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      <description>&lt;p&gt;In this free course, &lt;i&gt;Intermediate Italian: describing people&lt;/i&gt;, you will learn vocabulary relating to physical description and personality, and practise describing and comparing people. You will also find out about the Italian author Natalia Ginzburg and have the opportunity to read an extract from one of her novels. Listening to Italian speakers describing people will enable you to practise listening skills and improve your pronunciation.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This OpenLearn course is an adapted extract from the Open University course &lt;span class="oucontent-linkwithtip"&gt;&lt;a class="oucontent-hyperlink" href="http://www.open.ac.uk/courses/modules/l150"&gt;L150&lt;i&gt; Intermediate Italian: &lt;/i&gt;Vivace&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;An activity in this course uses an audio-recording tool. This may not work correctly in the Safari browser on Apple Mac computers. Please try another browser such as Google Chrome to run this.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;In this section you will work on describing people’s physical appearance in Italian.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-figure" style="width:512px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/pluginfile.php/689605/mod_oucontent/oucontent/33570/003556fb/22247178/l150_ol_fig008.jpg" alt="Described image" width="512" height="288" style="max-width:512px;" class="oucontent-figure-image oucontent-media-wide" longdesc="view.php?id=48122&amp;amp;extra=longdesc_idm45721212457664"/&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-figure-text"&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-caption oucontent-nonumber"&gt;&lt;span class="oucontent-figure-caption"&gt;Figure 1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-longdesclink oucontent-longdesconly"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/mod/oucontent/view.php?id=48122&amp;amp;extra=longdesc_idm45721212457664&amp;amp;clicked=1"&gt;Long description&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a id="back_longdesc_idm45721212457664"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;In this activity you will work on the vocabulary and structures you will need for describing people, and practise the vocabulary you have just learned.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="&amp;#10;            oucontent-activity&amp;#10;           oucontent-s-heavybox1 oucontent-s-box "&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-outer-box"&gt;&lt;h2 class="oucontent-h3 oucontent-heading oucontent-nonumber"&gt;Attivit&amp;#xE0; 2&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-inner-box"&gt;&lt;div class="&amp;#10;            oucontent-saq&amp;#10;           oucontent-saqtype-part oucontent-saqwith-singlechoice oucontent-part-first&amp;#10;        "&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-saq-question"&gt;&lt;p&gt;Look at the image and decide whether the statements are true, false or whether the drawing does not provide the necessary information to understand if they are true or false.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Guardate l’immagine e decidete se le affermazioni sono vere, false o se il disegno non d&amp;#xE0; le informazioni necessarie per capire se sono vere o false.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-figure" style="width:342px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/pluginfile.php/689605/mod_oucontent/oucontent/33570/003556fb/b96d29f1/l150_ol_fig_wanted.jpg" alt="Described image" width="342" height="303" style="max-width:342px;" class="oucontent-figure-image" longdesc="view.php?id=48122&amp;amp;extra=longdesc_idm45721212416336"/&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-figure-text"&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-caption oucontent-nonumber"&gt;&lt;span class="oucontent-figure-caption"&gt;Figure 3&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-longdesclink oucontent-longdesconly"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/mod/oucontent/view.php?id=48122&amp;amp;extra=longdesc_idm45721212416336&amp;amp;clicked=1"&gt;Long description&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a id="back_longdesc_idm45721212416336"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;1 John ha i capelli ricci.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Interactive content appears here. Please visit the website to use it&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="&amp;#10;            oucontent-saq&amp;#10;           oucontent-saqtype-part oucontent-saqwith-singlechoice"&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-saq-question"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;2 Ha i baffi.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Interactive content appears here. Please visit the website to use it&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="&amp;#10;            oucontent-saq&amp;#10;           oucontent-saqtype-part oucontent-saqwith-singlechoice"&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-saq-question"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;3 Ha la barba.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Interactive content appears here. Please visit the website to use it&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="&amp;#10;            oucontent-saq&amp;#10;           oucontent-saqtype-part oucontent-saqwith-singlechoice"&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-saq-question"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;4 Non porta gli occhiali.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Interactive content appears here. Please visit the website to use it&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="&amp;#10;            oucontent-saq&amp;#10;           oucontent-saqtype-part oucontent-saqwith-singlechoice"&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-saq-question"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;5 Ha i baffi biondi.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Interactive content appears here. Please visit the website to use it&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="&amp;#10;            oucontent-saq&amp;#10;           oucontent-saqtype-part oucontent-saqwith-singlechoice"&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-saq-question"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;6 Ha gli occhi neri.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Interactive content appears here. Please visit the website to use it&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="&amp;#10;            oucontent-saq&amp;#10;           oucontent-saqtype-part oucontent-saqwith-singlechoice oucontent-part-last&amp;#10;        "&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-saq-question"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;7 &amp;#xC8; molto grasso.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Interactive content appears here. Please visit the website to use it&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-box oucontent-s-heavybox2 oucontent-s-box "&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-outer-box"&gt;&lt;h2 class="oucontent-h3 oucontent-heading oucontent-nonumber"&gt;Box 1 Describing physical characteristics&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-inner-box"&gt;&lt;p&gt;To describe someone’s physical characteristics, you generally use the verb &lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;essere&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt; with an appropriate &lt;b&gt;adjective&lt;/b&gt; (or adjectives).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-quote oucontent-s-box"&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Marco&lt;/span&gt; &lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;&amp;#xE8; calvo&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt;.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Marco is bald.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-quote oucontent-s-box"&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Giovanni &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;&amp;#xE8; grosso&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Giovanni is big.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-quote oucontent-s-box"&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Teresa &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;&amp;#xE8; magra&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Teresa is slim.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-quote oucontent-s-box"&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;Sara &lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;&amp;#xE8; attraente&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt; e&lt;/span&gt; &lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;sportiva&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt;.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;Sara is attractive and sporty.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-quote oucontent-s-box"&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;To describe someone’s physical characteristics you can also use &lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;avere&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt; followed by a &lt;b&gt;noun&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-quote oucontent-s-box"&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Dario &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;ha &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;la barba&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; e &lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;i baffi&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Dario has a beard and a moustache.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-quote oucontent-s-box"&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;Stefania &lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;ha&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;gli occhi castani&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;Stefania has brown eyes.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Finally, to describe what someone is wearing, use &lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;portare&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt; followed by a &lt;b&gt;noun&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-quote oucontent-s-box"&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Renzo &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;porta&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt; spesso &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;una giacca verde&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;Renzo often wears a green jacket.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-quote oucontent-s-box"&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;Dario &lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;porta&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;gli occhiali&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;Dario wears glasses.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-quote oucontent-s-box"&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;Sofia &lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;porta&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;sempre&lt;/span&gt; &lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;i capelli raccolti&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;Sofia always has her hair tied back.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
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        "&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-saq-question"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;7 È molto grasso.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Interactive content appears here. Please visit the website to use it&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-box oucontent-s-heavybox2 oucontent-s-box "&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-outer-box"&gt;&lt;h2 class="oucontent-h3 oucontent-heading oucontent-nonumber"&gt;Box 1 Describing physical characteristics&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-inner-box"&gt;&lt;p&gt;To describe someone’s physical characteristics, you generally use the verb &lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;essere&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt; with an appropriate &lt;b&gt;adjective&lt;/b&gt; (or adjectives).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-quote oucontent-s-box"&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Marco&lt;/span&gt; &lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;è calvo&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt;.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Marco is bald.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-quote oucontent-s-box"&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Giovanni &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;è grosso&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Giovanni is big.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-quote oucontent-s-box"&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Teresa &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;è magra&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Teresa is slim.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-quote oucontent-s-box"&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;Sara &lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;è attraente&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt; e&lt;/span&gt; &lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;sportiva&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt;.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;Sara is attractive and sporty.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-quote oucontent-s-box"&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;To describe someone’s physical characteristics you can also use &lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;avere&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt; followed by a &lt;b&gt;noun&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-quote oucontent-s-box"&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Dario &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;ha &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;la barba&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; e &lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;i baffi&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Dario has a beard and a moustache.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-quote oucontent-s-box"&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;Stefania &lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;ha&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;gli occhi castani&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;Stefania has brown eyes.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Finally, to describe what someone is wearing, use &lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;portare&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt; followed by a &lt;b&gt;noun&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-quote oucontent-s-box"&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Renzo &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;porta&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt; spesso &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;una giacca verde&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;Renzo often wears a green jacket.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-quote oucontent-s-box"&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;Dario &lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;porta&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;gli occhiali&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;Dario wears glasses.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-quote oucontent-s-box"&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;Sofia &lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;porta&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;sempre&lt;/span&gt; &lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;i capelli raccolti&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;Sofia always has her hair tied back.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</dc:description><dc:publisher>The Open University</dc:publisher><dc:creator>The Open University</dc:creator><dc:type>Course</dc:type><dc:format>text/html</dc:format><dc:language>en-GB</dc:language><dc:source>Intermediate Italian: describing people - L150_1</dc:source><cc:license>Copyright © 2016 The Open University</cc:license></item>
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&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="filter_transcript" id="transcript_3a52ce784"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="#skip_transcript_3a52ce784" class="accesshide"&gt;Skip transcript&lt;/a&gt;&lt;h4 class="accesshide"&gt;Transcript&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="filter_transcript_box" tabindex="0" id="content_transcript_3a52ce784"&gt;&lt;p&gt;Listen to the descriptions of these five people.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;1&amp;#x2002;Mi chiamo Guido. Sono magro e piuttosto alto. Ho i capelli castani lunghi e la barba.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;2&amp;#x2002;Ciao. Sono Luisella. Sono bionda e ho gli occhi neri. Sono una donna di mezza et&amp;#xE0;, grassa e bassa.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;3&amp;#x2002;Ciao. Mi chiamo Luca. Ho quarant’anni. Sono di altezza media, circa un metro e 70, e sono robusto. Sono calvo, ma ho i baffi neri.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;4&amp;#x2002;Ciao a tutti. Mi chiamo Aldo. Sono anziano, ho settant’anni. Ho i capelli bianchi corti e porto gli occhiali.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;5&amp;#x2002;Buonasera, mi chiamo Luciana. Ho trent’anni e sono molto sportiva, magra e forte. Ho i capelli rossi lunghi e ricci e gli occhi azzurri.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="accesshide" id="skip_transcript_3a52ce784"&gt;End transcript&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="filter_transcript_output" id="output_transcript_3a52ce784"&gt;&lt;div class="filter_transcript_copy"&gt;&lt;a href="#" id="action_link6086cebae3f36718" class="action-icon" &gt;&lt;i class="icon fa fa-copy fa-fw iconsmall"  title="Copy this transcript to the clipboard" aria-label="Copy this transcript to the clipboard"&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="filter_transcript_print"&gt;&lt;a href="#" id="action_link6086cebae3f36719" class="action-icon" &gt;&lt;i class="icon fa fa-print fa-fw iconsmall"  title="Print this transcript" aria-label="Print this transcript"&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-figure-text"&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-transcriptlink"&gt;&lt;span class="filter_transcript_button" id="button_transcript_3a52ce784"&gt;Show transcript|Hide transcript&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-media-download"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/pluginfile.php/689605/mod_oucontent/oucontent/33570/1a669332/53762801/l195r_b1_u2_aud031.mp3?forcedownload=1" class="nomediaplugin" title="Download this audio clip"&gt;Download&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-caption oucontent-nonumber oucontent-caption-placeholder"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-interaction-print"&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-interaction-unavailable"&gt;Interactive feature not available in single page view (&lt;a class="oucontent-crossref" href="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/languages/intermediate-italian-describing-people/content-section-1.3#idm45721224294560"&gt;see it in standard view&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Interactive content appears here. Please visit the website to use it&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;In the next activity, you will continue working on useful vocabulary for describing physical appearance and will learn some colloquial expressions.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="&amp;#10;            oucontent-activity&amp;#10;           oucontent-s-heavybox1 oucontent-s-box "&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-outer-box"&gt;&lt;h2 class="oucontent-h3 oucontent-heading oucontent-nonumber"&gt;Attivit&amp;#xE0; 4&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-inner-box"&gt;&lt;div class="&amp;#10;            oucontent-saq&amp;#10;           oucontent-saqtype-part oucontent-saqwith-matching oucontent-part-first&amp;#10;        "&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-saq-question"&gt;&lt;p&gt;Marina is a tour guide, but today there is an extra person in her group of tourists, someone freeloading on the excursion! Read the descriptions of the participants and match them to the pictures to find which person is not described – that's the intruder!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Marina fa la guida turistica. Nel suo gruppo di turisti c’&amp;#xE8; una persona in pi&amp;#xF9;, un intruso! Leggete le descrizioni dei partecipanti alla visita turistica, abbinatele alle immagini corrispondenti e scoprite l’intruso.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-figure" style="width:512px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/pluginfile.php/689605/mod_oucontent/oucontent/33570/51e299a7/edd4b155/l150_u3_lb1_f002.jpg" alt="Described image" width="512" height="258" style="max-width:512px;" class="oucontent-figure-image oucontent-media-wide" longdesc="view.php&amp;amp;extra=longdesc_idm45721212320928"/&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-figure-text"&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-caption oucontent-nonumber"&gt;&lt;span class="oucontent-figure-caption"&gt;Figure 5&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-longdesclink oucontent-longdesconly"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/mod/oucontent/view.php?id=48122&amp;amp;extra=longdesc_idm45721212320928&amp;amp;clicked=1"&gt;Long description&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a id="back_longdesc_idm45721212320928"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul class="oucontent-numbered"&gt;&lt;li class="oucontent-markerdirect"&gt;&lt;span class="oucontent-listmarker"&gt;a.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;&amp;#xC8; alta, magra e molto bella. Ha i capelli neri, lunghi e ricci e gli occhi azzurri.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="oucontent-markerdirect"&gt;&lt;span class="oucontent-listmarker"&gt;b.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;&amp;#xC8; alto, un po’ grasso, ha i capelli e gli occhi castani e porta gli occhiali. Non &amp;#xE8; molto giovane ed &amp;#xE8; sempre elegante.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="oucontent-markerdirect"&gt;&lt;span class="oucontent-listmarker"&gt;c.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;&amp;#xC8; giovane, abbastanza alta, n&amp;#xE9; magra n&amp;#xE9; grassa, ha i capelli corti, biondi e gli occhi verdi. Porta quasi sempre i jeans.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="oucontent-markerdirect"&gt;&lt;span class="oucontent-listmarker"&gt;d.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt; &amp;#xC8; una persona anziana, bassa, magra e calva. Ha la barba e gli occhiali.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="oucontent-markerdirect"&gt;&lt;span class="oucontent-listmarker"&gt;e.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Non &amp;#xE8; n&amp;#xE9; alta n&amp;#xE9; bassa, abbastanza magra, ha i capelli neri, non &amp;#xE8; pi&amp;#xF9; giovane, ma ancora molto sportiva.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="oucontent-markerdirect"&gt;&lt;span class="oucontent-listmarker"&gt;f.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;&amp;#xC8; alto, magro, sportivo e attraente. Ha i capelli neri non molto corti e gli occhi azzurri.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="oucontent-markerdirect"&gt;&lt;span class="oucontent-listmarker"&gt;g.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Questo/questa dev’essere l’intruso/l’intrusa!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Interactive content appears here. Please visit the website to use it&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="&amp;#10;            oucontent-saq&amp;#10;           oucontent-saqtype-part oucontent-saqwith-freeresponse oucontent-part-last&amp;#10;        "&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-saq-question"&gt;&lt;p&gt;Who is the intruder?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Interactive content appears here. Please visit the website to use it&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div class="oucontent-saq-interactiveanswer" data-showtext="" data-hidetext=""&gt;&lt;h3 class="oucontent-h4"&gt;Answer&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;As you can see from the corrected answers, the intruder is person number 6.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-quote oucontent-s-box"&gt;&lt;h2 class="oucontent-h3 oucontent-heading oucontent-basic"&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Vocabolario&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;calvo, -a&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;i&gt;bald&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;n&amp;#xE9;... n&amp;#xE9;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;i&gt;neither ... nor&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;l'intruso, -a&amp;#xA0;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;i&gt;intruder&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="&amp;#10;            oucontent-activity&amp;#10;           oucontent-s-heavybox1 oucontent-s-box &amp;#10;        oucontent-s-noheading&amp;#10;      "&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-outer-box"&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-inner-box"&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-saq-question"&gt;&lt;p&gt;Now describe the intruder in a sentence.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Interactive content appears here. Please visit the website to use it&lt;/div&gt;

