6.07.2010

Some holiday destinations- The Trastevere in Rome



Watch the video and answer the questions or complete the sentences (answers in "comments")

1. What does the name “Trastevere” literally mean?
2. What do the proud neighbours believe themselves?
3. What did the neighbourhood become in the Middle Ages?
4. Who owns a lot of property there?
5. People go there to enjoy_________________________, to ______________________ in winding alleys or just to _________________ the chaos of central Rome. Visitors have always come here in search of _______________________________________.
6. What do some people fear?
7. What is the old café now?
8. What has the newspaper seller witnessed?
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9. Today the neighbourhood is _____________________ but still keeps __________________________________________.
10. The glory of Rome lies in its ability to retain layer after layer of history even ________________________________________________________________________.

1 comment:

eoilumi1 said...

1. "across the Tiber"
2. They are the only true Romans or the Romans of Rome.
3. A centre for working class fishermen and artisans.
4. The Vatican (losts of monasteries and convents hidden behind high walls but it still hs the spirit of the medieval port town).
5. home cooking / get lost / escape / the authentic Italy
6. That recent developments have changed the neighbourhood for the worse (the increasing numbers of visitors are driving up house prices and displacing many of the all time residents).
7. It's more than 70 years old but today the old customers are disappearing and it's become a modern bar like the rest.
8. - The restoration of the church
- The cleaning of the neighbourhood
- A big increase in business
9. safe / its characteristic charm.
10. as the present creates an entirely new city.