新概念英语第二册笔记_第76课.docx

Lesson 76 April Fools Day愚人节【Text 】To end our special news bulletin, said the voice of the television announcer, were going over to themacaroni fields of Calabria. Macaroni has been grown in this area for over six hundred years. Two oftheleadinggrowers,GiuseppeMoldovaandRiccardoBrabante,tellmethattheyhave beenexpecting a splendid crop this year and harvesting has begun earlier than usual. Here you can seetwoworkerswho,betweenthem,havejustfinishedcuttingthreecartloadsofgoldenbrownmacaroni stalks. The whole village has been working day and night gathering and threshing thisyears crop before the September rains. On the right, you can see Mrs. Brabante herself. She hasbeen helping her husband for thirty years now. Mrs. Brabante is talking to the manager of the localfactory where the crop is processed. This last scene shows you what will happen at the end of theharvest: the famous Calabrian macaroni-eating competition. Signor Fratelli, the present champion,has won it every year since 1991. And that ends our special bulletin for today, Thursday, April lst.Were now going back to the studio.【课文翻译】“作为我们专题新闻节目的结尾，”电视广播员说， “我们现在到克拉布利亚的通心粉田里；通心粉在这个地区已经种植了600 多年了；两个主要种植者，朱塞皮.莫尔道瓦和里卡多.布拉班特告知我，他们始终期望着今年获得一个大丰收，收割工作比往年开头要早些；这里您可以看到两个工人，他们协力割下了3 Lesson 76 April Fools Day 愚人节 【Text 】 To end our special news bulletin, said the voice of the television announcer , were going over to the macaroni fields of Calabria. Macaroni has been grown in this area for over six hundred years. Two of the leading growers, Giuseppe Moldova and Riccardo Brabante, tell me that they have been expecting a splendid crop this year and harvesting has begun earlier than usual. Here you can see two workers who, between them, have just finished cutting three cartloads of golden brown macaroni stalks. The whole village has been working day and night gathering and threshing this years crop before the September rains. On the right, you can see Mrs. Brabante herself. She has been helping her husband for thirty years