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18. At The Galleria degli Uffizi (Upper Intermediate)

 May 25th, 2009

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Learn Italian with LearnItalianPod. Episode #18 of the “Upper-Intermediate Level Series” is entitled “At The Galleria degli Uffizi” - Let’s follow Lucia and her colleague Tina, who is an architect from New York in Italy for business, as they visit the “Galleria degli Uffizi” in Florence, one of the most famous museums of paintings and sculpture in the world. We will review and practice almost everything you need to say when visiting an Italian museum - and we’re pretty sure that if you ever travel to Italy, you will definitely find this lesson super useful. Enjoy!

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Upper Intermediate - Episode Nr.18

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• Difficulty Level Upper Intermediate
• Topics: art, culture
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14. How Did Your Day Go? (Upper Intermediate)

 March 23rd, 2009

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Learn Italian with LearnItalianPod. Episode #14 of the “Upper-Intermediate Level Series” is entitled “How did your day go?” - Lucia just came back home from work. Waiting for her at home is her son Mattia. Lucia asks her son how his day went, and sure enough, Mattia has some great news for his mother! So today we are going to hear a casual, informal conversation between a mother and a son. You’ll find one more time a lot of informal, “real” Italian here, the way it is spoken between Italians! In the grammar section, we will explain, review, and practice “impersonal constructions” which are so popular in Italian. Enjoy!

Upper Intermediate - Episode Nr.14

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• Difficulty Level Upper Intermediate
• Topics: art, family
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28. What A Figuraccia! (Intermediate)

 November 26th, 2006

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Learn Italian Language with Podcasts! Today we are going to listen to a dialogue between Renzo e Lucia while in Rome, inside “la famosa Cappella Sistina” (the famous Sistine Chapel). Thanks to Renzo, who thinks “Il Giudizio Universale” (The Last Judgement) is… a sculpture (ouch!), we’ll learn the popular Italian expression “fare una figuraccia” (to make a fool of oneself), and some art related words like “scultura” (sculpture), and “affresco” (wall painting). Enjoy!

Intermediate Level - Lesson Nr. 28

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• Difficulty Level Intermediate
• Topics: art, places
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