Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
The magical Frasassi caves look like something out of a fairy tale, but there's a more scientific explanation.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Alberto Angela describes the discovery of the Ancona Abyss, named after the city the speleologists were from. It’s part of the Great Wind Cave.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Alberto Angela tells us how these natural wonders were discovered by a group of young cave explorers from the nearby city of Ancona.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Fabio Fazio gives Raffaella Carrà a great sendoff, replete with majorettes and a legendary marching band from a Milan district.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Alberto Angela brings us to the Ancona Abyss, an immense cave chamber in the Natural Regional Park of Gola della Rossa and Frasassi in the Marches region. The spectacular Ancona Abyss and other innermost caves in the Frasassi cave system were only discovered in 1971.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Raffaella tells some anecdotes about some big stars she had encountered during her career. She also gives us some details about a famous "telephone number" song, and the famous dance number, "Tuca tuca" that created a bit of scandal in the early seventies.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Nature offers us some extraordinary wonders, and this time, Alberto Angela takes us to the Frassassi Caves, in the Marches region, and explains what the caves were used for by prehistoric man.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
In this part of the interview, Raffaella Carrà tells about how her grandmother helped her become the queen of Italian television.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Roberto Mancini, the technical commissioner of the Italian team, and ex-soccer player, expresses his joy at the victory and dedicates the trophy to all Italians.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Leonardo Bonucci, on defense for Juventus, and of the national team, is very proud of how his team believed in themselves and the possibility of winning. And then they actually won the European Cup.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
It was party time in Rome for the winners of the European Cup, with the prime minister and president participating. The Azzurri won 4-3 with penalty kicks.
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.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Ungaretti mentions 2 poets who attracted him as a youth: Mallarmé and Leopardi. He talks about the famous poem Alla primavera, o delle favole antiche by Leopardi but gets the title wrong. You can see the entire poem (in Italian) here.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Ungaretti talks about how he got his start. He frequented a café in Paris, where artists and poets would gather.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
As Mimmo and Franca enjoy the beach and swimming in the clear water, he tells her about his childhood in the town they can see from where they are sitting.
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