Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Rome's many bridges are the focus of this video, including the Ponte Rotto, which dates back to ancient Rome. Only part of the Ponte Rotto is still standing and this is why it is called rotto or broken. Rivers are masculine in Italian, and ancient Roman statues portray River Gods as recumbent elderly men with long beards.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Manuela and Paolo are trying to get ready for getting approval for adoption from Social Services. They get to know each other better in the process, and Natoli shows his true colors, too.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Camilla's normal family dinner with her husband and daughter gets interrupted by an unexpected guest.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Minivip gets real close to saving a circus lady but is hindered by trained circus fleas.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
We visit the cemetery where the English poets are buried, and learn about the relationship between the Tiber River and the city of Rome.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Paolo is feeling helpless and discouraged about everything, but Manuela won't give up as easily.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Camilla has become a heroine with her students, and she uses the moment to show her students how well she knows them. It does backfire a bit...
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Minivip in a dream has superhero powers, while his brother Supervip is powerless. However, it isn't all that it's cracked up to be.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
The narrator reads some moving passages from the letters of John Keats and Fanny Brawne. Giacomo Leopardi, the Italian poet and near contemporary to Keats and Shelley, also lived in Piazza di Spagna.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
All at once, Paolo has a whole lot on his plate. If he thought he already had problems, the worst is yet to come.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Camilla arrives at school and finds a very angry looking dog.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Anna shows the baby changing area that she's set up in her apartment. She talks about many baby care products, and the segment provides a great lesson in diminutives.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Minivip is none too happy when he meets his namesake, a dog.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
The segment touches on Byron and Shelley, but is mostly about Keats and his time in Rome. It also includes part of a beautiful love letter to Fanny Brawne. The narrator speaks of Keats living on the second floor. The Italian way of counting stories is to call the first floor, the ground floor, and the numbering starts above.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Events have awakened a true transformation on Paolo's part, but even with all his good intentions, he's running up against some brick walls regarding Natoli.
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