Italian TV Show: New Dance Invitation After a Relationship Ends
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Uomini e Donne is a TV show in Italy. People on the show look for love. Fabio is a man on the show. Gemma is a woman on the show. Fabio and Gemma had a relationship. But Fabio said the relationship is now closed. He told Gemma it is over.
After this, a woman named Liat asked Fabio to dance with her. Fabio said yes. He said, 'Today is very beautiful.' This means he felt happy about the dance. Liat seemed happy too.
Gemma felt sad about Fabio. She cried on the show. She said Fabio can never see good things. She feels he only sees bad things. Gemma's words show she is upset about the end of their relationship.
The show is popular in Italy. Many people watch to see love stories. This story about Fabio, Gemma, and Liat is a new part of the show.
Vocabulary15 words
- relationship
- a connection between two people who like each other
- dance
- to move your body to music
- closed
- finished; not open anymore
- upset
- feeling sad or angry
- cried
- had tears from feeling sad
- popular
- liked by many people
- invited
- asked someone to do something
- positive
- good; happy
- story
- a true or made-up account of events
- feel
- to have an emotion
- part
- one piece of something bigger
- show
- a TV program
- happy
- feeling good
- sad
- feeling bad; not happy
- watch
- to look at something, like TV
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1. Closed 2. Liat 3. Sad
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Uomini e Donne is a TV _____ in Italy.
Fabio and Gemma had a _____.
Fabio said the relationship is now _____.
A woman named Liat asked Fabio to _____ with her.
Fabio said, 'Today is very _____.'
Gemma felt _____ about Fabio.
She _____ on the show.
She said Fabio can never see _____ things.
The show is _____ in Italy.
Many people _____ to see love stories.
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