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Una gita - al lago - Part 1

Difficulty: Adv Beginner

Italy

The first part of a trip to Castel Gandolfo, the Roman city famous for having been the traditional summer residence for generations of popes, but also for its beautiful lake.

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Caption 8 [it]: ed è emozionante pensare che proprio dietro quel portone
Caption 8 [en]: and it's exciting to think that just behind that main door

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Tiziano Terzani - Cartabianca - Part 1

Difficulty: Advanced

Italy

Tiziano Terzani (1938–2004) was an important journalist and writer. This interview, considered to be of historical value, took place during the broadcast of the Swiss television show, Cartabianca [Carte blanche], conducted by Leo Manfrini, who was a close friend of the writer.

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Caption 42 [it]: e c'è sempre meno fantasia nell'inventarsi un proprio... una propria professione,
Caption 42 [en]: and there's less and less fantasy in creating one's... one's own profession,

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Animalisti Italiani - Walter Caporale - Part 2

Difficulty: Advanced

Italy

We continue the discussion on animal rights, asking the question why dogs and cats, among other animals, have to suffer injustices from humans, solely because they're too weak to defend themselves. The atrocity of religious ritual exemptions to animal dazing before slaughter are also discussed.

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Caption 48 [it]: Proprio perché uomini di sinistra, noi stiamo facendo una battaglia in Parlamento,
Caption 48 [en]: Precisely because men of the left, we're waging battle in Parliament,

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Escursioni Campane - Castello Normanno - Part 2

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

The excursion to the Castle of Avella continues and we see the preserved walls of this historic place. Places such as this are common in Campania, thanks to the numerous civilizations that passed through this region in earlier times.

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Caption 5 [it]: che serviva proprio per riuscire a mantenere,
Caption 5 [en]: that was used specifically to be able, to maintain,

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Professore Antonio - L'orto del Vesuvio

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.

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Caption 30 [it]: e a questo si deve proprio la, eh, qualità dei, dei prodotti.
Caption 30 [en]: and and to this we owe the, uh, quality of, of the products.

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Escursioni Campane - Castello Normanno - Part 1

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Francesco is in the Province of Avellino and talks to us about one of the Campania Region's most important archaeological sites: the Norman Castle of Avella, destroyed and rebuilt numerous times, but well preserved nonetheless.

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Caption 23 [it]: questo castello è stato proprio per questo motivo,
Caption 23 [en]: this castle was, for just this reason,

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Professioni e mestieri - Kaleidoscopio, vetro artistico - Part 1

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.

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Caption 20 [it]: Quindi questa [sic], questi colori miscelati ehm, proprio come, ehm...
Caption 20 [en]: So this, these mixed colors um, exactly like, uh...

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Spot pubblicitario - Tim - Maxxi Day Vacanze

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy Roman

Ad for Maxxi Day Vacanze [Maxxi Day Vacations], a calling card on offer to TIM clients during the summer months. Christian De Sica plays a clueless uncle who doesn't get what it's about and thinks it involves ice cream.

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Caption 5 [it]: Eh be', se proprio insisti.
Caption 5 [en]: Well, if you insist.

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Ricette primi - Sugo alle vongole

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Gianna Mantovan shows us how to prepare an excellent clam sauce. This video is kindly provided by uChefPuntoit.

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Caption 27 [it]: È proprio giusto che sia così, perché la pasta
Caption 27 [en]: This is really the way it should be, because the pasta

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Radici nel Cemento - Pappa & Ciccia - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy Roman

Pappa e Ciccia, song from the album "Alla Rovescia" by Radici nel Cemento, talks about a couple who are just that, "Pappa e Ciccia"--meaning they go "hand in glove". Literally, pappa means mush but is often used to mean food and ciccia is fat or gristle, but is often used to mean meat.

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Caption 5 [it]: Stamo proprio bene io e te!
Caption 5 [en]: We go so well together you and I!

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Valentina Vezzali - Video Intervista

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

QNM interviews Valentina Vezzali, Italian fencing pro, specialized in foils. She's the first female fencer in the world to receive three consecutive Olympic gold medals. She's also won five other world titles and five European titles (in individual matches). You should watch our video proverbi italiani afterwards.

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Caption 33 [it]: quindi dell'ambito competitivo vero e proprio
Caption 33 [en]: that is, the actual competitive environment,

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Olio Extra Vergine Pugliese - Introduzione e cenni storici

Difficulty: Advanced

Italy

Raffaele, a producer of extra virgin olive oil from Apulia, tells us about the ancient origins of his olive groves. Many of the trees are centuries old, some are even over a thousand years old, and continue to produce excellent oil.

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Caption 23 [it]: che probabilmente, eh... sono stati proprio piantati nel millequattrocento dai monaci benedettini.
Caption 23 [en]: which probably, um... were actually planted in fourteen hundred by Benedictine monks.

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Antonio - al Santuario - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy Lucano

In this video, Antonio speaks in more detail about Praia's Madonna of the Cave. He shows us the rock where the ship's captain set down the wooden statue in the 14th century and he shows us the room where the statue is now housed.

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Caption 41 [it]: proprio perché è la santa protettrice della nostra cittadina
Caption 41 [en]: for the precise reason that she's the patron saint of our village

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Battuta di Fassone - in Insalata Chef

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!

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Caption 47 [it]: tramite proprio la brezza marina, si depositano questi cristalli di sale,
Caption 47 [en]: actually, by the sea breeze depositing these salt crystals,

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Passeggiando per Roma - per Roma - Part 1

Difficulty: Adv Beginner

Italy

In this video we get a peek at the streets of Rome, accompanied by the nostalgic melody of "Romagna mia" (a song dedicated to the Region of Emilia Romagna, played here by a street musician in Rome). Come and discover the eternal city!

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Caption 5 [it]: e ancora oggi, anzi proprio tre giorni fa, ha ospitato anche
Caption 5 [en]: and even today, in fact, just three days ago, it hosted

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