Sembra un film, ma è Tutto vero: tre persone hanno passato 33 giorni su un’isola deserta. sono tutti cubani, due uomini e una donna.
Una tempesta ha distrutto la loro barca, ma i tre sono riusciti a nuotare fino all’isola.
durante questo periodo sull’isola, hanno mangiato cocco, frutti di mare e topi.
dopo più di un mese, un aereo ha scoperto le tre persone. La Guardia costiera americana ha salvato le tre persone.
adesso sono negli Stati Uniti e stanno bene.
passare: to pass – 经过
l’ isola deserta: deserted island – 荒岛
cubano/a: Cuban – 古巴人
la tempesta: storm – 暴风雨
distruggere: to destroy – 毁坏
la barca: boat – 小船
nuotare: to swim – 游泳
il cocco: coconut – 椰子
i frutti di mare: seafood – 海鲜
i topi: mice – 老鼠
salvare: to save – 拯救
la Guardia Costiera: Coast Guard – 海岸警卫队
“Una tempesta ha distrutto la loro barca, ma i tre sono riusciti a nuotare fino all’isola”
(A storm destroyed their boat, but the three managed to swim to the island)
In this sentence, the verbs “ha distrutto” (destroyed) and “sono riusciti” (succeeded) are both in the passato prossimo tense, because they refer to a specific event that occurred in the past and has a clear end point.
However, as you surely have noticed, they have a difference: one takes the auxiliary verb “avere” (to have), while the other takes “essere” (to be).
In Italian, in fact, verbs can take either “avere” or “essere” as their auxiliary verb in compound tenses, depending on the verb itself and how it is used in the sentence.
Generally, transitive verbs (verbs that take a direct object) use “avere”. In our sentence “distrutto” is a transitive verb that takes “la loro barca” as its direct object, so it uses “avere” as its auxiliary verb.
In contrast, intransitive verbs (verbs that do not take a direct object) and some specific transitive verbs (such as verbs of motion and reflexive verbs) use “essere” as their auxiliary verb in compound tenses.
In our sentence, “riuscire” is typically used intransitively in Italian, often followed by an adverb or prepositional phrase that describes the outcome of the action.
It sounds like a movie, but it’s all true: three people spent 33 days on a deserted island. They are all Cubans, two men and one woman.
A storm destroyed their boat, but the three managed to swim to the island.
During their time on the island, they ate coconuts, seafood, and rats.
After more than a month, a plane discovered the three people. The US Coast Guard rescued them.
Now they are in the United States and doing well.
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