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Venice has lots of rivers. começar a aprender
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False: It has lots of salt water canals.
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Over two million tourists visit Venice every year começar a aprender
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No other city in the world has more canals than Venice. começar a aprender
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False: Birmingham, England's 2nd largest city, has more miles of canals.
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Most Venetian residents use gondolas every day to go to work. começar a aprender
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False: Normally these are mostly only used by tourists and for ceremonial occasions.
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Venice has no internal roads for cars. começar a aprender
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False. He was born in Florence.
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Why do you think Francesco is a good person to host the programme? começar a aprender
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Francesco is a good person to host the programme because he is a historian and writer and his family lived in Venice for centuries.
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The house is damp and in terrible condition, and the wood is (?) começar a aprender
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The house is damp and in terrible condition, and the wood is rotting.
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Chiara da Mosto (?) the house to another family after falling out with her relatives. fall out: to have a quarrel começar a aprender
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Chiara da Mosto bequeathed the house to another family after falling out with her relatives. bequeath: left to someone after your death
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This room was a (?). They used it to store goods before selling them. começar a aprender
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This room was a warehouse. They used it to store goods before selling them.
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It served as a (?). They used it to show goods to clients. começar a aprender
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It served as a showroom. They used it to show goods to clients.
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in the order they appear.
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He sails a small boat and looks at the house.
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He walks through the house.
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He imagines his ancestors and other people inside the house.
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Francesco stands on the balcony and looks across the canal.
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Why does the story of his ancestors' home break Francesco's heart? começar a aprender
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Because the house is now rotting and in terrible condition.
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When did his ancestors build the house? começar a aprender
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What happened to the house in 1603? começar a aprender
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It was bequeathed to another family.
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Apart from living there, what did his ancestors use the house for? começar a aprender
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They did business there. They used their house as a warehouse, a showroom, a place to make money and a landing stage. boat storage; ancoradouro
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The object is a very old carpet.
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What does she say about the points below: background. começar a aprender
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Her great-grandfather took it from Calcutta toSouth Africa. The speaker inherited it from grandmother.
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brightly coloured, red, white, green and gold with patterns like leaves, frayed. if cloth frays, or if something frays it, its threads become loose at the edge
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it's important because of the story of the great-grandfather taking it from Calcutta to South Africa. Also because she inherited it and will pass it on to her children.
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Childhood memory of it hanging on her grandmother's eill.
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Now think about a treasured possession of your own or a place that is special to your family. começar a aprender
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My family has a cemetery, a family or a private cemetery in front of the "Capela de São Sebastião" in Currelos, Carregal do Sal.
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