Ornella Muti Dances the Waltz on Ballando con le Stelle
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Ballando con le Stelle is a TV dance show in Italy.
The actress Ornella Muti danced a waltz on the show.
Her dance partner is Pasquale La Rocca.
The show also talked about Pasquale La Rocca and another famous woman, Barbara D'Urso.
People say the two had a cold war.
A cold war means a long problem between two people. They do not fight, but they do not like each other.
A TV critic named Selvaggia Lucarelli talked about this problem.
She said there were secret chats between them.
A chat is a message conversation, often on a phone.
She also talked about why La Rocca and D'Urso stopped being friends.
Another famous woman, Alessia Marcuzzi, is also part of this story.
The show did not give all the details.
Vocabulary15 words
- waltz
- a slow dance with three beats
- dance partner
- the person you dance with
- cold war
- a long problem between people who do not fight but do not like each other
- chat
- a short message conversation
- critic
- a person who gives opinions about shows or art
- famous
- known by many people
- actress
- a woman who acts in movies or TV
- TV show
- a program on television
- secret
- not known by other people
- problem
- a bad situation between people
- friends
- people who like each other
- details
- small pieces of information
- part
- one piece of something bigger
- story
- a report about real events
- reason
- why something happens
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1. Ornella Muti 2. A long problem between two people who do not like each other 3. Selvaggia Lucarelli
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Ballando con le Stelle is a TV _____ show in Italy.
The actress Ornella Muti danced a _____ on the show.
Her dance _____ is Pasquale La Rocca.
The show also talked about Pasquale La Rocca and another famous woman, Barbara _____.
People say the two had a cold _____.
A TV _____ named Selvaggia Lucarelli talked about this problem.
She said there were secret _____ between them.
She also talked about why La Rocca and D'Urso stopped being _____.
Another famous woman, Alessia _____, is also part of this story.
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