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il garage
(eel gah-
raj
) (
garage
)
l'ingresso
(leehn-
grehs
-soh) (
entrance, entryway
)
la lavanderia
(lah lah-vahn-deh-
ryah
) (
laundry room
)
la mansarda
(lah mahn-
sahr
-dah) (
attic
)
la piscina
(lah pee-
shee
-nah) (
pool
)
la scala
(lah
skah
-lah) (
staircase
)
lo studio
(loh
stooh
-dyoh) (
office; study
)
Talkin' the Talk
Susan is an exchange student visiting Italy. She is showing some pictures to Laura, the host family's daughter. (Track 7)
Susan:
Ecco, la terza casa a destra è la mia.
ehk
-koh, lah
tehr
-tsah
kah
-sah ah
deh
-strah eh lah
mee
-ah.
Here, the third home on the right is mine.
Laura:
Ma è grandissima!
mah eh grahn-
dees
-see-mah!
It's really huge!
Susan:
Dici? Mah, ci sono sei stanze, una cucina, e tre bagni . . .
dee
-chee? mah, chee
soh
-noh sehy
stahn
-tseh, ooh-nah koo-
chee
-nah, eh treh
bah
-nyee . . .
You really think so? Well, there are six rooms, a kitchen, and three bathrooms . . .
Laura:
Ma quanti siete in famiglia?
mah
kwahn
-tee
syeh
-teh een fah-
mee
-lyah?
How many persons are there in your family?
Susan:
Siamo in quattro: i miei genitori, mio fratello e io. Abbiamo tre stanze da letto di sopra e un soggiorno, una sala da pranzo e una
family room
di sotto. Come si dice “family room
”
?
syah
-moh een
kwaht
-troh: ee
myeh
-ee jeh-nee-
toh
-ree,
mee
-oh frah-
tehl
-loh eh
ee
-oh. ahb-
byah
-moh treh
stahn
-tseh dah
leht
-toh dee
soh
-prah eh oohn sohj-
johr
-noh,
ooh
-nah
sah
-lah dah
prahn
-tzoh eh
ooh
-nah family room dee
soht
-toh.
koh
-meh see
dee
-cheh “family room”?
It's four of us: my parents, my brother, and me. We have three bedrooms upstairs, and a living room, a dining room, and a family room downstairs. How do you say “family room”?
Laura:
Family room? Non so . . . è una specie di soggiorno. . . . Ma dimmi, cosa c'è a sinistra di questa veranda?
family room? nohn soh . . . eh
ooh
-nah
speh
-cheh dee sohj-
johr
-noh. . . . mah
deem
-mee,
koh
-sah cheh ah see
-nee
-strah dee
kweh
-stah veh-
rahn
-dah?
Family room? I don't know . . . it's like a living room. . . . But tell me, what's that on the left of the porch?
Susan:
C'è la piscina. Non è molto grande, ma mio fratello e io la usiamo molto per fare esercizio . . . e per le nostre feste.
cheh lah pee-
shee
-nah. nohn eh
mohl
-toh
grahn
-deh, mah
mee
-oh frah-
tehl
-loh eh
ee
-oh lah ooh-
syah
-moh
mohl
-toh pehr
fah
-reh eh-sehr-
chee
-tsyoh . . . eh pehr leh
noh
-streh
feh
-steh
That's the swimming pool. It's not very big, but my brother and I use it a lot to exercise . . . and for our parties.
Laura:
Feste in piscina? Sembra divertente!
feh
-steh een pee-
shee
-nah?
sehm
-brah dee-vehr-
tehn
-teh!
Pool parties? That sounds exciting!
Susan:
Lo è! Sei invitata alla prossima!
loh eh! sehy een-vee-
tah
-tah
ahl
-lah
prohs
-see-mah!
It is exciting! You are invited to the next one!
Laura:
Contaci, ci sarò!
kohn
-tah-chee, chee sah-
roh
!
You bet! I'll be there.
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 Contemporary Italian architects and interior designers
Imagination and laborious design characterize Italian style. Italian designers know how to combine
funzionalitÃ
(foohn-tsyo-nah-lee-
tah
) (
functionality
) with
estetica
(eh-
steh
-tee-kah) (
aesthetics
) and have never made qualms about taking inspiration from the world around them. In 1946, soon after the end of World War II, the Milan Triennale organized the RIMA (
Riunione Italiana per le Mostre e l'Arredamento
) (ryooh-
nyoh
-neh ee-tah-
lyah
-nah pehr leh
moh
-streh eh lahr-reh-dah-
mehn
-toh) (
Italian Exhibition of Furniture and Furnishing
) exhibition, where
giovani architetti italiani
(
joh
-vah-nee ahr-kee-
teht
-tee ee-tah-lee-
ah
-nee) (
young Italian architects
) were invited to share their designs and showcase prototypes of their projects. It was a felicitous moment, when the Italian people were swept by the desire to reconstruct and build anew. Gian Luigi Banfi, Lodovico Barbiano di Belgiojoso, Enrico Peressutti, Ernesto Nathan Rogers, Ignazio Gardella, Charles De Carli, and Vico Magistretti met at RIMA and proposed a portfolio of interior design ideas to be mass-produced for houses where space would be organized in a functional, premeditated fashion. This exceptionally talented cohort of architects, engineers, and artists were the fathers of Italian design and share a significant artistic legacy.