Welcome to the Italian podcast. In this episode of the “Beginner” series, I will read you a story written by the famous Italian writer Gianni Rodari, treat (Taken from, Used for excerpts from stories or books) From famous (famous / Synonyms of “famosa”) Favorites (Collect and organize) “Favole on the Phone”, released in 1962. The story is called “The Scarecrow”. On podcastitaliano.com, you can find the transcription and translation of the most difficult words and phrases. listen well!
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it scarecrow (scarecrow, Literally means “scarecrow”) Gonario is the last one (Finally, the meaning The youngest) Seven brothers.His parents had no money to send him to school, so they had to send him to work in a big company Grease Shop (farm, Not a factory).Gonario must be a scarecrow, although Keep birds away from the fields (Keep the birds away from the crops, Far = far).Every morning they give him one defeat (Paper cone) of gunpowder (gunpowder) And Gonario, Hours and hours (End in a few hours), Up and down (Up and down) For fields, e Time (Time) stop set fire (set fire) However pinch (critical moment) Dust.explosion Frightened (scared) Those birds get away (Ran), Scared of hunters (Scared of hunters).one time It was Gonario’s jacket that was on fire (Gonario’s jacket is on fire), if the child No fast diving (Not jumping fast enough) in a ditch (ditch) of course will die (will die) In the flames.His diving startled them Rehn (frog), who escaped Fanfare (loudly /clamore = noisy, loud noise), frightened by their clamor Greeley (cricket) with cicada (cicada), that They stopped (Stop / Stop = stop) A while (A while) Sing.but He is the most scared (The one who fears most is him), Gonario, crying alone On the shore (On the edge) Into the ditch, wet An ugly duckling (Ugly duckling), small, tattered (tattered) e hungry (hungry).He cried so desperately sparrow (sparrow) Stopped on a tree and looked at him, then Chirp (Chirp) Sympathy (With compassion / For example, to say “crying with joy”, “screaming with pain”, we say “crys with joy” and “screaming with pain”) Every comfort him (Encourage him/comfort him). But the sparrow could not comfort the scarecrow. (ThisThis is a game of words. Sparrows can’t make “scaresparrows” happy, or in English, scarecrows) this story It happened (Occurrence/occurrence=synonym for occurrence/”occurrence”) In Sardinia.
This is the fable “The Scarecrow” by Gianni Rodari. If you have not understood everything, I suggest you listen to it again and use the transcript, because it will help you a lot. It is very important to read and listen at the same time. Fables can also help a lot when you start to learn a language and want to use real materials.
I hope you enjoy this episode. Until next time!
