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a t Ro e a s e ar ly a s the ye ar 1 8 30 .

The book i s colloquia l the l an gu age of eve ryd ay

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c a n who desi res to p ut hi se l f in co m
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with hi s It alia n fellow citiz e n s the voc abulary th at -

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 C O N T EN T S

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LES SO N

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1 . The M an and Wo an L ’
Uo o e l a Donna
2 . T he G d
ar e ne r [l Gza r dz
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ere

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4 . F i rs t Re vie w
5 . T he B lacks it [l M a isca l co
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S e co nd R e vie w S e cond a R zw l rta

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9 . D re ss 11 Vestzto
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12 . Ti e a nd W e a th e r 11 Te nzpo
T he Day La bo re r [l Br a ccza nte
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14 . T he Da y Lab o re r ( con

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tzn ue d
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22 . T he Laund ry La S ta nz a d e l Buca to
l
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23 . H ous e -
c e a ni ng P ul z r e l a Ca s a
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24 . T he F ar 11
Card inal N u b e rs N unze r z Ca r d zna l z
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26 . F oo ds Czbz
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LESSO N

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30 . T he S c h l(oo conti n ue d ) La S cuol a

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32 . S i ckne s s a nd H e al th La M a l a ttza
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R E A DI N G E
L S SO NS
T he Garde n 11 Gza r dz no
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and

the C h il d re n [I M a nzl rca l co e d F a nci ul l z

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M t Ve rno n
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T he Co ok and he r

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Work La Cuaca e d zl s uo
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z zo a tt or no l a Ca sa
A P oo r I nte rpre te r Un Ca ttz v o I nte rpr e te
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W h a t M usic e ans Cfie sz g ngfica [a M uszca
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 S UGG ES T I O N S TO T EA C H ER S

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Th e te ac er us t te s t his c as s, a nd g roup by t e se ve s,

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M uc pa t i e n t y b
re p e t iti o n t h wi l t t e ne ce ss a r e ore e a er

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p n b ca d t pe d aw t i
e o cot b y t re l en a s ea n a ra ns a

E g li h i t I t l i I t l i i t E g li h
mt b b t y d th g h th l ill t
ti on ro n s n o a an an ro a an n o n s .

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h bj t i mk d b y ml th t h
s e a se e s o e es co nve e rou e e ss o n us ra

i wh i h
h l d g i th ml d th l
ti o ns n c e ac o ec s ar e a nu e ra , e e ac er

h l d p d by g i i g
mf th bj t
s ou ve e nu e ra an e c as s s ou re s on v n

b th th E g li h d I t li
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ne ce ss a r l t
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ea d e sa e e sso n un e ea

o f t l ti h b g p d ; wh il
ra ns a on as th
ee n th rash d f e e , on e o er an , or

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ro u t d t ol d y k
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b k oo d it an i dditi l
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mt b diffi lt t mmiz t p
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s ruc et d t f th ou o e v oca u ar e s .

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no unce h l d b w itt
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p ro no un c e d in un is o n .

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T he as p irat e d n is u nk no wn in I tal ia n a nd . th e i ni tia it is
a lw ays ute e xa p e, h o, hai , h a n no , ) h f
t e re o re l d ill i
s p e c ia r ng

is d e d on E ng lis h
ne e wor ds b e g i nn i g wit h
n n . Th I t li
e a an
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co nfus e d b y our us ag e

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, is a pt to l e a ve uns oun e d d t he a s pi rat e dn
w h e re it o ccurs , a nd ake s a sol th e is ta ke o f a fii x i ng it t o
E ng lis h wo r ds h w l It i t h
b e g i n ni ng wit f y a vo e . s e re o re n e ce ss ar

t gio th ve l th
e g h d i
c ass all E g l i h w d
oro u b g i i g r on n s or s e nn n

wit h ll l h
i wh i h th I i m
p i
a n as t d I w ra e t h t
t as
p i l E e g i w
as o n d e e x ce o na n s or s

n c t d wh i h
e t s p u e an d l ik t h c a re ro nou nce e e corre

sp n diog I t lni n w d a h a t t ; orh s , as , o ne s ,

on e s o o no r, onor e .

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 S UG G E ST I O N S TO T E A CH E R S

d l ly I tal ian lang uag e

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T he t '
: s oun is ab s o ute unk no w n i n t he .

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T he arb itrary s ys te of p ronu n c i a t i o n o f E ng i s ,

s p e ll ing a nd of a cce nti n E n l i h w d i t tu b l i n

, g g s o r s s a g r e a s g ,

bl o ck to t he fo re ig ne r a nd i n o rd e r t o avoi d t he ne ce s s ity o f
,

corre ct i ng a vici ous h ab it —al wa s a d iffi cul t tas k t h v o ca b u

y e

lary of e ach advance le ss on s h oul d be disti nctly re ad by the

te ach e r a nd r e pe a t e d b y t he pup il w ho th us h as an Op p ortuni ty ,

to n ote t he ac ce nt e d s yll a b l e s a nd t he p ro pe r vo we l s ounds

m m
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O th e rwis e t h e p up i l no t b e i ng a b l e to a ke h i s e lf unde rs t oo d

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w h e n he a t te p ts t o s pe ak b e co e s d i sc ourag e d m
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T h e re are a ny e ce ll e nt practical e th o ds in use for

x ,

i ns tance
( ) a G ive n t he follow ing lis t o f wo rds ,

h
m
op e n , s ut, take , b ri ng , g i ve , s tan d , g ,
o y o ur,

e, to , o ff , th e , b y,
q lt E ng lis h se nte nce l di
m
re uire t h e u
p p i o co ns t ruc t a n i nc u ng tw o
or o re o f h
t e s e wo r ds .

( )
6 D ivid e th e l
c as s i nto two part s , h a ve o ne p a rt f
urnis h
q ue s t io ns and the o th er p a rt a ns w e r h
t e se q ue s t io ns .

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h h mt b mm
( ) e Le t t he te a c er g i ve ue s t io ns or d ire ctio ns i n Eng l zl rfz
d in pa nto
m
w ic us e a ns w e re i e , as

( T ze r )
e a c/ B ri ng e two c ha i rs .

O pe n t he w i nd o w .

l l
m
P ut your p e nci o n the tab e .

Finally f l h l
m , i t ha s d
b e e n o un b y a c tua e xp e ri e nt , t at a n i nt e
l ig e nt A e rica n t e ac h e r, wi t h no p re vi o us s tu d y o f I ta l i a n , ca n

ke e p up w it h l
d o g o o d w o rk b y us i ng t is b o ok,
t h e c as s a nd h
— be tte r wo rk i nde e d t a n a n I ta ian te ac e r w os e pro n uncia
h l h h
ti o n o f ng isE l his au ty f l h
T is is of i p orta nce , s i n ce a t e a c e r
. m h
q h hl
e ual l y co nve rs ant wit b ot a ng uag e s is not a ways pro curab e l l .
 L E SS O N FI RST

a m an un uo m o . a hat nu cap p e ll o .

d
m m
I se e , io ve do . a spa e un a va ng a .

I se e a an , '
io ve do nu uo o . a ra ke un ra s tre ll o .

a cat nu g att o . a h oe una za ppa .

m m
1
I h a v e , io h o . a an , un, uno , una .

d Un
m m
I ha v e a c at, io h o nu g a tt o . A an has a spa e, uo o

m m
a an h as , un uo o ha . ha u na v a ng a .

a w o an una d onna . A w o an h as a c ap , Un a
a cap u na b e rre tta . d onna ha una b e rre tta .

I ha v e a h o e , Io h o u na zappa . A m an sees a h oe , Un uo m
o

m mU
I se e a ra ke , Io ve do u n ra ved ze u na a ppa .

m md m
s tre l l o . A w o an se e s a an, na

A an s e e s , Un uo o ve e . d o nna ve de u n uo o .

N O TA l l
m
1
L a rtico o a ) ha g e ne re e p re nd e l a e tte ra
’
.
( un no n

l l
m m ml
n ( a, an ) so a e nte davanti a d un a p aro a che pri ncip ia con un a

v o ca e l . An ( nu ) non s i us a ai co e nu e ra e.
2 ENG LI S H ITA LI A N -
LA NGU A GE B OO K

t h e , il , l a, 10 . th e , i, l e , g l i .

de ll a de l lo de ll e d e g l i
m m m m
of th e , d e l , , . of t h e , d e i, , .

m d m d
the an, 1 ’
uo o . th e e n, 1
g l i uo i ni .

th e w o an , la onna . the w o e n, le on ne .

th e h o e , l a z appa . t h e h oe s , l e zappe .

th e c at , il g a tto . t h e c a t s , i g atti .

EXERCI S ES

T o b e transl ate d and wri tt e n Da tra durs i e scri ve rsi

m
. .

The
1 . ke 2 I see a ha t an 3hasI see a ra . . . .

m m ( )
m
s
3 p a des 4 I see 1 s.
p a de 2 r a k es a nd
. e d a hoe , , .

m m
5 . I -S e e
4 c a ts 5 e n a n d 2 wo e n 6 A , a n , . .

m
h a s the wo a n s ca p (the ca p of the wo an ) 2
The
’

7 . .

m m m
c a t sees the s p a des a nd the r a kes of t h e e n a n d of

m
’
the wo en 8 I h ave the a n s hat 9 A wo a n
. . . .

m m
’
h a s 6 hoes 1 0 The an s c a t sees 2 sp a des
. 11. I . .

m
see a s p ade 1 2 I see a wo an I 3 A wo an ha s
. . . .

a ca

m m
t 14 A an has a hoe 1 5 A cat sees a h at
. . . .
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16 I h ave a rake 1 7 A an sees a wo an

. . . .

1 . La donn a
be rrett a 2 Vedo gli uo i ni ha una . . m .

m
3 Ho
. u n a z a pp a 2 r a str e l li 3 v a nghe 4 be r r ette ed , , ,

n u c ap p e ll o 4 U n g a tto v ede u.n uo o 5 U.n a . .

NO TA — Il plurale s i for a col l ag g i ung e re un s m

m m
’
1 . al s i ng o

Il p lural e d e ll e p aro le a n e w o a n é i rre g o l are

m m
l are . .

f f l
m
3
N O TA . La or a p osse ss i v a tl ze w o a n s ca
’
p e p re e rib i e

al l
’
a lt ra the ca p f o tire w o an .
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m
m
d o n n a ha l a ng a de ll uo o 6 I l g a tt o de ll a
’
va . .

don n a vede g l i uo i ni 7 2 v a nghe ed u n a

. z a pp a . .

fou r , 4 .

five , 5 .

s ix , 6 .

seve n , 7 .

L E SS O N S E C O N D
TH E G A R DN ER — I I . G I A R DI N I ERB

VOCABULAR Y

g r as s , e rb a . Y e s , s ir , Si , s ig n ore .

tr e e (4) al b e ro . i n , in .

ll ll
m
l aw n, p rat o . i n t h e , ne l , ne a, ne o , ne i .

l aw n- ow e r l
tag ia e rba
-
. ave te vo i

d
m
g ar e n, g i ar d i n o . ha v e y ou ? hai t u
ve g e t a b l e s , o rta g g i, l egu i . ha e ll a

flo w e rs , fiori . t hi s i s , q ue s to e .

w h e e l b a r ro w ca rriuol a . to pl an t , p i a nt a re .

w a t e ri n g -p o t i nnaffiato io . to ra ke , ra s tre ll a re .

and , e , e d.
4 ENG LI S H ITA LI A N -
LA NGU A GE B OO K

t o spa d e , va ng a re .
p o t e t e vo i ?
g o o db uo na, b uo ne , buo no,
,
can y ou ? p uo i t u ?
b uoni .
p uo e ll a ?
11 01‘
b ad , ca t ti vo .

I c a nn o t , N o n posso

m h mq
.

Wha t d o y o u c al l t hi s Co e si c ia a ue s to ?

EXERCIS ES

m
The g ardene r h as a wheelb arrow t w o rake s
1 .
, ,

m
a nd th r ee s p a des 2 The e n h ave hoes 3 I see . . . .

m
flo w e r s a nd veget ables 4 I se e five wo en ; one . .

wo a n ha s a c a t 5 Wh a t do you c a ll this ? T his . .

is a h at 6 Wh at do you c a ll this
. . This is a
r ose 7 The. g a r de n e
. r p l a n ts flowe r s a n d veget a b l es .

8 Ca n you s p a de the g a rde n ?

. N o sir I c an n ot , ,
.

m (4 )
m
9 Wh
. a t is this ? This is a t ree 1 0 A good . .

1
wo a n 1 1 A g ood . an 1 2 A bad cat
. 1 3 H a ve . . . .

you a good s p a de ? 14 Ca n you p la nt gra ss in the .

la w n ? Yes S ir 15 H av e you a whee l b a rrow ?

, . .

16 Wh a t do you c a ll this ? This i s a fl ow e r

.

—
m
a r ose 17 Wh a t is this . A veget a ble a
p u p ki n ( u n a z u cca
) 1 8 I see the w a te r i n g .

p ot

m m
Co e si chi a a questa ? Quest a e un t a gl ia
m m m
1 .

e rb a 2 Co e S i chia a quest a lbero ? 3 Co e si

. .
’
.

T m l
m m m
1
NO A . Gl i ag g e tti vi co e g l i a rt icol i s o no i nd e c ina b il e e

la s te s s a f
or a vi e ne us at a p e r tutt i i g e ne ri e nu e ri co e : a

g ood w h lbee arrow, tl ze g ood w h lb

ee arro ws .
 TH E B O DY 5

m
c hi a a questa ? Questa e un a z ucc a 4 Co e s i m
m
. .

chia a questo fiore ? Questo fiore e u na ros a 5 E . .

quest a u na buo na va n ga ? S i signo ra ,

E
m
6 H a i tu u na c a rr iuo l a ? N o sig no ra quest ’
.
7 , . .

uo o u n gi a rdinie re ? 8 Puoi tu ra stre l la re il p ra to ? .

9 . Potete v o i p i a n t a r e u n a lbe ro ? 1 0 Potete v o i .

v a n g a r e il gi a rdi n o ?

S e e re a d ing l e sso n pag e 89 ,

.

L E SS O N TH I RD
r a n BO D Y —II . c o np o

VOC BUL
A ARY l

m
t o t as t e , 2
as s ag g ia re . to fe e l , se ntire .

m
t o hu r t , far al e . t o t o u c h, t o ccare .

m d
t o e at, a ng i are . t o h e ar , u ire d .

to s el l , o orare . t o se e , ve d e re .

N OTA l l
m
1
. Le pa ro e d e l v oca b o ari o si t ro va no se co n o l s d
le tte re d e ll ’
f
a l a b e t o , pri a i ve rbi , se co n do i s os ta n tivi, te rz o g l i

m m
e t tivi , e tc .

NO T A .
— La re os iz io ne
p p ( )to a d e sperep r
cee l a fo r a

quando e sso dipe nd e d ai ve rbi do wr e

‘

i nfi niti va d e l ve rb o e c ce tt o ,

a r d zr e , v ol er e , e
'

p oc h i lt i
a r .
6 ENG I L S —
H ITA LI A N LA NGU A GE BO OK

l d m()
m
t o sp e a k , par are . a ha n , una a no 7

m
the o nt h, l a b occa t h e n o s e , il nas o
ar , b ra c cio t h e e y e , 1 occ io
’
h ( 1

s t oc ki n g , ca lz a . t h e e a r , 1 ore cc io
’
h
h ai r , cap e lli fo o t , pde
i e

a fin g e r un d ito , b oy , rag a zz o ( 2 )

t oe di t o d e l p ie d e
, g irl , ra a zz a
g
t o o t h d e nte ,
. he a d , t e s ta .

fa c e faccia ,
. he e l , ta o ne ll
kn e e g inocch io l
m
, l i t tl e, p i cc o o .

h
m
el b ow , g o ito a l s o , a nc e .

l e g , ga ba w i t h, co n .

t o n g u e , i ng ua l .

EXERCIS ES

m m
m m m
I see wit h y
1 . 2 I he ar with y .

m m
3 .I s ell with y 4 I t a ste with y to n gue . .

5 .I e a t with y 6 I touch with y fi n ge r s . .

( )
m
7 .The boy h as hu rt his s u o foot 8 I s e e a f a ce . . .

9 .O n e h a n d h a s fi v e finge r s 1 0 The wo a n . .

h a s a good he a d 11 Ca n you see the little gir l ? .

m
N o s ir , 12 Ca n you he ar with on e e ar ? Y e s s ir
. .
, .

m
1 3 Wh a t do you c a l l this
. A outh 1 4 Ca n . .

m
you ta ste with the outh ? Yes s ir 1 5 Wh at do , . .

you ca ll t h is This i s a nose 1 6 Ca n you s e ll . .

with the n ose ? 1 7 H a ve you one l eg ? I h av e two .

legs 1 8 H av e you tw o bodies ? I h ave o ne body

. . .

m
3
1 . La p icco l a gaz z a S i e fa tto a le a l la
ra

U e
m
2 . Il ra g az z o h a un buo n b ra ccio 3 n a c a l z a . .

ne lla ( i n t/
ze
) a no 4 Io v
. edo a n
. che c a l z e a i ( on
 FI RS T REVI E W 7

m
) p
m m
t/
ze iedi ed a ll e g a b e 5 Io v edo 4 p iedi 4 . .
,

ga be 2 a ni 3 b ra ccia 2 teste 2 fac cie 1 o recchio

, , , , , ,

2 occhi 2 n a si 2 bocche
,
6 Puoi ve de re i c a p elli ?
, . .

S i signor e
, 7 H a i l r.a g a z z o u n a v
. a n g a ed u n a

N o sig no r e 8 Questo (tl z zs ) ra g az z o h a

'

ca rr iuo l a ? ,
. .

un a c a lz a 9 H a l a
. r a g a z z a u n.a r os a ? N o sig n o r e , .

1 0 Questo
. ra g az z o h a un g a tto 11 La do nn a . .

m
p u o v ede r e cogli occhi udi r e co l l e o r ecchie odo r a r e , ,

m
co l n a so a ss a ggi a re co ll a lin gu a an gi are e p arlare
, ,

m
co l la bocca sentir e col corp o e tocc a re c o l la ano
,
.

12 N on p uo l a donn a
. a ngi a r e col l a l i n gu a ed i

m
denti (toot/z i rreg ) a nche ? 1 3 S i l a lingu a ed i
, . .
,

de n ti son o ne l la bocc a 1 4 Mi sono f atto a l e al . .

'

ta ll one ed al d ito del p iede .

L E SS O N F O URTH
F I R S T R EV I EW PR I M A R I V I S TA

F or m a r eg ol a r e d e l te m
p fi o r exe nte

m
.

l m m m
I sp e a k , i o parl o . I e at , io ang i o .

m
w e s p e a k, noi i w e e a t , noi a ng ia
p ar a o . o .

l
m
voi pa r at e . tu ang i .

li
ll m
y ou sp e a k , tn 1
par .
y o u e at , voi a ng iate .

e ll a par a l . e a a ng ia .

li ll ll
m
he, sh e ,
it, spe a ks , eg , e a, he, sh e , it , e ats , e g l i, e a,

e s s o, e ss a p ar a l . e ss o, e ss a a ng i a .

ll l ll
m
th e y spe ak , e g l i no, e e no, e s s i, t he y e at , eg i no, e e no, e s s i,

e ss e p ar ano l . e ss e a ng ia n o .

1
NO TA . N e lla li ng ua i ng l e se tu (t l zou) v i e ne usato ne ll a

p re g h i e ra e ne ll a po e s i a .
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LA N G UA GE B OO K
VOCABULARY

m hi lb
ml
t o c al l , c a are . tr e e , a e ro .

m
t o h u r t , far a e .
gr as s , e rb a .

f c e faccia
m d
to e at , an
g ia re . a
,
.

m
to s e ll , o orare . fl o w e r fiore ,
.

to spe a k , par arel. ve g e t ab l e s, l egu i, o rtagg i .

fe e l
m
to , s e nt ire . law n, pra t o .

t o he ar, u d ire . h is 1
( ) an , s uo , s ua , suo i .

to see, v e d e re . he r s uo, s ua, suoi .

EXERCIS ES

You c an p lan t a t ree 2 I can p l a nt si x trees

1 . . . .

3 .You h a v e a hoe 4 I h a v e eight hoes 5 You . . . .

m
h ave two h a nds 6 I h ave five fi n ge rs on (s u ) one . .

m
ha nd 7 The wo an ha s hurt h e r f a ce 8 T h e
. . . .

a n h a s hu rt his he a d 9 The boy h a s hu rt his . .

l eg 1 0 The girl h as a l ittle foot a n d a litt l e stoc k

. .

i ng 11 . We h ave n in e ra kes and they h ave the

.
,

m
s pa des 1 2 The little boy can t a ste with his tongue
. . .

mm
1 3 The gi r l c an touch h e r h a i r
. 14 I c a n feel y . .

m
nose 1 5 You c an he a r e ( z ) s p e ak 16 The
’

. . . .

m
cat t a stes with h i s to n gue a n d hi s outh 17 I . .

see with y eyes 1 8 Ca n you see the little gir l ? . .

19 The cat h a s a he a d a n d tw o c ar s 2 0 I see a

. . .

m
flower a n d a v eget able 2 1 The flowe r i s a rose . .
,

an d the v eget a ble i s a p u p ki n 2 2 H a v e you a . .

wheelb arr ow ? Yes S ir a lso h oes ra kes and S pa des , , , ,

1 N OTA . Il p ro no m e p o s se s s ivo Si accor a d i n ing l e se col

sog g e tto, i n ita ia no l col l ’

ogg e tto .
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L E SS O N FI FTH
T H E BL A C K S M I T H I L M A N I S C A L CO
—

VOCABULARY

m
mm ml
t o s ha rp e n , a fli l are . bell ow s a nt i ce .

mk f m
t o ha e r, b atte re . t o ng s ( 1 ol e .

to a e, a re . vi ce ors a .

rafl re dd a re
'

t o c oo l , . ra s p ra s pa .

t o he a t , s ca ld are . S hoe , s carp a .

s h Op , b o tt e g a . ax e S cure .

hous e , ca s a .
p i n c e r s t e nag li e ton e d .

n ai l s c h i dio . h ot , ca l do .

hors e , ca va ll o . c ol d , fre dd o .

w re n c h
.
ch iave a Vi te . s t r on g , f ort e .

w e d ge , cune o . he , eg l i .

ir o n, fe rro . o n , u p o n , s u, s op ra .

h ors e s hoe fe rro di l

caval o . on the , s ul , su ll o, su ll a, sui,

f
fi r e , uoco . l
s ul e , s u
g li .

i ncud i ne
m
a nv i l . f o r , pe r .

d
g rin
m
m ol a

m ll
st one . or, 0 .

sl e dg e -
ha er art e o

p e s a nt e .
 TH E B LAC K S M ITH I I

EXERCIS ES

m m m
m
1 W h at do you c a l l t h is h ouse ? This is the
.

b l acks ith s sho p 2 The b la c ks ith h a

’
. . e rs hot

m mm
i ron u po n the a nvi l 3 I see a good fi.r e 4 . Yes . .
,

m
the b la c ks ith h e a ts the iron and h a e r s it to
a k e n a ils o r ho r ses h oes a n d he h a s a g ri n dsto n e to
,

s h arp en an a xe or wedge 5 I see a h o rseshoe ( 2 ) . .

mm
a nd I see a hor se 6 Y e s the ho rse h a s four l egs
. .
,

a n d fou r feet a n d the b l a cks ith akes hor seshoes

f or the ho r se 3 feet (or th e feet of the ho r se ) .

1 . Il misc lco e
an uo o fo rte
a un2 E g l i ha m . .

m
buone bra ccia e buoni occhi 3 E g l i ode c o n l e . .

o recc h ie i l suo n o (s ound de l a rtel l o p es a nte e

de ll incudin e 4 E g li vede i l fuoco 5 I l corp o

’
. . . .

e ca l do 6 H a i un cava llo ? N o signo re 7 I l

m
. .
.
, .

m m
gi ardinie re h a i l i o c av a l l o 8 I o h o u na c ar . . t

ri uo l a 9
. Co e
. S i chi a a q uest a N on s a i ?
D
m (
’

( k N so I d k )
’
on t y o u n ow o n on t n o w .

1 0 Quest a ( 3) e una
. o la 11 Anche q uesta é . .

m
una Questa e una q uesto e u n questa

m m
e un a I I i o p ra to h a e rb a a l be ri e fi o ri ;
‘

12 .
, ,

e be llissi o (718 t be a utif ul ) 1 3 I I bra ccio i f a

m mm m
. .

a l e ed a nche l a f a cci a ( y a r kur ts e ,

Se e rea ding l e sson ,

p g
a e 9 1 .
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L E SS O N SI XTH
TH E M A S O N A N D S T O N E-C UT TER
II . M UR A TO RE B L O S C A R P EL L I N O

I , io . I 1
a m , s o no .

li ll l i ll
m
he , sh e , i t, eg , e a , e ss o . he, she ,
it i s, eg , e a, e ss o it .

w e , ne l . w e a re , S la o .

y o u , v oi .
y ou a r e ,
Si e te .

t he y , e ss i . t he y ar e , s o no .