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           oucontent-saqtype-part oucontent-saqwith-singlechoice"&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-saq-question"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;4… gli occhi castano scuro.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Select one:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Interactive content appears here. Please visit the website to use it&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="
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           oucontent-saqtype-part oucontent-saqwith-singlechoice"&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-saq-question"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;8… i baffi.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Select one:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Interactive content appears here. Please visit the website to use it&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="
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        "&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-saq-question"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;9… bassa.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Select one:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Interactive content appears here. Please visit the website to use it&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</dc:description><dc:publisher>The Open University</dc:publisher><dc:creator>The Open University</dc:creator><dc:type>Course</dc:type><dc:format>text/html</dc:format><dc:language>en-GB</dc:language><dc:source>Intermediate Italian: describing people - L150_1</dc:source><cc:license>Copyright © 2016 The Open University</cc:license></item>
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      <link>https://www.open.edu/openlearn/languages/intermediate-italian-describing-people/content-section-1.5</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2016 16:01:11 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;In this activity you will practise your spoken and written skills.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-figure" style="width:512px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/pluginfile.php/689605/mod_oucontent/oucontent/33570/51e299a7/683b7704/rrn73704b.jpg" alt="" width="512" height="170" style="max-width:512px;" class="oucontent-figure-image oucontent-media-wide"/&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-figure-text"&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-caption oucontent-nonumber"&gt;&lt;span class="oucontent-figure-caption"&gt;Figure 6&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="&amp;#10;            oucontent-activity&amp;#10;           oucontent-s-heavybox1 oucontent-s-box "&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-outer-box"&gt;&lt;h2 class="oucontent-h3 oucontent-heading oucontent-nonumber"&gt;Attivit&amp;#xE0; 6&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-inner-box"&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-saq-question"&gt;&lt;p&gt;Look at the two images in Figure 6 and for each one write a short description. Record yourself saying it.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;Guardate le due immagini e per ciascuna scrivete una breve descrizione, poi registratevi.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Interactive content appears here. Please visit the website to use it&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div class="oucontent-saq-interactiveanswer" data-showtext="" data-hidetext=""&gt;&lt;h3 class="oucontent-h4"&gt;Answer&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;Here is a possible answer, to compare with your own:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Lei &amp;#xE8; giovane, ha i capelli castani, lunghi e lisci e porta la coda. Lui &amp;#xE8; giovane, ha i capelli neri, corti e ricci. Ha la barba e i baffi e porta gli occhiali.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
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    <dc:title>Practising describing people</dc:title><dc:identifier>L150_1</dc:identifier><dc:description>&lt;p&gt;In this activity you will practise your spoken and written skills.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-figure" style="width:512px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/pluginfile.php/689605/mod_oucontent/oucontent/33570/51e299a7/683b7704/rrn73704b.jpg" alt="" width="512" height="170" style="max-width:512px;" class="oucontent-figure-image oucontent-media-wide"/&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-figure-text"&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-caption oucontent-nonumber"&gt;&lt;span class="oucontent-figure-caption"&gt;Figure 6&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="
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      <pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2016 16:01:11 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;In this section you learn how to &lt;i&gt;compare&lt;/i&gt; people’s physical appearance.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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    <dc:title>2  Comparing</dc:title><dc:identifier>L150_1</dc:identifier><dc:description>&lt;p&gt;In this section you learn how to &lt;i&gt;compare&lt;/i&gt; people’s physical appearance.&lt;/p&gt;</dc:description><dc:publisher>The Open University</dc:publisher><dc:creator>The Open University</dc:creator><dc:type>Course</dc:type><dc:format>text/html</dc:format><dc:language>en-GB</dc:language><dc:source>Intermediate Italian: describing people - L150_1</dc:source><cc:license>Copyright © 2016 The Open University</cc:license></item>
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      <title>Comparing people using pi&amp;#xF9; &amp;#x2026; di or meno &amp;#x2026; di</title>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;In this activity you will practise comparing two people using &lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;pi&amp;#xF9; &amp;#x2026; di &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;or&lt;i&gt; &lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;meno &amp;#x2026; di.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="&amp;#10;            oucontent-activity&amp;#10;           oucontent-s-heavybox1 oucontent-s-box "&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-outer-box"&gt;&lt;h2 class="oucontent-h3 oucontent-heading oucontent-nonumber"&gt;Attivit&amp;#xE0; 8&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-inner-box"&gt;&lt;div class="&amp;#10;            oucontent-saq&amp;#10;           oucontent-saqtype-part oucontent-part-first&amp;#10;        "&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-saq-question"&gt;&lt;p&gt;Look at each pair of photos and complete the statements using &lt;i&gt;pi&amp;#xF9;&lt;/i&gt; or &lt;i&gt;meno&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Guardate ogni paio di foto e completate le descrizioni utilizzando &amp;#x2018;pi&amp;#xF9; di’ o &amp;#x2018;meno di'.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="&amp;#10;            oucontent-saq&amp;#10;           oucontent-saqtype-part oucontent-saqwith-singlechoice"&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-saq-question"&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-figure oucontent-media-mini"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/pluginfile.php/689605/mod_oucontent/oucontent/33570/003556fb/d5ad6250/emma_with_giorgie.jpg" alt="" width="302" height="200" style="max-width:302px;" class="oucontent-figure-image"/&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-figure-text"&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-caption oucontent-nonumber"&gt;&lt;span class="oucontent-figure-caption"&gt;Figure 7 Emma and Giorgia&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;1 Emma &amp;#xE8; _______ bionda di Giorgia.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Interactive content appears here. Please visit the website to use it&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="&amp;#10;            oucontent-saq&amp;#10;           oucontent-saqtype-part oucontent-saqwith-singlechoice"&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-saq-question"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;2 I capelli di Giorgia sono _______ lisci dei capelli di Emma.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Interactive content appears here. Please visit the website to use it&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="&amp;#10;            oucontent-saq&amp;#10;           oucontent-saqtype-part oucontent-saqwith-singlechoice"&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-saq-question"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;3 Gli occhi di Giorgia sono _______ scuri degli occhi di Emma.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Interactive content appears here. Please visit the website to use it&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="&amp;#10;            oucontent-saq&amp;#10;           oucontent-saqtype-part oucontent-saqwith-singlechoice"&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-saq-question"&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-figure oucontent-media-mini"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/pluginfile.php/689605/mod_oucontent/oucontent/33570/003556fb/6d17efa1/alessandro_and_guisseppi.jpg" alt="" width="302" height="200" style="max-width:302px;" class="oucontent-figure-image"/&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-figure-text"&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-caption oucontent-nonumber"&gt;&lt;span class="oucontent-figure-caption"&gt;Figure 8 Alessandro and Giuseppe&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;4 Alessandro &amp;#xE8; _______ giovane di Giuseppe.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Interactive content appears here. Please visit the website to use it&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="&amp;#10;            oucontent-saq&amp;#10;           oucontent-saqtype-part oucontent-saqwith-singlechoice"&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-saq-question"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;5 Alessandro &amp;#xE8; _______ elegante di Giuseppe.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Interactive content appears here. Please visit the website to use it&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="&amp;#10;            oucontent-saq&amp;#10;           oucontent-saqtype-part oucontent-saqwith-singlechoice"&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-saq-question"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;6 Alessandro &amp;#xE8;_______ calvo di Giuseppe.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Interactive content appears here. Please visit the website to use it&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="&amp;#10;            oucontent-saq&amp;#10;           oucontent-saqtype-part oucontent-saqwith-singlechoice"&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-saq-question"&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-figure oucontent-media-mini"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/pluginfile.php/689605/mod_oucontent/oucontent/33570/003556fb/3c120bd6/matteo_e_patrizia.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="200" style="max-width:150px;" class="oucontent-figure-image"/&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-figure-text"&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-caption oucontent-nonumber"&gt;&lt;span class="oucontent-figure-caption"&gt;Figure 9 Matteo e Patrizia&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;7 La maglietta di Matteo &amp;#xE8; _______ colorata della maglietta di Patrizia.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Interactive content appears here. Please visit the website to use it&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="&amp;#10;            oucontent-saq&amp;#10;           oucontent-saqtype-part oucontent-saqwith-singlechoice"&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-saq-question"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;8 I capelli di Patrizia sono _______ scuri dei capelli di Matteo.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Interactive content appears here. Please visit the website to use it&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="&amp;#10;            oucontent-saq&amp;#10;           oucontent-saqtype-part oucontent-saqwith-singlechoice oucontent-part-last&amp;#10;        "&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-saq-question"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;9 La bocca di Matteo &amp;#xE8; _______ aperta della bocca di Patrizia.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Interactive content appears here. Please visit the website to use it&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-box oucontent-s-heavybox2 oucontent-s-box "&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-outer-box"&gt;&lt;h2 class="oucontent-h3 oucontent-heading oucontent-nonumber"&gt;Box 2 Making comparisons using &lt;i&gt;pi&amp;#xF9; / meno di&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-inner-box"&gt;&lt;p&gt;To compare one person (or thing) with another, you can use &lt;i&gt;pi&amp;#xF9;&lt;/i&gt; / &lt;i&gt;meno&lt;/i&gt; with an adjective, followed by &lt;i&gt;di&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-quote oucontent-s-box"&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Emma &amp;#xE8; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;pi&amp;#xF9;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;bionda &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;di&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Giorgia&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;Emma is blonder than Giorgia.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Dario &amp;#xE8; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;pi&amp;#xF9;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;alto &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;di&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Luca.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;Dario is taller than Luca.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Carlo &amp;#xE8; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;meno&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;generoso &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;di&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Ferdinando&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Carlo is less generous than Ferdinando.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;I capelli di Giorgia sono &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;pi&amp;#xF9;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;corti &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;di&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;quelli di Emma.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;Giorgia's hair is shorter than Emma's.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
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    <dc:title>Comparing people using più … di or meno … di</dc:title><dc:identifier>L150_1</dc:identifier><dc:description>&lt;p&gt;In this activity you will practise comparing two people using &lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;più … di &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;or&lt;i&gt; &lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;meno … di.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="
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        "&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-saq-question"&gt;&lt;p&gt;Look at each pair of photos and complete the statements using &lt;i&gt;più&lt;/i&gt; or &lt;i&gt;meno&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Guardate ogni paio di foto e completate le descrizioni utilizzando ‘più di’ o ‘meno di'.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="
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           oucontent-saqtype-part oucontent-saqwith-singlechoice"&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-saq-question"&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-figure oucontent-media-mini"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/pluginfile.php/689605/mod_oucontent/oucontent/33570/003556fb/d5ad6250/emma_with_giorgie.jpg" alt="" width="302" height="200" style="max-width:302px;" class="oucontent-figure-image"/&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-figure-text"&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-caption oucontent-nonumber"&gt;&lt;span class="oucontent-figure-caption"&gt;Figure 7 Emma and Giorgia&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;1 Emma è _______ bionda di Giorgia.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Interactive content appears here. Please visit the website to use it&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="
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           oucontent-saqtype-part oucontent-saqwith-singlechoice"&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-saq-question"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;2 I capelli di Giorgia sono _______ lisci dei capelli di Emma.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Interactive content appears here. Please visit the website to use it&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="
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           oucontent-saqtype-part oucontent-saqwith-singlechoice"&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-saq-question"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;3 Gli occhi di Giorgia sono _______ scuri degli occhi di Emma.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Interactive content appears here. Please visit the website to use it&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="
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           oucontent-saqtype-part oucontent-saqwith-singlechoice"&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-saq-question"&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-figure oucontent-media-mini"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/pluginfile.php/689605/mod_oucontent/oucontent/33570/003556fb/6d17efa1/alessandro_and_guisseppi.jpg" alt="" width="302" height="200" style="max-width:302px;" class="oucontent-figure-image"/&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-figure-text"&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-caption oucontent-nonumber"&gt;&lt;span class="oucontent-figure-caption"&gt;Figure 8 Alessandro and Giuseppe&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;4 Alessandro è _______ giovane di Giuseppe.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Interactive content appears here. Please visit the website to use it&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="
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           oucontent-saqtype-part oucontent-saqwith-singlechoice"&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-saq-question"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;5 Alessandro è _______ elegante di Giuseppe.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Interactive content appears here. Please visit the website to use it&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="
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           oucontent-saqtype-part oucontent-saqwith-singlechoice"&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-saq-question"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;6 Alessandro è_______ calvo di Giuseppe.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Interactive content appears here. Please visit the website to use it&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="
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           oucontent-saqtype-part oucontent-saqwith-singlechoice"&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-saq-question"&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-figure oucontent-media-mini"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/pluginfile.php/689605/mod_oucontent/oucontent/33570/003556fb/3c120bd6/matteo_e_patrizia.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="200" style="max-width:150px;" class="oucontent-figure-image"/&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-figure-text"&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-caption oucontent-nonumber"&gt;&lt;span class="oucontent-figure-caption"&gt;Figure 9 Matteo e Patrizia&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;7 La maglietta di Matteo è _______ colorata della maglietta di Patrizia.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Interactive content appears here. Please visit the website to use it&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="
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        "&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-saq-question"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;9 La bocca di Matteo è _______ aperta della bocca di Patrizia.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Interactive content appears here. Please visit the website to use it&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-box oucontent-s-heavybox2 oucontent-s-box "&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-outer-box"&gt;&lt;h2 class="oucontent-h3 oucontent-heading oucontent-nonumber"&gt;Box 2 Making comparisons using &lt;i&gt;più / meno di&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-inner-box"&gt;&lt;p&gt;To compare one person (or thing) with another, you can use &lt;i&gt;più&lt;/i&gt; / &lt;i&gt;meno&lt;/i&gt; with an adjective, followed by &lt;i&gt;di&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-quote oucontent-s-box"&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Emma è &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;più&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;bionda &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;di&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Giorgia&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;Emma is blonder than Giorgia.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Dario è &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;più&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;alto &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;di&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Luca.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;Dario is taller than Luca.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Carlo è &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;meno&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;generoso &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;di&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Ferdinando&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Carlo is less generous than Ferdinando.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;I capelli di Giorgia sono &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;più&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;corti &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;di&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;quelli di Emma.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;Giorgia's hair is shorter than Emma's.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</dc:description><dc:publisher>The Open University</dc:publisher><dc:creator>The Open University</dc:creator><dc:type>Course</dc:type><dc:format>text/html</dc:format><dc:language>en-GB</dc:language><dc:source>Intermediate Italian: describing people - L150_1</dc:source><cc:license>Copyright © 2016 The Open University</cc:license></item>
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      <title>Comparing two people using come or quanto</title>
