Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Martino is ready to join Sally for their trip. He's literally out the door. But something comes up.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
It's time to go on TV since all the headlines have announced that Martino has been found. Going on live TV is a new experience for Peppino, and host Simonetta has her hands full trying to keep control.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Peppino certainly managed to stay in the spotlight, but what happened to Martino?
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Monica Bellucci, the beloved Italian actor, is Fabio Fazio's guest on the talk show Che tempo che fa. Fazio's questions focus on Bellucci's aspirations from her childhood forward.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
De Ponte is still intent on finding Caravaggio to arrest him. Fortunately, the artist has people who want to protect him and is taken by boat to Siracusa, where a friend takes him in.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Viviana Varese, winner of the 2011 Gambero Rosso Prize "Best emerging young chef", shows us how to make a tartare of Fassone (Piemontese beef) – an elegant and very tasty dish!
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Italy has an important tradition of auto d'epoca (vintage cars) and auto da corsa (race cars) and RAI TV has dedicated a documentary series to this topic. This first segment is introduced by former racing driver René Arnoux, who competed in 12 Formula One seasons. You might notice his French accent. It also features Silvia Nicolis, daughter of the collector of vintage cars, Luciano Nicolis.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
There are a great many unique automobiles in the collection. In the early twentieth century, there was no metallic paint, so other solutions were found to produce a special finish, such as Lunar Chrome, a technique using mother of pearl and fish scales.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
The passion for vintage cars can become a real disease. Being the owner of a car and being a collector are two different things.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
We see the underside of a Ferrari as an inspection is carried out. Carmine Sessa, a classic car expert, talks about the Spider model and the Daytona model, which was built in a limited quantity, almost exclusively for the American market. Fun "fact": Some say the yellow color was named Fly, standing for "Ferrari Light yellow." The color was suggested by Fiamma Breschi (a close friend of Enzo Ferrari's). Fiamma means "flame" but she didn't want the color to be Giallo Fiamma "flame yellow" (named after her) and suggested "fly."
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Every serious vintage car collector must have a Ferrari Daytona. Some of the characteristics of this car are described in this segment.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
The revision of the Ferrari Daytona Spider continues. The result gives the car extra value on the vintage market.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
For its time, the Ferrari Daytona Spider was incredible to drive, with its twelve-cylinder engine and impressive horsepower.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
We take a look at the Maserati Khamsin, produced during the oil crisis of the nineteen seventies. It didn't need much restoring and was particularly comfortable.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
We continue to look at the Maserati Khamsin model, which got its name from the Egyptian desert wind and has always been a symbol of aristocracy.
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