Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Antonio Palma has been summoned by Imma, and has been accompanied by Rosario Festa, Nunzio's father. She has some specific questions to ask Mr. Palma, but first has a conversation with Rosario Festa. Later on, she discusses all this with Calogiuri over coffee.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
This segment talks about the difference between an asteroid and a comet. Important work is being done with the Hera and Dart missions to study how to deviate an asteroid, thus avoiding possible great damage to our beloved planet
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Will Alberto Manzi be up to the task of dealing with these rough, incarcerated boys? On his off-hours, Alberto goes to see the parish priest about a missing person.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Marianne has done a great job dressing up the church, and knows what she wants as payment. Nora is on the phone trying to make a deal for the wedding arrangements. Spartacus is trying to discover who the roof saboteur is.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Gaetano is taking Camilla and Francesca home, but gets a phone call from Torre and so there's a change of plans. After dance class, Renzo has a little talk with Livietta about the kiss he saw her receive.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Lele is doing better with his new diet. Annuccia has decided not to eat. Grandma Enrica makes a surprise visit. Libero loses his cool a bit.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
The Ugly Duckling was written by Hans Christian Andersen, and published for the first time in 1843. In Italian, stories are generally recounted using two main past tenses: the passato remoto and the imperfetto, so even if you are "too old" for these kinds of things, this story, told by Arianna, is an excellent way to get some practice.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Father Mariani is not much help to Imma, but tells her to be careful. When she gets home, she gets a taste of what he meant, but is not deterred. Imma seems to be of the opinion that "when the going gets tough, the tough get going."
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
This segment is all about so-called "Near-Earth Objects," called "NEOs" for short. They are comets, asteroids, metors and man-made objects, as well. What have they done in the past, and what might they do in the future?
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Here are some more expressions featuring the verb vedere (to see). For non-native speakers, a few of them might be a little tricky to understand, but others might be very useful to learn and use.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
It's a sunny day and Pimpa would like to go to the beach. This time she has some adult company. She meets a daredevil rubber boat named Fausto, and consequently gets into a little trouble, but she also learns an important lesson that will be useful to her later on.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Manzi goes to the reform school for his first day of teaching and finds out all the things he will or won't be able to do.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Ugo follows Nora to see what she is doing late at night. In the morning, Yazech explains the roof situation to Nora. Spartacus is helping out with the ironing and expresses his opinion about the roof and Yazech.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Camilla is able to find out why Debbie acts the way she does at school. Enzo goes to the dance school hoping to see Pamela. He does see something else interesting, however. Camilla and Gaetano give Francesca a ride home.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Libero is in excellent health, but he sees things differently. The inauguration of Nilde's restaurant is a day away, and Enrica shows up with a chef she would like to hire.
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