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34. Oh No, I Think I Lost It! (Listen Up & Learn)

  Level: Listen Up & Learn

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Longtime VIP Member Alice sent us a great email from Rome, Italy. She was in a bus a few days ago when “il controllore” (the ticket controller) jumped in and started checking tickets. – “What followed,” – she says – “can only be described as comedy at its very best. There was this woman without a ticket, and she would say anything in order not to get a fine. – I know the fact itself isn’t funny at all, but the tone of the conversation made me feel like I was in a sitcom!”

So, let’s pay a tribute to “real-life Italian comedy”, as Alice defines it, by listening to a conversation between a woman caught without the ticket on a bus and the ticket controller”. – Then as usual, after listening to the dialogue, take the “7 Question Challenge” to test your comprehension, speaking, and grammar skills. Enjoy!

[VIP Members Only Extra Bonus - How Would You Say It: Taking The Train] Login to the Learning Center to find, as a special extra bonus, a super useful audio file with PDF transcript entitled “How Would You Say It: Taking The Train“, a terrific way to test and improve your knowledge of Italian by translating English sentences into Italian on the fly. Practice this, and get ready to catch the (Italian) train!

Listen Up & Learn – Episode #34

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• Level: Listen Up & Learn
• Topics: transportation
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12. This Is Your Captain Speaking (Listen Up & Learn)

  Level: Listen Up & Learn

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Learn Italian with www.LearnItalianPod.com – Episode #12 of the extra-useful “Listen Up & Learn” lesson series is entitled “This Is Your Captain Speaking” – Imagine that your are in Italy, sitting on a plane that is taxiing out to the runway for takeoff. You are about to fly to Rome where you will spend a few days of well deserved vacation. All of a sudden, the captain is speaking through the PA system: listen to the captain’s announcement and train your ears to truly understand the Italian language! — Then, after listening to the announcement, take the “7 Question Challenge” and test your comprehension, speaking, and grammar skills by answering to seven challenging questions. Enjoy!

[New Extra Bonus: Airport & Planes - VIP Members Only] Login to the Learning Center to find, as a special extra bonus, a super useful audio file with PDF transcript entitled “Airport & Planes“, a terrific way to test and improve your knowledge of Italian by practicing listening comprehension and pronunciation. – Learn and practice all the vocabulary you need to know to make your next (Italian) flight a joy!

Listen Up & Learn – Episode #12

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• Level: Listen Up & Learn
• Topics: transportation, travel
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19. Travel Survival #2: Transportation (5 Minutes A Day)

  Level: 5 Minutes A Day

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Learn Italian with LearnItalianPod.com – Episode #19 of LearnItalianPod “5 Minutes A Day” lesson series is now live! This one is entitled “Travel Survival #2: Transportation”. According to all the positive feedback received, it looks like you really enjoyed our first “travel survival” episode last week, and that made us really happy… again, thanks to each and everyone of you!

Today, let’s again get into “travel survival mode” and let’s practice a lot of useful, ready-to-use Italian words, sentences, and expressions that you can use in many different occasions when needing transportation while in Italy: autobus (bus), treno (train), taxi (taxi)… you name it, we are covering it on this episode. Enjoy!

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5 Minutes A Day – Episode #19

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• Level: 5 Minutes A Day
• Topics: transportation
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2. Catch That Train & Ride (Upper Intermediate)

  Level: Upper Intermediate

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Learn Italian online with LearnItalianPod! We definitely did not expect such an enthusiastic reaction for this new “Upper Intermediate Level Series” – everyone seems to be finding our “a day in the life of our Italian friend Italo” very useful and entertaining, and that’s a terrific thing! Thanks everyone for all of your positive feedback; we’ll definitely keep these upper intermediate level conversations going for quite some time! So, what is our hero Italo up to today? Let’s follow him at the train station of Milan, where he’s about to catch a train for Venice, in order to make it to an important business appointment. Will he be able to catch the right train on time or not? Enjoy!

Upper Intermediate – Episode Nr.2

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• Level: Upper Intermediate
• Topics: pronouns, transportation
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17. How To Take A Taxi (HTI)

  Level: How To Italian

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Chances are that at some point during your trip to Italy you will take a taxi. Taking a taxi cab in Italy can become quite an adventure – in fact, you may experience first-hand why Italians have such a bad reputation as drivers… but, despite of the commonplace that all Italian drivers are bad, you’ll find that the majority of Italian taxi drivers are cautious drivers, so no worries! Today we’ll find out how to take a taxi cab, and how to get to the destination on time, and most important, safe and sound!

How To Italian – Episode Nr.17

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• Level: How To Italian
• Topics: transportation
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48. You’re Sitting In My Seat! (Intermediate)

  Level: Intermediate

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Learn How To Speak Italian with LearnItalianPod! In today’s episode we will talk about train trips and reserved seats. Kyle, one of LearnItalianPod subscribers, sent us a very nice email. He writes: “I have been on the train when Italians are in my reserved seat, and I would like to be able to speak to them politely and intelligently about this problem.” Kyle, we know what you are talking about! So today we’ll see how to solve this kind of situation in a polite and intelligent way. Enjoy!

Intermediate Level – Lesson Nr. 48

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• Level: Intermediate
• Topics: transportation
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