VOCABULARY

d f bb i d
m m
t o b ui l , a r care . w in ow s , fi ne s tre .

i hi l
m
to i x , sc a re .
j ob ,
a voro .

m
t o c ar r y , p o r ta re . b ri c ks , att oni .

l
ml m
to w a n t , vo e re . w al l , uro .

li
ml mz
li e , ca ce . h a d -c ar r i e r s , a nova .

t r ow e l ca zzuola . al e t o z e tta .

c a r t e r , carre tti e re . s ho v e l
'

pa a l .

d
m m m
c art carro . o or, p o rta .

o r t a r , ca l ci na .
p l u b -l i ne p i o b ino .

ce l l ar , ca ntina . s t on e s , p i e t re .

1
N O TA . In i ng l e se i pro no m
i no n s i p o ss o no s ot ti nte n de re .
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A N D S T O NE CU TT E R 13

h od p orta -
m utto n o . ne w ,
nuovo, nuovi .

s q u are s q d ua ra . s t r ai g h t ,
n e t to, diritto .

c hi s e l s ca l p ll e o . if , se .

b ag ,
’

s ac co . d o y ou w a nt ? vo e te l ? vuor

s an d , s ab bi a. vuo e l
t o o l s , ute ns i i l . I w a n t , vog li o .

EXERCIS ES

m m
m m
1 I w an t a a so n to build a cel lar f or y ne w
.

house 2 This is a a son 3 He c a n ake o ne

. . . . .

m m
4 . Do you w a n t a j ob ? Yes S i r 5 H a v e y o u , . .

the too l s of a a so n ? Yes sir in y tool b ag , , .

6 Wh a t do you c a l l this ? This is a

. a n d this

m
is a this i s a 7 I w a nt a squ a r e to S e e if
.

the wa ll i s stra ight 8 I w a nt a p lu b li ne to see . .

-

m m
if t h e w a ll is v er tic a l ( ve r t ica l e ) 9 C a n I h a v e t w o . .

b o d c a rr ier s to ca rry
- o rta r a nd to ix it (e ss o) ?
Yes a n d a c art a c a rte r a n d a c art ho rse 1 0 Do
, , ,
. .

m
you wa n t a S hovel or a s p a de ? I w a nt th ree sho vels

m
a nd fou r S p a des 11 I w ant a l so s and a n d li e
. . .

12 .I see fou r wi n dow fra es (te l a i ) 1 3 Yes I . .

,

want fou r win dows i n the cellar .

m
m
1 Puoi isch iare l a c a lci na ? S i sig no re i o p osso
.
, ,

m
( I ca n ) ischi a r e 1a s a bbi a c o n l a c a lc é e c o n 1 a cqu a
’
.

Questo fa ( a ke s ) l a c a l ci na ? 3 V e u na p o rta
m
’
2. .

in q uesta c an tin a ? N o signo re a p osso far e u n a , ,

1
N O TA . N ot e on p g
a e 7 ( N e ll a l i ng ua i ng l e s e ,
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H IT A LI A N LA NGU A GE B O OK

m m
p o rt a 4. Vog l io u n a.
p o rta e tr e fi n e s t r e S i sig n o r e .
, .

m
5 . H a i buo n e p iet r e ? F a ( a ke
) i u ri di r itti c o n

m
l a ( 3) e v e rtic a li con i l p io bi n o
m
6 Vog lio un a . .

e
m
c a z z uola 7 Co .e S i chi a a q uesto
. ? Questo
un a r te l lo 8 Che cos a (w na t ) e questa
. .

Questa e una ca z z uo l a 9 Vuoi chiodi ? N o signo r e . .

, .

Se e re a ding l e sso n, a
p g e 9 2 .

L E SS O N S EV EN TH
S EC O N D R EV I E W BBC O N DA RIV I S I A
' '

VOCABULARY

to mk a e, f are . w a t e r , ac q ua .

t o b e l i e v e , cre de re . s h op , b o tte g a .

t o t hi n k , p e ns a re . h ou s e , casa .

t o c o ol ,
rafl re d d are .
'

h or s e , cava ll o .

t o h e a t , sca ld a re . t hi n g , co sa .

f
m
to kn o w sape re ,
. ir on , e rro .

a k e i o fo f
m
I ,
. fi r e , uo co .

mk }
do I ? flo or , p a vi e nto .

f0 10

mk
do I a e
1
? sh oe , s ca rpa .

ft d
m ld
d o y ou a e a e voi .
g oo , buo no .

I kn o w , io SO . w ar ,
ca o
S
.

d o I k no w ? o io ? h ot 7
d o y ou kn o w s ape t e voi c ol d f dd , re o .

d o y ou sp e ak pa r at elvoi t
s r on g f t , or e .

t he s e are , q ue s ti so no . t hi q t
s, ue s o .

w ha t i s
c he c o s a é
th q ti
e se , ue s .

w h at
’
s w hat , che .

—N on m m
m
1
N 0TA . Si d ice a ke know y ou a, do y ou
a ke do y ou know
 S E CO N D R E V I E W 15

EXERCIS ES

I . W h at is this This I s a ho rse 2 I S this a

? . .

new ho rse ? Yes S ir a new and a good ho rse ; you , ,

c a n S e e w h a t the ho r se is 3 A r e his l egs st r a ight . .

a n d st r o n g ? Ce rt ai nly 4 Do you kn ow if he c a n . .

1
ca rry these thin gs ? I do n t kn ow 5 He is not st ron g ’
. .

if he c a nnot c a rry this a nvil 6 I see you w ant t o hu rt . .

m
the ho rse 7 N o I wa n t to kn ow if he is strong an d
. .
,

good 8 This is y Sh o p Do you wa nt a fi re ?

. . .

Yes the w ate r is c old 9 I w an t to h eat the water

, . . .

1 0 T h is is n ot a good wi n dow ; good wi ndows a n d

.

doors are straight I I Wh a t do you c a ll this This . .

is i ro n a nd these are S hoes 1 2 The ho r se h a s

, . .

m m
Sh oes of iron ; they are c a lled ho r seshoes 1 3 Ca n . .

you ake ho r seshoes ? Yes I c a n a ke good ho rse ,

shoes 14
. My ho rse h a s fou r feet ; I w a nt fou r
.

m
m
hor ses h oes 1 5 Do you w a nt the j ob ? Y e s I do
. .
, .

16 I S this a good h a e r ? I don t kn ow 1 7 The ’

. . .

boy is co ld ; he w a nts to fee l the fire ( it ca l d a) 1 8 You . .

m
S p e a k of the j ob ; this isn t a good j ob 1 9 I kn ow ’
. .

you can a ke these thin gs N o I c a n t 2 0 Do n t .

,
’
. .
’

you think you ca n do it ?

7
I Che cos a e questa ? Acqu a c a l da
. 2 Vuoi . .

a cqu a fredd a ? N o sign or e vog lio a cqu a c a l da ed

m
, ,

1 N O TA .
— n
’
t vuo l di re not, co e, don t ’
( do not ), is n t ’
( i s

not ), e tc .
16 ENG LI S H ITALI A N -
LA NGUA GE B O O K

un buon fuoco ; vog lio v ede re che cosa p osso fare .

3 . Che cos a p uoi f a re con a c q u a c a ld a ? Lo so i o ( I

e
m m
know ) .
4 P a
. r l i de l p iccolo ra g az z o ? Si f a t t o
a l e al b ra ccio (no ka s kur t k i s a r ) 5 Puoi p o r . .

t are 1 ac q ua ? S i signo re 0 so no ( if not ) i l c ava ll o

’
, ,

p u o p o r t a r e l a c q u a ed i l ra g a z z o a nche 6 Quest a . .

e una n uo va ca rri uol a ? S i nuova e fo rte 7 Puoi , . .

m
p o r t a r e v a n g h e z ap e
p ,
r a st r e ll i e p a l,e in ess a .

m
8 H a i tu un gi a r dino ? S i l a
. i a c a sa e i n u n ,

giar din o ; ho a lbe ri o rt aggi l egu i fi ori ed e rb a , , , .

( )
m
9 . Queste sono buone cose S i i o 10 so I k n o w . i t , .

1 0 C redo c h e ( tka t ) l a do n na chi a

. a S i 1a Od o . .

L E SS O N E I G HTH
TH E H O US E — LA CA S A

I nter r og at iw

do I? 1
( spe a k ,
l ive, p ar o l io

mk m
d o y ou l ive a b i tate v o i

m
d o w e a e fa ccia o noi

d oe s he e at ang ia e g li
d oe s s h e fee l ? s e nt e e ll a

d oe s i t hav e ha e sso

I d on t ,
’
no n .

d lo l
{
’ no n v o e te
t w a nt i t ,
.

y ou on

m
tu non l o vuoi .

we d on
’
t l ive , non a bitia o .

he d ’
k li l
mm m
oe s n t spe a , eg no n p ar a .

l di
m
N O TA
1 .To d o co , e to a ke , vuo re
f a r e, a il ve rb o to
d o é d ife tti vo e d ipe nd e a d un a lt ro ve rb o il q l
ua e e s e p re s o t
tintes o s e no n e sp res so . In e ffe tto to d o 8: nu ve rb o aus i li are .
 E N G LI S H ITA LI A N -
LA NGU AGE B O O K

EXERCIS ES

Wh a t do you c a l l this ? It is a h ouse 2 DO

mm
I . . .

m
you live i n this house ? Yes it is y ( ia ) hous e 1
,
.

m m m
3 . H ow uch does it cost to bui l d a house ? It cost s

m
uch to build a big house 4 H ow a ny roo s h a s . .

m m
a big house ? A s a ll house has two floo rs and eigh t

m m
roo s a n d a ce l l a r 5 I li ve in a s a l l house b ut
. .
,

( )a it is high a n d h a s a n y windows 6 The w a l l s . .

m (
m
are s ono
) high the st a i r s a
,
r e high the r oof is b ad , ,

the roo s are littl e the chi ney is n e w 7 I se e , . .

nine windows 8 Yes a nd the cel l ar has four

. .
, .

I . Questa ca s a e o l to v ecchi a 2 N on vog li o m . .

m m
a bita re (I d on t w a n t to l i ve
) in ( ) 3
i Vogli
’
e S S a t o . .

m
fabb rica re una nuova c a sa a costa olto 4 Puo i ,
. .

m m
f abbric a r e un a c a s a ? S i p osso ; sono (I a ) f a

m m
l eg na e ; p osso f a bb ric a re in legno (w ood )
m
a il ,

m
urato re de ve ( us t) fare i l fo n d a ento 5 Io . .

m m
p osso f a r e l s p o r te l e fi n e s t
,r e i l tetto i p a vi e n ti , , ,

m
l e sc a le : n on p osso f a r e a nche i l ca i no 6 Co e . .

E il p o rtico grande ed a lto

m
si chi a a q uesto ? .

7 . Se l a p ioggi a c a de i o sono nell a c a s a a non v i

( tl z e re
) so n o se i l sole r is p le n de .

Se e re a ding l e s s o n, a
p ge 93 .

l m m
m m
1
N 0TA . In i ng e se i p ro no i p os s e ssivi n o n s o no ai

p re c e duti dal l ’
arti co o l S i d ice i a e asa , non l a i a cas a .
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D R ES S 11. v ns r rr o
'

VOCABULA RY

d
t o g o , a n are . s hi r t ca m icia .

t o g i v e d are , .
p ants ca l zo ni .

d farde llo
ml
t o w e a r i nd o ssare ,
. b un l e .

t o g o o u t , us ci re . ap r on g re b ia e .

m
c l o t h e s , ab iti . c oa t
g ia cca .

k l ib
md
t ow e l s , as ciug a a ni . b oo , ro .

ll d
m
c ol l ar co a re . r a w e rs , uta n e .

c rav at cra v a tta . sl e e v e a nicha .

ov e ra l c op ri ) i
l s -
p a nta v e st
( Io , p a n c o t t o .

l o ni . r i g h t , re tt o, d iritt o de stro ,

b oots ( I I ) , s t iva li . c l e a n , ne tt o .

s hoe s s carpe . bl ac k ,
ne ro .

s us p e n d e rs ( I3 ), t iran ti . l e ft , s i nis t ro .

p oc ke t tas ca . di t y r , spo c o
r .

d r e s s , ve s t i t o . w he n , q ua n do .

bl ue , a zzurro .
pl e as e , p e r
p ia ce re .

w hi t e , b ia nco .
20 —
ENG LI S H IT A LI A N LA NGU A GE BOOK

F or m e r eg ol a r i del p a ssa to

I l ive d , abi tava . I hav e l i v e d , ho ab ita to .

he , sh e , t o uc h e d , toccava . he, she , h as t o u c h e d , ha t oc

m m
ca t o .

w e w ant e d , vo e va l o . w e ha v e w a nt e d , abb ia o

l
v o ut o .

y ou p l a nt e d , p ia nt avate .
y ou ha v e p l a nt e d , a ve te p ia n

m
ta t o .

d hi d h hi
m
t he y c al l e , c a ava no . th e y ha v e c al l e , anno c a

ato

m
.

F or a i r r eg ol a r e

m
m
I w a s , e ra . I had , ave va . I us t , 1 de bbo .

m
sh e, b e, I t, w as . had . us t .

m
we w e re . had . ust .

m
y ou w e re . had . ust .

th e y w e re . had . us t .

EXERCIS ES

1 This wo a n is y wife 2 She ha s a good

. m m . .

m
a n d a be a utiful f a ce ; s h e is a s l a r ge a s o u a re
y .

m
3 . Y e s h e r f a the
,
r w a s v e r y l a r ge but h e r othe r ,

m m
w a s s a l l (ozee ol a ) he r b rothe r s a r e a l l (tut ti ) big
'

en 4 . W h en S h e .li v ed a t ho e in h e r fathe r s ’

m
house I lived in t h e house of he r cousin in a l itt l e
,

m (p
vi l l a ge 5 We
. w a nted to . a rry s os a rc i
) a n d ,

m
we we re a rried in h e r fat h er s house 6 I w a s ’
. .

a rried in a chu rch (oki e s a ) 7 My wife h a s a b l ue . .

d ress ; S he we ars a white co llar a nd a cle a n white

a ron
p 8 I see th r ee towe l s Yes th ree c l e a n
mz
. . .
,

1
N OTA .
' ue s te t e r ina io ni s o no l
i nvari abi i i n tutte l e pe r
s ons e cce tt o ne ll a p o co us ata s e co n da p e rso na s i ng o are t u l .
 TH E K ITCH EN 2I

m
m m
towe l s 9 H ow uch does one cost ? I t doesn t
. .
’

cost uch 10 Ple a se give

. e one Yes S ir . .
, .

m
I I .My husb a nd w ants a j ob 12 W h at c an he . .

do ? He c a n t (non p ub) do uc h but he c a n c arry

’

book s and bund les I 3 He we ars good clothes . . .

m
9

m
1 Quest uo o indoss a buoni vestiti
.
’
2 E g li . .

m
indoss a un a c a icia bi a nc a a nche una sotto (und e r ) ,

m
c a icia un coll are netto una cravatta az z u rra ca lz oni
, , ,

m
n e ri una be rr etta n e ra u n a buon a g i a cc a
, a gl i ,

stiva li so n o sp o rchi 3 Pe r p iace r e d ate i un col . .

m m
l a re netto ; non p osso uscire con un collare s p o r co ;

m
questo e n ero 4 Co e S i c hi a a q uesto in ing lese ?
. .

Questo S i chi a a (a kook)

mf
.

F or ats ras i c o n a lt re p a ro e n e llv oca b o ari o l .

Se e re a d ing l e ss on, a
p ge 95 .

L E SS O N T EN TH
TH E K I T C HEN — L A C UC IN A

Abor e oia tions of

'
can not, wi ll n ot , do not .

I (y ou, w e, he, sh e , it ) ’
c a n t , non p oss o .

I ( y o u ,
w e, he , she ,
it) w ’
o n t , no n vog li o .

I (y ou, w e ,
he , sh e , it) d ’
o n t , no n fo .

VOCABULARY

ld
m
t o c oo k , cuci nare .
p o t ca ai a .

t o b u y , co p ra re . kn i v e s co lt ll
e o.

t o t r y , provare . s p o on cuc ch iao .

f
c of e e -p o t ( I o ) , cafi e tt i e ra . c o v e r , cope rc hi o .
22 ENG LI S H IT ALI AN -
LA NGUA GE B OO K

fo o d , ci bo . s ki m
m e r , S ch iu m aruol a .

g r o c e r, d rog ie re h . s a u c e rs , s otto ta z z e ,
p ia tti ni .

g ro c e r y d rog he ria
,
. l ar d , s ug na .

fo r k f orc h e t ta . t e a -p o t , te ie ra .

ov e n, f orno . c up tazza .

k l d ta zza d i l atta
m
s al t p or , ar o . ti n c u p, .

ll q
m m
l l
r o in g p i n
-
a tt e re o .
p c he r
i t va s o da ac ua .

han dl e , a ni co . c e rt ai n l y , ce rt o, c e rta e nt e .

dw
m
har a re s t ore , ne g o z io di e ve r y , og ni .

f
m}
e rra e nto . l ittl e
l
l p1cc o o

m m
.

w a t c h , oro og io d a ta s ca . s al l
l l
m m m
cl oc k (I I) , oro og io da ca e ra . s al l e r, pi u p i c co o .

pu p p o p a . ore , p iiI .

fr yi n g de l la d
m
-
p a n pa . b i g g e r , p ing ra n e .

pl ate
p i a tt o . t o o, t o o u c h , tr o
ppo .

ke t t l e , p e nt o a l .
g r e a s y , unt o .

s t ov e s tu a f . w he re , d ove .
 TH E K IT C H EN z 3

EXERCIS ES

m
m
II don t w ant a b ad stove in y kitchen 2 My
.
’
. .

’
kitchen is s a ll ; this sto ve is too big 3 Don t y o u . .

m m
thi nk so (cos i ) ? 4 Can you go to the h a rdw ar e .

m m
store a nd buy a la p ( l u e ) Yes ce rt a i n ly , .

m
5. H a s he a bigge r l a p ? N o he h a s a s a lle r ,

m
one 6 I do n t w an t a li ttle la p ; this one is too
. .
’

m mm
s a l l 7 Do you w ant a
. . Yes p le a se giv e ,

e one a l so th ree ,
a nd a S k i er a an d ,

8 I w a n t t o bu y a fou r and a
‘

o ne .

m
9. The f ry i n g p a n is so ( ta nto) -
di r ty a n d g r e a s y .

10 How a ny p l a tes a re c le a n ? Ce rt ai n ly th ree

.

o r fou r 11 Do y ou c a ll t his a good sto ve ? N o

. .
,

m
I don t 1 2 I c a n t cook wit h it ; it is n ot good
’
. .
’
.

I 3 You
. ust try .

IVog li o sei a sciuga a ni nett i ne ll a ia cucin a

. m m .

m
2 Vedo un bel v a so di fi ori e 2 va si d a a c q u a
.
3 L a . .

m
stufa e tanto gra nde ' 4 Pe r p i a ce re c o p r a ne .

u n a pi u p iccol a ; a l a p a de l l a e tr o pp o

m
p icco l a .

m
5 . Voglio u n v a so d a a cqu a 6 D a te i questo (g i v e . .

e thi s on e
) 7 N osso (I ) e oglio ’
o n p . ca n t . n o n v ,

esso (i t ) e tr o pp o n er o 8 A n che e tr o p p o gra nde e . .

m m
cost a tro p p o 9 Qu a nto costa ? Costa t re scudi e
. .

mm
non e ( i t i s n t) forte 1 0 Devo co p rare una p o p a
’
. .

e d u n o rologio ; no n v oglio un a stuf a ; ia oglie

n o n p uo cuci n ar e 11 La stufa e f redd a . 12 II . . .
24 ENG LI S H IT A LI A N -
LA NGU A GE B OO K

m
m
fuoco n on e buo n o 1 3 La p a de lla é olto c a ld a . . .

m
14 Qu a nte fo rchette h a i ? I 5 Dove p osso co p rar e
.
’

m
dei co ltelli ? N el n egoz io di ferra e nt a 1 6 Dov e . .

p osso co p rar e il cibo ? N ell a d r oghe r i a .

S e e re a d i ng l e ss o n pag e 9 5 , .

L E SS O N E L E V EN TH
T H I RD REV I EW —TER ZA R I V I S TA

VOCABULARY

t o g o, an d are . l ow , bas s o .

t o c o s t , cos tare . w hi t e , b ia nco .

m y ml
t o gi v e , dare . b ad , ca ttivo .

ym m l m
to w e ar i nd os s a re
,
. u c h, v e r , o to .

my ml
to c a r r y p ortare
,
. ver u c h, o ti s s i o .

m
t o g o o u t , us cire . an , o ti .

t ow e l s , as ciu a
g ani . c l e a n , ne tto, pu ito l .

c hi l d r e n, f
a n ci u lli . bl k ne ro
ac ,
.

w ork ,
la voro . di rt y sporco ,
.

l ib hi
m m
b ook ,
ro . ol d, ve cc o .

d q
ml
hu s b an , arito . h ow uc h ? ua nto ?
wi fe , og ie . w he n ? q ua n do ?
d r e s s , ve s t ito . eve r yw h e r e , og ni
d ove .

m
c l o t h e s , ve s titi . s o , cos i .

hi g h, al to . b ut , a .

EXERCIS ES

m
m
I I ust t ry to liv e in this house 2 Don t y o u
. . .
’

m
w ant to live in a s al l house ? Ce rt ainly ; but th is

m
house is o l d a nd dirty the wi n dows a re s a l l the , ,

floo r s a re b a d the roo s a re very low the doors a re

, ,
26 ENG LI S H —ITA LI AN LA N GUA GE B O O K

L E SS O N TW E LFTH
TI M E A N D WEA T H ER — IL TEM P O

“0n

VOCABULARY
d d
m
t o un e rs t an , cap ire . n i g ht , nott e .

to fo r g e t d i e nticare
, . ho u r, ora .

to w o r k l av orare
,
. b os s , p a d rone .

q
m
t o p a y , pag a re .
q u a r t e r , uarto .

k
t o t a e , g e t , p re n e re d . w ee k , s e t t i a na .

m
t o u s e , us are . o v e r s e e r , s ovras ta nt e .

to co e , ve nire . d ol l ar
, s cu do .

it s n o w s , ne vica . c e n t , so ld o .

d
m
it rai n s ,
p i o ve . w in ,
ve nt o .

ye
m
a r , a nn o . th e sa e ,
10 s te ss o .

m
s t or , burras ca . n owd , a e ss o .

m
b a rg ai n, co ntratto . n e v e r, ai .

m
y
m
cit y ,
c i t t a . al w a s , se
pre .

c o unt r y , ca p g
a na . so u c h, ta nto .

H E l
mzz mE m
d a y , g i o rno . e re it is , cco o .

H
my m
ha l ,f e o . e re I a , cc o i .

one , o ne ta . h e r e , qui .

s n o w , ne ve . Th a n y o u , k Grazi e .
 TI M E AN D W E ATH ER 27

Wh e n m us t I c o m' e uan o d de vo l o ve nire

ri g h t a w a y , sub i to .

s o o n, p e s to
r .

m m
t o -d a y , og g i .

t o- o r ro w , do ani .

t o -n i g ht , q ue s ta notte .

q S
mzz
t h i s e v e ni n g , ue s ta e ra .

a t noo n, a e o g i o r no .

e ar l y , a buo n ’
ora .

l at e , ta r i d
mS
.

H ow ar e y ou p ai d Co e ie te voi a
p g a ti
b y t h e d a y , g iorn o pe r g iorno .

m m
b y t h e ho u r , al l ora
’

We ar e p ai d b y th e o nt h, a e se
.

b y th e jo b , a co ntratto

m
.

Wh a t s o rt of w e at he r i s it C h e te p o fa
ll
ml f
fin e , be o .

I t is ver y c ol d , o to re dd o .

fr e e z i n g , Si g e a l .

Th e s u n s hi n e s , Il l
s o e ris p e n l d e .

m
Th e rai n fa l l s
, L a i
p gg
o i a ca de .

Wh a t t i e is i t Che o ra e
It is t e n ’
o c l oc k , S ono l s d ie ci .

EXERCIS ES

m
The boss c a l ls you 2 Wh a t does he say (one
m
I . . .

m
d ice ) ? He s a ys to co e right a w ay 3 Whe r e ust . .

I go ? 4 G o a nd take (p re nde te ) so e (d e i ) b ricks

m
.

m m m m
to the cella r 5 H e w a nts o rtar too
. . 6 G et .

(p ) p p
m
r e n d e te w a te r f r o the u a nd i x it with li e

m ( )
a nd s an d .
7 Th
. a t a n wo r ks we l l b e n e I p y
a

— i
hi ( p g )
l o o o by t h e j ob o r by th e d a y t is a l w ays
28 ENG I L S H— ITA LI A N LA NGU A G E B O O K

m m
m
the s a e 8 H ow a re the wo e n p aid (p ag a te ) ?
. .

B y the o n th or week 9 It s n ows 1 0 Ca n y ou . . . .

S hovel s n ow (p a l a re ne ve ) ? 1 1 The we a the r i s .

m m
v e ry cold 12 The re are (v i s ono) seve n d a y s i n a
. .

m
week fou r weeks i n a o nth 30 d ay s in a onth
, , ,

m
a n d 36 5 d a s in a e a 1 3 Wh t ti e i i t ? It
y y r a s . .

m m
i s five O c lo c k He re i s you r o n e y Th a n k
’
14 . . .

y ou 1 5
. Do n t fo r get
. to c o e to o rr o ’
w I 6 I -
. .

u nde rst a nd .

m
I2

m m mm
Abbi a o un buon p ad r o n e ; é gentile (ki nd ) e
m
I .

