Mara Venier Shows Off Her New Villa in Fregene
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Mara Venier is a famous Italian TV host.
She has a new villa in Fregene, a town near Rome.
Her grandson helped her choose the house.
Mara showed the house to her friends.
The house has a big kitchen.
The kitchen has a French window. It looks over the garden.
The house also has a swimming pool.
There is a patio for summer dinners.
Mara bought the villa a short time ago.
Many famous Italian women work in TV. They are over 60 years old.
Lorella Cuccarini and Antonella Clerici are two other famous names.
Mara Venier is happy with her new home.
Vocabulary15 words
- villa
- a big, nice house
- grandson
- the son of your child
- kitchen
- a room where you cook food
- French window
- a tall door made of glass
- swimming pool
- a place to swim, full of water
- patio
- an outside area next to a house
- host
- a person who leads a TV show
- famous
- known by many people
- garden
- a green area with plants
- summer
- the hottest time of year
- friends
- people you like and know well
- photos
- pictures taken with a camera
- town
- a small city
- bought
- past form of buy
- chose
- past form of choose
Quiz
Answer key
1. In Fregene 2. — 3. Summer dinners
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
Mara Venier is a famous Italian TV _____.
She has a new _____ in Fregene, a town near Rome.
Her _____ helped her choose the house.
Mara showed the house to her _____.
The house has a big _____.
The kitchen has a French window. It looks over the _____.
The house also has a swimming _____.
There is a _____ for summer dinners.
Mara _____ the villa a short time ago.
Lorella Cuccarini and Antonella Clerici are two other _____ names.