margherita met in a park in Florence as kids and later married. Aldo supported her in her scientific work throughout their marriage, which lasted over seventy years.

Vivere - Un'avventura di Vittorio De Sica - Part 9 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

The general hands De Sica a letter from Goebbels himself but since De Sica can't read German, it is translated for him ad alta voce (out loud). It's an invitation to Venice, which De Sica does not want to accept.

Marika spiega - Espressioni con occhio - Part 2 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

Italy

Marika gives us plenty of examples of expressions using l'occhio (the eye) in this final segment. We see and hear them in context by way of clips from Yabla videos.

Illuminate - Margherita Hack - Part 6 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

Although as an athlete, Margherita did make some compromises she felt she had to during the decades of Italian Fascism, she also took a stand against it, risking expulsion from school.

Vivere - Un'avventura di Vittorio De Sica - Part 8 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

Actors, including Alberto Sordi, who were performing at the Quattro Fontane (four fountains) theater on the fateful day of 23 March 1944 are in danger of being caught by the Germans. During the filming of his movie, De Sica leaves the safety of the basilica just once and is caught and questioned by a Nazi General about why the film is taking so long to be shot.

Marika spiega - Espressioni con occhio - Part 1 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

Italy

When you have plenty of confidence or trust someone, you might keep your eyes closed and do something "ad occhi chiusi" (with your eyes closed), but make sure to keep them open while watching this video about expressions featureing l'occhio (the eye).

Illuminate - Margherita Hack - Part 5 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

Perhaps not everyone knows that Margherita Hack as a girl was quite the athlete. Her sport was track and field. She also had a passion for cycling and rode her bike well into her seventies.

Vivere - Un'avventura di Vittorio De Sica - Part 7 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

During the filming of Heaven's Gate, there were some dicey moments where De Sica had to deal with the German troops and needed all his wits about him. At the same time his crew was cooped up in the basilica and didn't always behave as they should — in fact, tutt'altro (anything but). The narrator also mentions an anecdotal story Fellini told about his experience with the Germans.

Marika spiega - Espressioni con la testa - Part 6 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

Italy

In this last part, Marika provides some expressions to use when you're frustrated or when you forget what you were about to say. They all use la testa (the head) as the featured body part.

Illuminate - Margherita Hack - Part 4 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

Margherita was much more interested in substance and knowledge than in material things, including physical appearance, and this became her brand, in a certain sense. That didn't keep people from loving and respecting her, although there were some occasional incidents, a few of which are recounted by people who knew her.

Vivere - Un'avventura di Vittorio De Sica - Part 6 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

To recreate the environment of the San Loreto church, the Basilica of St Paul's Outside the Walls was used for the final scene of the film. The crew was accustomed to working in a non-religious setting where they could do as they liked, so it was a full-time job trying to keep their bad habits (such as smoking) in check so they wouldn't get kicked out by their hosts.

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