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.'
Words¶
- bulletin /ˈbʊlɪtən/ 公告
- announcer /əˈnaʊnsɚ/ 播音员
- macaroni /ˌmækɚˈoni/ 通心粉
- leading /ˈlidɪŋ/ 主要的
- growers /ˈɡroɚz/ 栽培者
- splendid /ˈsplɛndɪd/ 极好的
- crop /krɑp/ 庄稼
- harvesting /ˈhɑrvəstɪŋ/ 收获
- cartloads /ˈkɑrt ˌlodz/ 一货车的装载量
- stalks /stɔks/ 茎秆
- gathering /ˈɡæðɚɪŋ/ 收集
- threshing /ˈθrɛʃɪŋ/ 打谷
- competition /ˌkɑmpəˈtɪʃən/ 比赛
- champion /ˈtʃæmpiən/ 冠军
- studio /ˈstudiˌo/ 工作室
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