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：

　　5、The whole village has been working day and night gathering and threshing this year's crop before the September rains.

　　全村的人都日夜奋战，要赶在9月雨季到来前把今年的庄稼收获上来，打完场。

　　6、On the right, you can see Mrs. Brabante herself.

　　在屏幕的右侧，您可以看到布拉班特太太本人。

　　7、She has been helping her husband for thirty years now.

　　她已经帮了她的丈夫30年了。

　　语言点 has been helping现在完成进行时，与时间状语for thirty years搭配。

　　8、Mrs. Brabante is talking to the manager of the local factory where the crop is processed.

　　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。

　　语言点 where the crop is processed 是 factory 的定语从句。