新概念英語第二冊逐句精講語言點 第76課(1)

　　Lesson 76 April Fools'Day 愚人節(jié)

　　"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.

　　句子講解：

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

　　“作為我們專題新聞節(jié)目的結(jié)尾電視廣播員說，“我們現(xiàn)在到克拉布利亞的通心粉田里看看。”

　　語言點 news bulletin新聞簡報;news report新聞報道;news journalist新聞記者

　　2、Macaroni has been grown in this area for over six hundred years.

　　通心粉在這個地區(qū)已經(jīng)種植了 600多年了。

　　3、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.

　　兩個種植大戶——朱塞皮•摩爾道瓦和里卡多•布拉班特告訴我，他們一直期待著今年 獲得一個大+收，收割工作比往年開始得要早些。

　　語言點 earlier than usual比通常早

　　4、Here you can see two workers who, between them, have just finished cutting three cart-loads of golden brown macaroni stalks.

　　在這里您還可以看到兩個工人，他們協(xié)力割下了3車金黃色的通心粉秸。

　　語言點 finish doing sth.完成做某事