(p
m
p a g a se p r e p r o n t a e n te r o p y)t l n o n a i d i e n ,

tic a ; dice p a go t anto a l l o ra e f a co e d ic e

“ ’ '
.

2 . L a vo ra te a co nt ra tt o ? S i sign o re a co nt ra tto , ,

m
o t a n to p e r gio rn o e 10 stesso 3 Ve ,
n ite a desso . .
,

vi p a go 4 . P r e n dete .
( ta k e
) l a o n et a G r a z ie . .

m
O ggi é t o o c ldo osso l o e be e
m
5 . r pp a ; n o n p a v r a r n .

6 F a se p re c a ldo n el l a citt a i n est a te ; n ell a c a

m
.

m
( ) 7
m
p a g n a f a f r esco cool Ve n go n ell a c a .
p a g n a.

qu ando i l te p o é buo n o 8 E bellissi o oggi

m
. . .

( y)
m m
9 . N ell i n v
’
e r n o dobbi a o a v e r e fuoco og n i e v e r

gio rn o n evica o p iov e se pre 1 0 E eglio (be tte r )

,
. .

m m mm
st a re in c a s a 1 1 Abit ate in q uest a c a s a ? S i oggi
m
.
.
, ,

c a bio a bit a z io ne (I ’

m
a n o n do a ni ,
ov i ng
) .

Vie n e i l u ra to re oggi ? N on p uo v e nire c e

m
’
I2 .

t ro p p o f an go ( u d ) I3 Che or a e ? Sono l e . .

qu att ro G raz ie 1 4 I I p a dr o n e ci p ag a (p ay s us )
. . .

a lle ci n q u e 15 E ccolo (k e re l i e i s ) 1 6 Qu ant o

. . . .
 TH E DA Y LA B O R E R 29

md te m Lo stesso oggi om
U s udo e m
i a al g i o e ie i
o ? c r . I 7.N o n

c a p isco . no e o be e c zz . Va n .

Se e re a d ing l e ss o n, p g
a e 9 8 .

L E SS O N TH I RT EEN TH
TH E DA Y L A B O R ER — IL B RA CC I A N T E,
IL L A V O RA T O R E

VOCABULA RY

t o h u rr y , afi re ttare
'

. r ai l r o a d( I ), f e rrovia .

to a r ri v e , arrivare . d i ra n
,
fg
o na .

t o op e n, ap rir e . di t h c f os s a .

t o he l p , a i uta re . t o w n , pae s e tt o .

m
to c o u n t , co nta re .
p i e t ra a p a vi
p av ing s t one ,
to c he a t , i ng a nnare . e nto .

t o b e g i n , p ri ncip iare . s hov e l pa a l .

S l
m
t o d i g , ca va re .
p os t a
p o .

to e nd ,
te r i nare . c r ow b ar
p a o l di f
e rro .

m
k k
d m
trac , b i nari o .
p i c p i cc o .

sw i t c h, e vi a e nt o di binari o . s t a ti o n s ta zione fe r , a ta .

1
N 01 A ' ‘
.
— L’ id io m a i ng l e se vuo l di re tra o tta d l it e ra lm e nt e

C he co s a Si e te v oi f a ce n do ?
30 ENG LI S H -
IT A LI A N LA N GU A GE B OO K

s t re e t s tra da . n a rr o w , s t re tto .

d e ll q l
m
w ate r p i p e s , tub i
’
ac ua .
q ui c k ,
ve o ce .

a t c h e s , z ol fo ne ll i . he re , e c co , qui .

m
e n o u g h , ab b as ta n a z . t h e r e , l i, c i, v i .

d lt
gl
m
a , c o nte nto . on e t i e ,
o n c e , una vo a .

s t ra i g ht , d ritto . fr o , da .

w i d l e ,
arg o . H urr y up ' Fa in f re tta

d k ar , os curo . Go a he a d 'A vanti '

d p ee , p
ro o n f d o . All r i g ht ' Va b e ne '

ll e S ba

l
p o o r , po ve ro .

Th a t ’
s w ron g ,
' ue o

m
ri c h , ri cco .
g l ia to .

al o ne , s o o.l I ’
s orr y , Mi dispiace .

ke d s t o rt o no d no n va e nie nte l
m
c ro o , .
g oo ,
.

mmm
P r ono i

ml
e, e, i . u s , noi , ci .

m
y o u , v o i, vi . t he , o ro , g l i,
Ii .

hi , l ui, g l i , 10 . h e r , l e , g l i, l a .

d ft
m m
Wha t 1 ar
e y ou oi n g ? Ch e c os a a e

d
m
( I a
) I ’
i g g i n g , S ca vo .

( W e ar e
) We ’
re w or ki n g , La voria o .

mm
( P iove
’
I t i s ) It s r ain in g , .

H av e y ou s o e a t c he s A ve t e d e i z olfane l li
N o,
’
I ha v e n t ( h a v e no t
) an y , Non ne ho .

m
EXERCIS ES

m m
j ob ? Yes S ir I a ra ilr o a d
’
I . Do you w an t a , ,

h a nd (l a vora tore ) 2 Co e with e 3 He r e is . . . .

m
a S ho v e l a nd a p ick ; the re i s a c rowb ar 4 Y o u . .

m
ust dig a ditch f or g a s p i p es a nd w a ter p ip es .

m
5 You
. ust wo r k h a r d (f or te
) 6 Ca n you wo r k . .

m
f a st ( p re s to) ? Y e s I a st rong 7 Do you w an t ,
. .

m
the ditch dee p ? 8 The h a n dle ( a nico) of the .

shov e l is too sho rt I c an t use it G ive e t h e .

’
.
 T H E DAY LA B OR E R 31

s pa de 9 Here it is a nd hu rry up ' 1 0 The e n

. .
, . m
h e re a re no good ; I w a nt a good st ra ight ditc h .

m
11 .I S this wide e n ough Ce rtai nl y you unde rst an d ,

t h e j ob 12 A ll righ t ' I g lad to get the j ob

. .
’
.

I 3
I . I I p adrone e q ui ; dice di an d a re a l l a staz ione
i
de lla ferr ovi a subito 2 Pre ndi dei ferri p icchi p a l
. .
, ,

m m
di ferro va nghe p a le ed anche
, ,

2 a rtel l i ; etti (p u t ) i fe rri

ne lla ca rriuol a ed avanti devi ,

m
esse r n (be tke re ) a lle dieci 3 Adesso sono l e . .

m
nove e ez z o ; non p osso an d are t a nto ve l oce q u a nd o ,

p io v e 4. M a non é
. c a ttiv o te p o e l a v i a n o n e ,

m
lung a 5 F a in f retta ' Va be ne i o vo subito
. .
, .

6 E
m m
. o lto l avo ro f are una stra da p e r l a fe rrovi a .

m m
7 . L a v o ri a o a desso d a 3 esi e 2 4 gio r ni 8 P r in . .

mm
c ip ia o a sc a va r e a buon ora l a atti na a ll e cin q ue
’

, ,

—
e te r inia o a ll e cinq ue l a se ra queste sono undici
o re di l avo r o 9 Siete p a g.a ti ( a r
. e y o u p a i d ) t a n to

m
p e r gio rno ? S i t a n to p e r gio r,
n o ed og n i gio r n o
si a o p a ga ti il va lo re d un a ora di p i n 1 0 H a i un ’
. .

buon p a dron e ? Ce rto e b ravo (ke s fi ne ) e gentile ,

’

m
m
ai ?
(k i nd ) E cco
. l o I I Che cos a
. f Sc a vo q uest a
.

foss a p e r l a fogna I 2 D a i i l p icco 1a foss a non

. .
,

e d ritt a fa lla pi u l arga qui e p i u p rofond a l i questa ,

non e giust a 1 3 Mi dis p i a ce . .

See read ing l e sso n, a

p g e 99 .
32 ENG LI S H ITALI AN -
LA NGU A GE B OOK

L E SS O N F O U RT EEN TH
TH E DA Y L A BO R ER ( conti n ue d )

VOCABULARY

f
t o l i t, a lz are . siz e , di m e ns io ns .

di dl f g li h
m m
t o hi re , a fii ttare . r e e av e s, o e s e cc e .

t o p i l e up , a ass are . s tr a w b e rr y b ed ,
frag o e to l .

d f
md
t o b u rn , b rucia re . b un l e s, asci .

to or d e r , co an are . b on fir e ,
f uoco d al l e g re z z a
’
.

d f l
m
d
t o e arn , g ua ag nare . fir e w o o ,
ue l , e g na .

t o p ut , e t t e re .
p ot at o e s,
pat at e .

t o p ic k up , raccog li e re . ki n dl i n g w oo d , p e zze tti

l
mzz
to re t u rn , ri tornare . e g no .

t o c ho p , s i nu are . a l o t , una
g ra n de q uanti ta .

to spl it, s pacca re . c h i p s , s ch e gg ie .

l
my p a t h s , s e ntie ri
t o o u t , tag ia r e . .

m
to e p t , vuo tare . r u b b i s h , s pa atura zz .

ar f ul , b ra cciata . w oo d -
s aw ye r , s e g a t o re .

sti c k , bas tone . s aw I

( ) g , se a .

l o g , ce ppo . w oo dh d t s e , e tto ia .

b us h e s , ce s pug li . v i n e s , viti .

ll
m m
s aw h o rs e , ( )
2 cava e tto b us y occupato

m
,
. .

fo r e
}
a n u r e , co nci e be
d
.

p ri a, ava nti

m
fir s t
.

a s h e s , ce ne ri .

w ag o n -l oa d , ca
rro - ri co . t h e n , al ora, poi l .

EXERCIS ES

m m
m
IThe an is h e re to cut wood 2 Tell hi to
. . .

m
begin righ t aw a y ; fi rst he ust saw (s eg a re ) the logs ,

m
in to lengths ( l ung l ze z z e ) of two feet t h en s p lit the ,

and p i l e the up in the woods h ed 3 The 3) ax e is . .

34 ENGLI S H ITA LI AN -
LA NGU A GE B OO K

buo n a abb a sta nz a ; vog li o i l co nc i e p e r il fra go leto m .

m m
1I . Va be n e e c co l o G raz ie questo é giusto 1 2 I
, .
,
. .

se n tie ri so n o olto sto rti I 3 S i addi riz z ate l i ( a ke

m
.
.
,

tke g )
s t ra z k t 1 4 N o n p osso
. con quest a z a ppa . .

m
I 5 . Al l o ra (tkon) p re n dete l a va nga 1 6 N on us o . .

a i l a va n g a Va be n e a d dio (g ood by )
.
,
-
.

S e e re a d i ng l e s s on pag e 1 01 ,
.

m
L E SS O N FI FT EEN TH
F O UR T H a w ' UA R TA R I V I S TA

VOCABULARY

t o hu r r y , affre tta re . ti m e
te m po .

t o b u r n , b ruc1are . w e a t he r

m
z
m
t o g row , cre s ce re . e n o u g h , ab bas ta n a .

t o w al k , ca i nare . fine
d d
dm
t o un e rs t an , ca pire . ni c e

to fo r g e t , i e nti care . b e a u t if u l

to tel l
1di gl a , d co nte nto .

re
l
m m
.

to s ay ' l on g , ung o .

f
m
to st op , er are . ore , p i n .

t o e a rn , g ua dag nar e . sa e , s te s so .

to get i pig iare , l ol d, ve cc hi o .

to ta ke l p re n de re n ow a d e s so
m
. .
,

m
m
ye a r
}
, a nno . how
co e .

su e r , e s t at e . as

d
m
a u g ht e r , fig l ia . t h e r e , Ii , n .

c h il d re n, fig l iuol i . n e v e r, ai .

m m
w i n t e r , i nve rno . e a rl y , d i b uo n ’
ora .

mzz
o r ni n g , a tti na . h e r e , qui .

m
n o on , e o g io rno . t o -d a y , og g i .

ho ur , ora . al w a ys , se p re .

m y md
s tr e e t , s tra a d . y
r i g ht a w a , s ub i to .

e v e n i n g , s e ra . I ’
s o rr , i is pia ce .
 F O U R TH R E VI E W 35

m
EXERCIS ES

I . you te l l e W he r e Fou rth St reet is ? Yes

Can ,

m
m m m
you ta ke this st reet to the left (a s i nis tra ) w a lk ,

(oa i na te
) t e n i n utes a lw a ys i n the s a e d i r e c

tion (d i r e z i one ) the n (i nd i ) ta ke the st reet to the

,

r ight — the st reet is ve ry n arrow a nd the houses are ,

low a nd ve ry lo n g ; th ree are white th ree are blue ; ,

m
you go a lw ays stra ight on (a va nti ) u n ti l (fi ne ke) you

m m
co e to Fou rth Street 2 Ca n I do it i n h a lf a n hou r ? . .

m
Yes ti e e n ough a nd o re th a n (e ke ) e n ough but go
, ,

m m
r ight a w ay I goi g I e e hu y but I
’

3 . . n n o w n v r rr ; ,

a lw a ys e a r l y Sto the b l cks ith s S ho ’

a 4 p
. a t . a p ,

m
get a ne w s p a de a nd see if he ca n S h a rp e n the axe
o n the g ri ndsto n e a n d , (
a ke this i r o n S p oo n ouce k i a i o

m m
d i f e rr o) st ra ight 5 The child
. r e n a r
. e g r owi n g v e ry
ta ll (a l ti ) H ow any child re n i n the fa ily ? I h a ve
m
.

o n ly (s ol a e nte ) o ne child a d aughte r 6 H OW old , . .

m
is S h e ? ( 'ua nt i a nn i l ea She is fi ve ye a rs o ld
m
.

7 . T o —d a
y is a fi n e su e r d a
y; the we a the r is
be a utifu l 8 Do n t fo rget to tell the boss to p ay
. .
’

f or the j ob ; it is good wo rk I u n de r st a nd 9 Do . . .

m
you S p e a k E n glish ? I don t u nde rsta n d wh at you ’

say I
. sorry
’
.

m
15

m m
I Debbo ce rto i p ar are (l e a rn) I in glese ; v og li o
.
’

m
p a r l a r e l a a tti n a a e z z ogio r n o e l a se ra e v oglio ,

c a p i re cio (w ka t) ch e i l p a d r o n e e gli uo in i dico no .

2 . Potete dire qu a nto cost a questo ? Cost a abb a sta nz a

 ENG LI S H IT ALI A N -
LA NGU A G E B OO K
—dieci scudi (d ol l a rs Mio i l i l
) 3
’
fi g li o c a p s c e n g e se . .
,

dice che é bello (l i e s ay s i t i s fi ne ) So n o co nte nto .

udi rlo 4 Questo é un g ra nde p a ese ; p osso esse r e

. .

m m
occu p a to q ui ? Ce rto p otete se p ar la te i n glese ,
.

m
5 .Vog l io i p a ra re subito 6 P ro vate se p r e di . .

c a p ir e e p a r la te e n on di e ntic a te i l lib ro 7 S i . .
,

sig n o ra graz ie , .

S e e re a d i ng l e s s on pa g e 1 03 ,
.

L E S S O N SI XT EEN TH
TH E C A R TER II . C A R R ETT I ER E

H ow d oe s he w or k Co ml e a vo ra ?

m ml
ml
w el l , b e ne . b e t t e r, e g l io . b e st, il eg io .

b ad , a e . w or s e , p gg
e io . w ors t , il pe gg i o .

ye s t e rda y l l
m
k He w or s t o -d a y b e tte r t ha n . Eg i a vo ra

og g i e g l io d i ie ri .

Wh a t ou p ai d Ch e pag a ave te

m ml
y

m
are

m
m m
u c h, o to . ore , p in . ost, il pIu .

l i tt l e, poco . l e ss, e no . l e a s t , il e no .

We are p ai d l e ss t hi s we ek t h l an a st .

l it t l
mI
S he e arns a e e v e ry d ay .

F ifty pounds ( l ibbr e ) i s th e os t ca n carry .

VOCABULARY

to go aw a y , an d are via . to di
r ve , g ui dare .

t o ti e to fe e d , g o ve rna re .

atta cca re
fa s t e n y
.

to t o c urr , s tri g l I a re .

to w a t e r , a b b e ve rare . to g e t o u t o f , s ce n de re .

to ta k e c a r e o f cus tod ire ,

. t o g e t i n t o , s a ire l .

to k i c k ca l citrare
,
. oa ts , b ia d a .
 T H E CA R T ER 37

b arr e l ba ril e . l ine s

I dini
b ri dl e b ig l i
r a . r e i ns '
( ) ,
re .

w a g o n , ca rro . w he e l ruota .

c a rt ca rre tta .
grav e l re na ,

c a rr i a g e , carro zza . s an d s ab b ia .

y zzino l
m
b ug g , ca rro . s t ab l e s tal a .

d ri v e r , c o n d ut tore . c urr y -
co b s trig li a .

di
m
c o al , c arb o ne . r t , e a r t h, te rra .

h a y , fi e no .
p ol e ,
ti o ne .

rop e , f
une . a ft e r, do p o .

f
m
w hi p rus ta . e q u a l , e g ual e .

h a r n e s s , fi ni e nti . fas t , p re s to .

f
m
s ha ft s o rci ne . sl ow , p ia no .

te a ,
nu pa i o di cava lli . b el o w , un d e r , s o tto .

EXERCIS ES

Whe re is the c a rte r ? H e s the sta ble ; he s in

’

m
’
I .

m
feedin g t he w hite ho r se 2 Te ll
m
hi to h arn ess u p. .

(
m
e tte re i fi n i e nt i a i oa va l l i ) I w a n t a lo a d of .

sto nes .
3 Do
. you w a n t the te a ? N o he c a n t ,
’
38 L S —
ENG I H ITALI A N LAN G UA GE B OO K

m
’
d rive t wo hor ses 4 Isn t he a good driver ? I . .

don t kn ow 5 H e uses the whip too u c h 6 H e

’
. . . .

m
under st a nds how to ta ke c ar e of a ho rse to cu rry , ,

m
to w a te r a nd to feed h i
, 7 I s the c a rt the r e ? . .
,

m
8 Lo a d up (oa r i e a te ) this wood
.
9 I ust unlo a d . .

r st (p r i
( s ea r ie a re
) fi a) The c a rt is fu l l
(p i e n
. o
)
of c o a l a nd the w agon is ful l of b a rre l s 1 0 G et fi ve
, . .

l o a ds of sa nd to p ut on (s u ) the street I I A re the . .

lines strong ? 1 2 You h ave a nic e h arness Yes it. .

,

m m
m
is nice 1 3 I w a s l ucky (f or tuna to) This h arness
. . .

w a s a p r esent ( r eg a l o) to e fr o y unc l e 1 4 H e . .

m
w a s he r e d ay befo r e yester d a y a nd he g a ve (d i e d e ) ,

e this p r ese nt I 5 Wa s this ho r se a p r ese n t too ?

. .
,

N O the ho rse be l o n gs (appa r t i e n e ) to M r White

,
. .

We we r e obli ged (obbl iga ti ) to bo rr ow it (p re nd e rl o

i n p re s t i to) .

I6

m
I . c arrettier e ha un c a rico di b arili e c assette
II
arr o é s p o rc o i l f a n go (
( box es
) 2
. I l c . u d ) e t anto ,

m
p r ofo n do 3 . De v e st r igli
. a r e be n e i c a v a l l i quest a

se ra e p u li re l e r uote ed il ti one de l c arro .

m m
4 . G uid a u n bel p a io di c a v a l li 5 Qu a n to cost a . .

un c ava l l o ? N o n so a 1 fi ni e nti sono c a r i (de a r )

,
.

6 . Mettete l a b rig l i a a l c ava llo e abb e ve rate l o .

m
Subito signor e 7 Pe r ch e . a nd a te
. vi a ? B isogn a

m m m
rito rn a r e a c a s a p e r a iut a r e (ke lp ) l a ogli e 8 La . .

m
oglie n on e l a schi ava del arito a 1 egua l e s ua ’

co p a gna .

Se e rea di ng l e ss o n, p g
a e 1 04 .
 TH E P O S T O FFI CE 39

L E SS O N S E V EN T E EN TH
TH E P o s r O F F I C E — U UF F I C I O P O S TA L E
'

VOCABULARY

md m m
m m
t o as k , do an are . na e , no e .

mm
to si g n, fir are .
p o s t an , p os t i no .

m my d l
to ai l , i po s ta re . k
p c
a ag e ,
pa c co .

to e et, i ncontrare . on e or e r , vag ia .

d l
d m m
to re a ,
e g g e re . j y
o urne ,
via
gg i o .

to sen , a nd ars . c he a p , b uon e rcato .

t o l e ave d
}
e a r , caro .

t
d par Ire

m
fo r e i g n
.

to e p art , e s te ro .

t o w e i g h , pe sare . h p o r t a n t , i p ort ante .

m
to re g i s t e r, re g is tra rs . v a l u a b l e , p re ios o z .

to fo r w a r d ,
re ca p ita re s
, p e d ire . ne x t , p ro s s i o .

l m
t o w r i t e , s cri ve re . al l , tu tto .

t o t r a ns l at e , tra urre d . l as t , u ti o .

e n v e l op e s , bus ts . o v e r -w e i g h t , p as s a il pe s o .

, ca rta

m p l e a s e , pre g o
p p
a e r . .

mf
c ha n g e , ca b io . I w a s , e ra .

lli
m
p os t a g e s t a s
p , ra ncob o . he , she , it w a s , e ra .

a dd re s s , ind iri zzo . we w e re , e ra va o .

i n k , i nc ios tro h .
y ou w e re , e ra vaté .

l e tt e r, l e t te ra . t he y w e re , e rano .

l aw , l e gg s .

PA R TICI IO P P A SSA T O

I r r eg ol a r e

mm
R eg ol a r e

mm
t o arrive , arri ve d . to e e t, et .

to ail , ai l e d . t o g ive , g i ve n .

to Sig n, S ig ne d . to s e e , se e n .

to we ig h , we ig h e d . t o s pe ak, sp oke n .

I h ave we ig hd e t he packag e .

m
T he g a r de ne r has s i g ne d th e pap e r .

S he has spoke n t o t h e po st an .
4o E N G LI S H—ITALI A N LA N GU AGE B OO K

EXERCIS ES

I h ave w ritte n (s cr i tto) a lett e r to ycousin I m

m m
I .

m m
ust go to the p ost o ffice a nd a i l it 2 The p os t . .

m m
a n w a s her e j ust n ow 3 I a so. r r y ; I w a nted
. t o

m
give hi this lette r 4 I S it ve ry i p o rtan t ? Y e s
. . .

m m
5 . I see it h a s a fo r eig n st a p 6 I t goes to Ita ly. . .

m m
7 . P l e a se a il this p a ck a ge f o r e ; I do not k n o w
how uch it weighs but he re is o ney to p a y f or it
, .

m m
8 Do you wa nt it registe r ed ? Ce rta in ly
.
9 The n . .

mm
you ust w rite you r na e an d a ddress on the p a c k

m m
ag e . 1 0 All r ight ; he re is
. o r e o n ey I I You . .

m
h a ve give n e e n ough and too uch 1 2 Then buy . .

m m
p ost a ge st a p s with the ch a n ge 1 3 Do you w a n t . .

m
fi ve ce nt st a p s f or It a ly or t w o ce n t st a p s f or the
-
,
-

m m
U nited St a tes ? 1 4 I w a nt fi ve cen t st a p s ; to
.
-

m
o rrow I wa nt to sen d a o ney o rde r to Ita ly .

m
The p ost o ffice is closed (e ki uso) to orrow
m
15 .
-
.

16 . Why ? B ec a use to o rro w is Su n d a y (Do e -

m
n i ea ) .17 O h I forget th a t to d a y is S a tu rd a y
.
,
-
,

a nd Su nd a y a l l sto res ( ag a z z i n i ) a nd o ffi ces are

C losed 18
. Th at is the l aw
. .

I 7
I E cco l s l e tte rs 2 I l p ostin o dice c he pe r
. . .

‘
questo voi dovete p a gar e due soldi di pi II 3 Pe rche ? . .

m
Pe r ch s p a ss a i l p eso 4 Qu a nto cost a s p edir e un
. .

m
v a gli a a l l este r o (a f ore ig n )
oney o r d e r ? Dieci so l di
’
.

5. P e r g l i St a ti U n iti cost a so l a e n te ( l )
on y ci n q ue
4 2 ENG LI S H ITA LI A N -
LA NGUA GE B OO K

d
m
ug l y , b rutt o . ru n k
, ub briaco .

a r ri e d , s pos ato
. w h o, ch i.

ho l y , s anto .

Th e c o u rt is in s e s s i o n, La corte e in se duta .

m
m
Le tr e f or e d el p a s s a to d efi ni to, i nter r og a ti vo, neg at i v o,

a
fi er a ti vo.
di d 1
I gi v e d ie di ?

m
m
d i d h e , s h e gi v e ? die d e ?
di d w e give ? de o ?
d i d y ou g i v e ? d e ste ?
d i d t he y g i v e ? d ie de ro ?
d i d y ou s e e t h e j u dg e ?
d i d t h e y g i v e an
'

an s w e r ( r i r osta
p ) ?

m
di d he c an y ou ?

m m
2 . N o, h e di d n ot cal l e .

3 . Af er a ti vo, Y e s, he c al l e d e .

