Italian ATAR unit 3: Unit 3: La Vita Italiana
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L'Aperitivo
- Aperitivo in Italy: What it is and How to Enjoy OnePerhaps our favorite Italian tradition is the aperitivo, a drink/light meal that takes place at the end of the workday as a kind of warm up to dinner.
- Italian Table Talk: The AperitivoThe word “aperitivo” is the name for both the ritual of going out for a pre-dinner drink, as well as the sort of drink that you would probably have at such a ritual. “Aperitivo” comes from the Latin word meaning “to open” and in Italian you still describe the effect of something appetising – that sensation you get when you smell garlic sizzling in butter or your favourite cake baking in the oven – as something that literally “opens your stomach.”
La Passeggiata
Il Caffè
Siena, Italy: Passeggiata and Aperitivo
Other Resources
- Italian Playing CardsPlaying card games is a very popular pastime in Italy with the most popular games being Scopa and Briscola. Like many other aspects of Italian life, the rules of the games and even the design of the cards vary from region to region.
- Italy's La PasseggiataAs evening falls across Italy and the golden sun inches out of your favorite piazza, an evening ritual is bound to begin: The Italian tradition of passeggiata, a gentle and slow stroll through the main streets of the city or town, usually in the pedestrian zones in the centro storico (the historic center) or along the lungomare if you're by the sea.
- Italian Customs and Traditions: La PasseggiataLa Passeggiata stems from the Italian verb "passeggiare," meaning to stroll or take a slow walk, emphasis on the slow, but it is SO MUCH more than that.
Come vi fate il caffè?
Un recente articolo del quotidiano The Telegraph ha analizzato le difficoltà finanziarie della Bialetti, l'azienda che ha inventato e tuttora produce l'iconica caffettiera italiana. La Bialetti sarebbe sotto pressione per il crescente successo delle nuove tecnologie presenti sul mercato, in particolare quelle delle macchine per caffè in cialde. Anche gli italiani stanno sempre più scegliendo il caffè in cialde rispetto ai metodi di preparazione tradizionali, con la prospettiva dell'estinzione della moka. Ma cosa ne pensano gli italiani e le italiane d'Australia? Abbiamo aperto le linee per sondare le vostre opinioni al riguardo, e avviato un sondaggio per chi non ha potuto intervenire in onda!
SBS Italian. (2018). Come vi fate il caffè? Retrived from https://www.sbs.com.au/yourlanguage/italian/it/audiotrack/come-vi-fate-il-caffe-cialde-o-moka?language=it.