新概念第二册Lesson+76+April+Fools+Day 愚人节 讲义.docxVIP

新概念英语第二册第76课 Lesson 76 April Fools Day?愚人节???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 now. Mrs. Brabante is talking to the manager of the local factory where the crop is?processed. This last scene shows you what will happen at the end of the harvest: 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. New words and expressions?生词和短语? fool ????????????????????????n.傻瓜 bulletin??????????????????n.新闻简报 announcer? ? ? ? ? ? ??n. (电视、电台)播音员 macaroni ? ? ? ? ? ? ? n.?通心面，空心面条 leading ??????????????? adj.?主要的 grower ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?n.??种植者 splendid ????????????? adj.?极好的 stalk????????????????????? n.?梗 gather ??????????????????v.?收庄稼 thresh ????????????????? v.打(庄稼) process ??????????????? v.?加工 Signor ???????????????? n. (意大利语)先生 present ??????????????? adj.目前的 champion ??????????? n.?冠军 studio ????????????????? n.?播音室 参考译文 ? “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.布拉班特告诉我，他们一直期待着今年获得一个大丰收，收割工作比往年开始要早些。这里您可以看到两个工人，他们协力割下了3车金黄色的通心粉秸。全村的人都日夜奋战，要赶在9月的雨季之前把今年的庄稼收获上来，打完场。在屏幕的右侧，您可以看到布拉班特太太本人，她已经帮了她的丈夫30年了。布拉班特太太现在正和负责通心粉加工的当地加工厂的经理交谈。这最后一个镜头向您展示了收获之后将发生的事情：著名的克拉布利亚人吃通心粉大赛！目前的冠军弗拉特里先生，自1991年以来，年年获胜。今天 -- 4