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29. The Island of Glass (Listen Up & Learn)

  Level: Listen Up & Learn

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Episode #29 of the fun-to-practice and extra-useful “Listen Up & Learn” lesson series is entitled “The Island of Glass” (L’Isola del Vetro). – According to recent news, the island of Murano and its worldwide famous glass making tradition are in real danger of disappearing soon. A decreasing labor supply and most importantly, the growing competition from China and Eastern Europe, are putting this “100% made in Italy” glass making industry on its knees. But the Venetian glass makers are not ready to surrender yet…

So, let’s pay a tribute to this fantastic artistic tradition by learning about its fascinating story and cultural aspects. – Then as usual, after listening to the story, take the “7 Question Challenge” to test your comprehension, speaking, and grammar skills. Enjoy!

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Listen Up & Learn – Episode #29

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• Level: Listen Up & Learn
• Topics: art, cities
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15. May I See Your Passport, Please? (Listen Up & Learn)

  Level: Listen Up & Learn

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Learn Italian with www.LearnItalianPod.com – Episode #15 of the extra-useful and fun-to-practice “Listen Up & Learn” lesson series is entitled “May I See Your Passport, Please?” – You just landed at the Italian airport, eager to start enjoying your vacation of a lifetime, and the very last step before you begin exploring beautiful Italy is going through customs and immigration.

Listen to a conversation between Maria, a just-arrived tourist, and an Italian Customs Officer, train your ears to truly understand the Italian language, and finally take the “7 Question Challenge” to test your comprehension, speaking, and grammar skills. — By studying and practicing this episode, you will learn a lot of useful words and sentences that you can use in formal conversations when dealing with official authorities in Italian. Enjoy!

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Listen Up & Learn – Episode #15

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• Level: Listen Up & Learn
• Topics: art, customs
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37. A Comedy So Good It’s Divine! (5 Min. A Day)

  Level: 5 Minutes A Day

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Learn Italian with LearnItalianPod.com – This time, we’re going to learn lots of useful Italian and have a lot of fun by paying a tribute to one of the greatest writers of all time: Dante Alighieri. – In Italy, Dante is referred as “il padre della lingua italiana” (the father of the Italian language); his Divine Comedy is often considered the greatest literary work composed in the Italian language and “un capolavoro della letteratura mondiale” (a masterpiece of world literature). — So, let’s celebrate Dante’s masterpiece by learning what the “Divina Commedia” (Divine Comedy) is all about and why it is considered so important to the Italian language. Enjoy!

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5 Minutes A Day – Episode #37

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• Level: 5 Minutes A Day
• Topics: art, literature
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18. At The Galleria degli Uffizi (Upper Intermediate)

  Level: Upper Intermediate

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

  Level: Upper Intermediate

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

  Level: Intermediate

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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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• Level: Intermediate
• Topics: art, places
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