EXERCIS ES

m
T h e cou rt is n ow in session 2 Wh a t is y ou r
I . . .

m
na e ? 3 How l on g (da qua nd o) h ave you been
.

m
s ta to ) in A e rica ? H e you t ken out n tu l
( 4 a v a a r a.

m
iz a ti on p a p e r s (a ve te p r e s o l a p r i a ea r ta d i e i tta d i
.

na ne a ) ? 5 D O you w a n t to. beco e ( d i v e n i r e ) a citi

m
z e n (oi tta d i no of the U n ited St a tes ?
) 6 How old a re .

you (e ke e td a ve te) ? 7 A re you arried ? 8 H ow

m
. .

a n y chi l d r en h a e you
v ?
9 Do you i n te n d to li v e .

mm m
he re in the U n ited St ates ? 1 0 H ave you ever .

co itted a c ri e ? I I We re you eve r i n priso n ? .

1
N O TA . I do e il p re s e nts , I di d e il pas sato d e l ve rbo

to do ( f
are ) .
 T H E CO URT 43

12 . you r p a rents living (I vos t r i g e n i tor i vi vono) ?

A re
I 3 A re you o ve r t w e nty
.
( A v e te p i u d i ve n t i a n ni ?
)
I4 .H ve you e ver voted ? 1 5 Wh a t is a n o a th
a ? .

16 . Do you swe a r on the Holy B ib l e th a t you

w il l tel l (d i r e te ) the t r uth ? 17 I n wh a t St a te of .

the U nited States ar e you ? 1 8 Who (e k i ) is the .

g o v e r n o r of this St a te ? 1 9 Who elect the g ov .

e r n or (g ove r na tore ? Who elect the r e p r ese nt a

) 2 0 .

t ive s ( rapp re s e n ta ti ) ? 21 Who e l e c t the se n a to rs ?

.

22 . Who is n ow Preside nt of the U nited St ates ?

2 3 Who e l ect the P r esident ?
.

m m
I . giudice p ar la a voi 2 Dice che voi do vete
II . .

m
a l z are l a a n o e giu r a r e co e ne l cos p etto (s zg/zt) di
Dio di dir e 1a ve rita 3 Voi S iete un testi o n io e
m
. .

m m
bisog na (y ou us t) dire a l giudice ed a l giu ri l e cose

m
co e so no 4 Se v oi . . e ntite do p o (af te r ) av er e ,

giu ra to (b a v i ng s w orn) a lz a n do l a a no a l cie l o

( k e a ve n
) o tocc
, a n do l a s a n t a B ibbi a q u esto é u n ,

d elitto uno s p e rgiu ro 5 I l de l itto de l lo s p e rgiu r o

, . .

e p un ito con seve rita (s e ve r i ty ) 6 G iu rate voi

m
? . .

S i sig n o r e
, 7 A .v ete a
. i v eduto il p r igio nie r o ?

Si
’

, sig no re 8 L avete veduto i l vent otto di

. .
’

M a ggio ? S i sig n o r e ?
’

, 9 Do v e l a.v ete v eduto.

I n un a birre ri a 1 0 Er a ubb ri a co
. .
? S i sig n o r e ,
.

m
I I . Av ete veduto l a ss a lto ? S i sign o re 1 2 Chi
’

,
. .

h a col p ito c on un colte l lo Quest uo o I 3 Dove ’

. .
44 ENG LI S H ITA LI A N -
LA N GU AGE B O O K

ha egl i p reso ( w ke re d i d he g e t) 11 co l tello ? L ’

av ev a
in t a sc a I 4 Questa e una b rutta a bitudin e
. . .

S ee re a d i ng l e s s on , p g
a e 1 06 .

L E SS O N N I N E T EEN TH
F IF T H R EV I EW ' UI N TA R I V I S TA

VOCABULARY

t o g o , an are d . c o al , ca rb o ne .

m
m m
m
t o ti e u p , a tta ccare .
p a i n t , co l o rs .

t o pi l e up , a a s s are . su e r , e s ta te .

mm
to w a t e r , a bb e ve rare . h a y , fi e no .

t o sw e ar , b e s te ia re . r op e , funs .

t o l oa d u p , c ari ca re . w i n t e r , i nve rno .

to ta ke c ar e o f , cus to d i re . s n o w , ne ve .

m
t o p a int , d ipi ng e re .
p e r s o n , p e rs o na .

to co e in r ai n , i
p gg
o i a .

e ntrare
dini
.

to get I nt o l i ne s, r e i n s , re .

to s w e ar w he e l ,
ruo ta .

to ta ke o at h
q ra re .

s an d , s a b b i a .

d dil e
m
to ri v e ,
g ui dare . s e a t , se .

fe e d
m
to ve rnare g e n t l a n, si n
, g o . e g o re .

t o p ut , e tte re . l a dy , s ig nora .

t o g e t , pig iare l . di rt , te rra .

t o he a t , s ca ld are . s l ow , a dag io .

ki n d nt i e l
to go out
l g e .
,
us cire
b usy
my
.

to get out o f ' , occupato .

l
'

to e p t ,
vuo ta re . f a s t , p re s to , v e o ce .

s ti c ks , b as to ni . t h e n , a o ra ll .

w a g o n , c arro . a l o t, un a
g ra n d e q ua ntita .

c a r t , carre tta .
 FIFTH R EV I E W 45

EXERCIS ES

I .Put wood on the fir e pile up the wood 2 We . .

w an t a good fi r e 3. I t s
. r a i n i n g ’
a n d cold 4 G et . .

m
eight or nin e sticks of wood and co a l too 5 Th a t is , . .

m
too uch ; do you w a nt to burn up the house ? 6 N o .
,

m
I w ant to fee l w ar (ca l d o) if it is win te r
m
7 I . .

mm
ust go out i n the ra in and s n ow I so rr y 8 T a ke .
’
. .

mm m
c a r e of the C hild re n do n t feed the too uch ; give ’

m
the ilk (l a tte ) a n d he a t it fir st 9 I a p ai n ti ng
,
. .

a l ittle house f or the 10 Th a n k you ; you a re

. .

v ery good a n d ki n d 11
. The C hi l d re n a re nice a nd
.

m
a lw a ys busy n ow he r e n o w the r e
, ,
12 E ar ly i n the . .

o r ni n g they w al k i n the g ar de n p ut wa te r on the ,

flowe r s a n d p i l e up di rt
, 13 The n they go to
. .

the sta ble ; they l o a d u p the w a go n with stic ks a nd

dried le aves a n d a lot of s a nd ; the n they get i nto the
,

m
w a go n a nd get out of it (e s s o) 1 4 They tie the c a t . .

m
to t he whee l w ith a ro p e ; they a ke a ho r se of
the c a t a n d w a te r it an d feed it a nd h a rness ( e tte re
m m
,

f i n i e nt i
) a n d u n h a r n ess it I 5 They a ke. l i n es of .

m
r o p e a n d d ri v e the p oo r thi n g ( i l p ove r i no
) f a st or

m m
S low a n d try to a ke it s at h ay a n d o ats (bia d a )
,
.

16 . Co e an d se e the .

I9

1 . Un S ignor e ed
sig n o ra so no q ui 2 Dicono
un a . .

m
( y y)
tk e s a c h e v oglio n o v ede r v i ( tku t t/zey w a n t t o s e e

y ou
) 3 Ve
. n go subito
.
4 Dite lo r
. o ( te l l tk e.
) di
4 6 E N G LI S H I T A LI A N
-
LA N G U A G E B OO K
m
e ntrar e i n c a s a (co e i nto tl t e kous e ) d ate sedili e p a r ,

l a te con l o r o ; debbo i n doss ar e un v estito n etto questo ,

m m
é t ro pp o n e r o 5 Allo r a f a te in f r ett a 6 Adess o

mm
. . . .

m m
l a c a s a é v uot a ; l a f a igli a n o n e a i q ui l a se r a

m
.

( y)
m
7 . Voi di e n ti c a te i l bi bo ba b 8 Ce r to i.l b a .

m
bi n o é se p r e a c a s a (a t ko e ) 9 Cus todis c o i l
m
. .

r a g a z z i n o se
p r e é se p, r e ge n tile se p r e lo stesso
,
.

IO . Un a buo n a p e r so n a ' I I Potete di p i nge r e il .

mm
c a rr o a z z u rro ? S i se il colo r e bi a n co non v a be n e
, .

12 . Mi p i a ce l i ke ) i l bia n co a i p i a ce p i n
1 az z urr o Va be ne
’
. .

S e e e a d i ng l e ss o n p ag e 1 07
r ,
.

L E SS O N TW EN TI ETH
TH E S H O EM A K ER Ir. C A L Z O L A I O

VOCABULARY

to md en , acconcia re . t o s p oi l , g uas ta re .

d l
m
ke y
m
b is og n o aw a
‘

t o ne e , ave rs . to ta , e va re .

t o fi t a s h o e , ca lz are . to e a s ure , p re n de re is ura .

 TH E S H O E M A KE R 47

t o p a t c h , rapps z z are . s p ri n g p un te rudo .

l ll l id
mk
t o r e -s o l e , s o are .
p a t e n t l e a t he r , p e s uc a .

to ar , s e g nar e . fk
c al s i n , p e s d i vi te ll ll o .

to s i t , se d e rs .
g o a t s ki n , pe ll s di cap ra .

t o t ra v e l ,
viag
g iare . w ax , p e c s .

t o sel l ,
ve n d e re . t h o u g ht , pe ns ie ro .

ne e dl e ag o . c o b b l e r , ra
pp e a t o re zz .

l e a t h e r , cuoi o .
pe g c u tt e r
-
ras pa .

b e n c h, ba nc h e tto . b r i s t l e s , s e to l e .

d
m
h e e l -b o r e , ce ra ne ra . t hr e a , s p g
a o .

l a s ts f or s . s o l e s , s uo a l .

fa i t h ll
ml
,
fe d s . he e l s, ta o ni ;

l
m mk
da
m
b o o t -t o p s , g a ba i . ni p p e r s t e nag ia t o n .

m
rub b e r,
g o a . s ho e a er s
’
i n k , tintura .

c h al k , g e s s o . up p e r s , to ai e .

a wl l e s i na .
p e gs, z e p pe .

l
m
h s t ri n g s , a cci a ny , a ny on e
l
e -
s o
p e r s ca rp e .

a cuno

m
k f
m ( I ) m ll my
.

w el t - ni e l e vafi l o . so e on e

ll
d m
ha er I , a rte o . e rr , g ay , a e g ro .

mk ( ) m
t ra e , e s tie re . s e v e r al ,
dive rs i .

s ti c h
t -
ar er 5 arca f ul l ,
‘

p i e n o .

dy
mh
pu nt o . re a , p
ro nt o .

m
b u r n i s hi n g -i r o n a cc i w o r n o u t , us a to .

f
mz
n e tto p e r i b run ire .
p e rha p s , ors s .

b u n c h, az o .

EXERCIS ES

I . you a S hoe
A re Th at is y t ra de mke a r ? m .

m m m
2 . n eed to set u p a S ho p ( p e r
Wh a t tools do you
e tte r e s u botteg a ) ? Fir st ( p r i a ) of a l l I ust
h ave le a the r ; sole le a the r f or the soles a nd hee ls of -

m
the boots a nd S hoes c a lfski n goatskin etc f o r , , ,
.
,

the u p p e r s ; then S hoe a ker s k ni ves ( I ) to c ut ’

4 8 ENG LI S H -
ITA LI A N LA NGUA GE B OO K

m m
m
out the wor k ch a lk to , a r k with a ea su re t o ,

—
m
e asu re the foot or I c a n use a p iece of p a p e r ;
,

then I ust ha ve n eed l es a nd w ax ed th re a d b ristles ,

m
an d eyelets a s p ri n g p un ch
, a p e g cutte r
- -

an aw l a welt knife -
a stitch a r ke r -

m
ni p p e rs a nd a bu r n ishing i r on 3 Do n t -
.
’

m
you need a be nch to S it on ? Yes a nd I ust h av e ,

shoe a kers i n k an d a good ap ron ; a l so I need a

’

—
m
good light (l ut e ) a big wi n dow if p ossible
, 4 If . .

m
you ca n give e tools I can g e t wo rk 5 A ll right ;
, . .

m
he re is o ney buy wh a t you n eed a nd sell a l l y o u
,

m
can 6 Th a n k you I a
. . gla d to bo rrow ( p re nd e re
,

i n p re s ti to) the oney .

I ECCO un pa io di sti va l i (a pa i r of boots ) o l to

. m
m
usati so no trop p o c a ttivi p e r p oterli a cconc iare ?
N o p osso fa rli co e nuovi : una p ez z a (pa te /z ) q ui
, ,

nuo ve suo l e e ta llon i una gra nde qu a ntita di tintu ra

, ,

m
ed ecco n uovi stiva li
m
2 .P e r p i a ce re p rendete l a
.

isu ra del io p iede 3 Ho. bisog n

. o di u n p a io

m m
di sca rp e ; f ate l e di p e ll e di c a pra e f ate l e larghe

m m
a bb a st a n z a : l s v oglio co ode (ea sy ) 4 Sono o lto . .

m m
occu p ato questi giorni ho o lto lavo ro p ro esso
,

(p
m
r o is e d ) ,ho biso g no di u n a set ti a n a p e r f ar le .

mm
5 . Potete p r e n de r e i l te p o p e r l egge r e ? N on

m
so vente , a co e ti r o (I d ra w ) 10 s p a go p enso a
olte cose p rovo ave re buoni e non c a ttivi p e n
5 0 EN G LI S H -
ITA LI A N LA NGU A G E B O O K

[1 te mp f o ut ur o

m m
m m
I w il l co e , ve rro . w e w il l se ll , ve n e re d o .

m
he , she , i t, w il l as k , do an y ou w il l b uy , co p re re t e .

d e ra . t he y w il l e at, ang i e r
_a nno .

VOCABULARY

m m
mh
ke
m
to ta a s e a t , a cco od ars I . c hi n , e nto .

t o c ha n g e , ca b iare . h ai r -
cl ipper a cc i ne tta
lli
m
t o c h a s e , cacciars .
p e r tag l ia re cap e .

m
t o t u r n , g i rare . s el l , o d ors .

t o t al k b tt i
p a r a re l co p e ne .

ll
m
k
.

to sp e a s h a v i n g -b r u s h
( Io , ) p e nne o

to co b , p e tti nare .
p e r la s a po nata .

t o p ra y , p g
re a re . ra z o r ras oi o .

to s ha v e , ra d e re . ne c k -
d uste r s cope t ta .

k il l e d ,
uccis o . h a i r -b r u s h s c op e tta p e i
b e ar d
, b a rba . cape lli .

m( )
b ar b e r , barb i e re . l a t h e r , s a p o nata .

m
ug I , co pp a . s o a p , s a po ne .

tr o p cuo i o da ras oio i r r or

s

c o r n e r , ca ntons .
.

l ki n g g l a s s
oo - ( 7) s pe cc hi o .

r a g s , ce nCL a n g r y arrab b iato , .

s he a r s f o rbici . s h ar p , a ffil a t o .

c he e k , g uanc ia . h ar d d , uro, d ifli cil e .

 THE B A R BE R 51

f il f
m
e as y , ac e . ou t , uo ri .

u n ha p p y infe l ice
, . eve r y ti e , o ni v o
g lt a .

m
n e c e s s a r y n e ce s s ari o ho w e v e r, e
,
.
p .

d an g e r o u s , p e ri co oso l . so u c h , ta nt o .

n e ar , vi ci no .

It is w or t h w hi l e , Val e l a p e na .

H ow
H ow
d o y ou d o ?
a re y ou ?
Co m
e s tate ?

EXERCIS ES

m
m
G ood Do y ou w a nt a S h a ve (vol e te
o i g
m
1 . rn n . 2 .

ra d e rv i ) ? Y e s fix u p h a i r too (a cconci a te i
y , iei

m
cap e l l i a ncke
) 3 T a ke a se
. a t 4 A.r e the towels . .

cle a n ? The tow els a re C lea n the w a te r i s wa r the

m
, ,

m
r a z o r is S h a r p I do like the s ell of the so ’

5 n t . . ap .

6 It i s wh at I a l w a ys u s e
.
7 Do n t c u t y C hi n . .
’
.

8 Tu rn y ou r he a d p le a se ; I w a n t to sh a ve the left
.
,

m m
C heek ; I c a nn ot s e e v e ry well ; t his i s a d u ll (ne bbi os o)

m
o rn i n g 9 It i s s n o w i n g 1 0 Who a re these e n
. . . .

o n the co rn e r ? They a re a so n s ; the y h a v e a big

m
j ob on h a n d (a l p r e s e nte ) a nd a d a n ge ro us on e .

m
11 . Yester d a y a an w a s killed on the ra ilr o a d .

12 . Whe re did y ou pick u p (ra ccol t ) s o uch e so n w ?

mm
I 3 I w a s t a lki n g with the so n of the p oo r fellow
.

m
( i nf e l i ce
) I e t h i o n the st r eet he w a s goi ng to

m
se e h i s f a the r s boss 14 Did the boss give hi
’
. .

m m
o ney ? Y e s he did I 5 H e s a good f e l low (buon
,
. .
’ ’

1 6 Will u gi ve e the S h a v i n g b r ush

uo o
) .
y o . I O) ? -

1 7 Her e i s the r a z o r (4 ) a n d the st r o p

. 1 8 T a ke .
5 2 EN G LI S H -
IT A LI A N LA N G U A G E B OO K

this lookin g gla ss - I w ill ch a n ge the m( )ug I .

2 0 Will you n o t buy

. a n e w h a i r cli p p e r -

a n o n e f a cile m
m
I Potete ra de rvi ? S i
.
, p r e n de ,

ta nto te p o a ffil a re i ra soi ; p ero é n ecess a rio p e r ch e

so no p o ve ro n on p osso p a g a re I O 0 I 5 soldi (ce n ts )
,

og n i v olt a che vog li o esse r e S b a rb a to

( t o be s ko ve d
) 2 H O S p ecchio . .
,

co pp a e s a p o ne e c o n a cqu a c a ld a

m
p osso f a r e be n e a bb a st a n z a 3 P o r . .

ta te u n g re bi a l e ? M a S i n o n
m
,

m ( )
voglio s p o r c a r e s o i l 1 a ca i ci a c o n

l a schiu a di s a p o n e 4 Si u s a . .

E
m )
m m
us e s ap o ne
p e r
p u l i r e l e cose s p o r che 5 . .

e e 6 La i a b a rb a e t r o p p o
m
v e ro a s a p ete c o
, . .

m m
l u n ga ; an d a i ie ri d a l b a rbie r e ed i n co n tr ai i o z i o ,

il u ra to re e i disse c h e quel b a rbie re n on ra dev a

,

p i t
‘
i .
7 Pe r ch
. é n O ? Pe r ch e a n d a v a i n C itt a ( y)
c i t .

8 Questo p a s s e é t ro pp o p icc o lo ; p e n s a di f a re p in
m
.

o n et a nell a citta 9 A n che p uo sp e nd e rs di piII e

. .
‘

c a ro a bit a re n ella citta 10 E v e ro E cco i l fa le

m m
. . .

gn a e ' I I Co e st a te ? Che n otiz ie d It a li a ? Va

.
’

be n e 1 2 Studi ate 1 i n glese ? Ce rto I 3 Qu a nte

. .
’
. .

m m
l e z io ni a vete a v uto (Iza d ) ? Dieci o dodici E sc rivo .

un a lette ra i n i n glese og n i setti a na a ia z ia .

See re a di ng l e s so n, a
p ge 10
9 .
 T H E LA UN D RY 53

L E SS O N TW EN TY S E C O N D -

TH E LA UN DRY —LA S T A N ZA DEL BUCA TO

LUN ED I
d y i th d y t w h l
M on a s e a o as , ava re .

TEDI T d y i th d y t i
d y i th d y t md m m
M AR ti ue s a s e a o r on , s rar e .

M E CO EDI
R W d
L d e ne s a s e a o en , ra en a re .

GI EDI — Th d y i t h d y t w p p
OV urs a s e a o s ee , S CO a re .

VE E DI — F i d y i t h d y t w
N R h th w i d w
r p l i a s e a o as e n o s
,
u re

l s fi ne s tre .

S A BATO S d yi
a t ur a s the d ay to b a ke , Cuoce re al f o rno .

D O M E IC N A S un d y i a s th e d a y t o r e s t , ri os are
p .

VOCABULARY

t o d r y , as ciug ars . to ri n s e , s cia c q uare .

t o h a n g u p , ap p e n de rs . t o b l ow , s o ffi a re .

f
t o a s t e n , a tta ccare . t o s p re a d , s pa rg e rs .

t o b oil , b o ire ll . to rub , s t ro fina re .

ke f
md
to b a , c uoce re al orn o . t o i r o n , s ti rare .

to s t a r ch, i na i a re . to sw e e p, s co pare .

l
m
to w a s h, ava re . to w ri n g , t orce re .

t o cl e a n, p u li re . s t ar c h , a d i o .

fol d
md m
md
i w ash
to , p ge a re .

b ia nc h e ria

ml
to en ,
ra en are . c l o t he s

to r es t , riposa re . b el fr y ca p a n i e .
54 E G I H ITA LI A N
N L S -
LA N G UA G E B O O K

m
c l o t h e s -l i n e cor da . s he e t s , l e nz uol e .

bl an ke t s , c o pe rte di l a na . w a s he r w o an I l a van daia .

w a x , ce ra .
p os t p a o l .

b oi l e r ca ld aia . fl a t -i r o n s t an d ( 8) p o rta f
e rr o .

b as ke t ca ne s tro . r e s t , ri oso
p .

ho l d e r , cus ci n e tt o . nap ki n s , sal vi e tt e .

c h u r c h, c hi e sa . fe n c e s te c c ata .

c l o t h e s -p i n s f o rc i ni di w ash -
t ub t ine ll o .

l e g no . t a b l e c l o t hs , t ova g l i e .

dk f zz l d
mh
ha n e r c hi e f , a o e tt o . w in ,
ve nto .

p i l l ow -c as e s, fd o e re d i g ua n so il d e , a cc ia to .

c ia ll . cl e an, p u l it o .

na t i r o n-
f e rro . ti r e d , s ta nco .

r op e ,
fun e . s ti ff , te so .

e nd ,
fi ns .

EXERCIS ES

Do you se e y S iste r s w a s h e r wo an ? 2 She m m

m
’
I . .

h a s a big w a sh ( ol ta bi a nc/ ze ri a sp orca

) t h i s w eek
.

S he i s tyi n g the C lothes li ne to the p ost ; S he f a sten s -

the sto c ki n gs to the lin e with clothes p i ns the W in d

m
-

m
blows he r a p ron 3 We ust begi n to w a sh too . .
, .

m
4 .He r e a r e the soiled clothes 5 T a ke t h e to the . .

kitche n 6 I S it a big wa sh this ti e ? Y e s a lot

m
.
,
.

of S hirts a nd S hi rt w aists (ca ice tte ) besides un de rwe a r -

,

(ol t r e s otto v e s t i
) coll ar s sto c ki-
n gs h a n dke r c hiefs
, , , ,

towels sheets p illow c a ses t w o t a blecloths a nd t w o

, ,
-
, ,

m m
bla n kets 7 Whe r e is the b a sket .
? You c a n car ry
.

the i n y ou r (vos tr i o tu oi ) a r s or on y o ur he a d .

8 All right
.
9 A r e the tubs cle a n ?
. I O Rub . the .

stoc kin gs well f or the y a r e v e ry di rty I I You c a n , . .

 T H E LA UN D RY 55

s pr e ad the h an dke rchiefs an d t h e n a pkins on the

gra ss and h a ng u p the othe r (a l tre ) things on the
,

l i n e ; but if the win d b l ows a s h a rd a s ( ta nto f or te

m
m
a r (l a ce r e ra the clothes
co e
) n ow it wi ll te , ) 1 2 I . .

ho p e the s un wil l co e out (sp e r o cke e s ci ra i l s ol e ) to

m
d ry the b l a nkets 13 Put a lot of st a rch in the
. .

S hir t w a ists
-
14 Ye s I a
. boiling the st ar ch
.
, ,

a n d M a ry is foldi n g the

c l e a n S heets on the
iro ni ng t able (ta vol a d a
-

s tir a re
) I 5 .B rin g in .

the C lothes r ight a wa y ;

it i s ra in in g .

I . E bi a nche ri a (a re
la

m
tko e l otkos ) a sciuga t a ? S i ,

ce rto e un a b e llissi a
,

gi o rnat a pe r lava re ;

m
a desso dev o p iega r la .

2. Puoi i n co incia re a
sti ra r e subito 3 So n o . .

c a l d i i f e rr i ? So n o giusti
(j u s t r g ) 4
z kt B a di di
. .

av e re ( ta ke ca re to ka ve ) T H E O LD N O T H C H URC H O F R

P UL R EV E RE I N BO STO N A
i fe rri p uliti 5 E cco l a . .
, .

m
ce ra ed un cusci netto p e r i l fe rr o 6 Lo S p a r a to . .

di quest a ca icia é t ro p p o teso ; n on p osso st irarl o .

5 6 ENG LI S H ITA LI A N -
LA NGU A GE BO OK

m
7. De v i p r o v a r e ; n o n sei u n a buo n a sti ra t ri ce se n o n

m
p uoi sti ra r e g l i S p ar a ti 8 Le c a icie l
. s to v a.glie e l s ,

m
‘
c a icette so n o l s cose pi LI di fficil i a stira r e 9 Pen s i . .

