Doctor Goldsmith
Italian Short Story
Story text
| There was once a kind man whose name was Oliver Goldsmith. | C'era una volta un uomo cortese che si chiamava Oliver Goldsmith. |
| He wrote many delightful books, and had a gentle heart. He was always ready to help others and to share with them anything that he had. | Scrisse molti libri deliziosi e aveva un cuore gentile. Era sempre pronto ad aiutare gli altri e a condividere con loro tutto ciò che aveva. |
| He gave away so much to the poor that he was always poor himself. | Regalava così tanto ai poveri che era sempre povero lui stesso. |
| He was sometimes called Doctor Goldsmith, as he had studied to be a physician. | A volte veniva chiamato Dottor Goldsmith, perché aveva studiato per diventare medico. |
| One day, a poor woman asked Doctor Goldsmith to go and see her husband, who was sick and could not eat. | Un giorno, una povera donna chiese al Dottor Goldsmith di andare a vedere suo marito, che era malato e non riusciva a mangiare. |
| Goldsmith did so, and found that the family was in great need. | Goldsmith lo fece e scoprì che la famiglia era in grande difficoltà. |
| The man had not had work for a long time. He was not sick, but in distress; and, as for eating, there was no food in the house. | L'uomo non lavorava da molto tempo. Non era malato, ma in difficoltà, e per quanto riguarda il mangiare, non c'era cibo in casa. |
| "Call at my room this evening," said Goldsmith to the woman, "and I will give you some medicine for your husband." | "Venga nella mia stanza questa sera", disse Goldsmith alla donna, "e le darò una medicina per suo marito". |
| In the evening the woman called. Goldsmith gave her a little paper box that was very heavy. | La sera la donna chiamò. Goldsmith le diede una piccola scatola di carta molto pesante. |
| "Here is the medicine," he said. | "Ecco la medicina", disse. |
| "Use it faithfully, and I think it will do your husband a great deal of good. But don't open the box until you reach home." | "La usi fedelmente e credo che farà molto bene a suo marito. Ma non apra la scatola prima di essere arrivata a casa". |
| "What are the directions for taking it?" asked the woman. | "Quali sono le istruzioni per prenderla?" chiese la donna. |
| "You will find them inside of the box," he answered. | "Le troverai all'interno della scatola", rispose lui. |
| When the woman reached her home, she sat down by her husband's side, and they opened the box. | Quando la donna arrivò a casa sua, si sedette al fianco del marito e aprirono la scatola. |
| It was full of money, and on the top were the directions: "To be taken as often as necessity requires." | Era piena di soldi e in cima c'erano le indicazioni: "Da prendere ogni volta che la necessità lo richiede". |
| Goldsmith had given them all the money that he had. | Goldsmith aveva dato loro tutto il denaro che aveva. |
Vocab review
doctor
medico (m)
home
casa (f)
money
soldi (m)
work
lavoro (m)
This is an original story written by James Baldwin, adapted for language-learners like you.
