The Translation App
____ family is in Florence, Italy.
They are ____ Ms. Gambini, his mother's friend.
____ his parents are going to museums, but Jaden wants to stay behind.
He thinks the translation app on his phone will ____ him communicate.
His stomach ____, so he enters the kitchen.
When Ms. Gambini sees ____, she says,
“Buon giorno. Vuoi un pezzo di pane e un bicchiere di latte?”
Jaden does not know how to ____.
____ the app says, "Good morning.
Would you ____ a piece of bread and a glass of milk?"
____ answers, "Yes, please."
There is a knock on the door, and a woman whom Ms. Gambini invited ____ in.
The two ____ begin speaking Italian very fast.
So the translator does not ____.
Jaden turns off the ____ and leaves it on the table.
He goes out to enjoy the sunny ____.
He follows a ____ sound and finds a girl who is kicking a soccer ball against a wall.
She turns to him and says, "Buon ____."
His phone is in the kitchen, so Jaden ____ 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 ____, the two play with the ball.
Finally, the girl points at herself and ____,
“Mi chiamo Rosabella.”
"My name is ____," he responds.
____ Rosabella says, "Arriva l'autobus."
Jaden understands the words that sound like ____ and arrive.
Sure enough, a ____ appears.
Kids in soccer uniforms shout from the ____, "Ciao, Rosabella!"
As Rosabella steps ____ the bus, Jaden says, "Good luck."
She does not ____.
So Jaden thinks and says, "Buon, ____ ...."
He ____ to the soccer ball that she is holding in her hand.
Rosabella shouts, “Fortuna! Buona fortuna!”
____ sounds like fortune.
"Buona ____!" he shouts.
Rosabella and her friends shout ____, "Molte grazie!"
The bus ____ away.
Jaden goes ____ to the kitchen.
He says into the ____ app,
"Learning from people is more ____.
____ you teach me some Italian, Ms. Gambini?"
Ms. Gambini ____, "Si," and laughs.