The Translation App
Jaden's ____ is in Florence, Italy.
They are visiting Ms. Gambini, his mother's ____.
Today his parents are ____ to museums, but Jaden wants to stay behind.
He thinks the translation app on his phone will help ____ communicate.
His ____ growls, so he enters the kitchen.
When Ms. Gambini ____ Jaden, she says,
“Buon giorno. Vuoi un pezzo di pane e un bicchiere di latte?”
Jaden does not know how to ____.
Then the app says, "____ morning.
Would you ____ a piece of bread and a glass of milk?"
Jaden answers, "Yes, ____."
There is a knock on the door, and a ____ whom Ms. Gambini invited walks in.
The two women begin ____ Italian very fast.
So the translator ____ not understand.
Jaden turns off the ____ and leaves it on the table.
He goes out to ____ the sunny morning.
He follows a thumping ____ and finds a girl who is kicking a soccer ball against a wall.
She turns to him and ____, "Buon giorno."
His ____ is in the kitchen, so Jaden does not know what to say.
He just repeats the words that the ____ said, "Buon giorno."
The girl kicks the ball to ____.
Jaden needs no ____ for that.
For a while, the ____ play with the ball.
Finally, the girl points at ____ and says,
“Mi chiamo Rosabella.”
"My name is Jaden," he ____.
Suddenly Rosabella says, "____ l'autobus."
Jaden understands the words that sound like bus and ____.
____ enough, a bus appears.
Kids in soccer uniforms shout ____ the windows, "Ciao, Rosabella!"
As Rosabella steps onto the bus, Jaden says, "____ luck."
She does not ____.
So Jaden thinks and says, "____, buon ...."
He points to the soccer ball that she is ____ in her hand.
Rosabella shouts, “Fortuna! Buona fortuna!”
Fortuna sounds ____ fortune.
"____ fortuna!" he shouts.
Rosabella and her friends shout ____, "Molte grazie!"
The bus rolls ____.
Jaden goes back to the ____.
He says ____ the translation app,
"____ from people is more fun.
Can you teach me some Italian, Ms. ____?"
Ms. Gambini ____, "Si," and laughs.