’
cos i ? All o ra f a queste p r i a 1 0 C a: a n co ra de ll a . .

m
bia nche ria sull a co rda I I Po rta l a dent ro ( i n )
. . .

1 2 II v e nto h a p o rt a to u na
. ez z a do z z ina di f az z o l ett i
so p ra (o ve r ) 10 stecc a to ; va a ra ccoglie rl i ( g o a nd g e t
m
m m
tke ) I 3 So n o co nte n t a qu a n do V ien e S a b a to se ra
. .
,

l a fin e dell a setti a n a p e rch e a ll o ra son o st an ca e

, i
é n e c ess ario i l gio r n o d i ri p oso I4 Sei gio rni so n o . .

a bb a st a n z a p e r la v o r are ; n on e t r o pp o un g io rno p e r

ri p os ar si I5 . Quest e ve ro.
’
.

S e e re ad ing l e ss on pag e 1 1 0 , .

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CLEA N A ROOM AN D P UT I T I N OR DER
Tke Le s ta i i

m
s e a sons . n
g o .

m
m
S p ri n g , l a pri ave ra .

m
Su e r, 1 e s tate
’
.

A utu n, l ’
autunno .

Wi n t e r , 1 i n ve rno
’
.

VOCABULARY

l
m m
t o b e l o n g , appart e n e re . t o l e a v e , as ciare , partire .

to o p e n , aprire . to ov e , uove re .

to l oo k w el l , a ppari re b e ne . to forb i d , p ro i b i re .

l
m
t o w i p e o ff , as ci ug are t o c l e a n , pu ire

m
. .

t o c o v e r , Cop rire . to c o b, l
tt
h d l p e ars

m
.

t o s h u t , c iud e re . to re s s h ai r ,
to fini s h , finire . to fil l ,
ri e p ire .
5 8 E N G LI S H IT A LI A N
-
LA NGU A G E B OO K

m
t a ke a l l the s a l l things — boo k s b ric a b r a c ch a ir s ,
- -
, ,

m
stools a nd stands in to the h a ll or i n to the next
, ,

m
r oo ; S h a ke out the cu r t a i n s 3 Then I ta ke the . .

m
r ugs outdoo r s (f uor i l a p or ta ) S h a ke the a nd , ,

le av e the to air o n the g ra ss (i l p ra to) or on the

lin e ; the n I cove r up the f urniture which (qua l e ) I
c a n n ot c arry out a nd s weep the floor 4 The n ,
. .

I dust everythi ng w a sh the Win dow s and the wood

, ,

w o r k ( i te l a i ) a nd the floo r
, 5 The n I b ri n g i.n the .

r ugs dust the fu r n itu r e p ut it in p l a ce (l uo o

, , g ) a n d ,

p ut the little thi n gs whe r e they belo n g 6 If the r e . .

m m
i s (c e) a w ritin g desk (s cri va n ia ) or a writin g t a ble in
’
- -

the roo I n ev e r touch the p a p e rs 7 The a ster

, . .

m
fo rbids us to touch the p a p er s 8 I S it h ar d to swee p . .

m
a c a rp et ? C ke bed ? 0 C you ‘

9 a n y o
. u a a 1 a n .

m
dress h a ir ? 11 I S t hi s a good b roo ? 1 2 Whe r e
. .

does this st an d belong ? 1 3 Ca n I ove the bed ? .

23

I Questa do nn a sta d avanti a ll o s p ecchio p e ttin a n

.

dosi i c ap e l li nella stan z a d a l etto 2 Qu a ndo ess a . .

m
fi ni sc e di v esti r si va nell a s a l a d a p r a n z o 3 Adesso . .

m m
etti subito in o rdi ne l a stanz a ap r i l s fin e st re f a il , ,

letto vuot a i l c atino rie p i i l va so c on a cqu a e etti

, ,

m m
i n o rdi n e i l p o rt a c a ti n o scuoti i p e z z i di t a pp eto e
,

sco p a il p av i e nto p ieg a i p anni ettili dov e

, ,

m
a p p a rte n go n o a p p e n di gli abiti a i
, gan ci del g abi
n etto e S p olvera l a
,
obil ia ed i qu a dri ( p ictu re s )
 TH E FA R M 59

m
m m
a pp esi al le p a reti 4 E cco tanti S p i lli su l p avi ento
. . .

m
5 . De v i r a ccoglie r l i e ri ette r l i su ll co o 6 Ri . .

m
etti tutte l s cose dove a pp a rte ngo n o ed a llora vie n i
a ette re in or dine l a s a la d a p r an z o e sco p a re il c or
r i d oi o 7
. Quegli s t
. iv a l i v a n n o n e l g a bi n etto 8 De v i . .

a n c h e a sciug ar e lo s p ecchio e scuote re l s te n di n e .

m
Do e so o i e i di t eto ? Li scio i
m
l l l
’

9 . v n p z z a pp a a a r a

m m
su l p rato a l e tti ng tke a ir on tko g ra s s ) .

m
1 0 Que l letto e p es a nte
. a e necess a r io u o ve r lo

m
p e r p uli r e i l p av i e n to I I Adesso c hiudi is fi ne st r e
. . .

m
12 . Posso ettere un chiodo q ui p e r a p p ende re un
a sciug a a ni ? N o ecco un u n cin o (kook) , .

S e e re ading l e sso n pag e 1 1 2 ,

.

—
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TH E F A R M IL PO DER E
VOCABULARY

m
m
to y o ke , ag g i og are . to ri p e n , aturare .

to s o rt , a s s ortire . to r e a p , rac co
g li e re , i e te re .

m
to fa l l , ca d e re . t o d ry u p , s e ccars .

to rai s e t o s ow se I na rs .

cre s ce re

m
.

t o g r ow pl ou g h a ratro .

lt
ml m
t o ow e , dove re . fa r e r , ag ri co o re .

d ll
m
to w ee , e s t irpare ls a e e rb e . l a b, ag ne o .

to ow ,
fl
a ci a re . d cku a nitra .

fe r t i l i z e fe rtil izzare l
m
ml
to ,
. b e e t s , b arb ab i e to e .

mm
t o b ri n g f o r t h fr u i t fruttare ,
. c at t l e , b e s tia e .

mm
t o s t ore i ag a zz i nare
,
. b u d , b ot to ne , g er og io .

to il k ung e re
,
. o x e n, buoi .
60 EN G LI S H -
ITA LI A N LA N G U A GE B OO K

fie l d ca po , m . ap p l e s , ml e s .

d a i r y cas cina ,
. b a rl e y , or o z .

w ee d s , e rba ccie .
g o o s e ( I oca .

har r o w e rpice . o r c ha r d , ort o .

fl
mf
sc yt he a ce .
p a s t u r e , pas tura .

md
ud ,
a ng o . s he e p p e co ra .

l ea f ,
f g li
o a . fa r , p o e re .

p i t c h for k f orcone .
p i g , p orc h e tto .

he n g al li na . c hi c k
en p o ll as tra .

r o os t e r
g al o l . h ar v e s t , ra cco lt a .

w he a t
ra no
r o ot
,
ra d ics .

mz
.

g r ai n t h o rn s , s pi ns .

c o rn , g ra n turco . se e d , se
en a .

i n s e c t s , i n s e t ti . e a rt h , te rra, te rre no .

fl a x , i no l . s t al k , tub o .

l d lli
m
p l ace , uog o . b ir s , ucce .

m
c r op s , e ss e . c ow va cca .

h og ai al s . c a l v e s , vi te ll i .

EXERCIS ES

m
m
Wh at is you r t ra de ? A re you a far e r ? N o but
I .
,

m
I u n de r st a n d f a r w or k ( l ag r i col tura ) ; I c a n feed ’

m m
the hogs il k the cows yoke the oxe n a n d dr iv e
, ,

the (cond u rl i ) cle a n the b a rn (s ta l l a d i ca p ag na o r ,

 TH E F A R M 61

s ta l l a) ,
st
a nd
a ck the h a
y ( a m
m u cc k i a r e i l fi e no
) .

m m m
2 . I c a n wo r k i n the o rc h a rd g a th e r the a p p les
, ,

so r t the a n d p ut the in b a rrels f o r the a rket

(m e r ca to o r to sto r e i n the cel l a r
) .
3 . I c a n p lough

m
a n d so w seed 4
. I
. c a n do a little of e v e r ythi n g .

(p
m
5 . I will gi v e you a t r i a l r ov a
) ; to d a
y you a
y
S O W b a rl ey s e ed i n the field n e a r the b a r n

m m
to o rr ow
m
-

m
o r nin g a fte r il ki n g (d op o unto) the cows a n d
m
,

d rivin g the to p a stu re y ou ay p lo ugh t he n e xt

,

fie l d this S ide (da g u e s ta p a r te ) of the fe n c e 6 Y ou . .

will fi n d ( tr ove re te ) t h e p lo u gh i n th e shed (te t toi a )

a n d the ox e n i n the st a lls .
7 .B e fo r e
y o u begi n to

m
p l ough feed
, t h e chick e n s a n d the c a l v e s . 8 C an.

you tell e W he r e to find the b arl e y seed ? 9 I will

m
.

S ho w y o u (v i os tre ro) whe re eve rythi n g is 1 0 We . .

will go firs t to the b a rn ; y o u w ill se e the sta l ls f o r

m
t h e c a ttl e a n d ho r ses th e n to the h a y loft ( fi e ni l e )
,
-
,

the S hed W he re the tools of the fa r a re ke pt

 —
ENG LI S H ITA LI A N LA N G UA GE B OO K

t e nu t i h h d ra k es h
( ) the a rrow
,
the oes a n t e , ,

s p a des and S ho vels the p lough ( I ) the p itchfo r ks

, ,

a n d the scythe a l so the new c ultivato r .

I I . The n we will go to the d a ir y .

m m
24

m m
I . E cco un se in ato r e usci fuo ri a s e in ars
,
.

m
2. E en tre eg li se inava una p arts della s e
, ,

m m
e nz a c a dde ( f e l l ) lu ngo l a strada e gli ucc e l l i ,

’
v e n n e r o (ca e) e la a n gi ar o n o tutt a 3 E d u n a l . .

m
t r a (a notke r ) c a dde in l uoghi p ietrosi (s tony ) ove

n on vi e r a olt a te rra e subito n a c que (sp ra ng up ) ;

,

p e r c h e n o n v i e ra te rr e n o
p r ofo n do 4 M a esse n do . .

l e vato il sole (tke s un be i ng ris e n) fu riars a (scorcke d ) ;

e p er ch e n on av eva ra dice S i secco 5 E un a ltr a , . .
’

c a dde S o pr a l s S p in e ; e l s s p ine c r ebbe ro e l aff og a ,

’

r o n o (ckoke d i t ) 6 E u n a lt ra c a dde in buo n t e r

’
. .

r e n o e p o r to f rutto p r od uce d f r u i t qu a l g r a n e l cento

, ) ,

qu a l sess a nt a qu a l t re n t a
, 7 Chi h a o recc
. hi e d a .

udire o d a , S M a tte o
. .

Se e re a di n
g l e s s on, p g
a e 1 1 2 .

—
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T EE C A R DI N A L N UM BER S
 T H E CA R DI N AL N U M BE R S 63

twe n y s e ve n
t -
27

t we nty-e ig ht 28

t we nty-nine 29

h
t irty 30
f tyor 40
fifty 5 0
s i x ty 60
se ve nty 70
e ig h ty 80
ni nty 0
9
o neh d d un re 1 00

tw h o d d un re 2 00

th h d d
re e un re 300
o neth d ous an 1 000

h d d th
ml
d
m
one un re ousan

a ill i on un i i one

A l cune f mm
m uni dei ver bi

m
or e co

m mh
Afi at i ve )
H e we n t a nd b
r p as t ( .

Affi r a ti v e
p r e s e n t H e tal ks too uc .

11 s s g no de ll ’
i nte rrog a ti vo ed il s s g no de l ne g ati vo é ( ne l

p re s e nt s ) d o,
( ne l pa ss a t o ) d id .

I nte r r og a ti ve
Do you t hi nk so
p r e sent
Why d o you not s ay so
W
m
h y d id h e g o
I nter r og a t i ve p as t IWh d id ou not te ll hi
[ y y

ll m( m
N eg a tiv e p r ese nt I d o not und e rsta nd .

Y ou did n ot t e e non i d ices ti ) .

N eg a ti ve p a st
,

H e d id

m
not g o .

ft l
m
afie r a tivo o ne g a t i vo ,
'

11 s s g no d e l u uro, S ia i nte rrog a ti vo ,

’

e se p re w il l 0 s h al l .

We s h all b e g lad to s e e
m y ou .

W ill you be t ho e
m
a

Th e y will not co e
m
.

S he wi ll s p oi l th e co b .
64 ENG LI S H ITALI A N -
LA NG UA GE B OO K

La for m a pas s i va con 1

’
us o di t o b e e s s e re .

ll d
md
T o be ca e .
1

T he b e d i s a e .

T he h ors e s we re fe d .

T he f urniture wi ll b du t d e s e .

EXERCIS ES

Do you know how to ake Ch ange ? Yes I

1 . m ,

m
think so (l o cre d o) 2 If I h ave one dollar and giv e . .

you fo rty Six ce nts how uch will be left (l a scia to) ?
-
,

m m
Fif ty fou r cents 3 If I giv e you S ixty eight ce n ts
-
. .
-

out of y doll ar how uch wi l l be left ? Thir ty two ,

-

cents 4 Why did n t (d id not) you p ay the g roce r ’

m
. .

f or this suga r ? B ec a use he owes e n i n ety th r ee -

cents f or a p p les 5 He p a id you r wife f o r. the .

a p p les 6 N O he did n t A you su e (

’
.
7 r e. r ,s i cu r o
) ? . .

Yes 8 Well he wil l p ay you 9 This is the ye a r

. .
, . .

ninetee n hundred an d tw o 1 0 The w o r ld is ve ry O l d

m
. .

— at lea st (a l e no) six thous and ye ar s O l d 1I The . .

mm
wo rd (p a rol a ) O l d i n the E n glish la ngu a ge (l i ng ua )
“
,

is so eti es a p p lied (app l ica ta ) to a b a by 1 2 H ow . .

“
old is this b aby ? I 3 It is sev e ntee n weeks old
'
.
“
.
'

14 At fir st I did n t u ndersta nd this u s e of the wo rd

.
’

m
but now I u n de r st a n d 1 5 Do you like E n glish ? I . .

like it but y b rothe r does not li ke it 1 6 Why did

, . .

T — Il artici io ass a to S i f m
m( m
1
NO A .
p p p or a co n l ag g iu ng e rs e d
’

m
al l
’
i n fini ti vo , co e i nf ) to . ca l l ,
( p a r .
p s
a .
) ca l l e d . P e ro o l ti

l
m )
p a rt i cip i pa s s a t i s o n o irre g o ari p . e .
( i n f
. to a ke ,
( pa r .
p as .
)
ade ; to f e e d , (par
p as . .
)f ed . Ve d s re , p 39 . .
66 EN G LI S H I TA LI A N -
LA N GU A G E B O O K

c he e s e , f
or m ag
g i o . t u r ni p s , ra
p a .

m
b e an s , fag iuol i . b u s he l , s ta i o .

q u a r t , l i tro . b 1
ar n , s ta ll a di ca p g
a na .

ld hi
m
t hi e f , a ro .
p ai l , s e cc a .

il k ll
md
, l att e . t o n , t o nn e a ta .

d d
m
oc t or, e ico . l an , te rra .

p o u l tr y , p o l a l e . fi lde s, g r o un d , t e rre no .

p a n ,
\
p a d e l l a . e g g s , uo va .

p e p p e r s , p e p e roni . w ay , aw a y , via .

p e a s , pis e i ll .

EXERCI S ES

m
m m
m
1 The c attle a re hu ng ry
. 2 It i s ti e to feed . .

m
a n d w a te r the 3 I n su e r w hen . they a r e i.n

the p a st ure the y feed the selv es (g ove rn a no s e s te s s i )

m
,

m
they e a t g ra ss a l l d ay but in w in te r w e ust ta ke
m
,

car e of the Tho gi e these tu n i p s to the

m
4 a s . v . r ,

m
co w s a nd these h a lf s p oi l ed ( e z z o g ua s ta te ) a p p l es - -

to the pigs 5 B efo re y ou go a w a y S how e a l l the

. .
,

m m
gr ee n p e pp e rs 6 Pe r h a p s I c a n se nd a qu art of
. .

e
p pp e r s to y ou r ( v os t r a
) othe r : S he w a n ts so e to
cook 7 The re i s a st r an ge (e s t ra n e a ) cow i n the
. .

y ar d 8. Joh n ( G. i ov a n n i ) ch a se h e r out 9 The , . .

C hild ren Will be a fraid (a vra nno p a ura ) to p l a y (g io

m mm
ca re ) in the y a r d 1 0 The chi l d r e n a re hu n g r ; the
.
y y .

m
w an t so ethi ng to e a t I I Giv e the so e b re a d , .

a nd C hee s e a n d so e a pp les 1 2 The y a re a skin g . .

when di nn e r (il p ra nz o) w ill be r e a d y ( pr onto) I 3 I n . .

a n hou r o r so 14 The y w a nt butte r o n the b r e a d

. . .

1
N O TA . La paro l a ba r n S i se rv e a nc h e p e r
g ra na io .
 FOO D 67

1 5
. They w a nt to k n ow wh a t you a r e going to h a v e

m
S a us ages (s a l s icce ) a nd cheese a nd
m
f o r din n e r 16 . .

a c ar o n i a nd so
l ( )
m
p e n ty a bbo n d a nza of e veget a bles

( l eg u i ) 1 7 Wh a
. t v eget a bles ?. O h p e a s a n d c a b ,

m
b a g s a nd beets a n d o nion s ; will th a t be e n ough ?
18 . They want so ethi ng sweet (d ol e e ) 19 Wel l . .

t he n a little c ake (nu d o e e ) a nd fruit

,
l — O ranges ,

( a ra nci
) a n d st rawbe rries
(f g )
ra o l e 2 0 The y s a
y . .
,

m m
“
Th a t will be nice ; p le a se hu rry up the din ne r .
'

m m
2 1 . They ust n ot e at too uch 22 They will . .

—
m
g e t S ick then ,the docto r will co e a n d gi v e the
e dici ne 2 3 They sa y
. A ll right. 24 They,
“
.
'
.

m
a r e p la i n g kee ho se ( ) Shut
“
y p u te ne re c a s a 2 5 . .

the cel l a r doo r ; don t l et the fa ll down ( g i ze) the ’ ‘

cellar sta ir s .

Quest a e l a ca scina 2 E cco l e secchie p iene

mm
1 . . .

di l atte 3 E cco l a la tt a i a ( i l k a id ) ; ess a p o rt a

. .

m
due p esa nti secchie di l a tte 4 Qu a nto latte d a l a . .

Dodic i litri p in 0 e no 5 Poi

m m m
v a cc a og n i gio rn o ? . .

i l la tta io i n ga n na p erch e i p or ta so l a e nte dieci

’
,

litri a l gio rno ed il la tte n on e sostan z ioso ; h a p oc a

m
,

m m
6 Que st a gr ico l to re n on sa i n g ra ss ar e i l
’
cre a . .

mm
bestia e 7 Il suo . esti e r e e di c.r esce r e i l besti a

m m
e , a non n e c ap isce (ke d oe s not und e rs ta nd )
8 C a p isce eglio s e ina rs e coltiv a re
’
u n a cca . .

i l g ra n o il g ra n tu r co l o rz o l a bi a da i l fi e n o ;
’

, , , .
68 ENG LI S H IT A LI A N -
LA N GUA GE B OO K
ha nche un be l l o rto di e l e 9 Atta cc ate i l c a
a
’
m . .

m
v a l l o a l c a rro (ki tck tk o kors e up to tk o w ag on ) e

g u i d a t e l o a l l o r to I
’
O Po rta te u n c a r
. ico di e
. l e

gu a ste a l co rti l e del p ode re e d a te l e ai p o rci I I L e . .

m
va cche ed i buoi h a n n o bisog n o del fi e n o a n che e ,

m m
del le ra dici 1 2 N o n p osso n o an gi are a desso l e rb a
. .
’

1 3 Un

m
f resc a (f re sk ) n e i c a p i co e in esta te . .

m m m
buon a gr icolto re go ve rna be n e g li a ni a li 14 E g li . .

m m
m
d e v esse re eco n o ico (e cono i ca l )
’
a n o n de v e ,

m
f ar lo ro p a ti r e l a f a e (s ufi e r ku ng e r ) ed a a l a rs i
'

I5 . E un e rrors (i t i s w r ong ) tra scu ra re il bestia e .

m
I6 . B isogna p re p a r a r e il c ibo p e r l s p icco l e p olla stre

m
e d ar g l ielo ( g i ve i t to tke ) so ve nte I 7 Quest a ,
. .

v a cc a e d i ffi ci l e a u n ge re I8 E cco un a ltr o . .

ge nere (a notke r ki nd ) di l avo r o 19 Voi p otet e . .

m
s p a cc a r e questi ce pp i e f ar e t rave rsin i (ra i l s ) e f ab
b rica re (bu i l d ) uno stecc a to i n to r n o a questo c a p o .

m
Va be ne 2 0 Questo e r a i l l a v o ro de l g ra n de Ab ra
. .

ha Li n co ln .

S e e re a d ing l e s s on pag e 1 1 4 ,
.

L E SS O N —
TW EN TY S E V EN TH
TH E TA I L O R —I L S A R TO

VOCABULARY

i y ),
1
to ge t, i
pg l ar e , (par a
p s .
) g o t ,
t o w e ar ( t o br i ng, t o ca r r

i
pg ia to l .
p o r ta r e

m
.

1
N O TA .
' ue s t o ve rb o é ol t o in us o , pe ro n o n e ele

g a nt e . Si d ic i , p . e .
,
to g e t up , a lz a rs i , to g e t d ow n , s ce n d e re , e tc .
 TH E T A I LO R 69

w o rn , po rtat o . t a i l o r , sarto .

to fe l l ,
rib a t te re . b ag, s a cco .

fe l l e d l
m m
,
ribattut o . s c h o o l , s cuo a .

c as h e re , cas i iro . o v e r c o a t , s o pra b ito .

p a n t s , ca lz oni . s houl d e r s , s pal e l .

li
m
b e l t, c int ura . c ut , tag o .

m md
c ust o e r , cl i e nts , avve ntore . s u i t o f c l o t h e s , ve s t i t o .

d o z e n, d o zzina . co f o r t a b l e , co o o .

fl a p , f ld a a . ju s t r i g ht ,
g ius t o .

l id y f
m d mm
ho a , e s ta . l i g ht , l e g g ie ro .

m
l i n i n g , fo de ra . d e iu , e iocre .

d
md ll
e lb ow , g o ito . i l e, i
pg ro .

md }
t i g ht
p a t t e r n , o e o .

St re tto

m mh
fa s hi o n , o a. n a rr o w

se w i n g
- a c hi n e , acc i na d a t h a n , Che .

d
mh
cucir e . ow n , g in .

io
}
pil e , ucc . b e hi n d
ind ie tro
g ran df a t h e r , no nno . b ac k
.

d
m
v e st, p a n ci ot t o . a r o un , in g iro .

s i n, p e cca t o . w hi l e , e ntre .

f o r t n i g ht , q i di u n ci g i orn i . f
o t e n , sove nt e .

s e rg e , s aia .

I ( we , y o u, t h ey ) g e io pig io,
t , l e tc .

He ( S he , i t) g e t s , i
pg ia l .

I ( ,
h e s h e , it, w e , you, t h ey ) g o t , l o pig l ai, e tc .

EXERCIS ES

m m
H ave you wo rk ? 2 Do you see th a t pile of
I . .

m m
co a ts ? 3 I got the yeste rd ay fr o the big fa cto ry
.

m
(f a tt or i a
) a n d I ust t a ke,
the b a ck this a fte r n oo n .

