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Meraviglie - EP. 2 - Part 5

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Although we don't know their function, the Telamons, gigantic statues alternating with the semi-columns of the Temple of Jupiter, were as high as a six-story building. A reconstruction of the temple in the Pietro Griffo Regional Archeological Museum allows us to imagine just how imposing they must have been.

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Caption 4 [it]: Si tratta di una copia, ma vi fa capire
Caption 4 [en]: It's a copy, but it lets you see

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La Ladra - EP. 7 - Il piccolo ladro - Part 5

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Eva wants to teach Negri a lesson and calls him to give her an estimate on some work at the restaurant. Later, at the market, Dante seems a bit absent. Eva then makes a discovery that illustrates how Italian can be ambiguous, where English is not.

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Caption 30 [it]: Be', naturalmente si tratta di un primo rifornimento.
Caption 30 [en]: Well, naturally, we're talking about a first refueling.

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Meraviglie - EP. 2 - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Alberto Angela talks about how Akragas came to be, how its name changed over time, and about what information has been obtained from archeological digs.

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Caption 37 [it]: Si tratta di un teatro di periodo ellenistico,
Caption 37 [en]: It involves a theater from the Hellenistic period,

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Meraviglie - EP. 2 - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

We're in the south of Italy, where many cultures have merged. Alberto Angela takes us to visit the magnificent Valley of the Temples in Agrigento, Sicily.

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Caption 26 [it]: ma in realtà si tratta di un nome convenzionale
Caption 26 [en]: but actually, it is an agreed-upon name

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Meraviglie - EP. 1 - Part 11

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

We enter a fascinating church carved right into the rock: the Church of the Madonna di Idris. There are some surprising discoveries awaiting us.

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Caption 34 [it]: si tratta di un fenomeno abbastanza curioso.
Caption 34 [en]: it has to do with a rather curious phenomenon.

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Meraviglie - EP. 1 - Part 9

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Alberto Angela us takes back in time, to a city that came about in a totally different way: splendid Matera in Basilicata. It's definitely worth a trip.

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Caption 61 [it]: Si tratta di un antichissimo fondale preistorico,
Caption 61 [en]: We're talking about a very ancient, prehistoric bed,

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La Ladra - EP. 6 - Nero di rabbia - Part 7

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Two romantic situations. One goes better than expected. The other, a bit less.

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Caption 9 [it]: Nun me tratta' [romanesco: non mi trattare] come un bambino, su. Eh.
Caption 9 [en]: Don't treat me like a child, come on. Huh.

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Il Commissario Manara - S2EP7 - Alta società - Part 5

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Manara talks to two different people who knew the murder victim. One comes to him, and the other tries to run away.

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Caption 11 [it]: Eh, si tratta di una cosa che è accaduta al circolo
Caption 11 [en]: It concerns something that happened at the club

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Professioni e mestieri - il doppiaggio - Part 1

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Dubbing has all sorts of uses, but certainly one of the most fascinating ones is making us believe an actor is speaking our language when we go to see a foreign film. Arianna takes us through the basic phases.

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Caption 20 [it]: perché il doppiaggio non si tratta di [sic: non è] un libro
Caption 20 [en]: because dubbing doesn't involve a book

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Corso di italiano con Daniela - Superlativo relativo

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

With the relative superlative, we compare one element with an entire group, as for example, "She is the most beautiful of all." In English we distinguish between "more" and "most," but in Italian, the presence of the article before the noun or before the comparative word is what makes the difference.

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Caption 31 [it]: Si tratta, quindi, di un comparativo di maggioranza,
Caption 31 [en]: So, we're dealing with a comparative of majority,

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Il Commissario Manara - S2EP5 - Mondo sommerso - Part 14

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

There's a new member of the Toscani family, Sardi apologizes to Marta for her behavior, and Ada confides in Luca about a discovery she has made.

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Caption 42 [it]: La devi tratta' [trattare] bene questa ragazza, perché è una che ha sofferto.
Caption 42 [en]: You have to treat this girl well because she's someone who has suffered.

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L'Italia a tavola - Interrogazione sulle Marche

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

We're going to school to learn about The Marches, the only Italian region to have a plural name! Let's find out if Anna has studied this time! Let's see how mean her maestra is today, too.

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Caption 47 [it]: Si tratta di olive verdi grandi,
Caption 47 [en]: We're talking about large green olives