# Nuovo Espresso Plus 2, Unit 2: Childhood memories at a market

**Language:** Italian  
**CEFR Level:** A2  

> Listen in as Irene and Loris talk about growing up in the country and in town in real, everyday Italian, pairing with the themes of unit 2 of Nuovo Espresso Plus 2. By the end of this course their conversation will feel easy to follow, and you'll be ready to join in.

**Setting:** The monthly antiques market in the old town of Ferrara on a Sunday morning. Loris has sold old toys and tin cars from the same stall for twenty years. Irene stops because she sees a wooden horse just like the one she had on her grandparents' farm outside town. They use tu with each other from the first line, as Loris does with everyone.

## Lessons

### 1. Recognising a toy from your childhood

Irene finds a wooden horse at Loris's stall just like the one she played with as a child.

### 2. Describing yourself as a child

Loris asks Irene if she was a quiet child, and they find they were opposites.

### 3. Describing where you grew up

Irene tells Loris about her grandparents' farm and its animals, and says she still goes back every week.

### 4. Describing what you did every summer

Irene tells Loris how she spent her summers on the farm, and Loris tells her about his at the seaside.

### 5. Telling a story from your childhood

Irene tells Loris about the day the donkey ran away, and where they found it.

### 6. Comparing country and town childhoods

Loris says the country must be the better place to grow up, and Irene tells him the other side of it.

### 7. Agreeing on a price

Irene asks Loris the price of the wooden horse, and he knocks five euros off for the memories it brings back.