4 Wh
. a t do you do to the ? 5 You see this l i n i n g .

m m
(f o d e ra ?
) 6 It h a s to be fe ll ed down a r ound the
.

ar holes (i n g i ro d e l l e a ni cke ) and arou n d the ,

h a nd al so at the fl a p of the b a ck a nd down he re ;

,
70 ENG LI S H ITALI A N - LA NGU AGE B O O K

m
m
the n I ust sew the l ini ng in the p ock ets 7 H o w . .

m m
uch do you h ave f o r this wor k ? 8 The boss u s e d .

m
( u s a va
) to p y
a e ce n ts f o r e v e r y g a r e n t
( ve s t i to
) n o w
, he gi v es e a n d f o r wi n t e r c o a t s

m
cents (s ol d i ) 9 Do n t you .s e w buttons
. on
’

m
p a n ts too ,
? Yes I ca n sew a
, ny do z ens o n in o n e

m
d ay . 1 0 The boss gi ves
. e a l itt l e boo k a nd e ve r y ,

m m
ti e I bring (por to) the wo rk to the fa cto ry h e ,

ar ks it down in the book a n d he p a ys e a t the e n d

,

m
of the wee k or the fortnight I I The boss a lw a y s . .

m m
h a s wo rk enoug h f or us 12 Yes I Often see wo e n . .
,

co ing fro the f acto r y with p iles of new co a ts or

nt on t ei r (l o l or o he a ds I 3 The bos s is a l wa y s
p a s h ) . .

m
i n a hu rry ; he al w ays s a ys : I w ant these p ants rig h t

m
a wa y . 14 I w ant the by (pe r l e ) two o c l ock
.
’
.

m
Whe n wi ll you b ring the b a c k (qua nd o l i r ip or

m
ta te ) ? 15 And h e s ay s
. H ow a ny buttons ,

mm
c a n you sew on in a d a y ? 16 You know I ust '
.

m m
cook y ea l s (p a s ti a nd S end the chi ld ren to schoo l

m m
ever y d ay and I e n d the c l oth es of y grandfa the r
,

a nd cousin 17 Oh I a busy e n oug h ' 1 8 Th a t

y . .
, .

m
is not a S in it is bette r th a n to be id l e Don t you .
’

h av e so e ho l id ays ?

m m
27

m (
E q uest la ? S i, I
’
I . od di quest nno
a a a use a

us i ng
) c i i o
asq uest st gioner Vog l io a a . 2 . un v esti to
p e r l av o ro , p e r i ndoss a re tut ti i gio rni 3 . . N e volete
( d ) h l S i,
’
un o on t y ou w a nt one a nc e p e r e f e s te ? se
 T H E TA LO R I 7 1

m
no n tr o p p o c ar o 4 Mi p iace (I l i ke ) 11 ta glio de ll a
é . .

m
v ost r a ( y our ) c a icia 5 Si p ort a p anciotti quest e ’
. .

m m
sta te ? N O S i p o r ta n o ci ntu re co n i c a l z o ni e c a icie
,

di c o l ors 6 Quest a od a e pi ti co od a 7 State

m
‘

m
. . . .

i n p iedi di ritto (s ta nd up s tr a ig kt) e n t re p re n do l a i

8 E quest a bito largo a bb a st a n z a
m
su r a dei c a lz oni . .
’

mm
sul l e s p a lle ? C r edo Che l s a n iche so n o tr o pp o

co r te 9 E ve ro ? N O sig n o re é g ra nde co e u
. .
,

s a c co — gra nde a bb a st a nz a p e r i l no n no 1 0 Che

,
. .

qu a lit a(w ka t ki nd di bottoni (bu t tons ) avete ? I I Pe r

m m
qu a n do s a ran n o (w i l l tkey be ) p r o nti p e r Me rco l ed i
?

p r ossi o P O SS O a v e r e i l v estito d a l a v o r o p ronto a ,

n o n que ll o de l le feste .

L E SS O N TW EN TY E I G HTH
TH E T A I L O R ( conti n ue d )

VOCABULARY

t o ne e d , ave rs bis og no . t o fi nd , trovare .

d
}
to se w o n , a tt a ccar e . t o hol
t e ne t s
de re
.

to b e l ie v e , cr e . t o ke e p
to se w , cuci re . ne e dl e , ag o .

d
ml
t o t hr e a , i nfil a re . b u t t o n , butt o ns .

l
ml m
to kn i t , a vo ra re a a
g ia . c o t t o n , c o to n e .

m
to he or a re . se w i n g -w o a n , cucitrice .
,

md
t o p l e a s e , piac e re . se a , cuci tura .

t o l o s e , pe r e re d . t hi bl e, ital e .

t o o v e r c a s t , s oprappunta re . kni t t i n g n e e d l e s , f e rri d a ca lz a.

to ri p , S cucire . t hr e a d ,
fil o .

t o p r e s s , s tirare . s he a r s , fo rbic i d a S arto .

72 EN LI S H G -
I TA LI A N LA N GUA GE B O O K
ll
m
m
ki rt c l o t h, s t ofi a
'

s , g o nne a . .

mk
t ri i n g , g ua rni io ne z . s il k, s e ta .

w a i s t , g ia cc e tta h . d re s s a e r , s arta .

ml
y a rn ,
l a na . ho o ks , u ncini .

ri t t e n , s cri tto
w 1
l ac e , e r e t to . .

ri b b o n , nas tro . b r o w n , b runo .

e ye s w el l b e ne .

b u t t o n -ho l e s
O CChl e nl '

w h i c h , il i q l ua e .

s ti t c he s , pun t i . s u c h, ta el .

w i g h t , pe so
e . u n l e s s , s e no n .

s p o o l , rocc e tto h .

I p mp
i

mm
r ono oss essi v i

y, io . o u r , nostro .

t h y , tuo . y o ur ,
vos t ro .

hi s , h e r , suo, s ua . t h e i r , oro l .

EXERCIS ES

m
m
I . this the la bo r bu re a u (ufi c io d i col l oca e nto) ?
IS

m
Yes do you wa nt a job ? 2 I do I a a sewing
,
.

m
m m
wo a n and out of wo rk (se nz a l a voro) 3 H av e . .

m
you good reco enda tio n s (ra cco a nd a z i oni ) ? N ot
a n y but I h av e sewed (cuci to) f o r M r s T

m m
,
a nd s h e . .
,

m
m m
i s s atisfied (sod d i sfa tta ) with y wo rk 4 You ust . .

b ri ng a writte n reco e nd ation fr o he r ; I c an not

fin d y o u a good p la ce un l ess (s e non ) y ou know h ow
m
m m
to se w well y ou ust not only be ab l e (e ss e re a bi l e )
m
m m
to s e w on the a chin e but you ust be able to he ,

nea tly by h a nd (f a r 1 orl o a a no be nis s i o) to fell ’

m
1
N O TA . To w r i te , w r it te n , I p arti ci pi pas s ati de i ve rbi si

u s ano anc h e co e a g g e t ti v i .
74 EN LI S H G -
I T A LI A N LA N GU A G E B O O K

—
L E S S O N TW EN TY N I N TH
TH E S C HOO L
VOCABULARY

to l en d , d are in pre stito . d ty d

u , ove re .

d il l y
m m
to e se rc itare g e o g ra p h , g a fi a
r ,
. e og r .

to l e a rn, i pa ra re . t e a c he r, ae s tro .

d l
mm
t o t e a c h, i nse g nare . w or , p aro a .

to is s, a nca re .
p a g e , pag i na .

to b or r o w , pre n de re i n pre p e n , pe nna .

s t i to . w ri t i n g -b o o k ,
q d ua e r no .

t o o w n , poss e e re d . w ri t i n g , s cri ttu ra .

l
mm d
t o r e c i t e , re ci tare . s c h o l a r , s co are .

to re e b e r , ricor are . hi s t o r y , s toria .

dy d
m m
to stu , s tu iare . v o w e l , vocal s .

m
y m
a ri t h e t i c , a rit e tica . d ry , s e cco .

di d
md
al
’
b oa r ng - h ou s e , cas a s t or , te p e s tuo s o .

l og g io . w e t, u i o .

m
c o n s o n a n t , cons o na nts . t h r o u g h, fra .

S z
mz
a p , ca rta rafia w i t h o ut , en a
g g
e o . .

spe l l ing , co p it a io ne .

EXERCIS ES

m
I .you goin g to the night school (s cuol a s e ra l e )
A re
this eve ning ? Y e s I ne v er iss it I t is a duty to ,
.

m
go and I go wh a te ve r the we a the r i s wet o r d ry
, , , ,

m
co l d or sto r y 2 My bo a rdi n g house is a lo n g w a y
m
-
. .

m m
f ro the night sc h ool but th a t a kes n o di ffe re n c e ,

to e 3 I a a nxious to l e arn to s p e a k to w rit e

. .
, ,

m m
m
a n d to u n de r st an d E n glish a n d a fte r w ar d
( p )
d o o I ,

w ant to study a rith etic geograp h y g ra ar a n d , , ,

 TH E S CH O O L 75

m
h isto ry , besides S pe lling and re a din g a nd I own al l ,

m
t h e n ecess ary books 4 The r e a r e . SO a n y be a uti
.

m m
ful thin gs to re ad and I a begin ning to like to
“
,

m m
s tudy 5 .Do you h a.v e a a n or wo a n te a che r ?

m m m
A a n but a l a dy co
, es often 6 Do y ou recite . .

m
e v e ry ti e ? N ot eve ry ti e ; we are any scho l a r s .

m
7 . I like geog ra p hy the best ( i g l i ore
) ; I like to

m
s tudy the a p of It a l y a n d fin d o ur o l d vil l a ge a n d
, ,

I like to study the a p of the U nited Sta tes a n d ,

fi n d the p la ces whe r e Ita li a n s liv e N e w Yo r k , ,

m
C hic ago B oston etc
m
, 8 A n d i n the south I see a
, . .

m m
st a te S h a p ed (f or a to) li ke (co e ) It al y 9 It is . .

Flo rid a a nd o ra nges (p or tog a l l i ) y rtl e ( i r to) and

, , ,

m
m
O le a n de r s g row the re a s they do in It a l y a n d it is ,

su e r a l l the ye ar .

29

m
m m
I Volete d ar i i n p restito un lapis ? Vog lio sc ri
.

v e re 2. Dove e i l qua d e o
.
? E cco l o a bisogn a ,

m
s c ri v e r e ne l q u a de rno c o n l a p en n a non co l l a p is , .

m
3 . B a d a te ( ta ke ca re
) di f a r e l s lette r e a iusco l e belle

m m
e f ar e l s l ette r e inusco l e n ette e chiare Pr ove rO . .

m
4 . A v ete i p a ra to l a co p it a z io n e
p e r oggi ? N on
a nco ra (y e t ) l a co it a z io n e i n glese é d i ffi c i l e 5 S a
p ,
. .

ete a buo n a c a s a d a lloggio v ici n o a l l a sc uol a

’

p u n

dove un p ove ro puO a l loggi ar e due 0 t re gio rni se nz a

m m
e sse r e inganna to ? Si 6 Posso d arvi al cu ni i n di . .

r iz z i : A nd ate pri a a l n u e ro 346 st rad a N a p l es .

78 ENG LI S H ITA LI A N -
LA N G UAGE B OO K

7 .Se quell a
( tka t c a s a e p ie na a nd a te a l n u
) e ro 2 4 ,
m
dell a stessa st ra d a 8 Qu a nto S i p re nder an n o (kow
m
. .

m
uck w il l tkey cka rg e ) a l gio rn o v itto ed a lloggio ,

( w i tk boa r d a nd l odg i ng ) ? 9 E a buo n e r c a to ( i t .

is cke ap ) I O Qu a n to v i p r e n dete p e r l a st a nz a so l a ?
. .

m
Potete ave r e un l etto p e r soli (only ) I 5 soldi e p agar e

m
1 0 soldi p e r un p a sto 11 Questo é a olto buo n . .

erc a to .

L E SS O N T H I RT I E TH

TH E S C HO O L ( conti n ue d
)

VOCABULARY

t o w a i t , atte n e rs d . s l at e , l avag ne tta .

to ad d, ag g iung e re . bl ac kb o ar d , l avag na .

to fig u r e u p , co nt e
gg i a re .
p e n c i l , l pi
a s .

to di i d
v e , d i v id e r s . l ang ua g li
e ,
ng ua .

d il l
m ml m l m
to r , e s e rc ita rs i . l i n e , l i ne a .

k m
to ul ti pl y , o t ipl icare . l oc o oti v e , oco ot iva .

m l
to s ub tr a c t , s ott ra re . c he c , ar ca d i ri ce vuta .

m m l
t o p ul l , t irare . c a p i t al ,
ai us co e .

b ag g ag e , bag ag i l . s al l l e t t e r, i nus co e .

m m
fl a g , ba n ie ra d . d
n o r t h , n or .

t r un k , b au l e . nu b e r , nu e ro .

b ig l i
m
tic ke t , e tto . w e s t , ove s t .

md mm m
m
t o p , ci a . an s w e r , ris pos ta .

q u e s t i o n ,
do an a . su ,
a ou n t , so a .

mf d
e a s t , e st . s t at e , s ta to .

m
b ott o , on o . s o u t h , s ud .

ri v e r , fiu e . s t a r s , s te ll a .

c h al k , g e s so . t r a i n , tre no .

isl an d ,
is o l a c ar s , vag o ni .
 T H E S C H OO L 79

a n x i o u s , a ns i o s o. d k ar , os c uro .

c l e ar , c hi a ro .

d
r oun
ro to n do .

e a c h, Cias cuno . In g i ro .

d d
m m
in s i e, e ntro . f
s a e , s i curo .

i nu s g r e e n ,
v e r de .

e no
y
.

l e ss aw a , via .

EXERCIS ES

m
m
I He re is y cousi n ; he does n ot kn ow how to
.

r e a d o r w rite 2 He ust begi n with the a lp h a bet

. . .

3 . T a ke this S l a te a n d p e n cil ( p ) 4
l a i s M a ke those . .

m
C i rcles (ci r co l i
) r oun d a n d r ou n d 5 You r
( v
. os t r a
) .

h a nd is too sti ff so you ust d rill o n these exe rc ises

, .

6 K ee p i n side of these t w o li n es ; a l l the v owels

.

m
a , e i o u
, , g, o i n side ; the l S a n d t S go a bo
’
v e the ’

li ne ; a nd so e of the c a p it a l lette rs go a bo ve a n d

m m
b elo w like G 7 It i s
. a good w
. r iti n g book (q u a d e r n o
) -
.

8 N ow w rite you r n a e (n o e ) a n d y ou r a dd r ess

. .

9 . Wh a t h a v e you i n y ou r h a n d ? A r a il r o a d ti c ket .

m
10 . A re you goi ng a w ay ? Y e s we a r e goi n g ,

M y fr ie n ds a re w a iti ng f or
m
South . e a t the s t a

m
tio n 1 1 H a ve you any b a gg a ge ? You ust h av e
. .

you r tr un k checked 1 2 I k n ow it I us t S how

m
. . .

m m
this g r ee n ti c ket to the b a gga ge a ster (cap o) fi rst ,

the n he will give e a check f or y t runk I 3 H ow . .

soo n does the trai n le a ve ? I n h a lf a n hou r I 4 I . .

wish you a s afe j ourney a nd good luck (f or tuna )

m
.

15 .The s a e to y ou G ood b y 1 6 It i s the e n .

-
. .

gi n e w hi c h p u l ls the t rai n of c a r s .

N O TA V e d e re l incis ions p 2 9
.
’
,
. .
80 E N G LI S H IT A LI A N
-
LA NGU A G E B OO K

30

m
Pre ndete i lib ri ; apr ite l a p a gin a 2 3 2 Le g
I . . .

m
gete l s do a nde i n fondo a lla p a gin a 3 Ades s o . .

p r endete l s l a va g n e sc r iv ete,l e r is p oste a lle do a n d e

m
su ll e lava gne 4 Piet ro (P e te r ) and a te a lla lava gn a
. .
,

mm m
p r e n dete il gesso e sc r iv ete questi nu e r i do v et e ,

—
m
m m
conteggi e l soa r a a dei nu e i p oi dovete div i
r

dere l a so Qu to
m
a pe r 9 5 a n
. f a .
9 eno 5 ?
6 Qu a nto f a 9
. olti p licato p e r 5 ? 7 Qu an to fa 5 .

diviso pe r 9 ? 8 E quest a una fra z ione ? 9 Adess o

. .

l a lez io n e g e o g r a fi c a IO Dove O l a citt a di Chic a go

. .

m
I I . In c h e sta to ? 1 2 Potete t rovar la su ll a c arta ?
.

m m
I3 . N icola tocc a a voi ( i t is y our turn) : che fiu e
co rre fra ez z o (tkroug k tko i dd l e ) degl i St ati U nit i
d a l N o rd al Sud ? I l Mississi p i I4 B e n e Do v e
. . .

fi ni s c e ? N el golfo de l Messi c o ( g ul f of M e x ico) .

15 . Qu a nte stelle vi so n o ne ll a b a n die ra degl i St a ti

U n i ti Vi so n o 4 8 e C i a scu n o ra p prese nt a un o st a to .

I6 . Qu al e (w k ick) sta to s ta 11 p i n a l l est ? M ai n e ’

su ll oce a no At l antico
’
I7 Qu a li st a ti sono sul l
. .
’

Una iso l a
m
ocea no Pa cifico ? 1 8 Cos a e Cub a .
?

m m
grandissi a . 19 Adesso b a st a S iete sta n c o e d
.
,

m ( )
m
av ete f a e 2 0 An d a te d a l
. . a cel l a io b u tcke r e

m m
co pra te un a libb ra (p ound ) di c arne ( e a t) 0 ,

m
c a ste ll a t a di anz o (be ef s te a k) 0 c a e d a gne ll o ’

( ) utton .

See re a di ng l e ss o n, p ge
a 1 17 .
82 E N GLI S H —I TA LI A N LA N GU A G E BO O K
EXERCIS ES

m
I Ple a se o p e n you r books a nd fi nd p age 8 8
.

( eighty eight )
-
2 At the b
. o tto of
. the p a ge i s

a p ictu r e
( i n c i si one
) of the fl a g of It a ly a n d t h e

m
fl a g of the U nited St a tes 3 O n p a ge 8 4 ( eight.
y .

m m
fou r ) the re i s a a p of It a ly 4 Ca n you tell . .

e the n a e of the is l a nd ( is ol a ) below It a ly a t ,

m
the e n d of the boot ? 5 Y e s it i s Si cily a n d thi s .
, ,

D
mm mm
p l a ce i s P a le r o the l a r gest C ity
,
i n Si c ily 6 O . .

m
you re e be r it ? 7 Why do you a s k if I r e e be r .

m
P a le r o ? I belonged to th a t City ; I lived the re
o r e th a n t e n y e a rs W
m
hile I w a s a child a nd a fte r ,

I w a s a a n I ofte n w e n t (a nd a i ) b a ck to visit i t
m
m m m
bec a use y cousin s liv ed there 8 I se n d lette rs t o . .

m m
the n ow a n d a al w ay s h a p p y to get n e w s fr o
,

m
the a nd re a dy to wr ite to the It i s n o tr ouble .

N l
m
f or e 9 . ext y e a. r p e r h a
p s w he n I h a v
, e e a r n e d ,

m m
E nglish I will se nd the this book a s a p rese n t
, .

1 0 I will tell the

. to stud y it a nd to a r k the e a sy

m
lesso ns I I Pe rh a p s the book w ill be w o rn out y o u
. .
,

m
le a ve it a rou n d so uch ; I se e it ofte n on the floo r or
u p on a c h a ir 1 2 It i s a S h a e (ve rg og na ) bec a us e
. .
,

a book i s a t r ue f rie n d I 3 I c a n sell these book s . .

m
f or o n e do l l a r a n d twelve ce nts 14 N ot if they . .

ar e wo r n out I5 I S the holy (s a n to) n a e of Go d

. .

in this book ? Look (g u a r d a te ) u p a n d do w n t h e

p a ge 1.6 Y e s it
. i s i n the v oc a
, bu l a r y of this lesson .

1 7 Shut ou r books n o w The lesson is fi n ished

.
y . .
 S I XTH R EV I E W 83

3
m
1

m m
1 . Fa scu ro ( i t is g e tti ng da rk) dobbi a o ac ,

m
c e n de re i l l u e (l zg kt tko l a p ) 2 Dove is un . .

m
z o l f a ne ll o ( a te k ?
) E cc o lo 3 V .a be n. e g r a z ie ,
.

4 . Adesso p osso legge r e i l i o lib r o 5 N o n o n . .

,

m
v edo bene a n co ra c r edo che n o n C i s i a olio tke r e i s no
, (

m
oil
) nel l a luce r na ed a desso f unI a i t s
, ( o k e s
) 6 P e r . .

p i a ce r e a p r ite l a fi n e s t r a a l z a,
te l s te n dine p r i a .

m
7 . Mi p i a ce l ’
a r i a f r esc a 8 . Potete . c o rr e r e d a l p i z

z i ca g n o l o e co e dell olio ? Ve dono (

’

p rar 9 n d o
.

tkey s e l l ) olio d a l p iz z ic a g n olo ? 10 Lo c redo ; .

m m m
devo finire questo lib ro questa se ra ; a p p a rtiene a
i c cugi n o ed eg li inco i n cia a do a n d a r e q ua ndo
e
m
p u O a v e r lo . 1 1 . P s r c h é ? Pe r ch do p o l o v uole ,

E
m (
p r est ar e ( l e n d i t ) a d u n a l t r o a n o t k e r ) a ico 1 2 . .

m
i l no e del cugino sc ritto ( w r i tte n ) n e l lib ro ? S i ,

su ll a p ri a p a gi n a .13 I O voglio legge re a n che

.

m
questo lib ro I 4 A ll o ra do vete a s p ett a re ( w a i t ) un a
. .

setti an a 0 due 1 5 C a p isco I 6 Dico l a ve rita;

. . . .

fo r se non lo c r edete : og ni p a rol a e ve ra I 7 Ce rto . .

,

m
lo credo b asta che l o dite I 8 Ci so n o bel le c a rt s
, . .

e
(p )
m
g e o g ra fi c h e ed i n cisioni r i n t s n e l lib r o ed olto
p r e z ioso ( v a l u a b l e ) . 1 9 P .r endete u n t r a (s t r e e t

m ( )
g te l condutto e cond uctor ci n que soldi
ca r
) p,
a a a r ,

m
e ditegl i di fe r ar e a ll a stra d a High 2 0 Po rt ate
m
. .

se p re i l c a bio p e r p a g a re i l no lo (f a r e ) .

See re a ding l e s s o n, p g
a e I I3 .
84 E G LI S H ITA LI A N
N -
LA NGU A G E BO O K

MA P OF IT ALY
 S I CK NE S S AND H E ALTH

—
L E SS O N TH I RTY S E C O N D
S I CK N ES S A ND HEA L TH
LA M A L A TTI A E L A S A L UTE

VOCABULARY

t o hap p e n, acca de re . tu m bl e r, b icc ie re h .

to b a t he , b ag nare . b r ai n , ce rve ll o .

to di k h
r n
, e re . he art , cuo re .

to di g t d ig i
es , e r rs . t e a s p o on u l f , cucc hi a iata .

di l di l d ole nte
m
to ss o v e , ss o ve re . s ore ,
.

to sl e e p, d or ire .
p ai n ,
d ol ore .

to g a r g l e , g arg ari zzare . di et, d ie ta .

d f
my f m
t o t urn ov e r , g ira rs i . b an age , as ciatura .

to sw e l l , g
o nfi are .
p ha r ac , ar a cia .

to l ie d ow n,
g i a ce re . fe v e r , f bb
e re .

t o c r y , g ri d a re . l i v e r, fg t
e a o .

t o g e t w e l l , g uari re . w ou n d f it
, er a .

to kn e e l d o w n , i ng i nocc iare h . b r e a t h , fi a to .

to s w al l ow ing i ottire h s t r e n g t h, f z or a

m
,
. .

f dd
m
to c he w c hi l l ,
re ura .

as ti cat e

m
j o i nt
.

to a s ti c a t e , g i u nt ura .

l
m m
t o d ie , ori re . t hr o a t , g o a .

m
to ov e ,
uove re . d r 0p s , g o cci e .

to b en d ,
i
p g e
e ar .
gu s,
g g
e n ive .

d d l
ml ml
‘

t o c a t c h c ol , rafl rs d d ars i . si e ,
a to .

to ge t b e t t e r, ig iora re . si c kn e s s , a att ia .

to su ffe r , s offrire . n e r v e s , ne rvi .

t o h 0p e , s p e rare . b o n e s , os s a .

d
m
i n pie d i
m
to st an u p , s tars . o un c e , o ncia .

m
to fe a r , te e re . e al s , p as ti .

t o p ul l fi t , pa ros s is o .

t irar e
d
m
convul s ions
.

to raw c onv u l si on , .

b u rn , ab brucia e nto . s ki n , pe ll s .
86 G
EN LI S H —IT A LI A N LA NGU A G E B OO K
pil l , p i ll ol a . b o w e l s , v is ce re .

d l l
l mi
p o w e r, po ve re . c o n s c i o u s , consape vo e .

k d e bo l e
md m
m
l u n g s , po on . w ea ,
.

p u l s e , po l
so . in fla e , i nfia at o .

m
bl o o d , s ang ue . f a t , i ng ras s ato .

he a l t h, l
s a ute . t hi n , a g ro .

ll d
m m p al e , pa i o
t hi r s t , S e ts . .

m lm
st o a c h, s to a co . y
d i z z , ve rt ig inoso .

s p r a i n , s to rci e nto . at l e as t , a e no .

c o u g h, tos s e . u n t il ,
finchs .

EXERCIS ES

H a ve y ou be e n vacc i na te d

C a ll the doctor ; the y ou ng an is h urt 2 How

I . m . .

did it h a p p en I do t k ow but I thi k he is ’

?
3 n n n .
,

v e ry S ick 4 See h o w p
. a le he 1
. 3 ; he I s not co n scious .

m mm
5 . N o w he i s getting bette r ; the docto r b a thes his
he a d a n d tells hi to sw a llow so e edicine 6 T he . .

m m m
doctor s a ys : D ra w a l o ng b r ea th ; does th at hurt y o u ?

m
7 . Y e s it hu r ts y
,
side 8 C a n you o v e you r a r ? . .

