Italian

Hear from Gino that a merger has been announced for Fontelupo and react to it, with hanno annunciato, the they of the news.

Ask the mayor whether the news is true and hear why, with the words of institutions, il Comune, la Regione, il referendum, and propone di, proposes to.

Read the newspaper's report on the merger with Pietro and weigh it, with avrebbe deciso, the conditional of rumour.

Argue the merger over at Gino's with Assunta and Gino on opposite sides, with the connectors of debate, da un lato, dall'altro, il punto e che.

Tell Nonna on the phone about the merger and hear what she thinks of it, with non lasciare che, don't let, and the subjunctive after it.

Form the committee for the no with the mayor and Pietro and share out the jobs, with me ne occupo io, I'll see to it.

Hold your ground when a councillor from the valley comes to argue for the merger, with Le faccio notare che, the polite way to disagree.

Meet the councillor again and answer him properly, conceding a point before you counter it, with non si puo negare che and tuttavia.

Write the committee's leaflet with Giulia, in three steps, with innanzitutto, inoltre, infine, and the order to everyone, firmate.

Take the leaflet door to door and win over an old man who never votes, with perche dovrei, why should I, and the because that answers it.

Tell a friend at Gino's bar that it has been snowing since yesterday, the road is closed and the village is cut off, with the present and da.

Say what is missing on the third day without power, with manca and mancano, and organize the village with your neighbours.

Answer the prefect on the phone, say what the cut-off village needs, and understand his promises in the future tense.

Take food to the old people of a snowed-in village with Assunta, and give a friend instructions, including the negative command non lasciarlo solo.

Celebrate the reopened road with Pietro, say the village made it on its own, and learn the prefix ri- that means again.

Face a television reporter live from the square, with the interviewer's polite requests, potrebbe raccontarci, and your answers.

Give a television interview about the three days of snow, answer how you lived through them, and close with concludo dicendo, the gerund after a verb.

Watch the evening news at Gino's with friends who saw you on television, and hear the past participle agree with you: ti hanno fatta vedere.

Read the prefecture's letter with Pietro, in the register of official notices, si comunica che, and find out who is entitled to vote.

Prepare your first public speech with Giulia, who suggests where to start and what to cut with the conditional: comincerei, direi, toglierei.

Nonna's three rules for speaking in public, with the tu imperative and its pronouns attached: listen to me, look them in the eyes, say what you feel.

Follow the public meeting before the vote, where the mayor opens, the councillor thanks her formally, and the floor is passed from one speaker to the next.

Laura's speech to the village, in eight short lines, where Fontelupo is the subject that welcomed her and taught her, and the village asks only to keep its name.

Friends around Laura after her speech, asking if she was nervous and telling her it did not show, with the imperfect for how things were and the passato prossimo for what happened.

Gino and Laura at the bar the night before the vote, asking who wins and answering with comunque vada, whatever happens.

Laura votes at the polling station with Rocco, from the voter card to the ballot paper and the cross, and asks what time they close.

The count of the ballots at the polling station, where Gino keeps score, the mayor asks for silence, and the last ballots decide.

The mayor announces the result in the square, seventy per cent for no, Fontelupo keeps its name, and Laura gives the thanks back to the village.

The television reporter phones Laura after the vote to congratulate her, with volevo, the polite imperfect, and asks what she will do now.

Nonna on the phone with Laura and Pietro, asking what comes next, first the house, then an oven, then her visit in May, and the end of Advanced Level Two.