Difficulty:
Newbie
Italy
Do you want to keep testing yourself with guessing games? Try challenging your knowledge and figure out which food can be poisonous or what people use to avoid standing up. Have fun!
Difficulty:
Beginner
Italy
And here are some guessing games to enrich your vocabulary. Test yourself to see if you know family relationships or animals, but above all, have fun learning!
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Two inmates from the Bollate prison who work in the kitchen share their perspectives about the outside and how to become reintegrated in society. Both agree that it's not easy but that inmates are people, too.
Difficulty:
Newbie
Italy
It's time to put yourself to the test and see if you can answer the riddles that Marika presents in this video. An excellent way to practice and have fun.
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Said talks about how working gives a person dignity. He feels changed and reiterates that one always returns to one's roots, to the person they were before ending up in prison. No one was born a thief.
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Davide tells how he lives in semi-freedom, allowing him to spend half the year at home. However, this comes with obligations that must be respected. Davide has learned to see the world from a different perspective and this has taught him a lot.
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
Italy
"An inmate is not a walking crime". This is how Silvia emphasizes that the inmates are people with everyday lives and their personal stories, and deserve some respect. It is healthy for people on the outside to become familiar with what prison is and can be.
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Silvia and Chef Davide are discussing a reservation, and she maintains that Davide should be more flexible regarding the changes communicated by the customer. Silvia also talks about what "alternative measures" are all about.
Difficulty:
Beginner
Italy
In this last part, Marika summarizes the uses of buono, bello, and bene by comparing the different uses and meanings of each word. Remember that buono and bello are adjectives, describing people, things, and places, while bene is an adverb of manner answering the question "how."
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Silvia talks about how she finds candidates for the restaurant kitchen from the central kitchen, which prepares the meals for the inmates. The restaurant workers are impacted positively because it means they have a real job, with a paycheck, including social security, which can look good on a resume.
Difficulty:
Beginner
Italy
In this second part dedicated to the word bene (fine, well, good), Marika explains other meanings of this multifaceted adverb. Let's see how it is used for emphasis and as encouragement.
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
Italy
The pastry chef of the restaurant "In Galera" tells us about how important his role makes him feel. What he likes most is preparing cakes and cookies for family visits.
Difficulty:
Beginner
Italy
Since the adverb bene (fine, well) has many uses and can be confusing, Marika has decided to explain it in two parts so as to understand how to use it in all its meanings.
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
Italy
The owner, Silvia, recounts that during the restaurant's first year, the New York Times discovered the place and that's when she realized it was the first of its kind in the entire world. She also tells the story of how the chef, Davide, was hired.
Difficulty:
Beginner
Italy
In this part, Marika talks about the adjective buono (good) which is often associated with food. However, there are other contexts in which it is used, so let's see what they are, with examples.
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