新概念第二册76课

学乐教育2015寒假八年级英语一对三辅导讲义

lesson 76 April Fool's Day愚人节

First listen and then answer the question.

What was the joke

'To end our special news bulletin,' said the voice of the television announcer, 'we're 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 year's 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. We're 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月1日，星期四--的专题新闻节目到此结束。现在我们回到电视演播室。

【生词汇总】

fool n. 傻瓜

bulletin n. 新闻简报

announcer n. （电视、之声）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

【单词讲解】

1. fool [n] 傻瓜；受骗者 [v] 欺骗；开玩笑；戏弄

April fool 愚人节中受愚弄者

act /play the fool 扮丑角

A fool and his money are soon parted.笨蛋难聚财。

除了作名词，fool也可以作动词用。

make a fool of sb. 愚弄某人，欺骗某人

fool about 游手好闲，干蠢事

fool away 浪费，虚度

他总是以愚弄他人为乐。He always taking a delight in making a fool of others.

2. bulletin [n]公报，公告[v]发表，用公告通知

Bulletin Board System 电子布告栏，也即我们常说的BBS。

official bulletin 正式公报，官方公报

weather bulletin 气象通报

results bulletin 成绩公告

n. 主持人；（机场车站）广播员

presenter ; host

那个广播播音员告诉我他之所以得到那份工作是因为老板非常喜欢他那有磁性的嗓音。

The radio announcer told me that he got his job because his boss really liked his strong voice.

adj. (无比较级、最高级)

1)一流的,卓越的

a leading university一流大学

the leading countries of Europe (在经济、军事方面) 欧洲一些先进国家

2) 主要的; 主角的,主演的

play the leading part [role]担任主角

由于选择不健康食品，在北美心脏病是主要死亡原因。

Due to unhealthy food choices, the leading cause of death in North America is heart disease.

1）gather sth (together/up) 收拢，归拢

2）认为，猜想；推断；理解

我从心中了解到你并不喜欢你的工作

I gather from your letter that you’re not enjoying your job

n. & v.

1) n. 过程；进程

我们正在出售自家的住宅.

We’re in the process of selling our house.

2) n. 工艺流程；工序