Marika gets to help a friend in need, and at the same time, show off her skill at using a hammer and nails. She tells us how she put together a chest of drawers and put up a shelf all in a morning's work, and had fun doing it.

Marika and Anna go over the future tenses for the verb "to be."

Violetta writes a letter of farewell to Alfredo. He is miserable, but hears of a party where he is sure to see her. But there, things go from bad to worse. Alfredo ends up having to live abroad, and Violetta's illness gets much worse. Will they ever be able to embrace each other again?

Adriano and his girlfriend Vladi demonstrate Jive dancing, a dance that in Italy goes by the name "Boogie Woogie".

Anna and Marika give examples of the past tense of the verb to be.

Capocotta is the name of the Latium beach where Francesca is spending the last day of summer. This stretch of shore became a nature preserve in the 80s at the behest of President Sandro Pertini.

Anna and Marika tell the first part of the story of Violetta and Alfredo, their falling in love and their decision to live in Paris together. But their happiness doesn't last...

Marika and Anna conjugate the verb to be in the simple present, present perfect, and simple past.

Andromeda introduces us to her other cats: Bella, Briciola, and Fiocco. She also recounts an anecdote from a book of Tiziano Terziani, a noted journalist [interviews with Terziani featured in videos 2708, 3105, and 3106].

Francesca's idea of a relaxing day at the beach fizzles when she's ripped off by a beach vendor and the water's freezing cold.