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3 YOU KNOW YOU KNOW ITALIAN ALREADY ITALIAN ALREADY Do ou recognize these Italian words? Write the English word we use! bandito: arobber broccoli: a green vegetable buffone: a ridiculous or amusing person cartone: stories using animated characters colonnello: a senior militar rank influenza: an illness maccheroni: a tpe of pasta motto: a ing that describes the general mesge of a group pasta: dough that is shaped and dried before being cooked pianoforte: a musical instrument pizza: baked dough covered with toppings spaghetti: a tpe of pasta shaped like long strings tarantola: a big spider named for the area in Ital where the live tempo: a musical term to identif time trio: musical term for three voices or instruments ombrello: device that shields one from the rain violino: a stringed instrument vulcano: opening in the earth s crust through which hot rock and gases erupt 6

4 LET S LEARN LET S LEARN ABOUT ITALY! ABOUT ITALY! Italian is just one of a famil of languages originating from the root language, Latin. Italian is one of five romance languages. The FRANCE Stuttgart five romance languages are Italian, Munich Vienna Spanish, Portuguese, French, and Bern LIECH. Innsbruck AUSTRIA SWITZERLAND Romanian. Italian is the official language of Ital and one of the four official languages of Switzerland. Fundamental Facts Ital is a countr in southern Europe. The capital of Ital is Rome. The largest cit in Ital is Rome. The currenc in Ital is the euro. In Ital, stores close for lunch and half of the schoolchildren still go home for lunch! MONACO What Does Ital Look Like? Ital is a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean. Ital is bordered b Monaco, France, Switzerland, Austria, and Slovenia. Take a look at it on the map. What does Ital look like? Cagliari Sardinia Tunis Corsica Florence Venice ITALY Trrhenian Rome Palermo Sicil Ljubljana SLOVENIA Zagreb CROATIA Adriatic Naples Split SLOV REP Bratislava B HUNG BOSNIA- HERZEGOVINA Sarajevo Dubrovnik VO MONT ALBANIA Ionian A Grab our il pasporto (passport) and let s get traveling to Ital. Viva, Italia! 7

5 TO TO I M GOING I M GOING THE BIG THE BIG CITY! CITY! Ital is a beautiful countr with mountains, valles, and beaches. Tourists love to see the sights in Ital, including its man big cities: Famous Italian Cities Well Known For Naples Napoli Home to man beautiful churches Rome Roma Home to the Roman Colosseum where gladiators fought Florence Firenze Known for art and famous artists Pi Pi Famous for the Leaning Tower of Pi Venice Venezia Citizens travel on canals instead of roads Match Game! Draw a line from the cit to its claim to fame! Rome Florence Pi Venice Naples 8