      <link>https://www.open.edu/openlearn/languages/intermediate-italian-describing-people/content-section-2.2</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2016 16:01:11 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;In this activity you continue practising comparing people, using the expressions &lt;i&gt;come&lt;/i&gt; or &lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;quanto&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;First read the following explanation.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-box oucontent-s-heavybox2 oucontent-s-box "&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-outer-box"&gt;&lt;h2 class="oucontent-h3 oucontent-heading oucontent-nonumber"&gt;Box 3 Making comparisons using &lt;i&gt;come&lt;/i&gt; / &lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;quanto&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-inner-box"&gt;&lt;p&gt;To compare two objects or people of equal qualities, you can use &lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;come&lt;/b&gt; &lt;/i&gt;or&lt;i&gt; &lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;quanto&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-quote oucontent-s-box"&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Simone &amp;#xE8; alto&lt;/span&gt; &lt;b&gt;come&lt;/b&gt; me.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;Simone is as tall as me&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Questa gonna &amp;#xE8; stretta &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;quanto &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;l’altra.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;This skirt is as tight as the other one.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;To compare two adjectives referring to the same noun, you can use &amp;#x2018;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;tanto&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;/i&gt; &lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;+ adjective&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &amp;#x2026;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;quanto &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt; + adjective’.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-quote oucontent-s-box"&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Questo vestito &amp;#xE8; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;tanto&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;comodo &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt; &lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;quanto&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;elegante.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;This dress is as comfortable as it is elegant / smart&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;(&lt;i&gt;This is a rather literary way of saying &amp;#x2018;This dress is both comfortable and elegant / smart.’&lt;/i&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-quote oucontent-s-box"&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;La notte era&lt;/span&gt; &lt;b&gt; &lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;tanto&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;oscura &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;quanto&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;silenziosa.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Valeria &amp;#xE8;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;tanto&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;bella&lt;/span&gt; &lt;b&gt; &lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;quanto&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt; antipatica!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;The construction can also be used &lt;b&gt;to compare&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;two adverbs&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-quote oucontent-s-box"&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Carlo scrive &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;tanto &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;velocemente &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;quanto&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;accuratamente.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In this context, &lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;tanto&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/i&gt;and &lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt; quanto&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/i&gt;are invariable (i.e. do not change their ending).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="&amp;#10;            oucontent-activity&amp;#10;           oucontent-s-heavybox1 oucontent-s-box "&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-outer-box"&gt;&lt;h2 class="oucontent-h3 oucontent-heading oucontent-nonumber"&gt;Attivit&amp;#xE0; 9&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-inner-box"&gt;&lt;div class="&amp;#10;            oucontent-saq&amp;#10;           oucontent-saqtype-part oucontent-saqwith-freeresponse oucontent-part-first&amp;#10;        "&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-saq-question"&gt;&lt;p&gt;Scrivete due frasi per ogni coppia di personaggi come nell'esempio. Usate 'come' nella prima frase e 'quanto' nella seconda frase.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;Write two sentences for each couple of characters as in the example. Use &lt;/i&gt;come&lt;i&gt; in the first sentence and &lt;/i&gt;quanta&lt;i&gt; in the second sentence&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-box oucontent-s-heavybox1 oucontent-s-box "&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-outer-box"&gt;&lt;h3 class="oucontent-h3 oucontent-heading oucontent-nonumber"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Esempio&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-inner-box"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Carlos, organizzato&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Elisa, organizzata&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Carlos e organizzato come Elisa.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/i&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;or&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;i&gt; &lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Carlos e organizzato quanto Elisa.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-box oucontent-s-heavybox1 oucontent-s-box "&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-outer-box"&gt;&lt;h3 class="oucontent-h3 oucontent-heading oucontent-nonumber"&gt;1&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-inner-box"&gt;&lt;p&gt;Aida, alta 1.63&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Massimo, alto 1.63&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Interactive content appears here. 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&lt;div class="oucontent-saq-interactiveanswer" data-showtext="" data-hidetext=""&gt;&lt;h3 class="oucontent-h4"&gt;Answer&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Aida &amp;#xE8; alta quanto Massimo.&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;or&lt;/i&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0; &lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Aida &amp;#xE8; alta come Massimo.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="&amp;#10;            oucontent-saq&amp;#10;           oucontent-saqtype-part oucontent-saqwith-freeresponse"&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-saq-question"&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-box oucontent-s-heavybox1 oucontent-s-box "&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-outer-box"&gt;&lt;h3 class="oucontent-h3 oucontent-heading oucontent-nonumber"&gt;2&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-inner-box"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Werner, magro&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Luca, magro&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Interactive content appears here. Please visit the website to use it&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div class="oucontent-saq-interactiveanswer" data-showtext="" data-hidetext=""&gt;&lt;h3 class="oucontent-h4"&gt;Answer&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Werner &amp;#xE8; magro quanto Luca.&amp;#xA0;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;i&gt;or&lt;/i&gt;&amp;#xA0; &lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Werner &amp;#xE8; magro come Luca.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="&amp;#10;            oucontent-saq&amp;#10;           oucontent-saqtype-part oucontent-saqwith-freeresponse"&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-saq-question"&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-box oucontent-s-heavybox1 oucontent-s-box "&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-outer-box"&gt;&lt;h3 class="oucontent-h3 oucontent-heading oucontent-nonumber"&gt;3&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-inner-box"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Maria, bella&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Fiorella, bella&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Interactive content appears here. Please visit the website to use it&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div class="oucontent-saq-interactiveanswer" data-showtext="" data-hidetext=""&gt;&lt;h3 class="oucontent-h4"&gt;Answer&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Maria &amp;#xE8; bella come Fiorella.&lt;/span&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;i&gt;or&lt;/i&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;&amp;#xA0; Maria &amp;#xE8; bella quanto Fiorella.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="&amp;#10;            oucontent-saq&amp;#10;           oucontent-saqtype-part oucontent-saqwith-freeresponse"&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-saq-question"&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-box oucontent-s-heavybox1 oucontent-s-box "&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-outer-box"&gt;&lt;h3 class="oucontent-h3 oucontent-heading oucontent-nonumber"&gt;4&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-inner-box"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Ionut, estroverso&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Roberto, estroverso&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Interactive content appears here. Please visit the website to use it&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div class="oucontent-saq-interactiveanswer" data-showtext="" data-hidetext=""&gt;&lt;h3 class="oucontent-h4"&gt;Answer&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Ionut &amp;#xE8; estroverso quanto Roberto.&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;or&lt;/i&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0; &lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Ionut &amp;#xE8; estroverso come Roberto.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="&amp;#10;            oucontent-saq&amp;#10;           oucontent-saqtype-part oucontent-saqwith-freeresponse"&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-saq-question"&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-box oucontent-s-heavybox1 oucontent-s-box "&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-outer-box"&gt;&lt;h3 class="oucontent-h3 oucontent-heading oucontent-nonumber"&gt;5&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-inner-box"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Stella, intelligente&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Umberto, intelligente&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Interactive content appears here. Please visit the website to use it&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div class="oucontent-saq-interactiveanswer" data-showtext="" data-hidetext=""&gt;&lt;h3 class="oucontent-h4"&gt;Answer&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Stella &amp;#xE8; intelligente quanto Umberto. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;or&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt; Stella &amp;#xE8; intelligente come Umberto.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="&amp;#10;            oucontent-saq&amp;#10;           oucontent-saqtype-part oucontent-saqwith-freeresponse"&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-saq-question"&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-box oucontent-s-heavybox1 oucontent-s-box "&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-outer-box"&gt;&lt;h3 class="oucontent-h3 oucontent-heading oucontent-nonumber"&gt;6&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-inner-box"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Katia, impaziente&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Marta, impaziente&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Interactive content appears here. Please visit the website to use it&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div class="oucontent-saq-interactiveanswer" data-showtext="" data-hidetext=""&gt;&lt;h3 class="oucontent-h4"&gt;Answer&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Katia &amp;#xE8; impaziente come Marta. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;or&lt;/i&gt; &lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Katia &amp;#xE8; impaziente quanto Marta.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="&amp;#10;            oucontent-saq&amp;#10;           oucontent-saqtype-part oucontent-saqwith-freeresponse oucontent-part-last&amp;#10;        "&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-saq-question"&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-box oucontent-s-heavybox1 oucontent-s-box "&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-outer-box"&gt;&lt;h3 class="oucontent-h3 oucontent-heading oucontent-nonumber"&gt;7&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-inner-box"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Alfonso, attraente&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Matteo, attraente&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Interactive content appears here. Please visit the website to use it&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div class="oucontent-saq-interactiveanswer" data-showtext="" data-hidetext=""&gt;&lt;h3 class="oucontent-h4"&gt;Answer&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Alfonso &amp;#xE8; attraente come Matteo. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;or &lt;/i&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Alfonso &amp;#xE8; attraente quanto Matteo.. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
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    <dc:title>Comparing two people using come or quanto</dc:title><dc:identifier>L150_1</dc:identifier><dc:description>&lt;p&gt;In this activity you continue practising comparing people, using the expressions &lt;i&gt;come&lt;/i&gt; or &lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;quanto&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;First read the following explanation.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-box oucontent-s-heavybox2 oucontent-s-box "&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-outer-box"&gt;&lt;h2 class="oucontent-h3 oucontent-heading oucontent-nonumber"&gt;Box 3 Making comparisons using &lt;i&gt;come&lt;/i&gt; / &lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;quanto&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-inner-box"&gt;&lt;p&gt;To compare two objects or people of equal qualities, you can use &lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;come&lt;/b&gt; &lt;/i&gt;or&lt;i&gt; &lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;quanto&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-quote oucontent-s-box"&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Simone è alto&lt;/span&gt; &lt;b&gt;come&lt;/b&gt; me.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;Simone is as tall as me&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Questa gonna è stretta &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;quanto &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;l’altra.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;This skirt is as tight as the other one.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;To compare two adjectives referring to the same noun, you can use ‘&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;tanto&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;/i&gt; &lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;+ adjective&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; …&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;quanto &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt; + adjective’.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-quote oucontent-s-box"&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Questo vestito è &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;tanto&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;comodo &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt; &lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;quanto&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;elegante.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;This dress is as comfortable as it is elegant / smart&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;(&lt;i&gt;This is a rather literary way of saying ‘This dress is both comfortable and elegant / smart.’&lt;/i&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-quote oucontent-s-box"&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;La notte era&lt;/span&gt; &lt;b&gt; &lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;tanto&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;oscura &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;quanto&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;silenziosa.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Valeria è&lt;/span&gt; &lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;tanto&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;bella&lt;/span&gt; &lt;b&gt; &lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;quanto&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt; antipatica!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;The construction can also be used &lt;b&gt;to compare&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;two adverbs&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-quote oucontent-s-box"&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Carlo scrive &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;tanto &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;velocemente &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;quanto&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;accuratamente.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In this context, &lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;tanto&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/i&gt;and &lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt; quanto&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/i&gt;are invariable (i.e. do not change their ending).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="
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        "&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-saq-question"&gt;&lt;p&gt;Scrivete due frasi per ogni coppia di personaggi come nell'esempio. Usate 'come' nella prima frase e 'quanto' nella seconda frase.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;Write two sentences for each couple of characters as in the example. Use &lt;/i&gt;come&lt;i&gt; in the first sentence and &lt;/i&gt;quanta&lt;i&gt; in the second sentence&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-box oucontent-s-heavybox1 oucontent-s-box "&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-outer-box"&gt;&lt;h3 class="oucontent-h3 oucontent-heading oucontent-nonumber"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Esempio&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-inner-box"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Carlos, organizzato&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Elisa, organizzata&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Carlos e organizzato come Elisa.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/i&gt;  or  &lt;i&gt; &lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Carlos e organizzato quanto Elisa.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-box oucontent-s-heavybox1 oucontent-s-box "&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-outer-box"&gt;&lt;h3 class="oucontent-h3 oucontent-heading oucontent-nonumber"&gt;1&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-inner-box"&gt;&lt;p&gt;Aida, alta 1.63&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Massimo, alto 1.63&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Interactive content appears here. Please visit the website to use it&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div class="oucontent-saq-interactiveanswer" data-showtext="" data-hidetext=""&gt;&lt;h3 class="oucontent-h4"&gt;Answer&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Aida è alta quanto Massimo.   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;or&lt;/i&gt;   &lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Aida è alta come Massimo.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="
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           oucontent-saqtype-part oucontent-saqwith-freeresponse"&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-saq-question"&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-box oucontent-s-heavybox1 oucontent-s-box "&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-outer-box"&gt;&lt;h3 class="oucontent-h3 oucontent-heading oucontent-nonumber"&gt;2&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-inner-box"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Werner, magro&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Luca, magro&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Interactive content appears here. Please visit the website to use it&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div class="oucontent-saq-interactiveanswer" data-showtext="" data-hidetext=""&gt;&lt;h3 class="oucontent-h4"&gt;Answer&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Werner è magro quanto Luca. &lt;/span&gt; &lt;i&gt;or&lt;/i&gt;  &lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Werner è magro come Luca.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="
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           oucontent-saqtype-part oucontent-saqwith-freeresponse"&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-saq-question"&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-box oucontent-s-heavybox1 oucontent-s-box "&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-outer-box"&gt;&lt;h3 class="oucontent-h3 oucontent-heading oucontent-nonumber"&gt;3&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-inner-box"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Maria, bella&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Fiorella, bella&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Interactive content appears here. Please visit the website to use it&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div class="oucontent-saq-interactiveanswer" data-showtext="" data-hidetext=""&gt;&lt;h3 class="oucontent-h4"&gt;Answer&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Maria è bella come Fiorella.&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;i&gt;or&lt;/i&gt; &lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;  Maria è bella quanto Fiorella.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="
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           oucontent-saqtype-part oucontent-saqwith-freeresponse"&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-saq-question"&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-box oucontent-s-heavybox1 oucontent-s-box "&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-outer-box"&gt;&lt;h3 class="oucontent-h3 oucontent-heading oucontent-nonumber"&gt;4&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-inner-box"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Ionut, estroverso&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Roberto, estroverso&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Interactive content appears here. Please visit the website to use it&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div class="oucontent-saq-interactiveanswer" data-showtext="" data-hidetext=""&gt;&lt;h3 class="oucontent-h4"&gt;Answer&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Ionut è estroverso quanto Roberto.   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;or&lt;/i&gt;   &lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Ionut è estroverso come Roberto.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="
