Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Rossella tells us how she came to be the solitary inhabitant of a beautiful, abandoned village in Calabria, called either Pentedattilo or Pentidattilo.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
The Teatro San Carlo was renowned in all of Europe for its beauty as well as for its music, theater, and opera productions, so when it caught fire in 1816, it was a major tragedy. King Ferdinand I had it rebuilt immediately, and it became even more magnificent than before.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Marika talks about three words — piano, credenza, and tempo — that have something important in common. They all have multiple meanings, not just nuances, not just connotations. Technically, they are called polysemous or polysemic words.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Melody arrives with some news. Whether it's good news or bad news depends on your point of view.
Difficulty: Newbie
Italy
Pimpa has some peculiar but interesting encounters with a book and a cat.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
We begin a new episode, where Valentina is at school, learning about politics and toxic waste.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Alberto's girlfriend, Gemma, goes to his house with the pretext of a broken cell phone. Guido and Marcello meet up in the morning at a coffee bar and the subject of acting comes up. They have very different memories of a play they were in as kids.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
As usual, Camilla figures things out by discussing them with her dog. But this time, she is overheard by Renzo. Later on, she gets together with Berardi to share her thoughts.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Lisa plays a tape that Oriana thought had been destroyed. It takes her back to 1973, when instead of going to Bonn, Oriana decides to go to Athens, where Panagulis has just been freed from five years in prison. She wants to interview him.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
What a wonderful place Pentidattilo had been, but then plastic arrived and pretty much ruined everything.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
The San Carlo Theater was the largest in Europe. Alberto Angela focuses on the shape of the theater and provides some insight into what went on in the box seats.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Ready for some more Italian words with various different meanings? Marika talks about albero, batteria, and dado.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Melody is all excited about her coming wedding, and her co-workers are about to drink a toast to that, when they get a visitor. Ugo is still quite mad at Nora, and she knows why. Fabiana is trying to choose wedding invitations and nothing quite fits the bill.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
This documentary follows the coronavirus from its beginnings in China to its arrival in Italy. Much of the material was contributed by ordinary people trying to live their lives in the midst of the pandemic.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Imma goes to where the dead body of Nunzio Festa had been found. She has to deal with the local Carabinieri marshal, who is a bit of a bully. She and Calogiuri go to see the parents of the deceased.
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