Italian Quiz Team 'Le Pappardelle' Keeps Winning on TV Show
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Three girls are winning a TV quiz show in Italy.
The show is called Reazione a Catena. It means "Chain Reaction" in English.
The team's name is Le Pappardelle. Pappardelle is a type of pasta.
The three girls have won 24 episodes of the show. This is a very big number.
They have won more than 116,000 euros. This is a lot of money.
The show has a host. His name is Pino Insegno.
People love watching Le Pappardelle. They cannot stop winning.
Many people ask about their secret. How do they win so much?
The girls do not want to leave the show. They keep playing every day.
Their story is now famous in Italy.
Vocabulary15 words
- quiz show
- a TV program with questions and prizes
- episodes
- single parts of a TV show
- host
- the person who leads a TV show
- secret
- something hidden that people do not know
- chain reaction
- one thing that makes another thing happen
- team
- a group of people who play together
- prize
- money or a gift you win
- pasta
- Italian food made from flour
- famous
- known by many people
- win
- to be the best in a game
- money
- coins and notes used to buy things
- leave
- to go away from a place
- play
- to take part in a game
- story
- news or information about something
- TV
- television
Quiz
Answer key
1. Le Pappardelle 2. 24 3. True
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
Three girls are winning a TV _____ in Italy.
The show is called Reazione a Catena. It means "_____ Reaction" in English.
The team's name is _____. Pappardelle is a type of pasta.
The three girls have won _____ episodes of the show.
They have won more than _____ euros.
The show has a host. His name is Pino _____.
People love watching Le Pappardelle. They cannot stop _____.
Many people ask about their _____.
The girls do not want to _____ the show.
Their story is now _____ in Italy.