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           oucontent-saqtype-part oucontent-saqwith-freeresponse"&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-saq-question"&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-box oucontent-s-heavybox1 oucontent-s-box "&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-outer-box"&gt;&lt;h3 class="oucontent-h3 oucontent-heading oucontent-nonumber"&gt;5&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-inner-box"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Stella, intelligente&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Umberto, intelligente&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Interactive content appears here. Please visit the website to use it&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div class="oucontent-saq-interactiveanswer" data-showtext="" data-hidetext=""&gt;&lt;h3 class="oucontent-h4"&gt;Answer&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Stella è intelligente quanto Umberto. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;or&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt; Stella è intelligente come Umberto.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="
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           oucontent-saqtype-part oucontent-saqwith-freeresponse"&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-saq-question"&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-box oucontent-s-heavybox1 oucontent-s-box "&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-outer-box"&gt;&lt;h3 class="oucontent-h3 oucontent-heading oucontent-nonumber"&gt;6&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-inner-box"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Katia, impaziente&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Marta, impaziente&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Interactive content appears here. Please visit the website to use it&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div class="oucontent-saq-interactiveanswer" data-showtext="" data-hidetext=""&gt;&lt;h3 class="oucontent-h4"&gt;Answer&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Katia è impaziente come Marta. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;or&lt;/i&gt; &lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Katia è impaziente quanto Marta.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="
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        "&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-saq-question"&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-box oucontent-s-heavybox1 oucontent-s-box "&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-outer-box"&gt;&lt;h3 class="oucontent-h3 oucontent-heading oucontent-nonumber"&gt;7&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-inner-box"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Alfonso, attraente&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Matteo, attraente&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Interactive content appears here. Please visit the website to use it&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div class="oucontent-saq-interactiveanswer" data-showtext="" data-hidetext=""&gt;&lt;h3 class="oucontent-h4"&gt;Answer&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Alfonso è attraente come Matteo. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;or &lt;/i&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Alfonso è attraente quanto Matteo.. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</dc:description><dc:publisher>The Open University</dc:publisher><dc:creator>The Open University</dc:creator><dc:type>Course</dc:type><dc:format>text/html</dc:format><dc:language>en-GB</dc:language><dc:source>Intermediate Italian: describing people - L150_1</dc:source><cc:license>Copyright © 2016 The Open University</cc:license></item>
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      <link>https://www.open.edu/openlearn/languages/intermediate-italian-describing-people/content-section-2.3</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2016 16:01:11 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;In this activity you will practise your writing skills and continue practising comparing&amp;#xA0;two people.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="&amp;#10;            oucontent-activity&amp;#10;           oucontent-s-heavybox1 oucontent-s-box "&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-outer-box"&gt;&lt;h2 class="oucontent-h3 oucontent-heading oucontent-nonumber"&gt;Attivit&amp;#xE0; 10&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-inner-box"&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-saq-question"&gt;&lt;p&gt;Look at the characters and compare them. In what ways are they similar? Write at least five sentences.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Guardate i sei personaggi e confrontateli: in che cosa sono simili? Scrivete almeno cinque frasi.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-figure" style="width:512px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/pluginfile.php/689605/mod_oucontent/oucontent/33570/51e299a7/16f62e32/l150_u3_lb1_f019.jpg" alt="Described image" width="512" height="260" style="max-width:512px;" class="oucontent-figure-image oucontent-media-wide" longdesc="view.php&amp;amp;extra=longdesc_idm45721212046176"/&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-figure-text"&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-caption oucontent-nonumber"&gt;&lt;span class="oucontent-figure-caption"&gt;Figure 10&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-longdesclink oucontent-longdesconly"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/mod/oucontent/view.php?id=48122&amp;amp;extra=longdesc_idm45721212046176&amp;amp;clicked=1"&gt;Long description&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a id="back_longdesc_idm45721212046176"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-box oucontent-s-heavybox1 oucontent-s-box "&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-outer-box"&gt;&lt;h3 class="oucontent-h3 oucontent-heading oucontent-nonumber"&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Esempio&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-inner-box"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Giulio &amp;#xE8; alto come Michela.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;or&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Giulio &amp;#xE8; alto quanto Michela.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Interactive content appears here. Please visit the website to use it&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div class="oucontent-saq-interactiveanswer" data-showtext="" data-hidetext=""&gt;&lt;h3 class="oucontent-h4"&gt;Answer&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;Here are some possible sentences:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Serena &amp;#xE8; pi&amp;#xF9; piccola di Peppe.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Peppe &amp;#xE8; sportivo quanto / come Serena.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Michela &amp;#xE8; alta come / quanto Giulio.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Giacomo &amp;#xE8; meno alto di Raffaella.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Raffaella &amp;#xE8; pi&amp;#xF9; magra di Giacomo.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;I capelli di Serena sono lunchi come / quanto quelli di Michela.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;La maglietta di Raffaella &amp;#xE8; corta come / quanto quella di Serena.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Giulio &amp;#xE8; elegante quanto/come Michela.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
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    <dc:title>Practising comparing people</dc:title><dc:identifier>L150_1</dc:identifier><dc:description>&lt;p&gt;In this activity you will practise your writing skills and continue practising comparing two people.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="
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      <title>3&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;Personality</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2016 16:01:11 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;How do say someone is lively or shy or clever...? In this section you will learn how to describe someone’s &lt;i&gt;personality&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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    <dc:title>3  Personality</dc:title><dc:identifier>L150_1</dc:identifier><dc:description>&lt;p&gt;How do say someone is lively or shy or clever...? In this section you will learn how to describe someone’s &lt;i&gt;personality&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</dc:description><dc:publisher>The Open University</dc:publisher><dc:creator>The Open University</dc:creator><dc:type>Course</dc:type><dc:format>text/html</dc:format><dc:language>en-GB</dc:language><dc:source>Intermediate Italian: describing people - L150_1</dc:source><cc:license>Copyright © 2016 The Open University</cc:license></item>
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      <title>Listening to descriptions</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2016 16:01:11 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Describing someone&amp;#x2019;s personality</title>
      <link>https://www.open.edu/openlearn/languages/intermediate-italian-describing-people/content-section-3.2</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2016 16:01:11 GMT</pubDate>
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    <dc:title>Describing someone’s personality</dc:title><dc:identifier>L150_1</dc:identifier><dc:description>&lt;p&gt;In this activity you will work on useful vocabulary and expressions to describe someone’s personality.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="
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      <title>Understanding written descriptions</title>
      <link>https://www.open.edu/openlearn/languages/intermediate-italian-describing-people/content-section-3.3</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2016 16:01:11 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;In this activity you will practise your reading skill with the help of some useful strategies.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="&amp;#10;            oucontent-activity&amp;#10;           oucontent-s-heavybox1 oucontent-s-box "&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-outer-box"&gt;&lt;h2 class="oucontent-h3 oucontent-heading oucontent-nonumber"&gt;Attivit&amp;#xE0; 13&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-inner-box"&gt;&lt;div class="&amp;#10;            oucontent-saq&amp;#10;           oucontent-saqtype-part oucontent-part-first&amp;#10;        "&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-saq-question"&gt;&lt;p&gt;Sara writes a diary entry every evening. Read the following page from her diary and answer the questions briefly in your own words.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Sara ogni sera scrive una pagina di diario. Leggete il seguente testo tratto dal suo diario e rispondete brevemente e con parole vostre alle domande.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-figure" style="width:397px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/pluginfile.php/689605/mod_oucontent/oucontent/33570/51e299a7/586249ee/l150_u3_lb1_f004.jpg" alt="Described image" width="397" height="258" style="max-width:397px;" class="oucontent-figure-image" longdesc="view.php&amp;amp;extra=longdesc_idm45721211992352"/&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-figure-text"&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-caption oucontent-nonumber"&gt;&lt;span class="oucontent-figure-caption"&gt;Figure 11&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-longdesclink oucontent-longdesconly"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/mod/oucontent/view.php?id=48122&amp;amp;extra=longdesc_idm45721211992352&amp;amp;clicked=1"&gt;Long description&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a id="back_longdesc_idm45721211992352"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-quote oucontent-s-box"&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Caro diario,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Stamattina sono andata a fare la spesa al supermercato qui all’angolo. Andavo di fretta, ma all’entrata del supermercato, ho trovato la signora Bassi, la portinaia, che mi ha bloccato per circa mezz’ora&amp;#x2026; La signora Luisella Bassi &amp;#xE8; una signora di pi&amp;#xF9; o meno settant’anni, bassa e grassa, ha i capelli grigi e gli occhi piccoli, piccoli, ma sempre attenti.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;&amp;#xC8; la pettegola del quartiere: sa tutto di tutti e passa le giornate in portineria a parlare degli altri. &amp;#xC8; terribilmente curiosa. Incontrarla quando si ha fretta &amp;#xE8; una tragedia perch&amp;#xE9; parla per ore!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Lasciata la signora, ho fatto la spesa e ho passato l’intera giornata a cucinare. Domani vengono a cena dei carissimi amici: Al&amp;#xEC; e Federica con il piccolo Leo, Simone con il suo nuovo fidanzato Riccardo e mia sorella Clara. Ti ho mai parlato di loro, diario?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Al&amp;#xEC; &amp;#xE8; un ricercatore marocchino, ha fatto un dottorato in Italia dove ha conosciuto Federica, una mia amica d’infanzia. Vivono insieme da nove anni e hanno un bimbo di sei, Leo, che fa la prima elementare.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Sono simpatici, allegri, molto generosi e sempre disponibili. Simone, un altro amico d’infanzia, ci vuole presentare Riccardo; sono insieme da ormai quattro mesi. Simone dice che Riccardo &amp;#xE8; un ragazzo molto intelligente e socievole, fa il giornalista e ha sempre qualche aneddoto da raccontare&amp;#x2026; proprio come Simone!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Come descrivere mia sorella Clara&amp;#x2026; &amp;#xE8; una persona molto estroversa e dinamica. Fa mille sport, ha molti amici e una vita sociale molto intensa. Ha molti corteggiatori perch&amp;#xE9; oltre ad essere interessante e colta, &amp;#xE8; anche molto bella.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Faccio una pasta alla carbonara come primo e un pollo arrosto con patate e verdure come secondo. Speriamo di non bruciare tutto!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Domani ti racconto com’&amp;#xE8; andata la cena.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Buona notte, diario.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Sara&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-saq-randomstuff"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="&amp;#10;            oucontent-saq&amp;#10;           oucontent-saqtype-part oucontent-saqwith-freeresponse"&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-saq-question"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;1 Chi &amp;#xE8; la signora Bassi?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Interactive content appears here. Please visit the website to use it&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div class="oucontent-saq-interactiveanswer" data-showtext="" data-hidetext=""&gt;&lt;h3 class="oucontent-h4"&gt;Answer&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;1 La signora Bassi &amp;#xE8; la portinaia di Sara. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="&amp;#10;            oucontent-saq&amp;#10;           oucontent-saqtype-part oucontent-saqwith-freeresponse"&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-saq-question"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;2 Come viene descritta fisicamente e in quanto a carattere?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Interactive content appears here. Please visit the website to use it&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div class="oucontent-saq-interactiveanswer" data-showtext="" data-hidetext=""&gt;&lt;h3 class="oucontent-h4"&gt;Answer&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;2 &amp;#xC8; bassa e grassa, ha i capelli grigi, gli occhi piccolissimi, ma attenti. Ha circa settant’anni. Parla troppo ed &amp;#xE8; molto curiosa. &amp;#xC8; una pettegola e parla sempre degli altri.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="&amp;#10;            oucontent-saq&amp;#10;           oucontent-saqtype-part oucontent-saqwith-freeresponse"&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-saq-question"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;3 Chi sono Al&amp;#xEC;, Federica e Leo e che cosa fanno?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Interactive content appears here. Please visit the website to use it&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div class="oucontent-saq-interactiveanswer" data-showtext="" data-hidetext=""&gt;&lt;h3 class="oucontent-h4"&gt;Answer&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;3 Al&amp;#xEC;, Federica e Leo sono amici di Sara. Al&amp;#xEC; &amp;#xE8; un ricercatore marocchino, ha conosciuto Federica, un’amica d’infanzia di Sara, mentre faceva il dottorato in Italia. Vivono insieme da nove anni. Leo &amp;#xE8; il loro figlio, ha sei anni e fa la prima elementare.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="&amp;#10;            oucontent-saq&amp;#10;           oucontent-saqtype-part oucontent-saqwith-freeresponse"&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-saq-question"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;4 Come sono Al&amp;#xEC; e Federica?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Interactive content appears here. Please visit the website to use it&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div class="oucontent-saq-interactiveanswer" data-showtext="" data-hidetext=""&gt;&lt;h3 class="oucontent-h4"&gt;Answer&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;4 Sono simpatici, allegri, disponibili e generosi.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="&amp;#10;            oucontent-saq&amp;#10;           oucontent-saqtype-part oucontent-saqwith-freeresponse"&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-saq-question"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;5 Chi sono Simone e Riccardo?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Interactive content appears here. Please visit the website to use it&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div class="oucontent-saq-interactiveanswer" data-showtext="" data-hidetext=""&gt;&lt;h3 class="oucontent-h4"&gt;Answer&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;5 Simone &amp;#xE8; un altro amico d’infanzia di Sara e Riccardo &amp;#xE8; il suo nuovo fidanzato.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="&amp;#10;            oucontent-saq&amp;#10;           oucontent-saqtype-part oucontent-saqwith-freeresponse"&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-saq-question"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;6 Com’&amp;#xE8; Riccardo secondo Simone?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Interactive content appears here. Please visit the website to use it&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div class="oucontent-saq-interactiveanswer" data-showtext="" data-hidetext=""&gt;&lt;h3 class="oucontent-h4"&gt;Answer&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;6 Intelligente e socievole. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="&amp;#10;            oucontent-saq&amp;#10;           oucontent-saqtype-part oucontent-saqwith-freeresponse"&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-saq-question"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;7 Com’&amp;#xE8; Clara in termini di personalit&amp;#xE0; e aspetto fisico?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Interactive content appears here. Please visit the website to use it&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div class="oucontent-saq-interactiveanswer" data-showtext="" data-hidetext=""&gt;&lt;h3 class="oucontent-h4"&gt;Answer&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;7 Clara &amp;#xE8; estroversa, dinamica, interessante e colta. Ed &amp;#xE8; anche bella.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="&amp;#10;            oucontent-saq&amp;#10;           oucontent-saqtype-part oucontent-saqwith-freeresponse oucontent-part-last&amp;#10;        "&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-saq-question"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;8 Che cosa ha fatto Sara oggi e che cosa fa domani?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Interactive content appears here. Please visit the website to use it&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div class="oucontent-saq-interactiveanswer" data-showtext="" data-hidetext=""&gt;&lt;h3 class="oucontent-h4"&gt;Answer&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;8 Oggi Sara ha fatto la spesa e cucinato. Domani ha amici a cena.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-box oucontent-s-heavybox2 oucontent-s-box "&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-outer-box"&gt;&lt;h2 class="oucontent-h3 oucontent-heading oucontent-nonumber"&gt;Box 4 Similar-looking words in the two languages&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-inner-box"&gt;&lt;p&gt;When you read a text for the first time, it’s a good idea to start by focusing on the words you know and try and get the gist of the meaning. By looking closely you can often find clues to help work out words you have not come across before. 'Cognates' are a help: these are words which look similar to words in English. For example, in the text you have just read, &lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;supermercato &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt; means &amp;#x2018;supermarket’, &lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;generosi &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;means &amp;#x2018;generous’ and &lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;aneddoto &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt; means &amp;#x2018;anecdote’. Many European languages have words with common origins which are similar in spelling and meaning.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;You can't rely on these similar-looking words always meaning the same in both language, though. Occasionally you may be caught out by &amp;#x2018;false friends’ (&lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;falsi amici&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;) – words that look similar but have different meanings. An example of one is the word &lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;argomento &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt; which means &amp;#x2018;subject’, 'matter' or 'topic', not &amp;#x2018;argument’, although it can mean an intellectual &amp;#x2018;argument’ or line of thought.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;#x2018;Library’ and &lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;libreria &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;(&amp;#x2018;bookshop’) are clearly false friends. You would be right, however, to assume that these words are related linguistically and share the same origin. So cognates might provide clues or links to the meaning but may not be a correct and usable translation.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
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    <dc:title>Understanding written descriptions</dc:title><dc:identifier>L150_1</dc:identifier><dc:description>&lt;p&gt;In this activity you will practise your reading skill with the help of some useful strategies.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="
            oucontent-activity
           oucontent-s-heavybox1 oucontent-s-box "&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-outer-box"&gt;&lt;h2 class="oucontent-h3 oucontent-heading oucontent-nonumber"&gt;Attività 13&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-inner-box"&gt;&lt;div class="
