Six hundred years ago, Sir John Hawkwood arrived in Italy with a band of soldiers and settled near Florence.

600年前，约翰霍克伍德爵士带着一队士兵一到意大利，在佛罗伦萨附近驻扎下来

属类：学习英语-新概念英语-第三册

Henri Dunant, a Swiss banker, was travelling in northern Italy in the year 1859 when he witnessed the horrors of the Battle of Solferino.

亨利·杜兰特是瑞士一位银行家。1859年他在意大利北部旅行，曾目睹了索尔伏里诺大战的惨状。

属类：学习英语-许国璋英语-

Leonardo Da Vinci, who lived in Italy during the fifteenth century, enjoyed every possible challenge.

里奥纳多·达·芬奇生活在十五世纪的意大利，他喜欢各种可能的挑战。

属类：学习英语-许国璋英语-挑战

Last summer, I went to Italy . I visited museums and sat in public gardens.

去年夏天我到意大利去，我参观了博物馆，并去公园里坐坐。

属类：学习英语-新概念英语-第二册:lesson 03

The Great St Bernard Pass connects Switzerland to Italy . At 2470 metres, it is the highest mountain pass in Europe.

圣伯纳德大山口连接着瑞士与意大利，海拔2，473米，是欧洲最高的山口。

属类：学习英语-新概念英语-第三册

"""Who is this Columbus?"" they asked. ""What has he done? Is he not an ordinary seaman from Italy ? And could not any other person sail across the ocean as he has done?"""

他们问:“哥伦布是个什么人?他干了些什么?不就是个普普通通的意大利水手吗?像他那样横渡一下大西洋哪个不会?”

属类：学习英语-许国璋英语-

We lived in southern Italy .

我们住在意大利的南部。

属类：学习英语-教材英语-高二上

There have been a succession of governments in Italy .

意大利有一连串的政体。

属类：学习英语-成语例句-

This battle, one of the fiercest of the century, was fought between the armies of France and Italy on the one side and Austria on the other.

这场战役是十九世纪最激烈的大战之一，交战国一方是法国和意大利的军队，另一方是奥地利。

属类：学习英语-许国璋英语-

Several websites claim that the man who first used this phrase was an Italian diplomat named Count Caleazzo Ciano. He was married to a daughter of Benito Mussolini, Italy ’s leader during World War II.

有些网站称，最早使用这句话的是一位名为加莱阿佐·齐亚诺的意大利外交官。他娶了二战期间意大利领导人墨索里尼的女儿。

属类：学习英语-Words And Their Stories 词汇掌故-词汇掌故：父亲节

In countries with strong a Roman Catholic tradition -- for example, Italy , Spain, and Portugal -- Father’s Day falls on March 19. That is the main feast day of a religious holiday honoring Saint Joseph. He was the husband of Mary, the mother of Jesus Christ.

在具有浓厚罗马天主教传统的国家（例如意大利、西班牙和葡萄牙），父亲节是3月19日。这是一个纪念圣若瑟的重要宗教节日。他是圣母玛丽的丈夫。

属类：学习英语-Words And Their Stories 词汇掌故-词汇掌故：父亲节

The question today comes from our reader Francesca in Rome, Italy . Here it is:

今天的问题来自意大利罗马的读者Francesca，问题是这样的：

属类：学习英语-Ask a Teacher 名师答疑-名师答疑：over和above的使用

First, let’s talk about Italy .

首先我们来说说意大利。

属类：学习英语-Words And Their Stories 词汇掌故-为什么Colonel被念成Kernel？