Arab parties head for 18 seats | Beginner Italian Lesson (A0-A1) from Today's News

Today's story: In Israel, Arab parties could win 18 seats. You will hear it in Italian first, then line by line with the English beside it.
Today's headline in Italian: In Israele, i partiti arabi possono ottenere 18 seggi
(00:00) Welcome and today's headline
(00:31) More stories today
(01:39) Today's headline, slowly
(02:29) Voting
(03:12) A high number
(04:09) Turnout over time
(04:41) Today's grammar point
(05:14) The story again
The full transcript, the English translation, the vocabulary and a short quiz for this episode:
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TODAY'S ITALIAN TEXT
In Israele, i partiti arabi possono ottenere 18 seggi
Martedì, molte persone hanno votato in Israele.
Le proiezioni dicono che i partiti arabi possono ottenere 18 seggi.
Due partiti arabi, Joint List e Ra’am, possono avere un numero record di seggi.
Nelle proiezioni, i due blocchi principali hanno 51 seggi ciascuno.
In totale, ha votato il 77,7 per cento degli elettori, il dato più alto dal 1999.
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WHAT TODAY'S CLASS TEACHES
- verb (votare)
- vocabulary (proiezioni)
- vocabulary (numero record)
- vocabulary (ciascuno)
- vocabulary (dal)
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