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