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76_April_Fools'_Day

76 April Fools' Day

'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 1st. We're now going back to the studio.'

"作为我们专题新闻节目的结尾，"电视播音员说，"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得要早些。 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！ 目前的冠军弗拉泰利先生，自1991年以来，年年获得冠军。 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。"

Words

  • bulletin /ˈbʊlɪtən/ n. 公告
    1. We’ve just read the notice on the bulletin board.
    2. The bulletin board was covered with messages.
    3. Let’s make it official, and put it on the bulletin board.（L71）
  • announcer /əˈnaʊnsɚ/ n. 播音员
    1. It was not long before the announcer told us that the plane had flown off course.（L75）
    2. The announcer tired to stay out of the limelight after work.（L74）
  • macaroni /ˌmækɚˈoni/ n. 通心粉
    1. If you were here, you wouldn’t eat the macaroni too.（L40）
    2. Please make yourself comfortable, and I will cook some macaroni for you.（L74）
    3. The macaroni (my mom cooked last night) was brilliant and put every macaroni to shame.
  • leading /ˈlidɪŋ/ adj. 主要的
    1. Smoking is one of the leading causes of lung cancer.（L20）
    2. Breast cancer is the leading cause of death for American women in their forties.
    3. My father became a leading authority on volcanoes.
  • growers /ˈɡroɚz/ n. 栽培者
    1. As a vegetable grower, he is busy with his land all the time.（L70）
    2. My father would do anything to prevent me from becoming a vegetable grower.（L68）
    3. The vegetable grower managed to set up his camp under the tree.（L67）
  • splendid /ˈsplɛndɪd/ adj. 极好的
  • crop /krɑp/ 庄稼
  • harvesting /ˈhɑrvəstɪŋ/ 收获
  • cartloads /ˈkɑrt ˌlodz/ 一货车的装载量
  • stalks /stɔks/ n. 茎秆
    1. There are many baby corns on one corn stalk.
    2. We should have cut down all the corn stalks.（L67）
  • gathering /ˈɡæðərɪŋ/ v. 收集
  • threshing /ˈθrɛʃɪŋ/ 打谷
  • competition /ˌkɑmpəˈtɪʃən/ 比赛
  • champion /ˈtʃæmpiən/ n. 冠军
    1. the present champion…
    2. I am a huge fan of the present champion.（L74）
    3. “Oh, you can do that too.” said the present champion with a sneer.（L74）
    4. They are all put to shame by the present champion.（L73）
  • studio /ˈstudiˌo/ n. 工作室
    1. Most of the scenes were filmed in a studio.（L10）
    2. It was not long before they could buy a new studio.（L75）
    3. What a splendid/brilliant idea!
  • process /ˈprɑsɛs/ v. 加工
    1. The crop is being processed at the factory right now.（L10）
    2. Remember, processed food is usually full of salt and sugar.（L7）
    3. We should be responsible for our own health and eat less processed food.（L71）

Expressions

  • on the bulletin board 在布告栏上
  • leading cause of ……的主要原因
  • What a splendid/brilliant idea! 多棒的主意啊！
  • at the end of... 在……末尾