Russian drone hits a train in Ukraine | Beginner Italian class Nº062

Today's story: Russian drone hits a train in Ukraine. You will hear it in Italian first, then line by line with the English beside it.
Today's headline in Italian: Drone russo colpisce un treno in Ucraina
(00:00) Welcome and today's headline
(00:34) Three more stories today
(01:43) Today's headline, slowly
(02:35) The verb colpire
(03:17) Before now
(04:02) Impact and engine
(04:58) 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
Drone russo colpisce un treno in Ucraina
Un drone russo ha colpito un treno vicino al confine con la Polonia.
L’impatto ha colpito il motore del treno.
Boris Johnson e altri ufficiali europei erano già passati.
Le autorità hanno detto che non ci sono stati feriti.
I passeggeri erano già usciti dal treno.
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WHAT TODAY'S CLASS TEACHES
- verb (colpire)
- vocabulary (motore)
- vocabulary (erano già passati)
- vocabulary (non ci sono stati)
- vocabulary (passeggeri)
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