Lesson 76 April Fools' Day
【New words and expressions】（15）
fool n. 傻瓜
bulletin n. 新聞簡報
announcer n. （電視、電臺）播音員
macaroni n. 通心面，空心面條
leading adj. 主要的
grower n. 種植者
splendid adj. 極好的
stalk n. 梗
gather v. 收莊稼
thresh v. 打（莊稼）
process v. 加工
Signor n. （意大利語）先生
present adj. 目前的
champion n. 冠軍
studio n. 播音室
【Text】
'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.'
參考譯文
“作為我們專題新聞節(jié)目的結尾，”電視廣播員說，“我們現(xiàn)在到克拉布利亞的通心粉田里。通心粉在這個地區(qū)已經種植了600多年了。兩個主要種植者，朱塞皮.莫爾道瓦和里卡多.布拉班特告訴我，他們一直期待著今年獲得一個大豐收，收割工作比往年開始要早些。這里您可以看到兩個工人，他們協(xié)力割下了3車金黃色的通心粉秸。全村的人都日夜奮戰(zhàn)，要趕在9月的雨季之前把今年的莊稼收獲上來，打完場。在屏幕的右側，您可以看到布拉班特太太本人，她已經幫了她的丈夫30年了。布拉班特太太現(xiàn)在正和負責通心粉加工的當?shù)丶庸S的經理交談。這后一個鏡頭向您展示了收獲之后將發(fā)生的事情：的克拉布利亞人吃通心粉大賽！目前的冠軍弗拉特里先生，自1991年以來，年年獲勝。今天 -- 4月1日，星期四--的專題新聞節(jié)目到此結束。現(xiàn)在我們回到電視演播室?！?BR> 【課文講解】
1、we're going over to the macaroni fields of Calabria.
go over 往……走過去
I went over to the blind man to help him across the road.
2、Here you can see two workers who, between them, have just finished cutting three cartloads of golden brown macaroni stalks.
between作介詞時含義之一是“作為……共同努力的結果，協(xié)力”：
Between them they killed the snake.
Between us we pulled down the tree. 我們協(xié)力把樹拉倒了。
3、The whole village has been working day and night gathering and threshing this year's crop before the September rains.
rain n. 雨水；雨季，季節(jié)性的雨（常用復數(shù)）
the September rains 9月雨季
We haven’t had much rain this year.
Sometimes spring rains are really annoying. 有時綿綿春雨真讓人心煩意亂。
【Special Difficulties】
Usual and Usually
usual adj. 通常的，平常的，慣常的
It is usual with him to get up late.
I parked the car at the usual place.
usually adv. 平常，通常
When do you usually have supper?
Between and Among
between prep. 在（兩者）之間
I picked up the receiver between two sticky finger.
當表示兩兩之間的相互關系時，between可用于3個（或3個以上）的名詞前：
The village lies between a river, a mountain and a road.
among prep. 在……中間，被……環(huán)繞（指三者以上）
The church lies among mountains.
Among those boys, Dan is the tallest.
Manager，Director and Headmaster
manager n. 經理
I entered the hotel manager’s office and sat down.
director n. 主任，董事
Mr. Jones is the director of several companies.
headmaster n.（中學）校長
I haven’t met the headmaster of this school yet.
【New words and expressions】（15）
fool n. 傻瓜
bulletin n. 新聞簡報
announcer n. （電視、電臺）播音員
macaroni n. 通心面，空心面條
leading adj. 主要的
grower n. 種植者
splendid adj. 極好的
stalk n. 梗
gather v. 收莊稼
thresh v. 打（莊稼）
process v. 加工
Signor n. （意大利語）先生
present adj. 目前的
champion n. 冠軍
studio n. 播音室
【Text】
'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.'
參考譯文
“作為我們專題新聞節(jié)目的結尾，”電視廣播員說，“我們現(xiàn)在到克拉布利亞的通心粉田里。通心粉在這個地區(qū)已經種植了600多年了。兩個主要種植者，朱塞皮.莫爾道瓦和里卡多.布拉班特告訴我，他們一直期待著今年獲得一個大豐收，收割工作比往年開始要早些。這里您可以看到兩個工人，他們協(xié)力割下了3車金黃色的通心粉秸。全村的人都日夜奮戰(zhàn)，要趕在9月的雨季之前把今年的莊稼收獲上來，打完場。在屏幕的右側，您可以看到布拉班特太太本人，她已經幫了她的丈夫30年了。布拉班特太太現(xiàn)在正和負責通心粉加工的當?shù)丶庸S的經理交談。這后一個鏡頭向您展示了收獲之后將發(fā)生的事情：的克拉布利亞人吃通心粉大賽！目前的冠軍弗拉特里先生，自1991年以來，年年獲勝。今天 -- 4月1日，星期四--的專題新聞節(jié)目到此結束。現(xiàn)在我們回到電視演播室?！?BR> 【課文講解】
1、we're going over to the macaroni fields of Calabria.
go over 往……走過去
I went over to the blind man to help him across the road.
2、Here you can see two workers who, between them, have just finished cutting three cartloads of golden brown macaroni stalks.
between作介詞時含義之一是“作為……共同努力的結果，協(xié)力”：
Between them they killed the snake.
Between us we pulled down the tree. 我們協(xié)力把樹拉倒了。
3、The whole village has been working day and night gathering and threshing this year's crop before the September rains.
rain n. 雨水；雨季，季節(jié)性的雨（常用復數(shù)）
the September rains 9月雨季
We haven’t had much rain this year.
Sometimes spring rains are really annoying. 有時綿綿春雨真讓人心煩意亂。
【Special Difficulties】
Usual and Usually
usual adj. 通常的，平常的，慣常的
It is usual with him to get up late.
I parked the car at the usual place.
usually adv. 平常，通常
When do you usually have supper?
Between and Among
between prep. 在（兩者）之間
I picked up the receiver between two sticky finger.
當表示兩兩之間的相互關系時，between可用于3個（或3個以上）的名詞前：
The village lies between a river, a mountain and a road.
among prep. 在……中間，被……環(huán)繞（指三者以上）
The church lies among mountains.
Among those boys, Dan is the tallest.
Manager，Director and Headmaster
manager n. 經理
I entered the hotel manager’s office and sat down.
director n. 主任，董事
Mr. Jones is the director of several companies.
headmaster n.（中學）校長
I haven’t met the headmaster of this school yet.