Better Reading Italian, 2nd Edition

by Gobetti, Daniela

• ISBN13: 9780071770330
• ISBN10: 007177033X
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-12-26
• Publisher: McGraw Hill

Summary

Sharpen your Italian language skills through readings about its speakers' daily lives and culture Better Reading Italianoffers you entertaining, "real world" texts to help you understand and learn more Italian vocabulary and phrases. Each chapter features articles that cover a specific topic, such as cuisine, music, sports, film and theater, art, the family, today's lifestyle, or politics and history. Along the way, you will find instruction and exercises to help develop improved reading speed, comprehension, and vocabulary. The articles become gradually more difficult as you proceed through the book to keep you challenged and engaged. Better Reading Italianis an easy, engaging way to boost your language skills and learn more about the language and its speakers as you go.

Table of Contents

Preface
How to use this book
Il bel paese
Torino
Il Touring Club Italiano
Trieste (I)
Trieste (II)
L’agriturismo
Slow food
L’Arcigola
Il mangiarbene
Il buon vino fa buon sangue
I vini di origine controllata
La scienza in cocina e l’arte di mangiar bene
La moda e il design
Kartell
Tensione e compressione
Io speriamo che me la cavo
Ville, villette, villone
La moda italiana
Costume e società
Il male di vivere
La moda maschile
Il problema demografico
Il calcio
La beatificazione
La scuola
Cuore
La maturità
La matematica in rima
La gatta
Lessico famigliare
Una città famigliare
Lessico famigliare
Famiglia cristiana
Va’ dove ti porta il cuore
Sebben che siamo donne
La Lega
Mamma
Donna in guerra
Le donne e la politica
Il femminismo
La comunicazione, la musica e i giovani
Social media, empatia ed entropia: Prima parte
Social media, empatia ed entropia: Seconda parte
Ottantaedintorni
Navigating the Web in Italian
Instructions for downloading bonus reading material
Answer key
Footnotes
Chapter 4