裕兴新概念英语第二册笔记_第76课_课文讲解

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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.'

` To end our special news bulletin,` said the voice of the television announcer, ` we`re going over to the macaroni fields of Calabria.

end v使…结束，终结

eg The road ends here. 这条路就到这儿了。

eg The decided to end their relationship. 他们决定终止他们的关系。

eg They ended the play with a song. 他们以一首歌结束这场戏。

announcer n(电视，电台) 播音员

anchorman n(电视等) 新闻综合报道员，主播；主持人

go over to +地点1往…去

eg He went over to an old woman and helped her into the bus.他朝一位老太太走去帮她上了公共汽车。

2越过

go over a fence越过栅栏

3（详细地）调查，检查，视察

eg I went over the figures twice, but reached the same total. 我把数字检查了2遍，但是得出相同的总和。

eg You should go over a house before buying it. 在买房子之前你应该好好地检查一下。

4反复，温习

eg She went over the lines time and again. 她反复练习这个台词。

Two of the leading growers, Giuseppe Mpldova and Riccardo Brabante, tell me that they have been expecting a splendid crop this year and harvesting has begun earlier than usual.

Two of the leading growers2个主要种植者

have been expecting一直期待着（现在完成进行时，have been doing 表示一直在做某事）

a splendid crop大丰收

harvesting n收割，收获（相当于harvest)

a good / fair harvest丰收

an abundant harvest丰收

a bad / poor harvest歉收

harvest v收割

harvester n收获者，收割者

than usual比平常

usual adj平常的

eg This morning she got up earlier than usual. 今天早晨她比平时起的早一些。

usually adv平常

eg She usually gets up at six o`clock. 她通常6点起床。

Here you can see two workers who, between them, have just finished cutting three cartloads of golden brown macaroni stalks.

between在两者之间

eg Tom sat between Jill and Jennifer.

among在三者或三者以上中间

eg The Prime Minister was among those present. 首相在那些出席者之间。

eg You`ll find it somewhere among those newspapers. 你在那堆报纸中间将找到他。

finish doing结束做某事

eg I haven`t finished reading the book yet. 我还没有读完这本书呢

eg She finished writing a letter. 她写完一封信了。

cartload n马车之量，大量

golden adj金黄色的