Three acclaimed films free on RaiPlay this week
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RaiPlay is a website with films and shows. It is from Rai, Italy's public TV. This week, RaiPlay has three acclaimed films. You can watch them for free. The films are very good. Many people like them. RaiPlay says: do not miss them!
But there is also bad news. Rai Scuola is a TV channel. It has shows for school and learning. Now Rai Scuola is closing. A new channel called Italiana will open instead. Many people are angry about this. They do not want Rai Scuola to close.
Some people are making petitions. A petition is a paper or website where people write their names. They want Rai to stop the change. They say Rai Scuola is very important. They call it a pillar of public TV. A pillar is something that holds everything up. They say closing it will hurt public service. Public service means TV or work for everyone, not for money.
Vocabulary7 words
- acclaimed
- praised a lot; very good
- free
- you do not pay money
- petitions
- papers with names, asking for change
- pillar
- something important that holds things up
- public service
- work or TV for everyone, not for money
- channel
- one TV station
- protest
- when people show they are angry
Quiz
Answer key
1. Three free acclaimed films 2. It is closing and being replaced by Italiana 3. True
Fill-in-the-blank listening
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RaiPlay is a website with films and shows. It is from Rai, Italy's public TV. This week, RaiPlay has three _____ films. You can watch them for _____. The films are very good. Many people like them.
But there is also bad news. Rai Scuola is a TV _____. It has shows for school and learning. Now Rai Scuola is _____. A new channel called Italiana will open instead. Many people are _____ about this.
Some people are making _____. They want Rai to stop the change. They say Rai Scuola is very important. They call it a _____ of public TV. They say closing it will hurt public _____.