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        "&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-saq-question"&gt;&lt;p&gt;Sara writes a diary entry every evening. Read the following page from her diary and answer the questions briefly in your own words.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Sara ogni sera scrive una pagina di diario. Leggete il seguente testo tratto dal suo diario e rispondete brevemente e con parole vostre alle domande.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-figure" style="width:397px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/pluginfile.php/689605/mod_oucontent/oucontent/33570/51e299a7/586249ee/l150_u3_lb1_f004.jpg" alt="Described image" width="397" height="258" style="max-width:397px;" class="oucontent-figure-image" longdesc="view.php&amp;extra=longdesc_idm45721211992352"/&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-figure-text"&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-caption oucontent-nonumber"&gt;&lt;span class="oucontent-figure-caption"&gt;Figure 11&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-longdesclink oucontent-longdesconly"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/mod/oucontent/view.php?id=48122&amp;extra=longdesc_idm45721211992352&amp;clicked=1"&gt;Long description&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a id="back_longdesc_idm45721211992352"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-quote oucontent-s-box"&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Caro diario,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Stamattina sono andata a fare la spesa al supermercato qui all’angolo. Andavo di fretta, ma all’entrata del supermercato, ho trovato la signora Bassi, la portinaia, che mi ha bloccato per circa mezz’ora… La signora Luisella Bassi è una signora di più o meno settant’anni, bassa e grassa, ha i capelli grigi e gli occhi piccoli, piccoli, ma sempre attenti.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;È la pettegola del quartiere: sa tutto di tutti e passa le giornate in portineria a parlare degli altri. È terribilmente curiosa. Incontrarla quando si ha fretta è una tragedia perché parla per ore!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Lasciata la signora, ho fatto la spesa e ho passato l’intera giornata a cucinare. Domani vengono a cena dei carissimi amici: Alì e Federica con il piccolo Leo, Simone con il suo nuovo fidanzato Riccardo e mia sorella Clara. Ti ho mai parlato di loro, diario?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Alì è un ricercatore marocchino, ha fatto un dottorato in Italia dove ha conosciuto Federica, una mia amica d’infanzia. Vivono insieme da nove anni e hanno un bimbo di sei, Leo, che fa la prima elementare.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Sono simpatici, allegri, molto generosi e sempre disponibili. Simone, un altro amico d’infanzia, ci vuole presentare Riccardo; sono insieme da ormai quattro mesi. Simone dice che Riccardo è un ragazzo molto intelligente e socievole, fa il giornalista e ha sempre qualche aneddoto da raccontare… proprio come Simone!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Come descrivere mia sorella Clara… è una persona molto estroversa e dinamica. Fa mille sport, ha molti amici e una vita sociale molto intensa. Ha molti corteggiatori perché oltre ad essere interessante e colta, è anche molto bella.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Faccio una pasta alla carbonara come primo e un pollo arrosto con patate e verdure come secondo. Speriamo di non bruciare tutto!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Domani ti racconto com’è andata la cena.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Buona notte, diario.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Sara&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-saq-randomstuff"&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="
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           oucontent-saqtype-part oucontent-saqwith-freeresponse"&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-saq-question"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;1 Chi è la signora Bassi?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Interactive content appears here. Please visit the website to use it&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div class="oucontent-saq-interactiveanswer" data-showtext="" data-hidetext=""&gt;&lt;h3 class="oucontent-h4"&gt;Answer&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;1 La signora Bassi è la portinaia di Sara. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="
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           oucontent-saqtype-part oucontent-saqwith-freeresponse"&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-saq-question"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;2 Come viene descritta fisicamente e in quanto a carattere?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Interactive content appears here. Please visit the website to use it&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div class="oucontent-saq-interactiveanswer" data-showtext="" data-hidetext=""&gt;&lt;h3 class="oucontent-h4"&gt;Answer&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;2 È bassa e grassa, ha i capelli grigi, gli occhi piccolissimi, ma attenti. Ha circa settant’anni. Parla troppo ed è molto curiosa. È una pettegola e parla sempre degli altri.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="
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           oucontent-saqtype-part oucontent-saqwith-freeresponse"&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-saq-question"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;3 Chi sono Alì, Federica e Leo e che cosa fanno?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Interactive content appears here. Please visit the website to use it&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div class="oucontent-saq-interactiveanswer" data-showtext="" data-hidetext=""&gt;&lt;h3 class="oucontent-h4"&gt;Answer&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;3 Alì, Federica e Leo sono amici di Sara. Alì è un ricercatore marocchino, ha conosciuto Federica, un’amica d’infanzia di Sara, mentre faceva il dottorato in Italia. Vivono insieme da nove anni. Leo è il loro figlio, ha sei anni e fa la prima elementare.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="
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           oucontent-saqtype-part oucontent-saqwith-freeresponse"&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-saq-question"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;4 Come sono Alì e Federica?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Interactive content appears here. Please visit the website to use it&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div class="oucontent-saq-interactiveanswer" data-showtext="" data-hidetext=""&gt;&lt;h3 class="oucontent-h4"&gt;Answer&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;4 Sono simpatici, allegri, disponibili e generosi.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="
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           oucontent-saqtype-part oucontent-saqwith-freeresponse"&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-saq-question"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;5 Chi sono Simone e Riccardo?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Interactive content appears here. Please visit the website to use it&lt;/div&gt;

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&lt;div class="oucontent-saq-interactiveanswer" data-showtext="" data-hidetext=""&gt;&lt;h3 class="oucontent-h4"&gt;Answer&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;8 Oggi Sara ha fatto la spesa e cucinato. Domani ha amici a cena.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-box oucontent-s-heavybox2 oucontent-s-box "&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-outer-box"&gt;&lt;h2 class="oucontent-h3 oucontent-heading oucontent-nonumber"&gt;Box 4 Similar-looking words in the two languages&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-inner-box"&gt;&lt;p&gt;When you read a text for the first time, it’s a good idea to start by focusing on the words you know and try and get the gist of the meaning. By looking closely you can often find clues to help work out words you have not come across before. 'Cognates' are a help: these are words which look similar to words in English. For example, in the text you have just read, &lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;supermercato &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt; means ‘supermarket’, &lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;generosi &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;means ‘generous’ and &lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;aneddoto &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt; means ‘anecdote’. Many European languages have words with common origins which are similar in spelling and meaning.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;You can't rely on these similar-looking words always meaning the same in both language, though. Occasionally you may be caught out by ‘false friends’ (&lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;falsi amici&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;) – words that look similar but have different meanings. An example of one is the word &lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;argomento &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt; which means ‘subject’, 'matter' or 'topic', not ‘argument’, although it can mean an intellectual ‘argument’ or line of thought.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;‘Library’ and &lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;libreria &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;(‘bookshop’) are clearly false friends. You would be right, however, to assume that these words are related linguistically and share the same origin. So cognates might provide clues or links to the meaning but may not be a correct and usable translation.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</dc:description><dc:publisher>The Open University</dc:publisher><dc:creator>The Open University</dc:creator><dc:type>Course</dc:type><dc:format>text/html</dc:format><dc:language>en-GB</dc:language><dc:source>Intermediate Italian: describing people - L150_1</dc:source><cc:license>Copyright © 2016 The Open University</cc:license></item>
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      <title>Practising describing people</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2016 16:01:11 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;In this activity you will practise your writing and speaking skills.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="&amp;#10;            oucontent-activity&amp;#10;           oucontent-s-heavybox1 oucontent-s-box "&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-outer-box"&gt;&lt;h2 class="oucontent-h3 oucontent-heading oucontent-nonumber"&gt;Attivit&amp;#xE0; 14&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-inner-box"&gt;&lt;div class="&amp;#10;            oucontent-saq&amp;#10;           oucontent-saqtype-part oucontent-saqwith-voicerecorder oucontent-part-first&amp;#10;        "&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-saq-question"&gt;&lt;p&gt;Mrs Bassi is a bit of a caricature. Imagine a busybody and chatterbox like her and describe his/ her physical aspect and personality. You might like to record yourself saying it, and listen to your recording. (About 100 words)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;La signora Bassi &amp;#xE8; un po’ una caricatura. Immaginate una persona chiacchierona e pettegola come lei. Descrivete il suo aspetto fisico ed il suo carattere (aspetti positivi e negativi). (Massimo 100 parole)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-figure" style="width:342px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/pluginfile.php/689605/mod_oucontent/oucontent/33570/51e299a7/6e94c17e/142722922_6ebc1c5ed9_za.jpg" alt="Described image" width="342" height="379" style="max-width:342px;" class="oucontent-figure-image" longdesc="view.php&amp;amp;extra=longdesc_idm45721211941152"/&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-figure-text"&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-caption oucontent-nonumber"&gt;&lt;span class="oucontent-figure-caption"&gt;Figure 12&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-longdesclink oucontent-longdesconly"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/mod/oucontent/view.php?id=48122&amp;amp;extra=longdesc_idm45721211941152&amp;amp;clicked=1"&gt;Long description&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a id="back_longdesc_idm45721211941152"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Interactive content appears here. Please visit the website to use it&lt;/div&gt;

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      <title>Useful adjectives for describing people</title>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;You now move on to more elaborate descriptions of people, as found in stories and novels.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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    <dc:title>4  Literary description</dc:title><dc:identifier>L150_1</dc:identifier><dc:description>&lt;p&gt;You now move on to more elaborate descriptions of people, as found in stories and novels.&lt;/p&gt;</dc:description><dc:publisher>The Open University</dc:publisher><dc:creator>The Open University</dc:creator><dc:type>Course</dc:type><dc:format>text/html</dc:format><dc:language>en-GB</dc:language><dc:source>Intermediate Italian: describing people - L150_1</dc:source><cc:license>Copyright © 2016 The Open University</cc:license></item>
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      <title>Natalia Ginzburg</title>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Description is an essential part of a narrative text, since it not only introduces the setting to the reader but also introduces characters and events. You will soon be reading a short descriptive extract from a literary text by Natalia Ginzburg.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-box oucontent-s-siderule oucontent-s-box "&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-outer-box"&gt;&lt;h2 class="oucontent-h3 oucontent-heading oucontent-nonumber"&gt;Natalia Ginzburg&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-inner-box"&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-figure oucontent-media-mini"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/pluginfile.php/689605/mod_oucontent/oucontent/33570/003556fb/acf11f97/rrn70652.jpg" alt="Described image" width="150" height="204" style="max-width:150px;" class="oucontent-figure-image" longdesc="view.php?id=48122&amp;amp;extra=longdesc_idm45721211920032"/&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-figure-text"&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-caption oucontent-nonumber"&gt;&lt;span class="oucontent-figure-caption"&gt;Figure 14&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-longdesclink oucontent-longdesconly"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/mod/oucontent/view.php?id=48122&amp;amp;extra=longdesc_idm45721211920032&amp;amp;clicked=1"&gt;Long description&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a id="back_longdesc_idm45721211920032"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Natalia Ginzburg was born Natalia Levi in Palermo in 1916. Her father’s family was Jewish and her mother’s was Catholic, but she was brought up an atheist. In 1919 the family moved to Turin, where the Levi household became a meeting place for many intellectuals who opposed Mussolini. Natalia studied at the University of Turin. In 1938 she married the political activist Leone Ginzburg. The Ginzburgs spent some years in Abruzzo, where Leone was sent into exile for political reasons, though they both went to Rome secretly to edit an anti-Fascist newspaper. Ginzburg’s first novel was published under a pseudonym because of the race laws. Leone Ginzburg was arrested and killed by the Fascists in 1944 and in the 1950s Natalia remarried and returned to Rome, where she began her most prolific period of writing.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Among her best-known works are &lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Lessico famigliare&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt; (1963), an account of her childhood through her family’s sayings and phrases, and the play &lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Ti ho sposato per allegria&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt; (1965). Ginzburg wrote about her personal experiences in a fictionalised form and many of her works are based on memories of her childhood and youth in Turin. She died on 7 October 1991.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;First of all, you can do some vocabulary work to prepare you for the reading activity coming up next.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="&amp;#10;            oucontent-activity&amp;#10;           oucontent-s-heavybox1 oucontent-s-box "&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-outer-box"&gt;&lt;h2 class="oucontent-h3 oucontent-heading oucontent-nonumber"&gt;Attivit&amp;#xE0; 16&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-inner-box"&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-saq-question"&gt;&lt;p&gt;Read the following expressions (which occur in the next activity) and match them to the corresponding drawings.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Leggete le seguenti parole e abbinatele alle immagini corrispondenti.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Interactive content appears here. Please visit the website to use it&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
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    <dc:title>Natalia Ginzburg</dc:title><dc:identifier>L150_1</dc:identifier><dc:description>&lt;p&gt;Description is an essential part of a narrative text, since it not only introduces the setting to the reader but also introduces characters and events. You will soon be reading a short descriptive extract from a literary text by Natalia Ginzburg.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-box oucontent-s-siderule oucontent-s-box "&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-outer-box"&gt;&lt;h2 class="oucontent-h3 oucontent-heading oucontent-nonumber"&gt;Natalia Ginzburg&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-inner-box"&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-figure oucontent-media-mini"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/pluginfile.php/689605/mod_oucontent/oucontent/33570/003556fb/acf11f97/rrn70652.jpg" alt="Described image" width="150" height="204" style="max-width:150px;" class="oucontent-figure-image" longdesc="view.php?id=48122&amp;extra=longdesc_idm45721211920032"/&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-figure-text"&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-caption oucontent-nonumber"&gt;&lt;span class="oucontent-figure-caption"&gt;Figure 14&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-longdesclink oucontent-longdesconly"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/mod/oucontent/view.php?id=48122&amp;extra=longdesc_idm45721211920032&amp;clicked=1"&gt;Long description&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a id="back_longdesc_idm45721211920032"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Natalia Ginzburg was born Natalia Levi in Palermo in 1916. Her father’s family was Jewish and her mother’s was Catholic, but she was brought up an atheist. In 1919 the family moved to Turin, where the Levi household became a meeting place for many intellectuals who opposed Mussolini. Natalia studied at the University of Turin. In 1938 she married the political activist Leone Ginzburg. The Ginzburgs spent some years in Abruzzo, where Leone was sent into exile for political reasons, though they both went to Rome secretly to edit an anti-Fascist newspaper. Ginzburg’s first novel was published under a pseudonym because of the race laws. Leone Ginzburg was arrested and killed by the Fascists in 1944 and in the 1950s Natalia remarried and returned to Rome, where she began her most prolific period of writing.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Among her best-known works are &lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Lessico famigliare&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt; (1963), an account of her childhood through her family’s sayings and phrases, and the play &lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Ti ho sposato per allegria&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt; (1965). Ginzburg wrote about her personal experiences in a fictionalised form and many of her works are based on memories of her childhood and youth in Turin. She died on 7 October 1991.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;First of all, you can do some vocabulary work to prepare you for the reading activity coming up next.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="
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           oucontent-s-heavybox1 oucontent-s-box "&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-outer-box"&gt;&lt;h2 class="oucontent-h3 oucontent-heading oucontent-nonumber"&gt;Attività 16&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-inner-box"&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-saq-question"&gt;&lt;p&gt;Read the following expressions (which occur in the next activity) and match them to the corresponding drawings.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Leggete le seguenti parole e abbinatele alle immagini corrispondenti.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Interactive content appears here. Please visit the website to use it&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</dc:description><dc:publisher>The Open University</dc:publisher><dc:creator>The Open University</dc:creator><dc:type>Course</dc:type><dc:format>text/html</dc:format><dc:language>en-GB</dc:language><dc:source>Intermediate Italian: describing people - L150_1</dc:source><cc:license>Copyright © 2016 The Open University</cc:license></item>
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      <link>https://www.open.edu/openlearn/languages/intermediate-italian-describing-people/content-section-4.2</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2016 16:01:11 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;In this activity you will read an extract from Natalia Ginzburg's novel &lt;i&gt;La citt&amp;#xE0; e la casa&lt;/i&gt;, looking for specific vocabulary or expressions used to describe people.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="&amp;#10;            oucontent-activity&amp;#10;           oucontent-s-heavybox1 oucontent-s-box "&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-outer-box"&gt;&lt;h2 class="oucontent-h3 oucontent-heading oucontent-nonumber"&gt;Attivit&amp;#xE0; 17&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-inner-box"&gt;&lt;div class="&amp;#10;            oucontent-saq&amp;#10;           oucontent-saqtype-part oucontent-part-first&amp;#10;        "&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-saq-question"&gt;&lt;p&gt;Scan-read the following text and complete the table below it using expressions you found in the text or other expressions you have learned.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Leggete il testo di nuovo e completate la tabella qui sotto usando parole tratte dal testo e altre parole che conoscete.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-quote oucontent-s-box"&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;La Zez&amp;#xE9; &amp;#xE8; nera, panciuta, larga di fianchi e magra di spalle e di gambe, con dei piedi ossuti, larghi e piatti. &amp;#xC8; alta quasi quanto me e dice che io sono la pi&amp;#xF9; alta di tutte le signore che ha avuto. Arriva a mezzogiorno con le sacche della spesa. Quando piove ha un impermeabile finta tigre. Per fare le faccende si mette in testa un fazzoletto fatto a turbante. &amp;#xC8; nata nel Capo Verde, ma &amp;#xE8; cresciuta in casa di una zia a Torpignattara.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Non le piacciono le donne alte. Lei &amp;#xE8; alta ma ben proporzionata, ha le gambe sottili per sua fortuna, io non le ho tanto sottili per mia disgrazia. [&amp;#x2026;] Trova che io mi pettino male. Cos&amp;#xEC; come mi pettino con i capelli tutti puntati in cima alla testa, si vede troppo la mia faccia magra, con le occhiaie e le rughe. Lei ha la faccia piena e non ha bisogno di nasconderla coi capelli. I suoi capelli sono ricci, crespi e gonfi, li taglia ben corti [&amp;#x2026;]. Ha invece di capelli bianchi ne ho tanti, e chiss&amp;#xE0; cosa aspetto a tingerli non si sa.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Io sul momento sono la sua sola signora. Prima di venire da me va in piazza San Cosimato, un’ora da Egisto, dove non c’&amp;#xE8; niente da fare perch&amp;#xE9; Egisto &amp;#xE8; pulito e preciso, poi due ore al piano di sotto da Alberico e l&amp;#xEC; c’&amp;#xE8; un casino. N&amp;#xE9; da Egisto n&amp;#xE9; da Alberico ci sono signore. [&amp;#x2026;] Dopo che &amp;#xE8; stata da me va ancora a stirare da un architetto, e anche l&amp;#xEC; non ci sono signore. A lei piace il lavoro quando c’&amp;#xE8; almeno una signora.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Viene da me a mezzogiorno e se ne va alle quattro e mezzo. Alle quattro dovrebbe andare a prendere Vito all’asilo, ma non le va di andarci. Vito &amp;#xE8; troppo vivace e lei non ha voglia di corrergli dietro per strada. Non le piace portare a spasso bambini.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-source-reference"&gt;(Ginzburg, 1984)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-table oucontent-s-normal noborder oucontent-s-box"&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-table-wrapper"&gt;&lt;table id="idm45721211881712"&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;th scope="col"&gt;&lt;/th&gt;&lt;th scope="col"&gt;&lt;/th&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Statura e corporatura&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;panciuta, &amp;#x2026;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;form class="oucontent-cellfreeresponse" id="fr1"
