Video S2 #20 - The Best Way to Break the Ice in Italian!

Learn Italian with ItalianPod101.com! You have just moved to Italy, and for the past two weeks you have struggled to find your way around the town, the university, and your work. In fact, you haven’t even had a chance to meet anyone. Well, tonight, that is going to change. You dress nicely and head out the door to meet some new friends, but once you get to the Italian café where you always see crowds of people sitting around chatting, you realize you don't know how to begin a conversation in Italian. Back home you would have broken the ice by talking about something common to everyone…the weather!! That's your ticket to making friends in Italy! You approach a table of people your age and ask in Italian, "Is the weather always this hot here?" Smiling, one of the ladies at the table responds in Italian, "Today is sunny with occasional clouds, but sometimes the sun bakes us here!" Another person at the table speaks up and says in Italian, "You're not from around here are you? (Your accent must have given it away.) What is the weather like where you are from?" An hour later, the world's best conversation starter has helped you make new friends in Italy! Learning Italian with ItalianPod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Italian! This Italian Video Vocabulary lesson will teach you how to talk about the world's best conversation starter in Italian– the weather! In this Italian vocabulary video, you will learn Italian by watching the video, seeing both English and Italian translations describing the video, and all while listening to the Italian translations being read aloud by our native Italian speakers. Visit us at ItalianPod101.com where you will find many more great Italian lessons and learning materials! Leave us a message while you are there!Download Lesson NotesDownload Video VocabDownload Premium Learning Center

Channel: iTunes Video Length: 2m 58s Date Found: Fri, May 21 2010 8:17 PM Category: Educational Date Produced: Fri, May 21 2010 5:30 AM View Count: 0