La Bella Figura – Experience Italian Culture Speaking, Lesson 2

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Activity 1

Una filastrocca per ripassare l’alfabeto (15 minuti) - Repeat after the teacher

ALFABETO DEGLI ANIMALI

A come avventura

B come bravura

C come canaglia che con me verrà in questura

D come diamante

E come elefante

F è il furfante che in galera porterò

G c'è tanta gente

H non c'è niente

I immediatamente alla

L passerò. L è l'animale

M menomale

N è gia Natale e tanti doni porterà

O come orco

P come Pinocchio

Q questo ranocchio che stasera mangerò

R come Roma

S come strade

T tutte le strade che a Roma porteranno

U che bella storia

V vi ho raccontato

Z ho tanto sonno e ora vado a riposar

sotto le lenzuola tutte le parole fanno capriole

e un'altra storia inventerò !!!

Activity 2

Canzone: Vieni via con me di Paolo Conte

Information on the singer

Paolo Conte (born January 6, 1937) is an Italian singer, pianist, composer, and lawyer notable for his grainy, resonant voice, his colourful and dreamy compositions (evocative of Italian and Mediterranean sounds, as well as of jazz music, South American atmospheres, and of French-language singers like Jacques Brel and Georges Brassens) and his wistful, sometimes melancholic lyrics. Career

Paolo Conte was born in Asti, Piedmont. His performing career began as a vibraphone player in local and touring bands (Saint Vincent Jazz Festival). He began song-writing with his brother Giorgio Conte early on and eventually began writing songs of his own. As a poet, painter and lawyer as well as a musician, he first earned attention during the late '60s and early '70s as the creative force behind hits from Adriano Celentano and Patti Pravo. Conte began his solo career with a 1974 self-titled LP, with subsequent efforts like 1987's Aguaplano and 1990's Parole D'Amore Scritte a Macchina enjoying considerable success throughout Europe. 1998's Paolo Conte, a greatest-hits collection, was his first U.S. release. His compilation album is titled The Best of Paolo Conte. Some of his hits were used in many movies, for example "Come Di" in I Am David (2003), and Mickey Blue Eyes (1999), "Via con me" in French Kiss (1995), Mostly Martha (2001), Welcome to Collinwood (2002), and the "Fritz" Coca Cola commercial that was widely shown in US movie theatre in early 2006. In the movie "Carnage", directed by Polanski,

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husband and wife -existing in reality- call each other "doodle", ("toutou" in French) as a reference to Via Con Me from Paolo Conte "tu tu tu", one of their most preferred song. Listen to the song then read the text loud after the teacher.

VIENI VIA CON ME AWAY WITH ME

Via, via, vieni via di qui,

niente più ti lega a questi luoghi,

neanche questi fiori azzurri…

via, via, neanche questo tempo grigio

pieno di musiche e di uomini che ti son piaciuti,

It’s wonderful, it’s wonderful, it’s wonderful

good luck my babe, it’s wonderful,

it’s wonderful, it’s wonderful, I dream of you…

chips, chips, du-du-du-du-du

Via, via, vieni via con me

entra in questo amore buio, non perderti per niente al mondo…

via, via, non perderti per niente al mondo

Lo spettacolo d’ arte varia di uno innamorato di te,

it’s wonderful, it’s wonderful…

Via, via, vieni via con me,

entra in questo amore buio pieno di uomini

via, via, entra e fatti un bagno caldo

c’è un accappatoio azzurro, fuori piove, è un mondo freddo...

it’s wonderful, it’s wonderful…

Away, away, get away from here

Nothing more binds you to these places

Not even these blue flowers

Away, away, not even this grey time

Full of music and men you liked

It's wonderful it’s wonderful, it’s wonderful

good luck my babe, it’s wonderful,

it’s wonderful, it’s wonderful, I dream of you…

chips, chips, du-du-du-du-du

Away, away, get away with me

Come in this dark love, don't get lost for nothing in the world

away, away, don't miss for nothing in the world

The show of miscellaneous arts of a man in love with you,

It's wonderful ...

Away, away, get away with me,

Come in this dark love full of men

Away, away, come in and take a warm bath

Here’s a blue bath gown (nearby), it rains and is a cold world outside…

It’s wonderful...

Activity 3

Comics:

Lupo Alberto.

Lupo Alberto ("Alberto the Wolf") is an Italian comic book series created by Guido Silvestri (Silver) in 1974. It details the adventures of Lupo Alberto, a blue wolf. The main protagonist of the comic book, Lupo Alberto takes the shape of the common man who has a goal in life and a certain amount of bad luck. Alberto, a resident of the McKenzie farm, always tries to steal a hen named Marta (who is his girlfriend), but Mosé, a sheepdog, is the obstacle to his plans and does everything to stop him. The epic battles between Alberto and Moses were the subject of the first strips of the series.

Let’s now read and explain six stripes (76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 83). Then work in pairs, you have 10 minutes to read your

part and study the pronunciation. The tutor will help you! Then, each group will read them. You can use the space

provided to write your lines and their pronunciation.

Idioms:

N. 79: Fare due passi – Literal. To make two steps; Idiom. To go for a short walk

N. 80: Conosco i miei polli – I know my chickens

N. 83: Cercare un ago nel pagliaio – To look for a needle in a haystack

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These are the possible roles

Lupo Alberto - A blue wolf who is a resident of the

McKenzie farm, Alberto pursues his relationship

with Martha

Marta - A hen who is Alberto's girlfriend

Mosè - A sheepdog who is the obstacle to

Alberto's plans

Enrico - A mole

Cesira - Enrico's wife, a mole