Lesson 76 April Fools'Day 愚人节

　　"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.

　　句子讲解：

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

　　“作为我们专题新闻节目的结尾电视广播员说，“我们现在到克拉布利亚的通心粉田里看看。”

　　语言点 news bulletin新闻简报;news report新闻报道;news journalist新闻记者

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

　　通心粉在这个地区已经种植了 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.

　　两个种植大户——朱塞皮•摩尔道瓦和里卡多•布拉班特告诉我，他们一直期待着今年 获得一个大+收，收割工作比往年开始得要早些。

　　语言点 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.

　　在这里您还可以看到两个工人，他们协力割下了3车金黄色的通心粉秸。

　　语言点 finish doing sth.完成做某事