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| La partita di pallone (The soccer game)
Italy has changed a lot since Rita Pavone sung in her 1962 hit “Perché perché la domenica mi lasci sempre sola… per andare a vedere la partita… di pallone… perché perché… una volta non ci porti pure me?” (“Why why on Sundays you always leave me alone… to go to watch the football game… why why… don’t you once take me with you?”). Now that female interest in football is booming and the face of the nation’s soccer terraces is increasingly female. Italy’s female supporters are also actively involved in the mass of soccer fan clubs, web-site forums, and radio and TV call-ins. Watch the clip and answer the following questions. |
| GS Piace di più GS it was a large Italian food distribution company, operating on a large scale in Italy until the end of 2010 when the GS brand was replaced by the Carrefour brand.Watch the clip and answer the following questions. |
| Proverbs Proverbs have been part of human culture for thousands of years. Some common proverbs from Italy may sound familiar to you, other completely vague and incomprehensible.Read the following Italian common sayings and match them with their meanings.  |
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