Ca n y ou be n d y ou r kn ee ? Show e you r to n gue .

m m
9 . St a n d u p N o w y o u a r e di
. z z y We l l l ie dow n .
,

m
a g a in 1 0 You h a v e lost
. . uch blood You ust .
-

m
go to bed a nd y o u ust st ay (s ta re ) in bed f or a
week at lea st I I Dissolve this p o w der i n a t u
,
. .

b l er of w ate r a nd ta ke on
m m m
e te a s p oo n ful e v e ry hou r .

m m m
12 .Th ree ti es a d a y you ust b athe you r ar in

m
w a r wa te r and rub it with lini e nt I 3 Put a us . .

ta rd p la ste r (i p ia s tro) on you r S ide and I will b a nda ge ,

the knee 14 If you r th ro a t is so re g arg le it o nce in

. .
,
 S I C KN E S S A N D H EA LTH 87

m Eat
m mm
t h ree hou rs with this edici n e . 15 . v r e y little
(p ock i ss i o
) a n d d r ink on l y w a r ilk . 16 You .

will Soon be we l l .

m ) o e o b m bino so e m
32

(
m ie te
L a a d re . o lto
I . II p v r a ff r ;

Quest m
g rid tutt a otte dolo e
a la n p e l r ,
no n d or s n n .

2 . ttin ebbe a a N on a un a c o nvul s ion s .

3 . ha

uole be e og i m om
p fo
Iu di gi rz a test febb e e rar 1a a .
4 . Ha r s e ts co n

t to m g o te m m
ti u n a, v e to icco l o co o
r n n .
5 . Il p rp

m ml to mco ggio s e i m bim

(
olto m
r ra
O an o a o i r , ) Ce to c he . l l d ottore . 6 . r

Quest m
O a a a o bo , a ra ' p r a che il
r ra l a

e m
ricu e e p s lute esto l tti
a p r .
7 . a a a a O un a

mgi e msti
i digestio e g l i ete d to ne b
n n ; ele o t te
av a p a , ana n , p a a

dige i e sol m
da an o e i o
ar ?de ti 8 . Il p v r n n on ha n p e r a

om l e llo sto mo d b m
c le egli
ar , p uO
e te l tte ibo r r a n il a .
9 . Il c ,

Do ete i m e go e lo m
il c a ff O, e t c
f bi o ’
.
,
a nn a a ac un a n .

10 . v eglio ( p a r a r a v rn a r ta ke be tte r

uli l o be e d gli ut i m
)
ento te m
ca r e .Do ete dI Igl . b g o og i gio v no coll c ar i il a n n r
’
a

o o tu o e tene lo c ldo e co m
q u a c ld a a, p r o n ,
ar n r a p
pp r n odo F tegli r a . 12 . a

D
te m m m ulce t
i e bocc
apr r Si
la ge gi e a ,
ls n v s ono
’

g o n fi a te . 13 . a

Allo f te co m m
i cucchi io
un gol a , la a O in fia a ta , ra a .

I4 . e di o
ra t scu te
a c ,
non ra ra ,
no n di en

G u d te (
bi m
t ic a te . 15 .
) l iquido quest
ar a l ook at il in a

D
mtti m
bottigli a . bo
I6 cucchi i t
. a t e ne al un a a a a tre

v olte gio o l le sette

al rn e o gio o
,
a la a na, a l zz rn

m dell m
e lle sette
a se Poi quell bottigli
la ra . 17 .
, da a a

ettete due edi i g o c cbi chie e

i e a c na in un c r
88 G
EN LI S H —IT A LI AN LA NGU A GE B OO K

m
mm
d ’
cqua e qu ando i l b a bino ha s e ts d a te g l ie n e
a .

I8 Se p r e ettete l a cqu a d i c a l ce ne l la tte p e r

.
’

m
b e ne fi ci o de ll e visce re deboli finc hO l s v isce r e s aran n o

m m
s a ne (La a d re ) 1 9 Io non h o quest a cqu a di
. . .
’

c a lce (l l d ottore ) 2 0 A n d a te a l la f ar a cia a co

. . .

m
p r a rn e u n a bottig l i a Coste r a.dieci soldi 2 1 S e . .

m
fa rete a tte nz io n e a questi a vvisi i l b a bin o gu arira e
10 ved rete a n co r a ing ra ss a to e ridente co e un p utt o
di pinto d a l Cor reg g io .
9 0 EN LI S H G —
ITA LI A N LA N G UA G E BO O K

R E AD I N G L E SS O N 2

TH E B O DY

m m
Joh n the b ro the r (f ra te l l o) of Ruth h as a goo d
, ,

f a the r ( p a d re ) a n d a good other ( a d re ) Th e

m
.

litt le boy h a s hu rt his h an d (s i e f a t to a l e a l l a

m a no) ; he h a s hu r t fou r fi n ge r s The fathe r see s .

m m
the b oy .

Ca n you s p e a k y l ittle ,an ? I s e e your h a n d

is hu rt Ca n y ou cou n t (conta re ) the fi nger s y o u h a ve

.

mm
hur t ? I h a ve hurt fou r fi ng e rs A n d wh a t d o .

m
you c a ll this ? This i s y ar
'
.

m m m
Ca n you touch y ou r a r with the finge rs ?
“

m m
Yes S ir I c a n touch y f a ce
, , y to n gue y h,a ir , ,

m m
a n d e y es a n d nose a n d outh with y finge rs ; a l s o

m
y two l egs a nd y feet Wh a t .do y o u see “

m
with ? '
I s e e with y eyes
“
Wh a t do you .
“

mm
he ar with ? I b e a r w ith y e ars Wh at do .
“

m m
you e at with ? I e a t w ith y outh ton gue a n d , ,

teeth (d e nt i ) ; a nd I s ell w ith y

m m
This c at h a s a he a d an d a fa ce ; he h a s eyes a n d

m
c ar s a n ose a n d a
,
outh ; in the outh is a to n gue .

H a s the c a t t w o a r s ? N o the c a t h as fou r l egs , .

m
He can run (cor re re ) .

mm
My legs ca n a lso w a lk (p as s eg g i a re ) and run ; y
'

m
tongue c a n ta ste food (ci bo) ; y a r s ca n s p a de ,

ra ke hoe a n d
,
a ke a g a rde n
, Ca n y ou see the tr ees
.
 TH E B LACK S M ITH AND TH E C HI LD R E N 9 1

a nd gra ss on the la w n an d the seeds in the gard e n ?

m
I ca nnot s e e the seeds ; I S e e the gar de n I see .

(
m m
p u p ki n s ( z uccke
) an d c a bb a ges ca v o l i ); I see

m m
a ny ( ry (i s e l l e r i
ol t i
) v eget a bles ce
, l e ) p ot a toes
,

(p a ta t e ) tu rn i p s ( r ap e
, ) to
, a toes (p o i d or o
) p e a s ,

(p i s e l l i
, ) a n d co rn (g r an t u rc o
) .

R E AD I N G L E SS O N 3

TH E BL A C K S M I T H A N D TH E C HIL D R EN
m
Two b l a cks iths wo r k (l a vora no) i n o ne S ho p .

m
They h ave tw o a nvils on e bellows and on e fire ;
, ,

they a ke ho r seshoes ; they S h arp e n a xes o n the

m
gr i n dsto ne a nd a lso s p a des a nd hoes
, The y h av e .

m m
m
good fa ces an d st ro ng a r s a nd han ds
, O n one .

m
m
a nvi l is a ho r seshoe a nd the bl a cks
, ith h a er s
the ho r seshoe with hi s S ledge h a er .

The fire i s good an d str o n g t he S ho p i s hot ; a ,

ho rse sta nds (s ta ) ne ar (v i ci no) the a nvil A little .

m
boy a nd gir l and a c at are (s ono) a lso i n the sho p
m
.

m m
m
The boy c a l l s the c a t but ( a ) the c at j u p s (s a l ta )
,

m
o n the a nvil ; the bla cks ith h a e rs the ho rseshoe ;
the ca t runs (cor re ) into the gar de n a n d j u p s i nto
the wheelb a rrow .

The little gir l a lso ru ns i nto the ga rde n ; Sh e sees

the w a te rin g p ot a nd soo n (p re s to) the ca t feels (s e nte )
-
,

m
col d w ate r i n his e yes and f a ce The w a te r hu rts his
.

f a ce ; he ru n s into the house A good wo an S p e aks

.
 —
ENG LI S H ITA LI A N LA NGU A GE B OO K
9 2

to the littl e b oy a nd girl : I see you are not (non

s ie te ) good to (a l ) the c a t G o aw ay (a nd a te via ) '
.

mm
O n the law n the ho r ses e a t gra ss a nd two b la c k ,

m
s iths a ke hor seshoes f or the ho rses feet (p ie d i ) ’
.

m
They a re stro n g e n Little Jo h n nie i s i n the S ho p
.

'

he c ou n ts (con ta ) the n ai l s o n the floor (p a vi e n to) ;

he ca n feel the n a i l s with hi s fin ge r s .

m
Littl e Ruth cou nts the roses i n the ga rden ; s h e

m m
c a n s e e the ( ve d e r l e
) with h e r eyes a nd S h e c a n
,

s e l l the (l e ) with he r little n ose She s a ys T h e

.
,

roses a re be a utiful .

R E ADI NG L E SS O N 4

TH E M A S O N

Vito is a stone a son m . He wo rk s (l a vora ) in a

qu a rry ( p e tra i a ) wher e the gre a t g ra nd e ) c u bes
(c u b i ) of sto n e a re dug out (s ca va t i
) of the solid

m
roc k (r occa o r he wo r ks i n the vill a ge ( v i l l ag g i o
, ) ) ,

m
whe re the sto n e i s d ressed (l a vora to) whe re e n ,

build fou n da tio ns an d w a lls : Vito h a s stro n g ar s

a n d good e y es ; he d r esses the sto n es with his chisel .

m
He ha s a tool b a g f or hi s chis e l his squ a re a nd his
-
, ,

m m
a l l et
.

m
A a n s p ea ks to Vito He is a lso a a so n but
.
,

m
( ) a n ot a sto n ecutte r . H e builds w a l ls He uses
.

( )
u sa o rt ar a n d s a n d a nd stone f or the fou n d a tio n ,

a nd f or the w a lls of a house he ofte n (s ove n te uses

)
 —
ENG LI S H IT A LI A N LANGU AGE B OO K
94

s mlle ( m
house but ( a ) he l ived (a bi ta va )
)
m
a r i
p pic i ccol a ,

i n this house a n d he died ( ori ) he re (qu i )

m m
.
,

He ca lled (cki a a va ) his ho e (ca s a p rop ri a ) M t '

.

m
Ve r no n It i s in the state (s ta to ) of Virgini a a n d on
m
.
,

m
the Poto a c Riv e r ( fi u e ) n o t f a r ( p oco d is ta nte ),

fro (d a ) the C ity (ci ttci ) of W a shi n gto n M a ny g o .

( v a nno
) to se e this p l a ce ( g )
l u o o It be l o n gs .

TH E HO M E OF G E O RG E WAS H IN GTO N , M T V E R N O N VA
.
, .

m m
to the a tio n ( na z i one The i is high
t i e ne ) n ) p a z z a
. a n d

m
lon g It ha s a ny high c o lu n s The floo r of the
. .

p i a z z a is a de (f a tto
) of bo a r ds the r oof is,S hi n gled
( p
my tim
a s s ice l l e
d )
’
co e r to .

H ow an es (
) W a shi n gto n h w
vol te
a s a lked
(p ) p
m
as s egg i a to u a n d dow n u p o n this p o r ch with
, ,

M rs Wa shi n gto n ' I c a n see h is fa ce a nd his s ile

m m
.

(s orr is o) H o w . a ny ti es he ha s cou n ted these

 D RES S AND FA S HI O N 95

t rees and ra ked the gr a ss ' How a ny ti es he h as m m

c a lled to M rs Wa shi n gto n M arth a see this rose '
m m m
.
, ,

m
H ow any ti es his ho rse ha s e a ten ( a ng i a to) food

m
( (
m m
c i b o
) f r o his h a n d ,
sug a r z ucc k e r o
) a n d a pp les

m
( e l e ) ' H o w a n y ti es his ho r se h a s e a te n the
g ra ss on the l a w n while ( e n tre ) the g a rd e nOr p l anted
(p i a n t a v a
) flowe r s i n the flowe r g ar de n '
H e s p e a ks to his ho r se Ea t the gra ss but do n ot
m
“
, ,

m
hu rt or touch the flowe rs The ho r se he a rs hi
.
,

a n d h i s e a r s a r e high H e s ells a t the h and of

.

m
Wa shi n gto n ; he touches his f a ce with his nose ; he
kno w s (conosce ) his a ste r ( pa d rone ) .

Wa shi ngto n h a d no (non a ve va ) c hildr en n eithe r ,

r né) d a ughte r ; but M r s W a shi n gto n w a s

( ) (
m
n ? so n n o .

a widow ( ve d ova ) whe n (q ua nd o) he a r ried h e r ( l a

m
a n d S h e h a d a so n a n d a d a ughte r so (cos ?) the

m
sp os b
)
, ,

m
f a ily cou nted four E ve ry (og ni ) A e ric an c a l ls

mm
W a shi ngto n f a the r a nd S O h i s child ren a r e illio n s
m
.
,

They love (a a no) his e o ry be ca use (p e rcké) he

w a s gr e a t a n d good .

W a shi n gto n s bi rt hd a y (g i or no na ta l iz i o) is the

’

twe nty seco n d-

of Feb ru ary .

R E AD I N G L E SS O N 6

D R ES S A ND FA S HI O N
m
The fa shio n (l a od a ) in dress c h an ges (ca m)
m
bia .

N ow (a d e s s o) a a n we ars a S ho rt co a t long
, , p a n ts
9 6 E N G I H I TA LI A N
L S -
LA NGUA GE B O O K

which (i g ua l i ) re a ch (g i u ng ono) to his feet a ve s t ,

Without (s e nz a ) Sleeves a white S hirt a sti ff (te s o )

, ,

white co llar an d a c ra vat a h at of straw ( pag l ia ) o r a

,

m
c a p of C loth ( pa n no) His co a t a n d p a nts a r e a ls o
.

thick p e s a n te ) Cl oth f or W inter ( i n

m
m
a de of cloth ,

v e rn o
) a n d thi n ( l eg g ie r i ) cloth f or su e r
(e s ta te
) .

m
He we ar s sho rt stockings c all ed socks a nd S hoes a n d , ,

i n winter he we a r s w ar u n de r c l othin g (s otto ve s t i t i ) -

.

Wa shingto n used to we a r ( i nd os s a va) S ho rt p a nt s

which rea ched on ly (s ol a e nte ) to the knees (g i u oc m
ry l o w S hoes o r v e r y hig h
e ki ,) a n d lo n g stocki n gs v e ,

m
boots a lo n g vest a nd a fi ne white ru ffl ed shirt (ca
, ,

i cia a r r i cc i a ta ) a n d a h at with th r ee co r ne r s (a t re
m
,

a ng ol i
) He
. w a s a ge n tle a n (s i gnor e
) of the o l d
schoo l (scuol a )
m
.

N ow a wo a n we ar s a dress with l o ng slee v es

,

which r e a ch to the h a n d She we ar s a n a p r o n ; a n d.

when she goes out (e s ce ) S he we a rs a S h awl (s ci a l l o) o r

m m
a j a cket a n d on h e r he a d S he we ars a h a t
, H e r h at .

m m
is n ot l ike (s i i l e a ) a a n s h at ’
.

A a n h a s a ny p ockets — h e h as th ree p ockets

,

m
i n his p a nts two p ockets or th ree i n his co a t a n d two
, ,

o r th r ee in his v est A wo an ha s one p ocket in h e r

.

dress on the right side ( l a to) of he r S kirt ( g onne l l a )

,

she ha s a w a tch p ocket (ta sca pe r orol og i o ) o n the left

-

S ide of he r w a ist (ci n tu ra ) a nd tw o p ockets i n h e r ,

m
j a cket .

A wo r kin g a n (bracci a n te ) we a rs o ve ra lls to co ve r

9 8 ENG LI S H ITA LI A N -
LA NGU A GE B OO K

mc o i m
m m
m
S ki er to S ki the sou p O f
m
a ar n , a nd a .

cou rse (ce r ta e n te ) the cook ust h ave S p oons a n d

m
k nives a n d fo rks a nd p la tes .

The kitche n ust h a ve S helves (sca ns i e ) n e a r the

( v i ci n o a l ) sto ve a n d a S i n k ( l a va nd i no
, ) a lso n a ils i n ,

the wa ll o n which to h a ng (app e nd e re ) the kitche n

ute n sils .

Whe n the food is cooked (cotto ) it is se rv ed (s e r ,

)
v i to o n dishes ( i a t t i
p ) a s p l a tes
, ( to n d i ) a n d p l a tte r s
(p i a t t i g ra n d i ) a n d s a uce r s The t e a a.n d co ff e e a re

se rved in c u p s a nd cold w a te r in gl a sses (bicck i e r i )

m
, .

m
We e a t th ree e a l s ( p a s ti ) a d ay whe n we c a n
get the (ot te ne r l i ) — b re a kf a st (col a z i one ) din n e r
, ,

(p r a n z o
)
, a n d su pp e r
( c e n a
) .

R E AD I NG L E SS O N 8

A B RA V E M A N

My f a the r died a t se a ( or z s ul a re ) Ther e w a s m m ’

m
.

( v i e ra
) a g re a t sto r It r a i n ed a n d s n owed a s it
.

r a i n s a n d s n o w s to night a n d the wi nd w a s te rr ible

m m
-
, .

m
The w aves (ond e ) w e re ou nt ai n s ( ontag ne ) of
w a t e r a n d e ve r y
,
a n o n the S hi p w a s p ra yi n g ( p r e

g a va
) to G od ( D i o
) bec a use (p
, o r e /
l e) G od a lo n e ( s o l o
)
c ould hel p ( p ote va a i u ta r e ) .

M y f a the r w a s a fr a id ( p a u r os o ) too but he w a s a

m m
,

ki nd a nd ge ne rous a n a nd w h e n a little e ig ra n t ,

b o y w a s ca rried o ve rbo a rd ( f uor d e l l a na ve ) b y a

 P E T TY LA R C EN Y 99

m m
m
g r ea t w ave h e fo rgot hi self (s i d i e ntico) a nd
m
,

j u p ed (s a l to) into the s e a to s ave h i (p e r s a l va r l o)

m
.

He re a ched (rag g i uns e ) the little boy a nd took h i

mm
m
m m
n g ( nuota nd o with the
( l o p re s e
) on one ar swi , i )
othe r ar a nd hi s tw o legs The s ai l o rs ( a r i na i )
.

c a lled : He re is a bo a r d ' He re is a ro pe ( f u ne ) '

“

m
Cou ra ge (corag g i o) ' The ro p e re a ched h i s h a n d ,

a n d he g r a s p ed i t G ood ' Hold fir

.
“

m
the s a ilo r s c a l led
m
.

m
I n on e inute the b ra ve a n w a s in the S hip an d
m
,

the little boy Wa s i n the a r s of his othe r The .

m m
s a il o rs we re p oo r ( pove r i ) but they w a nted to give
,

M
m
y f a t he r o n ey y
. f a the r s a id ( d i s s e
) N o n o ; ,
“
,

I th a nk y o u j ust the s a e (g ra e i e l o My
f a the r died th a t night (que l l o notte ) I thin k ( p e ns o ) .

m mm
he is with G od .

I ust be on ti e to o r row The boss is ve ry

-
.

mm
strict ( rigoros o) At seve n o clock we begin ( i nco
m m
’
.

m
i nc i a o ) wo r k a n d we fi n ish (te r i n i a o ) a t fiv e
o c lock i the a fte rnoo n Wh at ti e is it n o
’
n . w ?

The c l ock strikes ten (s uona l e d i e ci ) I s it so la te ? .

G ood night '

R E AD I NG L E SS O N 9

PETTY LA R C EN Y PI C C OL O LA D R O N EC C I O
m m m m
m
O ne
ti e there w a s a p oo r a n n a ed (ckia a to )
To ny He w a s ve ry p oo r i n It a ly a nd in A e ric a
.
,
1 00 ENG LI S H I T ALI AN -
LAN GU A GE B O O K

m
he w as e ve n (a ncke ) p oo re r (p i u p ove ro ) be ca use h e ,

h ad n o ho e (ne s s una ca s a p rop r ia ) n o r e ve n (n é

(
m
e l l a qua l e ) to l i ve

m
p u r e
) a house i n which n He h a d .

n o re l a tives ( p a r e nt i ) n o r f r ie n ds (a ic i ) to hel p h i ,

a nd he w a s a l o n e (
a st r a nge r s tr a n i e ro in a stra n ge
)

m
coun t ry ( pa e s e s tra nie ro) .

m
He cou l d not ( non p o te va ) a ke frie nds beca use he ,

c ould n o t s p e a k E n gli sh ( l ng l e s e ) a n d the A , e ric an s

could n ot s p e a k Ita li an s o they could no t u nder st a n d
,

e a ch othe r (l u no l a l tro)
’ ’
.

m
To ny wo rked e ve ry d ay f o r a p a d ro n e H e wo rke d .

mm
by the d a y a nd the boss p a id h i ( g l i p ag a va ) e v e r y
,

t wo weeks . The boss ga ve h i the o ney (g l i d a va )

mm
i n a n e nvelo p e ( u na bus ta ) O n the e n velo p e the re
.

m m
w as w ritte n ( v i e ra s cr i tto ) no t the n a e (no e ) To n y
, ,

but a n u be r ( nu e ro ) bec a use e ve ry l abo re r ha d a

m m
,

m m
be r A nd be l o w (s otto) the nu be r w a s w ritte n
m m
nu .

the a ou nt (s o ) of o ey which l
( g l ) the
m
a n a ua e

boss owed (d ove va ) To ny a s w a ges (co e s a l a r i o )

m
.

m
To n y wo rked h a rd a nd fa ithfully ( f or te e nte e
f e d m
e l e n te
) E. v e ry o r n i n g a t se v e n o clock he ’

m
w a s a t his p l a ce ( l u og o ) with hi s p ick his c rowb a r , ,

a nd h is S ho v el a nd n o
, a n i n the ditch dug f a ste r

( s ca va va
p i it p r e s to
) .

At n oo n To ny rested ( r ip os a va ) f or o ne hou r He
m
‘

a te h i s lu n ch ( a ng i a v a l a col a z i one ) a nd ofte n ,

m
(s o ve n te
) he s a n g a so n g ( ca n t a va u na ca nz one
) which
w a s a s s a d ( e s ta ) a s it w a s sweet (d ol e e
)
1 02 —
ENG LI S H IT A LI A N LA N G UA GE B O O K
m m
m
a lway s w atc h the a n he hi res ( i p ieg a ) to see th at

m m
he wo rks well (be ne ) to a ke su r e (s ic u r o) th a t he
,

m
does not che at hi a nd giv e hi p oor wo rk f or good

m
oney .

M r S ith goes (va ) to the city e ve ry d a y in the

.

He le aves ( pa r te ) a t eight i n the

m
r a il r o a d c a rs .

mm
or nin g a nd does not retu rn befor e h a lf p a st fiv e
m
-

m
( l o c i n q u e e e e e a
) i n the a fte r noo n His a n . u st

mm
wo r k a lo n e a l l (t u tto) d ay He ust be in tell ige n t
m
.

a n d k n ow how to do (s a c o e f a re
) the ost i p o r

m
t a n t thi n gs fir st .

m m
The re a re a ny things to do a bout a house They .

a re l ittle thi n gs but they t a ke ti

, e an d ust n ot be
n eglected ( t ra s cu ra te ) O fte n the l a dy (s ignora ) of
m
.

the house c a lls the an i ndoo r s (ne l l a ca s a ) to lift

m m
m
a he a vy tru nk (ba ul e p e s a nte ) to o ve ( uove re )
,

a he a vy t a b l e ( ta vol a ) or to ca rry a n a r fu l of
,

m m m
wood .

a n (l
’
The hi red i p i eg a to) ust be re a dy
(p ) to do ythi g he i o de ed to do H e
m
r on to a n n s r r .

m
ust be kin d to the c hildre n a n d a lso to the dogs
(
m
a nd c a ts He ust be co te ted with his
c a ni
) . n n

w a ges if they a re j ust (g i us t i )

, He ust d ress
.

n e a tly (con p u l i te z z a ) a n d n ot in r ag s (ce nc i )

m
He .

m
ust s p e a k res p ectfully (con n sp e tto) an d nev e r
'

m
,

(
m
c u r se be s te i a re
) It . i s w r o n g ( u n e rr or e
) a ,

S i n (u n p e cca to ) to t a ke the n a
, e of G od in va in
( va no)
 A P OO R I N TE RP R E T ER 1 03

R E AD I N G L E SS O N 11

A PO O R IN T ER P R ETER —UN C A TTI V O I N TERP REl E '

A n gelo his wife a nd th ree child re n h a ve co e

, , m
(s ono v e nu t i ) to the r ai l r o a d st a tio n to t a k e the t ra i n

a n n ot s p e a k Eng
( i l tre no
) f o r H a rtfo r d A n gelo c .

m m m
lish a nd c ann ot b uy the ra il ro a d tickets ( bigl i e tt i ) A
, .

m
f rie n d ust buy the f or hi A n gelo gi ves his
.

f rie nd the o ney a n d the frie n d p ays the ticket a ge nt

,

a n d r ecei ves ( r i ce ve
) fi ve tickets A gelo he a r s the

m
n .

m
f rie n d (a i co) sa y : I wa nt five tickets to H artfo rd
“
.

H ow uch does it cost ? '

“
Twe nty dolla r s i s the re p l y (r i sp os ta ) B ut .

th a t i s fi rst C la ss ; I wa n t seco nd c la ss Fiftee n .

