Real English® - 17 - What are the Italians like?

The Lesson for this video begins at
http://www.real-english.com/reo/17/un...

A "Lesson" is a collection of interactive quizzes for a single video on the Real English site. Everything is free and free access.

The Summary Page for ALL of our lessons is here: 
http://www.real-english.com/new-lesso...

What are the Italians like? For intermediate students.

• Category

  Education

[GloriaJo]

At about 1:21, Gary says "Oh, they're real lovers." But my dictionary says 'lover' means 'a partner in a sexual relationship outside marriage' or '(often in compounds) a person who likes or enjoys a particular thing'.

I don't know how I should understand his remark.

I hope anyone can explain this to me.

[realenglish1]

The "joke" is in June's italian ancestry as described by her husband. "Real lovers" becomes a sort of joke for husband and wife getting old together. It's "cute" some people would say. Hard to explain the nuance!

[OoperBad]

im glad English people can say what they want and some of them bash on Italians like they are Italian themselves. Im Italian and damn proud of it. :)

[realenglish1]

Americans are strange. If their grandmother's grandmother was Irish, for example the American will say "I'm Irish". In my case, I'm American, and my 4 grandparents immigrated to the USA so when another American asks, I am supposed to say "I'm Italian" but I don't even speak Italian. I only speak French...

[dago2732]

went to italy omg what a wonderful place and people

belissimo

[marginallymental]

Ah, the stereotype. So easy! So convenient! Southern Italians are all mobster crooks. The French choke nightly on their own grandiosity. The English are so cold, so crippled....The Americans are all fat, violent and dumb! The stereotype: Satan's tool for undermining the brain. So convenient, so fun! We barely have to think at all...

[Cavstic]

Italiano di dove precisamente?

Hai attirato la mia curiosità, sei davvero un connazionale o solo uno di quegli Italo-Americani che si sentono in qualche modo ancora parte della nostra cultura?

Penso che la risposta di realenglish1 abbia colto nel segno.

Voi avete un pò la tendenza a sbandierare qualche altra nazionalità perché fa "figo" più che per vera appartenenza.

[Laura Bignami]

Funny?:D well all the world knows that we're like clowns, poor us!! But at least i can eat here!;) but in France and Spain too..

[schef75]

00:45 Funny? What do you mean I'm funny?

[bongustoIT]

maybe your lastanamen sounds italian? ;)

[hyperbassi]

We all know, Italy's got its problems like the North-South-disparity, the Mafia and so on, but I still love it. It is, by far, the most beautiful country I have been to. And it's got such a rich history, that people tend to forget about...

[Antonio C]

Everybody loves ITALY!!! W L'ITALIA e gli ITALIANI!

[bbgum12345]

this was a very interesting video. The guy that kept saying that Italians don't know where they're going or what government they want seemed bitter about something, haha.

[Francesko263]

These interview are too much politically correct.

[bunzy11]

i'd give the quick tempers to the calabrese, napolitans and sicilians :)