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&lt;div class="oucontent-saq-answer" data-showtext="Reveal answer" data-hidetext="Hide answer"&gt;&lt;h3 class="oucontent-h4"&gt;Answer&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-table oucontent-s-type2 oucontent-s-box"&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-table-wrapper"&gt;&lt;table&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Statura e corporatura&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;panciuta, larga di fianchi,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;magra di spalle e di gambe,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;alta, ben proporzionata, con&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;gambe sottili, alta, magra, un&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;po’ grasso&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Occhi&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;verdi, azzurri, castani, piccoli,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;sempre attenti, porta gli&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;occhiali&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Capelli&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;tutti neri, ricci, crespi e gonfi,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;puntati in cima alla testa,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;bianchi, lunghi, castani, corti,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;biondi, grigi&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Abbigliamento&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;jeans, un impermeabile finta&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;tigre, un fazzoletto fatto a&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;turbante, elegante&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Aspetto in generale&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;carino, bello, brutto,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;attraente, sportivo&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Et&amp;#xE0;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;giovane, anziano&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Carattere&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;vivace, preciso, pettegola,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;curiosa, simpatici, allegri,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;generosi, disponibili,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;intelligente, socievole,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;estroversa, dinamica,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;interessante, colta, timida,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;noiosa, insopportabile&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="&amp;#10;            oucontent-saq&amp;#10;           oucontent-saqtype-part oucontent-part-last&amp;#10;        "&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-saq-question"&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-quote oucontent-s-box"&gt;&lt;h3 class="oucontent-h3 oucontent-heading oucontent-basic"&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Vocabolario&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;la statura&amp;#xA0;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;i&gt;height&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;la corporatura&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;build&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-box oucontent-s-heavybox2 oucontent-s-box "&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-outer-box"&gt;&lt;h2 class="oucontent-h3 oucontent-heading oucontent-nonumber"&gt;Box 5 Reading techniques: reading for gist and scanning&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-inner-box"&gt;&lt;p&gt;Reading for gist is about getting the general idea of what a particular text is about. Various clues such as the format, use of visuals or a specific style help the reader understand the genre and register of a text and grasp its overall meaning without needing to engage fully with grammar and syntax. This technique is also known as 'skimming' or 'reading for meaning'.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;'Scan-reading' or 'scanning' is speed-reading a text to look for specific clues, such as numbers, names or other details that provide specific information.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Both skimming and scanning are useful preparatory reading techniques for familiarising yourself with a text before in-depth reading.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
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        "&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-saq-question"&gt;&lt;p&gt;Scan-read the following text and complete the table below it using expressions you found in the text or other expressions you have learned.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Leggete il testo di nuovo e completate la tabella qui sotto usando parole tratte dal testo e altre parole che conoscete.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-quote oucontent-s-box"&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;La Zezé è nera, panciuta, larga di fianchi e magra di spalle e di gambe, con dei piedi ossuti, larghi e piatti. È alta quasi quanto me e dice che io sono la più alta di tutte le signore che ha avuto. Arriva a mezzogiorno con le sacche della spesa. Quando piove ha un impermeabile finta tigre. Per fare le faccende si mette in testa un fazzoletto fatto a turbante. È nata nel Capo Verde, ma è cresciuta in casa di una zia a Torpignattara.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Non le piacciono le donne alte. Lei è alta ma ben proporzionata, ha le gambe sottili per sua fortuna, io non le ho tanto sottili per mia disgrazia. […] Trova che io mi pettino male. Così come mi pettino con i capelli tutti puntati in cima alla testa, si vede troppo la mia faccia magra, con le occhiaie e le rughe. Lei ha la faccia piena e non ha bisogno di nasconderla coi capelli. I suoi capelli sono ricci, crespi e gonfi, li taglia ben corti […]. Ha invece di capelli bianchi ne ho tanti, e chissà cosa aspetto a tingerli non si sa.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Io sul momento sono la sua sola signora. Prima di venire da me va in piazza San Cosimato, un’ora da Egisto, dove non c’è niente da fare perché Egisto è pulito e preciso, poi due ore al piano di sotto da Alberico e lì c’è un casino. Né da Egisto né da Alberico ci sono signore. […] Dopo che è stata da me va ancora a stirare da un architetto, e anche lì non ci sono signore. A lei piace il lavoro quando c’è almeno una signora.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Viene da me a mezzogiorno e se ne va alle quattro e mezzo. Alle quattro dovrebbe andare a prendere Vito all’asilo, ma non le va di andarci. Vito è troppo vivace e lei non ha voglia di corrergli dietro per strada. Non le piace portare a spasso bambini.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-source-reference"&gt;(Ginzburg, 1984)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-table oucontent-s-normal noborder oucontent-s-box"&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-table-wrapper"&gt;&lt;table id="idm45721211881712"&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;th scope="col"&gt;&lt;/th&gt;&lt;th scope="col"&gt;&lt;/th&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Statura e corporatura&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;panciuta, …&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;form class="oucontent-cellfreeresponse" id="fr1"
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&lt;div class="oucontent-saq-answer" data-showtext="Reveal answer" data-hidetext="Hide answer"&gt;&lt;h3 class="oucontent-h4"&gt;Answer&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-table oucontent-s-type2 oucontent-s-box"&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-table-wrapper"&gt;&lt;table&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Statura e corporatura&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;panciuta, larga di fianchi,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;magra di spalle e di gambe,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;alta, ben proporzionata, con&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;gambe sottili, alta, magra, un&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;po’ grasso&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Occhi&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;verdi, azzurri, castani, piccoli,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;sempre attenti, porta gli&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;occhiali&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Capelli&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;tutti neri, ricci, crespi e gonfi,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;puntati in cima alla testa,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;bianchi, lunghi, castani, corti,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;biondi, grigi&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Abbigliamento&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;jeans, un impermeabile finta&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;tigre, un fazzoletto fatto a&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;turbante, elegante&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Aspetto in generale&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;carino, bello, brutto,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;attraente, sportivo&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Età&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;giovane, anziano&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Carattere&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;vivace, preciso, pettegola,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;curiosa, simpatici, allegri,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;generosi, disponibili,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;intelligente, socievole,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;estroversa, dinamica,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;interessante, colta, timida,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;noiosa, insopportabile&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="
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        "&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-saq-question"&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-quote oucontent-s-box"&gt;&lt;h3 class="oucontent-h3 oucontent-heading oucontent-basic"&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Vocabolario&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;la statura &lt;/span&gt;  &lt;i&gt;height&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;la corporatura   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;build&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-box oucontent-s-heavybox2 oucontent-s-box "&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-outer-box"&gt;&lt;h2 class="oucontent-h3 oucontent-heading oucontent-nonumber"&gt;Box 5 Reading techniques: reading for gist and scanning&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-inner-box"&gt;&lt;p&gt;Reading for gist is about getting the general idea of what a particular text is about. Various clues such as the format, use of visuals or a specific style help the reader understand the genre and register of a text and grasp its overall meaning without needing to engage fully with grammar and syntax. This technique is also known as 'skimming' or 'reading for meaning'.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;'Scan-reading' or 'scanning' is speed-reading a text to look for specific clues, such as numbers, names or other details that provide specific information.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Both skimming and scanning are useful preparatory reading techniques for familiarising yourself with a text before in-depth reading.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</dc:description><dc:publisher>The Open University</dc:publisher><dc:creator>The Open University</dc:creator><dc:type>Course</dc:type><dc:format>text/html</dc:format><dc:language>en-GB</dc:language><dc:source>Intermediate Italian: describing people - L150_1</dc:source><cc:license>Copyright © 2016 The Open University</cc:license></item>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2016 16:01:11 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;In this activity you have an opportunity to read the extract again, this time looking for background information.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="&amp;#10;            oucontent-activity&amp;#10;           oucontent-s-heavybox1 oucontent-s-box "&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-outer-box"&gt;&lt;h2 class="oucontent-h3 oucontent-heading oucontent-nonumber"&gt;Attivit&amp;#xE0; 18&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-inner-box"&gt;&lt;div class="&amp;#10;            oucontent-saq&amp;#10;           oucontent-saqtype-part oucontent-saqwith-singlechoice oucontent-part-first&amp;#10;        "&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-saq-question"&gt;&lt;p&gt;Read the text and decide whether the statements are true or false. Correct the false ones.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Leggete il testo e decidete se le affermazioni sono vere o false e correggete le false.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-quote oucontent-s-box"&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;La Zez&amp;#xE9; &amp;#xE8; nera, panciuta, larga di fianchi e magra di spalle e di gambe, con dei piedi ossuti, larghi e piatti. &amp;#xC8; alta quasi quanto me e dice che io sono la pi&amp;#xF9; alta di tutte le signore che ha avuto. Arriva a mezzogiorno con le sacche della spesa.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Quando piove ha un impermeabile finta tigre. Per fare le faccende si mette in testa un fazzoletto fatto a turbante. &amp;#xC8; nata nel Capo Verde, ma &amp;#xE8; cresciuta in casa d’una zia a Torpignattara.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Non le piacciono le donne alte. Lei &amp;#xE8; alta ma ben proporzionata, ha le gambe sottili per sua fortuna, io non le ho tanto sottili per mia disgrazia. [&amp;#x2026;] Trova che io mi pettino male. Cos&amp;#xEC; come mi pettino coni capelli tutti puntati in cima alla testa, si vede troppo la mia faccia magra, con le occhiaie e le rughe. Lei ha la faccia piena e non ha bisogno di nasconderla coi capelli. I suoi capelli sono ricci, crespi e gonfi, li taglia ben corti [&amp;#x2026;]. Ha i capelli ancora tutti neri per sua fortuna. Io invece di capelli bianchi ne ho tanti, e chiss&amp;#xE0; cosa aspetto a tingerli, non si sa.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Io sul momento sono la sua sola signora. Prima di venire da me va in piazza San Cosimato, un’ora da Egisto, dove non c’&amp;#xE8; niente da fare perch&amp;#xE9; Egisto &amp;#xE8; pulito e preciso, poi due ore al piano di sotto da Alberico e l&amp;#xEC; c’&amp;#xE8; un casino. N&amp;#xE9; da Egisto n&amp;#xE9; da Alberico ci sono signore. [&amp;#x2026;] Dopo che &amp;#xE8; stata da me va ancora a stirare da un architetto, e anche l&amp;#xEC; non ci sono signore. A lei piace il lavoro quando c’&amp;#xE8; almeno una signora.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Viene da me a mezzogiorno e se ne va alle quattro e mezzo. Alle quattro dovrebbe andare a prendere Vito all’asilo, ma non le va di andarci. Vito &amp;#xE8; troppo vivace e lei non ha voglia di corrergli dietro per strada. Non le piace portare a spasso bambini.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-source-reference"&gt;(Ginzburg, 1984)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-box oucontent-s-heavybox1 oucontent-s-box "&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-outer-box"&gt;&lt;h3 class="oucontent-h3 oucontent-heading oucontent-nonumber"&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Vocabolario&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-inner-box"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;crespo,-a&lt;/span&gt;&amp;#x2003;&lt;i&gt;frizzy&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;tingere i capelli&amp;#x2003;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;to dye one’s hair&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;un casino&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;colloquiale&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;)&amp;#x2003;&lt;i&gt;(here:) a mess&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;1 La Zez&amp;#xE9; lavora come domestica in varie case.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Interactive content appears here. Please visit the website to use it&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="&amp;#10;            oucontent-saq&amp;#10;           oucontent-saqtype-part oucontent-saqwith-singlechoice"&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-saq-question"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;2 La Zez&amp;#xE9; &amp;#xE8; alta quasi quanto la signora.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Interactive content appears here. Please visit the website to use it&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="&amp;#10;            oucontent-saq&amp;#10;           oucontent-saqtype-part oucontent-saqwith-singlechoice"&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-saq-question"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;3 La Zez&amp;#xE9; &amp;#xE8; africana, di recente si &amp;#xE8; trasferita in Italia.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Interactive content appears here. Please visit the website to use it&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="&amp;#10;            oucontent-saq&amp;#10;           oucontent-saqtype-part oucontent-saqwith-singlechoice"&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-saq-question"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;4 La Zez&amp;#xE9; &amp;#xE8; abbastanza critica nei confronti della signora.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Interactive content appears here. Please visit the website to use it&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="&amp;#10;            oucontent-saq&amp;#10;           oucontent-saqtype-part oucontent-saqwith-singlechoice"&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-saq-question"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;5 Le piace come la signora si pettina.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Interactive content appears here. Please visit the website to use it&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="&amp;#10;            oucontent-saq&amp;#10;           oucontent-saqtype-part oucontent-saqwith-singlechoice"&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-saq-question"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;6 La signora si sente un po’ inferiore rispetto alla Zez&amp;#xE9;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Interactive content appears here. Please visit the website to use it&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="&amp;#10;            oucontent-saq&amp;#10;           oucontent-saqtype-part oucontent-saqwith-singlechoice oucontent-part-last&amp;#10;        "&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-saq-question"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;7 La Zez&amp;#xE9; &amp;#xE8; una donna decisa, che sa quello che vuole!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Interactive content appears here. Please visit the website to use it&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-box oucontent-s-heavybox2 oucontent-s-box "&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-outer-box"&gt;&lt;h2 class="oucontent-h3 oucontent-heading oucontent-nonumber"&gt;Box 6 Using a bilingual dictionary&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-inner-box"&gt;&lt;p&gt;When reading longer or literary texts, you will probably need to use a bilingual dictionary. Remember that not all the parts or variations of the word will be listed as headword entries, so it helps to know what the &amp;#x2018;basic’ form of a word is.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;#x2022; Verbs will be listed under their &lt;b&gt;infinitive&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;form&lt;/b&gt;, for example &lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;andare &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;not &lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;vado&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;#x2022; Nouns in the &lt;b&gt;singular&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;form&lt;/b&gt;, for example &lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;chiave &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;not &lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;chiavi&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;) .&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;#x2022; Adjectives in the &lt;b&gt;masculine singular form &lt;/b&gt;, for example &lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;allegro &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;not &lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;allegre&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;) .&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;For reflexive verbs (also known as pronominal verbs), you will usually need to look up the basic verb without the reflexive pronoun. So, for example, &lt;i&gt;alzarsi &lt;/i&gt; will be found as a subheading of the entry &lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;alzare&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;, marked as v.pr. (&lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;verbo pronominale&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;) or v.r. (&lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;verbo riflessivo&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
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    <dc:title>Checking meaning</dc:title><dc:identifier>L150_1</dc:identifier><dc:description>&lt;p&gt;In this activity you have an opportunity to read the extract again, this time looking for background information.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="
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        "&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-saq-question"&gt;&lt;p&gt;Read the text and decide whether the statements are true or false. Correct the false ones.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Leggete il testo e decidete se le affermazioni sono vere o false e correggete le false.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-quote oucontent-s-box"&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;La Zezé è nera, panciuta, larga di fianchi e magra di spalle e di gambe, con dei piedi ossuti, larghi e piatti. È alta quasi quanto me e dice che io sono la più alta di tutte le signore che ha avuto. Arriva a mezzogiorno con le sacche della spesa.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Quando piove ha un impermeabile finta tigre. Per fare le faccende si mette in testa un fazzoletto fatto a turbante. È nata nel Capo Verde, ma è cresciuta in casa d’una zia a Torpignattara.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Non le piacciono le donne alte. Lei è alta ma ben proporzionata, ha le gambe sottili per sua fortuna, io non le ho tanto sottili per mia disgrazia. […] Trova che io mi pettino male. Così come mi pettino coni capelli tutti puntati in cima alla testa, si vede troppo la mia faccia magra, con le occhiaie e le rughe. Lei ha la faccia piena e non ha bisogno di nasconderla coi capelli. I suoi capelli sono ricci, crespi e gonfi, li taglia ben corti […]. Ha i capelli ancora tutti neri per sua fortuna. Io invece di capelli bianchi ne ho tanti, e chissà cosa aspetto a tingerli, non si sa.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Io sul momento sono la sua sola signora. Prima di venire da me va in piazza San Cosimato, un’ora da Egisto, dove non c’è niente da fare perché Egisto è pulito e preciso, poi due ore al piano di sotto da Alberico e lì c’è un casino. Né da Egisto né da Alberico ci sono signore. […] Dopo che è stata da me va ancora a stirare da un architetto, e anche lì non ci sono signore. A lei piace il lavoro quando c’è almeno una signora.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Viene da me a mezzogiorno e se ne va alle quattro e mezzo. Alle quattro dovrebbe andare a prendere Vito all’asilo, ma non le va di andarci. Vito è troppo vivace e lei non ha voglia di corrergli dietro per strada. Non le piace portare a spasso bambini.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-source-reference"&gt;(Ginzburg, 1984)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-box oucontent-s-heavybox1 oucontent-s-box "&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-outer-box"&gt;&lt;h3 class="oucontent-h3 oucontent-heading oucontent-nonumber"&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Vocabolario&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-inner-box"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;crespo,-a&lt;/span&gt; &lt;i&gt;frizzy&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;tingere i capelli &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;to dye one’s hair&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;un casino&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;colloquiale&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;) &lt;i&gt;(here:) a mess&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;1 La Zezé lavora come domestica in varie case.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Interactive content appears here. Please visit the website to use it&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="
