Difficulty:
Intermediate
Italy
Berardi and Torre ask Tucci for information about the victim's dating history, but the person with whom the woman had a date cannot be traced. Susanna admits to being in love with Nico, while Camilla is worried about Renzo.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
Italy
Renzo finally returns home with bad news. Despite the compliments he received, the highly-connected candidate won. Gaetano, while at home with his girlfriend, receives a message from Camilla, and jealousy takes over.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
Italy
Torre and Berardi are finishing questioning the man who was hospitalized on the day of the restorer's death, when Camilla arrives. Renzo returns to the office and receives an unwelcome reception from his team.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
Italy
Gaetano wants to question Susi, and Camilla asks to be present. When her colleague answers a certain question, Camilla is a bit disconcerted. At work, Renzo advises a couple of clients to change architects for reasons of taste.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
Italy
Camilla goes to see Renzo whose clients have left him, in addition to his assistants. She tries to comfort him without success. Gaetano returns home to his insecure fiancée.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
Italy
Renzo is still very depressed about work and the blackbird is getting on his nerves. To complete the picture, Camilla's mother shows up and says she will stay with them for a few days.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
Italy Neapolitan
Antonio is a teacher and we find him at Somma Vesuviana, on the slopes of Vesuvius, near Naples. For some time he has tending a small garden, where he grows vegetables, which he sees as miracles of the earth, with seeds developing into fruits.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
Italy Neapolitan
For many Italians, putting up a presepe (manger scene or crèche) at Christmas time is as, if not more important than putting up a Christmas tree. Antonio talks about the traditions concerning its origins, two thousand and eleven years ago.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
Italy
Antonio explains that the Italian tradition of constructing a nativity scene during the Christmas season had it origins in the thirteenth century, when Saint Francis of Assisi organized the first live re-enactment of the birth of Jesus. It soon spread to all of Italy, but above all to the Kingdom of Naples, where everyone got involved, from the poorest family to the King himself.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
Italy
Kaleidoscopio is a family-owned business which one could define as an almost artistic business. In fact, they create objects, such as paintings, lamps, and panels in colored glass.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
Italy
Kaleidoscopio is a Neapolitan company that sells its works through two shops, one in Rome and the other in Naples. Most of its business, however, is conducted at fairs and special events, where new collections are launched.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
Italy
Andromeda tells us about her job as a copywriter. She explains what a copywriter does, and what kind of studies can help prepare you for this kind of job.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
Italy
Silvia is an editor (in real life) for Il Fatto Quotidiano (The Daily Event), a national newspaper with some special characteristics. Silvia tells us what kind of news she covers, and some of the problems she encounters.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
Italy
Yabla takes us to a shop specialized in beauty products. There's plenty of new vocabulary here!
Difficulty:
Intermediate
Italy
Antonella talks about her relationship with the people who come into the shop, especially older women who still care about being beautiful, and who are beautiful, inside and out.
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