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How to use this book

The main part of the book is devoted to
12 themed chapters, broken down into five
15-minute daily lessons, the last of which
is a revision lesson. So, in just 12 weeks 18 WE E K 2
you will have completed the course. A Warm up (1minute) AL BAR
concluding reference section contains Count up to ten. In the café
a menu guide and English-to-Italian and (pp.10–11) In a typical café-bar you can either stand at the counter
Italian-to-English dictionaries. Remind yourself how to or sit at a table with waiter service, which can be more
say “hello” and “goodbye.”
expensive. You can have a variety of soft or alcoholic
(pp.8–9) drinks. The standard coffee is an espresso, a small,
Ask “Do you have a cell black coffee. You can also order pastries, sandwiches,
phone?” (pp.14–15) and other snacks.
Warm up lo zucchero
Each day starts with a warm up that Words to remember (5 minutes) loh tsookkeroh
sugar
encourages you to recall vocabulary Look at the words below and say them
out loud a few times. Conceal the Italian
or phrases you have learned previously. with the cover flap and try to remember
To the right of the heading bar you will see each one in turn. Practice the words on
the right also.
how long you need to spend on each exercise. il caffè macchiato espresso with
eel kaffay makeeatoh a little milk
la tisana herbal tea
Instructions lah teezanah
il tè con latte
Each exercise is numbered and eel tay kon lattay tea with milk il caffè (espresso)
eel kaffay (espressoh)
introduced by instructions that il panino sandwich small, black coffee
explain what to do. In some cases eel paneenoh
additional information is given about
the language point being covered.
Cultural tip Italians are not big tea-drinkers and when
they do have tea, they add some lemon rather than milk. So
if you want milk in your tea, you may have to ask for a little
Cultural/Conversational tip cold milk (un po’ di latte freddo).
These panels provide additional
insights into life in Italy and In conversation (4 minutes)
language usage.
Vorrei un cappuccino, Altro, signore? Ha delle brioche?
per favore. altroh, seennyoray ah dellay breeosh
vorray oon kappoocheenoh,
per favoray Anything else, sir? Do you have
any croissants?
36 WE E K 3 M AK I NG AR R ANG E M E NT S
RIPASSA E RIPETI
Risposte Risposte
Answers (Cover with flap) Review and repeat Answers (Cover with flap)
Sums Sums (4 minutes) Telephones (3 minutes) Telephones
❶ sedici Say the answers What are the numbered ❶ il cellulare
sedeechee to these sums out items in Italian? eel chelloolaray
❷ trentanove loud in Italian. Then ❷ la carta SIM
trentanovay check to see if you la karta seem
❸ cinquantatré remembered correctly. telephone ❸❸ ❸ il telefono
cheenkwantatray eel telayfonoh
❹ settantaquattro ❶ 10 + 6 = ? cell phone ❶❶ ❹ gli auricolari
❷ 14 + 25 = ?
settantakwattroh lly awreekolaree
❺ novantanove ❸ 66 – 13 = ? ❷ ❷ SIM card ❺ la segreteria
novantanovay ❹ 40 + 34 = ? ❺ ❺ answering telefonica
➏ quarantuno ❺ 90 + 9 = ? machine la segretereeah
kwarantoonoh ➏ 46 – 5 = ? headphones ❹ telayfoneekah
To want To want (3 minutes) When? (2 minutes) When?
❶ vuole Fill in the blanks What do these sentences mean? ❶ The meeting is
on Thursday.
vwolay
with the right form
How to use the flap ❷ vogliamo of volere (to wantto want). ❶ La riunione è giovedì. ❷ I want to go on
( (
❷ Voglio andare in vacanza domani.
vacation tomorrow.
vollyamoh
❶ Signora, un caffè? un caffè?
❸ Il mio compleanno è in agosto.
The book’s cover flaps allow ❸ vogliono ❷ Io e Matteo un un ❹ Il nostro anniversario è in dicembre. ❸ My birthday is
vollyonoh
in August.
tavolo per due.
❹ Our anniversary
❹ vuoi
❸ (loro) delle delle
vwoee
you to conceal the Italian so ❺ voglio ❹ (tu) una birra? una birra? is in December.
caramelle.
vollyoh
Time (3 minutes)
that you can test whether you ➏ volete ❺ (io) una macchina una macchina Say these times in Italian. ❶ l’una Time
nuova.
voletay
➏ (voi) dei bicchieri? dei bicchieri?
loonah
have remembered correctly. ❷ l’una e cinque
loonah ay cheenkway
❸ l’una e venti
loonah ay ventee
❹ l’una e mezzo
loonah ay metsoh
Revision pages ❶ ❶ ❷ ❷ ❸ ❸ ❺ l’una e un quarto
loonah ay
oon kwartoh
A recap of selected elements ➏ le due meno dieci
lay dooay
of previous lessons helps to menoh deeaychee
❹ ❹ ❺ ❺ ❻ ❻
reinforce your knowledge.