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           oucontent-saqtype-part oucontent-saqwith-singlechoice"&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-saq-question"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;2 La Zezé è alta quasi quanto la signora.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Interactive content appears here. Please visit the website to use it&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="
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           oucontent-saqtype-part oucontent-saqwith-singlechoice"&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-saq-question"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;3 La Zezé è africana, di recente si è trasferita in Italia.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Interactive content appears here. Please visit the website to use it&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="
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           oucontent-saqtype-part oucontent-saqwith-singlechoice"&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-saq-question"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;4 La Zezé è abbastanza critica nei confronti della signora.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Interactive content appears here. Please visit the website to use it&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="
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           oucontent-saqtype-part oucontent-saqwith-singlechoice"&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-saq-question"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;5 Le piace come la signora si pettina.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Interactive content appears here. Please visit the website to use it&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="
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           oucontent-saqtype-part oucontent-saqwith-singlechoice"&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-saq-question"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;6 La signora si sente un po’ inferiore rispetto alla Zezé.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Interactive content appears here. Please visit the website to use it&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="
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        "&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-saq-question"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;7 La Zezé è una donna decisa, che sa quello che vuole!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Interactive content appears here. Please visit the website to use it&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-box oucontent-s-heavybox2 oucontent-s-box "&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-outer-box"&gt;&lt;h2 class="oucontent-h3 oucontent-heading oucontent-nonumber"&gt;Box 6 Using a bilingual dictionary&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-inner-box"&gt;&lt;p&gt;When reading longer or literary texts, you will probably need to use a bilingual dictionary. Remember that not all the parts or variations of the word will be listed as headword entries, so it helps to know what the ‘basic’ form of a word is.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;• Verbs will be listed under their &lt;b&gt;infinitive&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;form&lt;/b&gt;, for example &lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;andare &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;not &lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;vado&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;• Nouns in the &lt;b&gt;singular&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;form&lt;/b&gt;, for example &lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;chiave &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;not &lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;chiavi&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;) .&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;• Adjectives in the &lt;b&gt;masculine singular form &lt;/b&gt;, for example &lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;allegro &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;not &lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;allegre&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;) .&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;For reflexive verbs (also known as pronominal verbs), you will usually need to look up the basic verb without the reflexive pronoun. So, for example, &lt;i&gt;alzarsi &lt;/i&gt; will be found as a subheading of the entry &lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;alzare&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;, marked as v.pr. (&lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;verbo pronominale&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;) or v.r. (&lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;verbo riflessivo&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</dc:description><dc:publisher>The Open University</dc:publisher><dc:creator>The Open University</dc:creator><dc:type>Course</dc:type><dc:format>text/html</dc:format><dc:language>en-GB</dc:language><dc:source>Intermediate Italian: describing people - L150_1</dc:source><cc:license>Copyright © 2016 The Open University</cc:license></item>
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      <title>Detailed reading</title>
      <link>https://www.open.edu/openlearn/languages/intermediate-italian-describing-people/content-section-4.4</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2016 16:01:11 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;In this activity you will consolidate the vocabulary you have learned in the previous activities.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="&amp;#10;            oucontent-activity&amp;#10;           oucontent-s-heavybox1 oucontent-s-box "&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-outer-box"&gt;&lt;h2 class="oucontent-h3 oucontent-heading oucontent-nonumber"&gt;Attivit&amp;#xE0; 19&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-inner-box"&gt;&lt;div class="&amp;#10;            oucontent-saq&amp;#10;           oucontent-saqtype-part oucontent-part-first&amp;#10;        "&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-saq-question"&gt;&lt;p&gt;Complete the following sentences using the correct option.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Completate le frasi scegliendo l’opzione corretta.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-quote oucontent-s-box"&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;La Zez&amp;#xE9; &amp;#xE8; nera, panciuta, larga di fianchi e magra di spalle e di gambe, con dei piedi ossuti, larghi e piatti. &amp;#xC8; alta quasi quanto me e dice che io sono la pi&amp;#xF9; alta di tutte le signore che ha avuto. Arriva a mezzogiorno con le sacche della spesa. Quando piove ha un impermeabile finta tigre. Per fare le faccende si mette in testa un fazzoletto fatto a turbante. &amp;#xC8; nata&amp;#xA0;a Capo Verde, ma &amp;#xE8; cresciuta in casa d'una zia a Torpignattara.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Non le piacciono le donne alte. Lei &amp;#xE8; alta ma ben proporzionata, ha le gambe sottili per sua fortuna, io non le ho tanto sottili per mia disgrazia. (...) Trova che io mi pettino male. Cos&amp;#xEC; come mi pettino con i capelli tutti puntati in cima alla testa, si vede troppo la mia faccia magra, con le occhiaie e le rughe. Lei ha la faccia piena e non ha bisogno di nasconderla coi capelli. I suoi capelli sono ricci, crespi e gonfi, li taglia ben corti (...). Ha i capelli ancora tutti neri per sua fortuna. Io invece di capelli bianchi ne ho tanti, e chiss&amp;#xE0; cosa aspetto a tingerli, non si sa.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="&amp;#10;            oucontent-saq&amp;#10;           oucontent-saqtype-part oucontent-saqwith-singlechoice"&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-saq-question"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Zez&amp;#xE9;&amp;#x2026;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Interactive content appears here. Please visit the website to use it&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="&amp;#10;            oucontent-saq&amp;#10;           oucontent-saqtype-part oucontent-saqwith-singlechoice"&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-saq-question"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Zez&amp;#xE9; &amp;#xE8;&amp;#x2026;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Interactive content appears here. Please visit the website to use it&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="&amp;#10;            oucontent-saq&amp;#10;           oucontent-saqtype-part oucontent-saqwith-singlechoice"&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-saq-question"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Zez&amp;#xE9; ha i capelli&amp;#x2026;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Interactive content appears here. Please visit the website to use it&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="&amp;#10;            oucontent-saq&amp;#10;           oucontent-saqtype-part oucontent-saqwith-singlechoice"&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-saq-question"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Zez&amp;#xE9; ha la faccia&amp;#x2026;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Interactive content appears here. Please visit the website to use it&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="&amp;#10;            oucontent-saq&amp;#10;           oucontent-saqtype-part oucontent-saqwith-singlechoice"&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-saq-question"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Zez&amp;#xE9; porta un turbante&amp;#x2026;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Interactive content appears here. Please visit the website to use it&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="&amp;#10;            oucontent-saq&amp;#10;           oucontent-saqtype-part oucontent-saqwith-singlechoice oucontent-part-last&amp;#10;        "&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-saq-question"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Zez&amp;#xE9;&amp;#x2026;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Interactive content appears here. Please visit the website to use it&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
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    <dc:title>Detailed reading</dc:title><dc:identifier>L150_1</dc:identifier><dc:description>&lt;p&gt;In this activity you will consolidate the vocabulary you have learned in the previous activities.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="
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           oucontent-s-heavybox1 oucontent-s-box "&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-outer-box"&gt;&lt;h2 class="oucontent-h3 oucontent-heading oucontent-nonumber"&gt;Attività 19&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-inner-box"&gt;&lt;div class="
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        "&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-saq-question"&gt;&lt;p&gt;Complete the following sentences using the correct option.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Completate le frasi scegliendo l’opzione corretta.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-quote oucontent-s-box"&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;La Zezé è nera, panciuta, larga di fianchi e magra di spalle e di gambe, con dei piedi ossuti, larghi e piatti. È alta quasi quanto me e dice che io sono la più alta di tutte le signore che ha avuto. Arriva a mezzogiorno con le sacche della spesa. Quando piove ha un impermeabile finta tigre. Per fare le faccende si mette in testa un fazzoletto fatto a turbante. È nata a Capo Verde, ma è cresciuta in casa d'una zia a Torpignattara.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Non le piacciono le donne alte. Lei è alta ma ben proporzionata, ha le gambe sottili per sua fortuna, io non le ho tanto sottili per mia disgrazia. (...) Trova che io mi pettino male. Così come mi pettino con i capelli tutti puntati in cima alla testa, si vede troppo la mia faccia magra, con le occhiaie e le rughe. Lei ha la faccia piena e non ha bisogno di nasconderla coi capelli. I suoi capelli sono ricci, crespi e gonfi, li taglia ben corti (...). Ha i capelli ancora tutti neri per sua fortuna. Io invece di capelli bianchi ne ho tanti, e chissà cosa aspetto a tingerli, non si sa.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="
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           oucontent-saqtype-part oucontent-saqwith-singlechoice"&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-saq-question"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Zezé…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Interactive content appears here. Please visit the website to use it&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="
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           oucontent-saqtype-part oucontent-saqwith-singlechoice"&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-saq-question"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Zezé è…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Interactive content appears here. Please visit the website to use it&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="
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           oucontent-saqtype-part oucontent-saqwith-singlechoice"&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-saq-question"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Zezé ha i capelli…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Interactive content appears here. Please visit the website to use it&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="
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           oucontent-saqtype-part oucontent-saqwith-singlechoice"&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-saq-question"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Zezé ha la faccia…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Interactive content appears here. Please visit the website to use it&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="
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           oucontent-saqtype-part oucontent-saqwith-singlechoice"&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-saq-question"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Zezé porta un turbante…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Interactive content appears here. Please visit the website to use it&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="
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        "&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-saq-question"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Zezé…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Interactive content appears here. Please visit the website to use it&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</dc:description><dc:publisher>The Open University</dc:publisher><dc:creator>The Open University</dc:creator><dc:type>Course</dc:type><dc:format>text/html</dc:format><dc:language>en-GB</dc:language><dc:source>Intermediate Italian: describing people - L150_1</dc:source><cc:license>Copyright © 2016 The Open University</cc:license></item>
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      <title>Opposites</title>
      <link>https://www.open.edu/openlearn/languages/intermediate-italian-describing-people/content-section-4.5</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2016 16:01:11 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;In this activity you will expand your vocabulary by looking at words with opposite meanings.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="&amp;#10;            oucontent-activity&amp;#10;           oucontent-s-heavybox1 oucontent-s-box "&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-outer-box"&gt;&lt;h2 class="oucontent-h3 oucontent-heading oucontent-nonumber"&gt;Attivit&amp;#xE0; 20&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-inner-box"&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-saq-randomstuff"&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find the opposite of the following adjectives in the text.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-saq-randomstuff"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Cercate nel testo il contrario dei seguenti aggettivi.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="&amp;#10;            oucontent-saq&amp;#10;           oucontent-saqtype-part oucontent-part-first&amp;#10;        "&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-saq-question"&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-quote oucontent-s-box"&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;La Zez&amp;#xE9; &amp;#xE8; nera, panciuta, larga di fianchi e magra di spalle e di gambe, con dei piedi ossuti, larghi e piatti. &amp;#xC8; alta quasi quanto me e dice che io sono la pi&amp;#xF9; alta di tutte le signore che ha avuto. Arriva a mezzogiorno con le sacche della spesa. Quando piove ha un impermeabile finta tigre. Per fare le faccende si mette in testa un fazzoletto fatto a turbante. &amp;#xC8; nata&amp;#xA0;a Capo Verde, ma &amp;#xE8; cresciuta in casa d'una zia a Torpignattara.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Non le piacciono le donne alte. Lei &amp;#xE8; alta ma ben proporzionata, ha le gambe sottili per sua fortuna, io non le ho tanto sottili per mia disgrazia. (...) Trova che io mi pettino male. Cos&amp;#xEC; come mi pettino con i capelli tutti puntati in cima alla testa, si vede troppo la mia faccia magra, con le occhiaie e le rughe. Lei ha la faccia piena e non ha bisogno di nasconderla coi capelli. I suoi capelli sono ricci, crespi e gonfi, li taglia ben corti (...). Ha i capelli ancora tutti neri per sua fortuna. Io invece di capelli bianchi ne ho tanti, e chiss&amp;#xE0; cosa aspetto a tingerli, non si sa.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="&amp;#10;            oucontent-saq&amp;#10;           oucontent-saqtype-part oucontent-saqwith-freeresponse"&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-saq-question"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;1 stretto,-a&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Interactive content appears here. Please visit the website to use it&lt;/div&gt;

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&lt;div class="oucontent-saq-interactiveanswer" data-showtext="" data-hidetext=""&gt;&lt;h3 class="oucontent-h4"&gt;Answer&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;vivace&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
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        "&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-saq-question"&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-quote oucontent-s-box"&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;La Zezé è nera, panciuta, larga di fianchi e magra di spalle e di gambe, con dei piedi ossuti, larghi e piatti. È alta quasi quanto me e dice che io sono la più alta di tutte le signore che ha avuto. Arriva a mezzogiorno con le sacche della spesa. Quando piove ha un impermeabile finta tigre. Per fare le faccende si mette in testa un fazzoletto fatto a turbante. È nata a Capo Verde, ma è cresciuta in casa d'una zia a Torpignattara.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Non le piacciono le donne alte. Lei è alta ma ben proporzionata, ha le gambe sottili per sua fortuna, io non le ho tanto sottili per mia disgrazia. (...) Trova che io mi pettino male. Così come mi pettino con i capelli tutti puntati in cima alla testa, si vede troppo la mia faccia magra, con le occhiaie e le rughe. Lei ha la faccia piena e non ha bisogno di nasconderla coi capelli. I suoi capelli sono ricci, crespi e gonfi, li taglia ben corti (...). Ha i capelli ancora tutti neri per sua fortuna. Io invece di capelli bianchi ne ho tanti, e chissà cosa aspetto a tingerli, non si sa.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="
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        "&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-saq-question"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;6 tranquillo,-a&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Interactive content appears here. Please visit the website to use it&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div class="oucontent-saq-interactiveanswer" data-showtext="" data-hidetext=""&gt;&lt;h3 class="oucontent-h4"&gt;Answer&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;vivace&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</dc:description><dc:publisher>The Open University</dc:publisher><dc:creator>The Open University</dc:creator><dc:type>Course</dc:type><dc:format>text/html</dc:format><dc:language>en-GB</dc:language><dc:source>Intermediate Italian: describing people - L150_1</dc:source><cc:license>Copyright © 2016 The Open University</cc:license></item>
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      <title>Writing a description yourself</title>
      <link>https://www.open.edu/openlearn/languages/intermediate-italian-describing-people/content-section-4.6</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2016 16:01:11 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;In this round-up activity you will have the chance to consolidate what you have learned in this course. You will practise writing a text using your imagination.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="&amp;#10;            oucontent-activity&amp;#10;           oucontent-s-heavybox1 oucontent-s-box "&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-outer-box"&gt;&lt;h2 class="oucontent-h3 oucontent-heading oucontent-nonumber"&gt;Attivit&amp;#xE0; 21&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-inner-box"&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-saq-question"&gt;&lt;p&gt;Look at the people depicted in the picture below. What do you think the relationship between them is? Describe their appearance and imagine what type of person they are. You may want to use the following table (which is the same as the one you used in &lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Attivit&amp;#xE0; 17&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;) to help gather the information to put in your piece of writing.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Guardate le persone nella foto e descrivete sia il loro aspetto che la loro personalit&amp;#xE0;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-figure" style="width:342px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/pluginfile.php/689605/mod_oucontent/oucontent/33570/003556fb/b8594899/l150_act_21.jpg" alt="" width="342" height="360" style="max-width:342px;" class="oucontent-figure-image"/&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-figure-text"&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-caption oucontent-nonumber"&gt;&lt;span class="oucontent-figure-caption"&gt;Figure 15&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-table oucontent-s-normal noborder oucontent-s-box"&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-table-wrapper"&gt;&lt;table id="idm45721211720256"&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;th scope="col"&gt;&lt;/th&gt;&lt;th scope="col"&gt;&lt;/th&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Statura e corporatura&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;form class="oucontent-cellfreeresponse" id="fr8"
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         cols="50" rows="5"&gt;&lt;/textarea&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/form&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;form class="oucontent-buttons-freeresponse-cell"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;input type="hidden" name="tableid" value="idm45721211720256"/&gt;&lt;input type="submit" name="submit_group" value="Save"/&gt; &lt;input type="submit" name="submit_group_reset" value="Reset"/&gt;&lt;span class='oucontent-word-count' aria-live='polite'&gt;Words: 0&lt;/span&gt; &lt;div class="oucontent-wait-cell" id="cellwaitidm45721211720256"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/form&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-interaction-print"&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-interaction-unavailable"&gt;Interactive feature not available in single page view (&lt;a class="oucontent-crossref" href="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/languages/intermediate-italian-describing-people/content-section-4.6#fr8"&gt;see it in standard view&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Here is a possible answer:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div class="oucontent-saq-answer" data-showtext="Reveal answer" data-hidetext="Hide answer"&gt;&lt;h3 class="oucontent-h4"&gt;Answer&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-quote oucontent-s-box"&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Giovanni ha circa sessantacinque anni, ha i capelli corti e grigi e porta i baffi. Lui &amp;#xE8; molto romantico e sensibile. Gli piace la musica tradizionale italiana e suona la fisarmonica. Qui &amp;#xE8; con suo figlio Andrea. Andrea &amp;#xE8; sempre molto elegante e affascinante; &amp;#xE8; un latin lover! &amp;#xC8; ancora abbastanza giovane, ha circa quarant’anni, &amp;#xE8; alto e porta i capelli lunghi come i calciatori o gli attori. Gli piace andare in palestra e in discoteca. Federico, ha 11 anni, non &amp;#xE8; n&amp;#xE9; alto n&amp;#xE9; basso per la sua et&amp;#xE0;, &amp;#xE8; un po’ cicciottello ed &amp;#xE8; molto simpatico. Gli piace stare con i suoi amici e andare alle feste.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
