Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
It's a shame to throw away perfectly good fruit, just because some of it is bruised. Andromeda shows us her anti-waste recipe for fruit preserves.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
The International Space Station has the goal of developing and testing technologies for space exploration that are capable of keeping a crew alive on long-term missions in lunar and Martian orbits. To do this, preliminary work is being done on the Gateway platform: a space station beyond Earth's orbit.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
There were a few places untouched by the pandemic, for example, near the North Pole. Some people had a hard time getting out of bed. Others became creative.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Bel canto (beautiful singing) and lyric opera began in Italy, and, not surprisingly, this country has the highest number of opera theaters in the world. Thus we conclude this episode of Meraviglie (wonders).
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Rossella talks about why she likes Pentidattilo so much, and imagines what it would have been like when it was populated by families. She has managed to preserve the magic of the place, where time has stood still.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
A man tells about how maddening it was to realize he had made a mistake in giving his mother a kiss. In March 2020, all of Italy shut down. Everything stopped, to try and limit the spread of Covid-19.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Gioachino Rossini had great success as an opera composer at the San Carlo Theater in Naples, writing a large number of operas while still quite young. When he left Naples for Paris, he was replaced by another star composer, Gaetano Donizetti.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Rossella feels that it's her mission to show people this marvelous place. She dedicates part of her home to guests from all over the world.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Different people talk about their experiences: a hospital intensive-care worker, a bike courier, a 103-year old woman, some children, and the head of a family.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Find out the various different meanings of these words: campo, squadra, and verso.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Alberto Angela continues showing us some of the details of the decorations within the San Carlo Theater. He recounts a special coffee beverage invented there, and an anecdote about the composer Gioacchino Rossini who was the musical director there for a time.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
This documentary follows the coronavirus from its beginnings in China to its arrival in Italy. Much of the material was contributed by ordinary people trying to live their lives in the midst of the pandemic.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Ready for some more Italian words with various different meanings? Marika talks about albero, batteria, and dado.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
The San Carlo Theater was the largest in Europe. Alberto Angela focuses on the shape of the theater and provides some insight into what went on in the box seats.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
What a wonderful place Pentidattilo had been, but then plastic arrived and pretty much ruined everything.
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