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30. The Commute Is Killing Me! (Listen Up & Learn)

  Level: Listen Up & Learn

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Episode #30 of the fun-to-practice and extra-useful “Listen Up & Learn” lesson series is entitled “The Commute Is Killing Me!” – The protagonist of today’s story, Anna, is a student at a prestigious Italian university who just moved to her new apartment. Everything should be well, except that… it is not. – So, let’s listen to an informal phone conversation between Anna and her friend Carlo and let’s find out why she’s not happy and what her plans are. – Then as usual, after listening to the conversation, take the “7 Question Challenge” to test your comprehension, speaking, and grammar skills. Enjoy!

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Listen Up & Learn – Episode #30

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• Level: Listen Up & Learn
• Topics: friends, lodging
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17. A Room For Two, Please (Listen Up & Learn)

  Level: Listen Up & Learn

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Learn Italian with www.LearnItalianPod.com – Episode #17 of the fun-to-practice and extra-useful “Listen Up & Learn” lesson series is entitled “A Room For Two, Please” – Making a hotel room reservation over the phone in Italian can be a real challenge; not only on the phone you can only rely on the words spoken and tone of voice, but your body language is not there to assist you in communicating.

So, let’s go back to the basics of how to book a hotel room but with the added challenge of doing it over the phone. – By studying and practicing this episode, you will learn some useful sentences and vocabulary that you most likely will be using when booking a room or any accomodation in Italian, in person or over the phone. Enjoy!

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Listen Up & Learn – Episode #17

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• Level: Listen Up & Learn
• Topics: lodging, phone
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2. Nessun Dorma (Canta Che Ti Passa)

  Level: Canta Che Ti Passa

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Learn Italian with the newest show on LearnItalianPod.com: “Canta Che Ti Passa”, a terrific new series that will teach you how to dramatically improve your Italian through its most famous songs!

In this second episode of the show, we are going to feature one of the best known songs in all opera history, an all Italian song (“aria” in the world of opera) called “Nessun Dorma”, made hugely famous all over the world by the great Luciano Pavarotti. So, let’s learn pronunciation, idiomatic expressions, cultural facts, and more about this great song! Happy singing, everyone!

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Canta Che Ti Passa – Episode Nr.2

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• Level: Canta Che Ti Passa
• Topics: lodging, music
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7. I Need A Room For Tonight (Upper Intermediate)

  Level: Upper Intermediate

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Episode #7 of this exciting “Upper Intermediate Level Series” is entitled “I Need A Room For Tonight”. Last week we had left our friend Italo in the middle of un unpleasant situation. The business meeting he was supposed to have has been cancelled and rescheduled for the following morning. Now Italo must find a place where to spend the night. We’ll listen to a conversation between Italo and the receptionist of a hotel located in the center of Venice, and we are going to learn some useful sentences and vocabulary that you most likely will be using on your next trip to Italy when asking for a room and checking into a hotel. Enjoy!

Upper Intermediate – Episode Nr.7

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• Level: Upper Intermediate
• Topics: lodging
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23. How To Rent An Apartment (HTI)

  Level: How To Italian

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Our great friend and longtime subscriber Carla from San Francisco wrote us a terrific email. She says “I’m going to move to Italy for six month to attend a class at the Universita’ per Stranieri in Perugia. Beside the fact that I’m super excited, I’m going to need to rent an apartment while there – so I was thinking… let me ask Jane and Massimo if they can do an episode about “renting an apartment in Italy”… – “You ask, we listen, Carla!” – So today, let’s find out how to rent an apartment in Italy, in case you’re planning on staying for more than a few weeks. Enjoy!

How To Italian – Episode Nr.23

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• Level: How To Italian
• Topics: how-to, lodging
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11. How To Ask For A Better Room (HTI)

  Level: How To Italian

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Learn Italian with LearnItalianPod! There’s nothing more disappointing than discovering that the hotel room chosen for a vacation is not of good quality. Issues like no hot water, toilet not working, old and smelly furniture, and so on… that can really ruin a vacation. So today, let’s find out how to ask for a better room, and how to get it. Enjoy!

How To Italian – Episode Nr.11

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• Level: How To Italian
• Topics: how-to, lodging
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