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    <dc:title>Writing a description yourself</dc:title><dc:identifier>L150_1</dc:identifier><dc:description>&lt;p&gt;In this round-up activity you will have the chance to consolidate what you have learned in this course. You will practise writing a text using your imagination.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="
            oucontent-activity
           oucontent-s-heavybox1 oucontent-s-box "&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-outer-box"&gt;&lt;h2 class="oucontent-h3 oucontent-heading oucontent-nonumber"&gt;Attività 21&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-inner-box"&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-saq-question"&gt;&lt;p&gt;Look at the people depicted in the picture below. What do you think the relationship between them is? Describe their appearance and imagine what type of person they are. You may want to use the following table (which is the same as the one you used in &lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Attività 17&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;) to help gather the information to put in your piece of writing.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Guardate le persone nella foto e descrivete sia il loro aspetto che la loro personalità.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-figure" style="width:342px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/pluginfile.php/689605/mod_oucontent/oucontent/33570/003556fb/b8594899/l150_act_21.jpg" alt="" width="342" height="360" style="max-width:342px;" class="oucontent-figure-image"/&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-figure-text"&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-caption oucontent-nonumber"&gt;&lt;span class="oucontent-figure-caption"&gt;Figure 15&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-table oucontent-s-normal noborder oucontent-s-box"&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-table-wrapper"&gt;&lt;table id="idm45721211720256"&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;th scope="col"&gt;&lt;/th&gt;&lt;th scope="col"&gt;&lt;/th&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Statura e corporatura&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;form class="oucontent-cellfreeresponse" id="fr8"
    action="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/mod/oucontent/freeresponse.php" method="post" data-formatted=""&gt;
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&lt;input type="hidden" name="size" value="paragraph"/&gt;
&lt;input type="hidden" name="tableid" value="idm45721211720256" /&gt;
&lt;label for="responsebox_fr8" class="accesshide"&gt;8, Your response 1&lt;/label&gt;&lt;textarea name="content" id="responsebox_fr8"
         cols="50" rows="5"&gt;&lt;/textarea&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/form&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Occhi&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;form class="oucontent-cellfreeresponse" id="fr9"
    action="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/mod/oucontent/freeresponse.php" method="post" data-formatted=""&gt;
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&lt;input type="hidden" name="itemid" value="902050471"/&gt;
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&lt;input type="hidden" name="size" value="paragraph"/&gt;
&lt;input type="hidden" name="tableid" value="idm45721211720256" /&gt;
&lt;label for="responsebox_fr9" class="accesshide"&gt;9, Your response 2&lt;/label&gt;&lt;textarea name="content" id="responsebox_fr9"
         cols="50" rows="5"&gt;&lt;/textarea&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/form&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Capelli&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;form class="oucontent-cellfreeresponse" id="fr10"
    action="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/mod/oucontent/freeresponse.php" method="post" data-formatted=""&gt;
&lt;div&gt;
&lt;input type='hidden' name='id' value='48122'/&gt;
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&lt;input type="hidden" name="size" value="paragraph"/&gt;
&lt;input type="hidden" name="tableid" value="idm45721211720256" /&gt;
&lt;label for="responsebox_fr10" class="accesshide"&gt;10, Your response 3&lt;/label&gt;&lt;textarea name="content" id="responsebox_fr10"
         cols="50" rows="5"&gt;&lt;/textarea&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/form&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Abbigliamento&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;form class="oucontent-cellfreeresponse" id="fr11"
    action="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/mod/oucontent/freeresponse.php" method="post" data-formatted=""&gt;
&lt;div&gt;
&lt;input type='hidden' name='id' value='48122'/&gt;
&lt;input type="hidden" name="section" value="Writing a description yourself"/&gt;
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&lt;input type="hidden" name="freeresponse" value="fr11"/&gt;
&lt;input type="hidden" name="itemid" value="279081035"/&gt;
&lt;input type="hidden" name="defaultvalue" value=""/&gt;
&lt;input type="hidden" name="size" value="paragraph"/&gt;
&lt;input type="hidden" name="tableid" value="idm45721211720256" /&gt;
&lt;label for="responsebox_fr11" class="accesshide"&gt;11, Your response 4&lt;/label&gt;&lt;textarea name="content" id="responsebox_fr11"
         cols="50" rows="5"&gt;&lt;/textarea&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/form&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Aspetto in generale&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;form class="oucontent-cellfreeresponse" id="fr12"
    action="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/mod/oucontent/freeresponse.php" method="post" data-formatted=""&gt;
&lt;div&gt;
&lt;input type='hidden' name='id' value='48122'/&gt;
&lt;input type="hidden" name="section" value="Writing a description yourself"/&gt;
&lt;input type="hidden" name="gotvalue" value="0"/&gt;
&lt;input type="hidden" name="freeresponse" value="fr12"/&gt;
&lt;input type="hidden" name="itemid" value="313748934"/&gt;
&lt;input type="hidden" name="defaultvalue" value=""/&gt;
&lt;input type="hidden" name="size" value="paragraph"/&gt;
&lt;input type="hidden" name="tableid" value="idm45721211720256" /&gt;
&lt;label for="responsebox_fr12" class="accesshide"&gt;12, Your response 5&lt;/label&gt;&lt;textarea name="content" id="responsebox_fr12"
         cols="50" rows="5"&gt;&lt;/textarea&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/form&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Età&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;form class="oucontent-cellfreeresponse" id="fr13"
    action="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/mod/oucontent/freeresponse.php" method="post" data-formatted=""&gt;
&lt;div&gt;
&lt;input type='hidden' name='id' value='48122'/&gt;
&lt;input type="hidden" name="section" value="Writing a description yourself"/&gt;
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&lt;input type="hidden" name="freeresponse" value="fr13"/&gt;
&lt;input type="hidden" name="itemid" value="644029529"/&gt;
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&lt;input type="hidden" name="size" value="paragraph"/&gt;
&lt;input type="hidden" name="tableid" value="idm45721211720256" /&gt;
&lt;label for="responsebox_fr13" class="accesshide"&gt;13, Your response 6&lt;/label&gt;&lt;textarea name="content" id="responsebox_fr13"
         cols="50" rows="5"&gt;&lt;/textarea&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/form&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Carattere&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;form class="oucontent-cellfreeresponse" id="fr14"
    action="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/mod/oucontent/freeresponse.php" method="post" data-formatted=""&gt;
&lt;div&gt;
&lt;input type='hidden' name='id' value='48122'/&gt;
&lt;input type="hidden" name="section" value="Writing a description yourself"/&gt;
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&lt;input type="hidden" name="tableid" value="idm45721211720256" /&gt;
&lt;label for="responsebox_fr14" class="accesshide"&gt;14, Your response 7&lt;/label&gt;&lt;textarea name="content" id="responsebox_fr14"
         cols="50" rows="5"&gt;&lt;/textarea&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/form&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;form class="oucontent-buttons-freeresponse-cell"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;input type="hidden" name="tableid" value="idm45721211720256"/&gt;&lt;input type="submit" name="submit_group" value="Save"/&gt; &lt;input type="submit" name="submit_group_reset" value="Reset"/&gt;&lt;span class='oucontent-word-count' aria-live='polite'&gt;Words: 0&lt;/span&gt; &lt;div class="oucontent-wait-cell" id="cellwaitidm45721211720256"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/form&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-interaction-print"&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-interaction-unavailable"&gt;Interactive feature not available in single page view (&lt;a class="oucontent-crossref" href="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/languages/intermediate-italian-describing-people/content-section-4.6#fr8"&gt;see it in standard view&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Here is a possible answer:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div class="oucontent-saq-answer" data-showtext="Reveal answer" data-hidetext="Hide answer"&gt;&lt;h3 class="oucontent-h4"&gt;Answer&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;div class="oucontent-quote oucontent-s-box"&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="it" xml:lang="it"&gt;Giovanni ha circa sessantacinque anni, ha i capelli corti e grigi e porta i baffi. Lui è molto romantico e sensibile. Gli piace la musica tradizionale italiana e suona la fisarmonica. Qui è con suo figlio Andrea. Andrea è sempre molto elegante e affascinante; è un latin lover! È ancora abbastanza giovane, ha circa quarant’anni, è alto e porta i capelli lunghi come i calciatori o gli attori. Gli piace andare in palestra e in discoteca. Federico, ha 11 anni, non è né alto né basso per la sua età, è un po’ cicciottello ed è molto simpatico. Gli piace stare con i suoi amici e andare alle feste.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</dc:description><dc:publisher>The Open University</dc:publisher><dc:creator>The Open University</dc:creator><dc:type>Course</dc:type><dc:format>text/html</dc:format><dc:language>en-GB</dc:language><dc:source>Intermediate Italian: describing people - L150_1</dc:source><cc:license>Copyright © 2016 The Open University</cc:license></item>
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      <title>Conclusion</title>
      <link>https://www.open.edu/openlearn/languages/intermediate-italian-describing-people/content-section-5</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2016 16:01:11 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;We hope you have enjoyed this free course, &lt;i&gt;Intermediate Italian: describing people&lt;/i&gt;. You have learned how to describe both people’s physical appearance and their personality in Italian. You have also learned how to make comparisons and how to speed-read a text looking for meaning or specific information.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Finally you have been introduced to the work of the Italian author Natalia Ginzburg and have attempted to write your first literary text in Italian.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We hope you will now take the opportunity to use the language you have learned. Why don’t you find out about Italian communities near where you live?&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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    <dc:title>Conclusion</dc:title><dc:identifier>L150_1</dc:identifier><dc:description>&lt;p&gt;We hope you have enjoyed this free course, &lt;i&gt;Intermediate Italian: describing people&lt;/i&gt;. You have learned how to describe both people’s physical appearance and their personality in Italian. You have also learned how to make comparisons and how to speed-read a text looking for meaning or specific information.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Finally you have been introduced to the work of the Italian author Natalia Ginzburg and have attempted to write your first literary text in Italian.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We hope you will now take the opportunity to use the language you have learned. Why don’t you find out about Italian communities near where you live?&lt;/p&gt;</dc:description><dc:publisher>The Open University</dc:publisher><dc:creator>The Open University</dc:creator><dc:type>Course</dc:type><dc:format>text/html</dc:format><dc:language>en-GB</dc:language><dc:source>Intermediate Italian: describing people - L150_1</dc:source><cc:license>Copyright © 2016 The Open University</cc:license></item>
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      <title>Take the next step</title>
      <link>https://www.open.edu/openlearn/languages/intermediate-italian-describing-people/content-section-6</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2016 16:01:11 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>&lt;div class="oucontent-figure" style="width:512px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/pluginfile.php/689605/mod_oucontent/oucontent/33570/8ce77f02/025eb731/nextsteps.jpg" alt="" width="512" height="146" style="max-width:512px;" class="oucontent-figure-image oucontent-media-wide"/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you enjoyed this course, why not explore the subject further with our paid-for short course,&amp;#xA0;&lt;i&gt;Beginners Italian 3: stai andando bene!&lt;/i&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="oucontent-linkwithtip"&gt;&lt;a class="oucontent-hyperlink" href="http://www.open.ac.uk/courses/short-courses/lxi003?cid=website-9189019335"&gt;Find out more about &lt;i&gt;Beginners Italian 3: stai andando bene!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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    <dc:title>Take the next step</dc:title><dc:identifier>L150_1</dc:identifier><dc:description>&lt;div class="oucontent-figure" style="width:512px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/pluginfile.php/689605/mod_oucontent/oucontent/33570/8ce77f02/025eb731/nextsteps.jpg" alt="" width="512" height="146" style="max-width:512px;" class="oucontent-figure-image oucontent-media-wide"/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you enjoyed this course, why not explore the subject further with our paid-for short course, &lt;i&gt;Beginners Italian 3: stai andando bene!&lt;/i&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="oucontent-linkwithtip"&gt;&lt;a class="oucontent-hyperlink" href="http://www.open.ac.uk/courses/short-courses/lxi003?cid=website-9189019335"&gt;Find out more about &lt;i&gt;Beginners Italian 3: stai andando bene!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</dc:description><dc:publisher>The Open University</dc:publisher><dc:creator>The Open University</dc:creator><dc:type>Course</dc:type><dc:format>text/html</dc:format><dc:language>en-GB</dc:language><dc:source>Intermediate Italian: describing people - L150_1</dc:source><cc:license>Copyright © 2016 The Open University</cc:license></item>
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      <title>References</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2016 16:01:11 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>&lt;div class="oucontent-referenceitem"&gt;Ginzburg, N. (1984) &lt;i&gt;La citt&amp;#xE0; e la casa&lt;/i&gt;, Torino, Einaudi.&lt;/div&gt;</description>
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    <dc:title>References</dc:title><dc:identifier>L150_1</dc:identifier><dc:description>&lt;div class="oucontent-referenceitem"&gt;Ginzburg, N. (1984) &lt;i&gt;La città e la casa&lt;/i&gt;, Torino, Einaudi.&lt;/div&gt;</dc:description><dc:publisher>The Open University</dc:publisher><dc:creator>The Open University</dc:creator><dc:type>Course</dc:type><dc:format>text/html</dc:format><dc:language>en-GB</dc:language><dc:source>Intermediate Italian: describing people - L150_1</dc:source><cc:license>Copyright © 2016 The Open University</cc:license></item>
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      <title>Acknowledgements</title>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;This free course was written by Anna Motzo.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Except for third party materials and otherwise stated (see &lt;span class="oucontent-linkwithtip"&gt;&lt;a class="oucontent-hyperlink" href="http://www.open.ac.uk/conditions"&gt;terms and conditions&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;), this content is made available under a &lt;a class="oucontent-hyperlink" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/deed.en_GB"&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 Licence&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The material acknowledged below is Proprietary and used under licence (not subject to Creative Commons Licence). Grateful acknowledgement is made to the following sources for permission to reproduce material in this free course:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Every effort has been made to contact copyright owners. If any have been inadvertently overlooked, the publishers will be pleased to make the necessary arrangements at the first opportunity.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2 class="oucontent-h3 oucontent-heading oucontent-basic"&gt;Text&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;Extracts from: &lt;i&gt;La citt&amp;#xE0; e la casa&lt;/i&gt;, by Natalia Ginzburg, Einaudi, 1984.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2 class="oucontent-h3 oucontent-heading oucontent-basic"&gt;Images&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;Course image: &amp;#xA9; Hans F Meier/iStock&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Figure 1: &amp;#xA9; The Open University&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Figure 2: Ravi Tahilramani/iStockphoto.com&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Figure 6: left: Ravi Tahilramani/iStockphoto.com&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Figure 6: right: Keith Reicher/iStockphoto.com&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Figure 7: &amp;#xA9; Anna Motzo&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Figure 8: &amp;#xA9; Anna Motzo&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Figure 9: Anna Motzo&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Figure 13: &amp;#xA9; Davidaola in Flickr &lt;a class="oucontent-hyperlink" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/"&gt;https://creativecommons.org/&lt;span class="oucontent-hidespace"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;licenses/&lt;span class="oucontent-hidespace"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;by-nc-nd/&lt;span class="oucontent-hidespace"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;2.0/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Figure 14: Natalia Ginsburg/Getty Images&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Figure 15: &amp;#xA9; Anna Motzo&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Don't miss out&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;If reading this text has inspired you to learn more, you may be interested in joining the millions of people who discover our free learning resources and qualifications by visiting The Open University – &lt;a class="oucontent-hyperlink" href="http://www.open.edu/openlearn/free-courses?utm_source=openlearn&amp;amp;utm_campaign=ol&amp;amp;utm_medium=ebook"&gt;www.open.edu/&lt;span class="oucontent-hidespace"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;openlearn/&lt;span class="oucontent-hidespace"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;free-courses&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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    <dc:title>Acknowledgements</dc:title><dc:identifier>L150_1</dc:identifier><dc:description>&lt;p&gt;This free course was written by Anna Motzo.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Except for third party materials and otherwise stated (see &lt;span class="oucontent-linkwithtip"&gt;&lt;a class="oucontent-hyperlink" href="http://www.open.ac.uk/conditions"&gt;terms and conditions&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;), this content is made available under a &lt;a class="oucontent-hyperlink" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/deed.en_GB"&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 Licence&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The material acknowledged below is Proprietary and used under licence (not subject to Creative Commons Licence). Grateful acknowledgement is made to the following sources for permission to reproduce material in this free course:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Every effort has been made to contact copyright owners. If any have been inadvertently overlooked, the publishers will be pleased to make the necessary arrangements at the first opportunity.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2 class="oucontent-h3 oucontent-heading oucontent-basic"&gt;Text&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;Extracts from: &lt;i&gt;La città e la casa&lt;/i&gt;, by Natalia Ginzburg, Einaudi, 1984.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2 class="oucontent-h3 oucontent-heading oucontent-basic"&gt;Images&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;Course image: © Hans F Meier/iStock&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Figure 1: © The Open University&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Figure 2: Ravi Tahilramani/iStockphoto.com&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Figure 6: left: Ravi Tahilramani/iStockphoto.com&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Figure 6: right: Keith Reicher/iStockphoto.com&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Figure 7: © Anna Motzo&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Figure 8: © Anna Motzo&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Figure 9: Anna Motzo&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Figure 13: © Davidaola in Flickr &lt;a class="oucontent-hyperlink" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/"&gt;https://creativecommons.org/&lt;span class="oucontent-hidespace"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;licenses/&lt;span class="oucontent-hidespace"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;by-nc-nd/&lt;span class="oucontent-hidespace"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;2.0/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Figure 14: Natalia Ginsburg/Getty Images&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Figure 15: © Anna Motzo&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Don't miss out&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;If reading this text has inspired you to learn more, you may be interested in joining the millions of people who discover our free learning resources and qualifications by visiting The Open University – &lt;a class="oucontent-hyperlink" href="http://www.open.edu/openlearn/free-courses?utm_source=openlearn&amp;utm_campaign=ol&amp;utm_medium=ebook"&gt;www.open.edu/&lt;span class="oucontent-hidespace"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;openlearn/&lt;span class="oucontent-hidespace"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;free-courses&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</dc:description><dc:publisher>The Open University</dc:publisher><dc:creator>The Open University</dc:creator><dc:type>Course</dc:type><dc:format>text/html</dc:format><dc:language>en-GB</dc:language><dc:source>Intermediate Italian: describing people - L150_1</dc:source><cc:license>Copyright © 2016 The Open University</cc:license></item>
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