Lesson 76 April Fools' Day

·单词

fool n.    傻瓜

    ·foolish adj.    愚蠢的

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（庄家）

process v.    加工

    ·process n.    过程，进行

        ·in the process (of doing)    在 ... 过程中

            ·In the process of playing the game.    在玩游戏的过程中

Signor n.    （意大利语）先生

present adj.    目前的；n.    现在/礼物

    ·the present champion    目前的冠军

champion n.    冠军

studio n.    播音室，工作室

    ·a Hollywood studio    好莱坞工作室

·本课句型

复习：现在完成时（现在的之前）/现在完成进行时（现在的之前，强调过程）

            have/has done                  /      have has been doing

·课文

    'To end our special news bulletin,' said the voice of the television announcer, 'we are taking you 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 Ricardo 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 cart-loads 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 1st. We are now returning you to the studio.'

'To end our special news bulletin,' said the voice of the television announcer, 'we are taking you to the macaroni fields of Calabria.

    ·to end    结束

    ·news bulletin    新闻简报

    ·go over to    走过去

    ·the macaroni fields of Calabria    卡拉布里亚的通心粉田

a splendid crop    收成很好

between them    由于他们共同努力的结果

the September rains    9 月雨季

·知识拓展

区别：usual adj./usually adv.

·usual practice    通常的，惯例

·as usual/than usual    像往常一样/比往常 ...

·do sth. usually    经常做某事

练习 usual 和 usually

Harvesting has begun earlier than____.

    ·usual，作形容词，than 后面

He____ gets up at six o' clock.

    ·usually，修饰动词 get up

区别：between/among

between you and me    在 两者 中间

among all the students    在 两者以上 的当中

练习 between 和 among

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

    ·between，two workers 两者之前

You' ll find it somewhere____those newspapers.

    ·among，those newspapers 这些报纸当中

练习区别：usual/usually 和 between/among

I found your pipe. It was____those things on the table.

    ·among，those thins 这些东西，没说数量

As____, he asked the same silly questions.

    ·usual，和往常一样

____studying and playing, I choose the latter.

    ·between，学习和玩之间

He____returns home very late.

    ·usually，修饰动词 return