This time, the spotlight is on one of the most extraordinary women in the scientific world, a woman who dedicated her life to scientific research with extraordinary results. Her name is Rita Levi Montalcini, a great scientist who won the Nobel Prize for medicine.  Let’s learn all about this incredible woman who had an indomitable will power and the personality of a princess, and let’s practice lots of useful Italian words and expressions that are sure to take your Italian to the next level. Enjoy!
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4. An Indomitable Willpower (Fame & Fortune)

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Have you ever wanted to play a musical instrument? A tradition now for hundreds of years, the piano has heavily influenced every major style of music since its first appearance, thanks to a great Italian inventor from Padua. Let’s learn more about the history of the piano and why everyone should learn to bang out […]

Life is Like a Piano (That’s Amore)

Have you ever wanted to play a musical instrument? A tradition now for hundreds of years, the piano has heavily influenced every major style of music since its first appearance, thanks to a great Italian inventor from Padua. Let’s learn more about the history of the piano and why everyone should learn to bang out a tune or two, while we practice lots of useful Italian words and expressions that are sure to take your Italian to the next level. Enjoy!
That’s Amore! – Episode #58

58. Life is Like a Piano (That’s Amore!)

One of the most magnetic and charismatic stars of the silent era, Rudolph Valentino, once said, “People are not in love with me, but with the picture of me on the screen. I am merely the canvas on which they paint their dreams.”. This time, let’s learn more about the first “Latin Lover” while we […]

The First Latin Lover (That’s Amore)

One of the most magnetic and charismatic stars of the silent era, Rudolph Valentino, once said, “People are not in love with me, but with the picture of me on the screen.  I am merely the canvas on which they paint their dreams.”  This time, let’s learn more about the first “Latin Lover” while we practice lots of useful Italian words and expressions that are sure to take your Italian to the next level. Enjoy!
That’s Amore! – Episode #57

57. The First Latin Lover (That’s Amore!)

The word volcano comes from the name of the Roman god of fire, Vulcan. It is said that Vulcan built a blacksmith workshop under Mount Etna. Whenever Venus is unfaithful, Vulcan grows angry and beats the red-hot metal with such a force that sparks and smoke rise up from the top of the mountain, to […]

4. An Indomitable Willpower (Fame & Fortune)

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