' “

dolla r s '
the ticket a ge nt s a y s .

A n gelo he ar s but does n o t u n de rstan d The frie n d

, .

m
a lso does not unde r sta nd E n glish v e ry wel l ( be ne ) a n d

m
,

bec ause fifteen ( I 5 ) a nd fifty ( 5 0) h a ve uch the s a e

‘

m m
sou n d (s uono) he i s co nfused (conf uso )
, He s ays .

m
“
It costs too uch but he r e i s the on ey ; he re a re
,

m
fif ty doll ar s I so r ry the tickets are so de a r
.
’

The ti cket a ge nt s iles (s orr id e ) a nd s a y s N ot , ,

“

m
fi fty but fiftee n ; he re is y ou r C h a n ge
,

Th a n k you I a g la d enough to h a ve it s ays

, ,
'

A n gelo s frie n d
’
.

m m
A n d so bec a use the tick et a gent is a k i n d a nd a n
ho nest an (uo o one s to) Ange l o is not che a ted but ,
1 04 ENG I S H IT A LI A N LA NGU AGE
L -
B OOK

m m
his friend is a p oo r in terp reter It is a lways bette r .

( g )
e l i o to l e ar n
( p
i a ra r e
) E ng l is h t h a n ( )
e ke to u s e

a n inte rp rete r .

R E ADI NG L E SS O N 12

TH E C A R TER S WI F E
’

m
m
‘

Pe p p ina is a young (g i ova ne ) wo an H e r husb a nd .

m m
is a c arte r and S he o n ly sees hi a t night an d e ar ly i n
,

m
the o rning He own s (p os s i e de ) a te a of ho rs es
.
,

a n d at fi ve o cloc k i n the o rning he goes to the

’

—
m
stab l e to ta ke c a re of his ho r ses to wa ter to feed , , ,

m m
a n d to cu rry t h e .

B efo re he l e aves ho e ( p ri a d i p a rti re ) h e drin ks ,

m m
n d e a ts a l ot of b r e a d (p a n e
( be ve
) a c u p of co ffee a
)
a n d cheese ( f or ag g i o) while ( e ntr e
, ) Pe pp in a is
r
p p e a r i n g (p p )
re a ra his l u n ch (col a z i on e
) of b r e a d
a n d s a us a ge (s a l sie ci e ) a n d g reen p e pp e r s fr ied in oil

m
(p p e e ron i f ve rd i ri tt i i n ol i o) .

m
Pe p p ina a kes a n ice littl e p a c ka ge (pa cco) which
she p uts in he r h usb a nd s p ocket and s he tell s hi ’

n ot to e a t t h e p a p e r a n d st r i n g (ca rta e cor d a

) Luigi .

kisses (ba cia ) hi s little wife an d s ays If I h ave

, ,
“

m
m
wo r k I ca n e a t and you c an too
, , .

I n the su er (ne l l e s ta te ) Luigi h as p l enty (a b

’

bonda nz a ) of wo rk but in the winte r he h as n oth ing

,

(
m m
m
n i e n te
) to do .

O ne ti e Luigi S ho r se s got S ick (s i a a l a rono) ,

1 06 E N G LI S H ITA LI A N
-
LA NGU A GE B OO K

m
m m
the onth I h ave s p oken to the boss He s ays the
. .

ost he can give e a t p rese nt is one do ll ar a n d

, ,

m
sixty five cents a da
y
-
.

It rains uch i n this count ry a nd when it ra i n s ,

the re is nothing (n i e nte ) to do Whe n it ra ins I c a n .

,

m
study (s tud i a re ) E nglish I h ave good cou ra ge (co
.

i a n d I i n tend (ko i nte nz i one ) to do best

rag
g ) o , y .

W rite often to
You r S incere f riend ,

LUI GI .

A dd re ss l e tte rs to t he cars o f
S o cie ta di P rote z io ne d e g l i I m
m
ig ra nti I talia ni ,

17 S ta te S t re e t,

m
New York ,

U nite d S tate s of A e rica

m
.

If I ch ang e y a d d re s s I
, w il l w ri t e ( scr i v er o) .

R E AD I N G L E SS O N 14

TH E T R I A L LA C A US A

m
m
Josep h ( Gi us eppe ) is a Sici l i a n a big st rong an , , ,

m
o re th an t wenty two ye a rs of a g e (d i e ta) It is
m
no t -
.

m
o nly (s ol a e nte ) one o n th S ince (da ccké) he arrived
i n A e r ic a H e does n ot understa nd English ; he
.

does not S p e ak it ; he c a nn ot r e a d He st ands before .

(
m
s ta d a va n ti a l
) the j udge a n d te ll s his sto r y ; the
cou rt inter p reter st a nds n e a r hi ( vici no a l u i ) and
tr a n sla tes it i nto E n glish .

“
I w a s a little dr u n k ; I ha d no bre a d ; I h ad no
 T HE BA R G E OFF I C E 1 07

m
ho e ; I no frie n d ; I h ad no wo r k I sat down
m
h ad .

m
(
’
a s s is i
) o n the doo r ste p (s og l i a
) of the bee r s a l oo n

m
rr e r i a ) The boss s a id (d i s s e G et w y f ro
( bi .
)
, a a

mm
he re ( f uori d i I s a id,
‘
Y e s in a
, i nute .
’

m
The n the boss kicked e ( i p r os e a ca l ci ) a nd I
m
,

m
p u l led ( t i ra i
) y scisso r s (f or bi c i ) out of y p ocket

m
a n d struck hi ( l o

m m
Did you inte nd to kill h i ? N o S ir he st ruck
, ,

e fi r st with h is foot I str uck hi be ca use I w a s

a n gr y ( i n col / W
mm m
e ra
) h y did you c a rr
y scisso r s in

m
you r p ocket ? '
I u s e the in y tr a de ( e s ti e re ) .

m
I a a ta ilo r (s a r to) a nd I h a ve n o we ap o n
,
.
'

m m m
“
Th a t b a d h a bit of car ry i ng we a p o n s ( l e a r i ) is
the c a use of a ny c ri es You Ita l i a n s ust sto p
.

c a rryi ng (d ove te ce ss a re d i p orta re ) we a p o n s ; we

m
A e ric a n s do n ot c arry w e a p o n s a bout u s It is a .

m
ve ry b a d a n d a ve r d a n ge r ous ( p e r i col os o h a bit
y ) .

m
You h a ve o n ly S c ra tched the a n ; you
h a ve not kill ed hi m , b ut you ust go to p riso n
(p r i gi on e
) f o r se v e n ye a rs
. I se n tence Jose p h N .

to se ve n ye ar s of h a r d la bo r (l a vor o) a t Sin g Sin g .

'

R E AD I N G L E SS O N 15

T H E B A G
R E O F C
F I E — UF F I Z I O DI A M M I S S I O N E

mm
m
S a tu r d a y ( S a ba to) M a r ch 1 4 th To a so

He c m
, , at 2 P M . .
,

m
ar ri v ed o n the ste a er Gu e rra . a e (ve nne )
f r o N a p les .
 1 08 —
ENG LI S H IT A LI AN LA NGU A GE B O O K

m
m
m
At the b arge o fli ce To a so w a s ques tio n ed
( i n

m
te rrog a to) Wher e are you going To '
“
? “
, y

m m
frie n d Pie tro nu be r 1 6 Long Street
, , Wha t is .

you r tr ade ( e s ti e re ) ? I a a t ai lo r (s a r to ;
“
)

m m
Pietr o is a ta ilo r too , Did P ete r se n d f or you
.

( i a nd é a p re nd e r v i ?
) Yes s ir Let '
P e tro , e .

mm
see th e lette r . I left (l a s cia i ) it in Ita l y H ow

m
uch o ney h ave you ? Si xty (60) li re He r e .

m
m
is a p a p e r . G o into the r oo .
'

m
To a so obeyed he w a s ke p t (f u te nuto )
a l l night i n the b a r ge o ffi c e The next o rnin g a t
.

m m
te n o clock he w a s questio ned a g ai n ( a ncora ) his
’

m mm
oney w a s C h anged a nd the n they let hi p a ss i nto
,

m
the C i ty but a ny i
,
igr an ts who h ad wo rk a lre a dy
e ng a ged (g i a i peg na to) we re retu rned (ri torna t i ) t o
m
Italy i n the ste a e r Gue r ra .

The l a w of the U nited St ates fo rbids e n tra nce

.
(p r o i bi s ce l e
’
n t ra ta
) to a n y one w h o co es unde r m
co nt ra c t (s otto contra tto) .

R E AD I N G L E SS O N 16

S A I N T C RI S PI N O
Two b roth e r s tra vell ed e ve rywhe re (da pe r tutto) ,

doi n g good ( f a ce nd o be n e ) a nd hel p i n g the p oo r

m
, .

m
They wer e S hoe a ke r s a n d i n wi nte r whe n t h e
, ,

m
we a ther is cold a n d a ny littl e chil dre n who a r e
,

p oo r n eed shoes the two b rothe

, r s we r e g l a d to a ke
I IO EN G LI S H ITA LI A N
— LA N G UA G E B OO K
It is d a n ge rous to liv e ne ar hi m I t is v ery h a r d
.

—
m m
f or the p oo r wife a nd the p oo r c hi l d ren h e h as fiv e
C hild r e n It is e a sy to a ke h i a ngry a bout (c i rca )
.

n othi n g Then he w ill c h a se the C hi ld ren o ut of the

m
.

m
house a nd strike the u n h a p p y wife eve ry ti e he

m m
sees he r I n va in S he p ra ys h i not to d ri n k so
.

u c h bee r (bi rra ) He c a n t sto p (f e r a rs i ) n ow

‘

.
’
.

I hop e you a r e w r o ng ( i n e rrore ) a bout th a t I

m
.

ho p e th a t (sp e ro) it is n o t too la te f or hi to c h a nge

'

If he i s wil lin g to t ry (d i p rova re ) G od w i ll

m
h is h a bit . .
,

m
B efo r e he gets d ru nk (s i u bbr i a ca ) a g a i n
m
help hi .

m
( a n co r a
)
,
t a l k to h i a n d tell hi h o w necess a r y it is

m
to C h a n ge a nd be a good a n Perh a p s he will b e a r
.

mm
w ith hi s e a r s which , e an s (eke vuol d i re ) he will
liste n (a s col ta re ) a n d p e rh ap s so eti e he a nd his
,

m m
l a n k you ( v i r i n ra z i e ra nno
p oo r w i fe wi l th g ) .

m
I kn ow a S i p le de c o c tio n (s e p l ice d e cot to) w hich
will he l p h i if he w ill S i p it ( l o s ors eg g i e ra) w hen he

m
i s thi rsty (ka s e te ) f o r bee r o r f o r S p i rits (l i quore ) .

A ny o n e who needs it a n d w a nts it a a p p ly (opp l i

y
ca rs i to t h e a utho r (a l l ) of this boo k
) a utor e .

R E AD I NG L E SS O N 18

WA S HI N G CLOT HES
m
m
In Ita ly the w a sherwo e n wa s h the c l oth es in t h e

m
r ive r s (fi u i ) the l a kes ( l ag ki ) o r the fou n tai n s
, ,

(f on ta ne
) a n d h a n g the
, to d r
y on the t r ees a n d
 W A S HI N G C LO T H ES

b us h es ( p
ce s ug li)
. They kneel ( g
i n i n occk i a no
) on t h e
s ho r e (r i va ) of t h e la ke or o n the low b a n k ( r ip a
) of

m mm
the r iver or on the edge ( orl o) of the fou nta i n Five
,
.

or S i x wo en w a sh at the s a e ti e a nd p la ce .

It is p lea s a nt (p i a ce vol e ) to wo rk out of door s a nd

m
m
in the fresh air (a ri a f r e s ca ) It is p le a s a nt to ake
.

m
C le a n thi ngs th at a re u ncle a n ; to ake things stra ight
,

th a t are c rooked ; to a ke things bette r th a t are b ad ;

an d rest is p le a s an t whe n o n e is ti r ed .

It is p le as a nt to be usefu l to he l p It is p l e a s ant
, .

an d a lso ve ry p r ofit a ble to k n ow how to w a sh the

white a nd h ow to w a sh the col o red clothes (pa nnz

col ora ti
),
how to use blui (
n g i l bl u ) a n d w a x h ow to ,

fold a nd i ron t ablecloths a nd b l ankets how to st arch ,

m
shirts a nd S hirt colla rs well .

mm
The Chi n ese do it best Al l this ust be le ar ned
m
.

( )
m
d e v e ss e re i
’

p a r a t o f r o so e o n e who i s ex p e r t

m
( e sp e r to
) ,a n d who c a n te a ch it O n. e a kes ( uno f )
a

bad ista kes (s bag l i ) a t the begin ni n g ( i n p r i ncipi a) ,

bec a use without p ra c tice (s e nz a l a p ra t ica ) a n d a good

m
te a c h e r (i ns eg na nte ) n o useful art c a n be le arn ed ; but

m
the ost n ecess ary thin g is to be willi ng to wo rk I .

m m
l ike ( i p i a ce ) to w a s h a nd to ir o n .

I n the olde n ti es (te p i a n ti cki ) a s I h ave h e a rd

, ,

m
noble l adies a nd p ri n cesses we re p roud (j e re ) to

m
k now h ow to a k e the c l othes snowy white a n d they ,

m
we re n ot a sh a ed (s i ve rg og na va no) to wa s h the
f a ily l inen (bia ncke ri a ) .
1 12 E N G LI S H IT A LI A N
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R E AD I NG L E SS O N 19

H O US E CL EA N IN G
-

S pring is t h e se a son of the ye a r f or c l e aning hous e .

E ve ryt hing is w a shed is S h aken (s cos s o) is p ut to ai r

m
, ,

)
’

( e sso a l l a r ia The .wi n dows a re a l l o p e n ed the ,

floor s are wet (bag na ti ) the blan kets a re w a shed a n d

,

m
hu ng on a li ne the c ar p ets are out of doo r s o n th e
,

lawn and the fu rnitu re is oved

, .

mm
The kitche n i s full of dishes (p ia tt i ) to be w a shed ,

m
the di ning roo is e p ty (vuoto) the fur nitu re of the ,

m m
bed roo s sta nds (s ta ) i n the h a lls Du rin g (d ura nte ) .

m
a wee k it is ve ry u n co forta ble ( i nco od o) It is .

m
n ecess a ry to wo rk h ard a nd to a k e h a ste (f a r e

p r e s to
)
,
bec a use the f a ily i s so u p set ( s otto s op ra
) -
.

m
The little C hildre n l ike it ; they p l a y (g i oca no) with

m
everything The y ake te nts (p a d igl ioni ) out of th e
.

m m
c a rpets o n the l a wn They j u p (s a l ta no) on the
.

fe a the r beds ( a te ra ss i d i p i u e ) They h ide (na s e on

.

d ono) behi n d (d i e t ro) the fu rnitu re i n the h a ll They .

m m
a r e a lwa ys u n de r foot (f ra i p i e d i
) a nd the house ,

m (
r s sca cci a f uor i
( )
a id d onz e l l a d ri ves the out of doo
d i ca sa ) with h e r b roo .

R E ADI NG LE SS ON 20

TH E P M

It is good to l ive on a f a r m
to see the cold w inte r
ch a nge in to s pring ; to see in p la ce of snow (ne ve )
, ,
1 14 —
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mm
m m
f a r e r ust p lough his fields a nd sow his seed an d

m
ta ke c a re of hi s c ro p s j ust the s a e He ust le av e .

the h a rvest to be a s G od wills ; he ust ta ke his

C h a n ces (opp ortun i té ) a n d not neg lect ( tra scura re )
his duty (d ove re ) It t a kes cou ra ge (coragg io) to
.

live .

R E AD I N G L E SS O N 2 1
A N UM BER LES S O N

m mm
m m
AS going to Ba b ury I e t a an with a
I w as

m
flock (g reg g i a ) of 600 S hee p I e t a not h e r a n .

soo n after who h a d a d ro v e ( a nd ra ) of c attle .

The re we re n e ar ly (qua s i ) 1 000 hea d of c attl e coun t ,

m m
i n g the ho rses the cows a n d the 8 3 l itt l e c a l ves
, ,
.

m m
The next d ay I e t a regi e nt of so ldie rs (s ol d a ti ) ;
I cou nted 8 50 e n ; 2 6 8 of the we re on ho r seb a c k

bo e mhe d we e fligh ts ( mof

( )
a ca va l l o .

duc s in co m ies ( m
In the ai r a v y a r s tor i
b i ds k of ag n i e 1 3 a nd
r , ) p a n co p

the e we e m m
l so flights of wild (
1 9 a n d 2 7, a ) geese s e l va t i c e
k a nd

r i llions of insects in the sun

r o e r

th a n I cou ld count .

R E AD I N G L E SS ON 22

W HA T M US I C M EA N S

m
m
A p oo r wo a n ow n s t w o good he n s S h e feeds .

the , an d they feed h e r bec a use ev e ry d ay S he fi n d s

,
 WH A T M U S I C M EA N S 1 15

a n ice fresh egg on the gr oun d an d so eti es two mm .

m
The eggs a re l arge an d full of good food .

O ne d ay the p oo r wo a n gets S ick ; S he i s i n bed

al l da
y ; S h e is a f ra id (ka p a u r a
) th a t so e b a d boy m
m
will se e (ve d ra) he r eggs on the g rou n d a nd w ill ste a l
the . The thought i s d re a dful (te rr i bil e ) a nd S he i s ,

v e ry u n h a p p y H e r e a rs he a r e ve r y sou n d
. The .

doo r is o p e n a nd S he t ries to S e e whe re the eggs lie

,

(g i a ci o n o
) ,
but she c a nn ot .

A n d n ow S h e he a r s the sou n d (s uono ) of feet

mm m
m
(p
mm (
mm m
i e d i ). So eti es the feet w a lk c a i n a no
) ,

so eti es they run (corr ono) so eti es the y j u p ,

(s a l ta no
) It i boy S he s ys d h he t
“ '
. s a ,
a a n e r a,
r

m m
be ats fa st (i l cuore ba tte p re s to) O h he will t a ke.
“
,

y eggs ' he will ste al

y eggs '

m
The feet sto p n e a r (v i ci no) h e r doo r She liste ns .

(a s col ta
) a n d S he he a r s the sou n d of a a n d oli n A .

child s v oice (voce ) sings a sw e e t little so ng (ca nta

’ ‘

m
u na d ol ce ca nz one tta
) .

m
The p oo r wo an i s su r p rised (s oi p re sa ) It is .
“

m
a n a ngel ; eggs s fe She c a ll s to the child
'

y a r e a .
,

Little b oy co e in (e ntra ) ; but fir st find a big fr esh

,

— —
mm
egg p e r h a
p s y o u will fi n d tw o o n the g r ou n d .

m
B ring the to e .
'

The C hild co es in with the eggs in h is h an ds .

m
H e r e a re the t wo eggs A re you hu ngry ? Do .

you w ant to c ook the ? Sh a l l I li ght a fire (a cce n

d e re i l f u oco
)
I 16 G
EN LI S H —ITA LI A N LAN UA G G E BOOK
The p oo r wo mn is h
a a p py a g ai n an d soon she get s
well .

R E ADI N G L E SS ON 23

TH E TA ILO R A N D TH E ELE P HA N T

m
A ta ilo r is S itt i ng i n the wi ndow of his S ho p ; he is
sewing ver y busily (afi acce nd a tis s i o) beca use he ,

m
h a s two suits of c l othes to fi nish befo re e ve ni n g .

m
The p ants are d o ne (f a tti ) but he ust p ut a lot o f
,

wo rk on the co ats and he ust p ress the vests a n d

, ,

m
p u t fi v e p ockets i n e a c h (ci a s c u n ) suit .

It is a w a r d a y an d the window i s op e n M e n
m
.
, ,

wo e n boy s a nd gi r ls p a ss ( p a ss a no) up a nd down

, ,

the n arrow str eet —

, f or the streets a re a l l n arr ow in
—
m
the city of Delhi I n dia , , but the t ail o r does n o t l oo k

m
his wo rk He sees on l y (s ol a
m
up (n on g ua r d a ) f r o .

m
e nte ) the stitches he I S a ki n g .

Sudde n ly (s u bi ta e nte ) he c a nnot s e e his stitches ;

it grows d a rk (f a scur o) ; no light (l uce ) co es into m
the S ho p wi n dow Why is this ?
.

A huge be a st (una be s tia g rossa ) is p assing t hrough

a n ele p h a nt (e l ef a n te
the n arr ow street ) .

m
The ele p h a nt introduces the p oin t of his tr u n k
( i n tro e t te la
p u n ta d e l l a p r o b o s c i d e
) i n to the wi n do w

wher e the tailo r i s sitting The t ailo r prick s it (l a

.

p g )
u n e with his n eedle The
. ele p h a n t goes on his
w ay ( p e r l a s ua s t ra d a ) a nd it is light (cki a r o) a g ai n
,

in the litt le S ho p The t ailor sews busil y for a n hour

. .
1 18 E G I H ITA LI A N
N L S -
LA N G UA G E B O O K

p oi n t to ( i n d i co
) ? N e w Yo r k Wh a t r i v e r ? The .

H udso n Ta ke c a re to sou nd (ba d a te d i f a r s e nt i r e )

.

the H Do n t s a y Ud son
.
’
Th a t is n ot right
“
.

(
‘
cos t non va

Wh a t city is this ? N e w Yo rk Yes it is the .

,

m
city of N e w Yo r k i n the st a te of N ew Yo rk
, .

m
Wh a t state i s e a st of N e w Yo r k st ate ? Ver o n t .

Wh t st te
a a i s south of Ve r o nt ? M a ss a c h u
setts Wh at city i s the c a p it a l of M a ss a chusetts ?
.

m
B osto n .

You se e I a givi ng you a l esso n i n geogra p h y ;

m
now I will a s k y o u a questio n i n histo r y Whic h .

w e r e the t w o g re a test A e ric a n s ? W a shi ngto n

a n d Li n c ol n Jose p h h ow do y ou s p e l l the wo r d
.
,

Lin coln 9 '

The s p elli ng of E nglish wo rds is ve ry difficult .

R E ADI N G L E SS O N 2 5

O L D I TA L Y — LA V EC C HI A I TAL I A

m m
H ere i s in k ; t a ke a p e n a nd write a lette r to f a the r
and m
othe r i n It al y We ust n ev e r fo rget the
. .

m
They l ov e to he ar h ow w e are wh a t w e do whe re w e , ,

a re if w e fin d wo r k a nd good f r ie nds (a
,
ici ) if we ,

mm m
a re h a p py a nd do right They O fte n t a lk a bout
.

m m
a nd w e re e be r the and se nd
( i n tor n o di
) u S ,

the a little (un p oco) oney w hen w e c a n They .

 O LD IT ALY 1 19

a re old and c a n t wo rk s o h a rd ( f or te ) now as befo re

’
.

They want us (noi ) to stud y E n glish a n d to le arn to

m
S p e a k and to write it In ev e ry lette r they a s k if .

m
we go to so e nig ht S chool whe re the te a c he r c an

m m m m m
he l p (a i u ta r e ) us or if we belon g to so e so ciety
,

m
(s oc i e ta ) f or utu a l i p r o v e e n t ( u t u o ig l i or a

a n d educ a tio n ( e d uca z i one )

e n to
) .

m m
I believe they are good peo p le (g e n te ) a nd l ove you
m
m m
well You ust try to p lea se the
. a n d you ust ,

m m m
se n d the good l o ng letter s ve ry ofte n You ust .

tell the a bout A e ric a Tell the it is a good .

m m
country ( p a e s e ) th at y ou begin to u nde rst an d a n d
,

to s p e a k E nglish th at you fi nd a n y co p a triots

,

mm m
(conna z i ona l i ) he r e .

S e n d the a a p of the U n ited St ates a nd ark ,

o n it the p l a ce whe re you liv e .

O h they ca n r e a d about the U n ited St a tes i n a book

,

m
or i n the p a p e r s .

m m
Y e s but a lette r fr o
, a s on or a d a ughte r i s bette r

m
th an a ny book ; a nd y our na e at the botto of the
p a ge is bette r th a n the n a e o f the g r e a test a utho r

Th t is t ue Gi e mso m
(a utor e
) .

e er e nvelo p e
m
a r . v e p p
a , an

( bus ta
) st , (f and
) a a p ra nco bol l o
-
.
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R E ADI N G L E SS O N 26

A W O RD O F A D V I CE UN C O N S I G LI O

( Fro m
a natural i z e d A m
e ri ca n )

m
m
Fellow country e n ( Conna z i ona l i ) ' Do you wis h
-

to l ive wel l in A e ric a ? Then le arn t h e E nglis h

l an gu age h ono r t h e l a ws of the l and res p ect you r
, ,

m
se lves (voi s te ss i ) ai d your b rothers a nd never o pre s s
, ,

the , h ave faith in G od he a r your troubles (d is

,

m m
z i e b ra ve ly ne ve r seek a v e n dett a a n d do n othin
g r a ) , , g

m m
to d ishono r the good n a e of Ita ly You will ak e .

m
a n y f rie n ds a nd be gl a dly welco ed to this cou ntry .

m
.F o r t h e hono r of It a ly a nd t h e good of A e ric a ,

l et us ta ke for our p rogra t h e G o l den Rule

“
Do unto ot h ers a s ye (you ) woul d t h at they should
d o u n to you .