Francesco Facchinetti Talks About Past Love and Marriage Crisis on TV
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Francesco Facchinetti is a famous Italian TV host. He went on a TV show called Ciao Maschio. The show is on Rai 1, an Italian TV channel.
Facchinetti talked about Alessia Marcuzzi. She is a famous Italian TV presenter. Facchinetti said, 'I loved her very much.' They had a relationship in the past.
Facchinetti also talked about his wife now. He said there was a hard time in their marriage. He said, 'I thought it was over.'
The TV show is hosted by Nunzia De Girolamo. It has many famous guests. The show talks about personal stories from famous people.
Vocabulary15 words
- host
- a person who leads a TV show
- famous
- known by many people
- presenter
- a person who talks on TV
- relationship
- being close to someone, like a partner
- marriage
- being married to someone
- hard time
- a difficult period
- over
- finished; ended
- guest
- a person invited to a show
- personal
- private; about one's own life
- TV channel
- a station that shows programs
- interview
- talking with someone to ask questions
- past
- time before now
- current
- happening now
- crisis
- a very difficult moment
- said
- spoke words
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1. Ciao Maschio 2. Alessia Marcuzzi 3. True
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Francesco Facchinetti is a famous Italian TV _____. He went on a TV show called Ciao Maschio.
Facchinetti talked about Alessia Marcuzzi. She is a famous Italian TV _____.
Facchinetti said, 'I _____ her very much.' They had a relationship in the past.
Facchinetti also talked about his _____ now.
He said there was a hard time in their _____.
He said, 'I thought it was _____.'
The TV show is _____ by Nunzia De Girolamo.
It has many famous _____.
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