lesson 76 April Fool's Day愚人节
First listen and then answer the question.
What was the joke?
'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.'
【课文翻译】“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。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
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学乐教育内部讲义 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！目前的冠军弗拉特里先生，自1991年以来，年年获胜。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。
【生词汇总】
fool n. 傻瓜
bulletin n. 新闻简报
announcer n. （电视、之声）播音员
macaroni n. 通心面，空心面条
leading adj. 主要的
grower n. 种植者
splendid adj. 极好的
stalk n. 梗
gather v. 收庄稼
thresh v. 打（庄稼）
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学乐教育内部讲义 process v. 加工
Signor n. （意大利语）先生
present adj. 目前的
champion n. 冠军
studio n. 播音室
【单词讲解】
1. fool [n] 傻瓜；受骗者 [v] 欺骗；开玩笑；戏弄
April fool 愚人节中受愚弄者
act /play the fool 扮丑角
A fool and his money are soon parted.笨蛋难聚财。
除了作名词，fool也可以作动词用。
make a fool of sb. 愚弄某人，欺骗某人
fool about 游手好闲，干蠢事
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学乐教育内部讲义 fool away 浪费，虚度
他总是以愚弄他人为乐。He always taking a delight in making a fool of others.
2. bulletin [n]公报，公告 [v]发表，用公告通知
Bulletin Board System 电子布告栏，也即我们常说的BBS。
official bulletin 正式公报，官方公报
weather bulletin 气象通报
results bulletin 成绩公告
3.announcer n. 主持人；（机场车站）广播员
presenter ; host
那个广播播音员告诉我他之所以得到那份工作是因为老板非常喜欢他那有磁性的嗓音。
The radio announcer told me that he got his job because his boss really liked his strong voice.
4.leading adj. (无比较级、最高级)
1)一流的,卓越的
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学乐教育内部讲义 a leading university一流大学
the leading countries of Europe (在经济、军事方面) 欧洲一些先进国家
2) 主要的; 主角的,主演的
play the leading part [role]担任主角
由于选择不健康食品，在北美心脏病是主要死亡原因。
Due to unhealthy food choices, the leading cause of death in North America is heart disease.
5.gather
1）gather sth (together/up) 收拢，归拢
2）认为，猜想；推断；理解
我从心中了解到你并不喜欢你的工作
I gather from your letter that you’re not enjoying your job
6.process n. & v.
1) n. 过程；进程
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学乐教育内部讲义 我们正在出售自家的住宅.
We’re in the process of selling our house.
2) n. 工艺流程；工序
manufacturing processes
3) v. 加工；处理
我们买的大部分食品都用某种方法加工过。
Most of the food we buy is processed in some way
7.present Adj.
1). 当前的
在当前形势/情况下
in the present situation/case
目前我们没有进一步消息
We do not have any more information at the present time
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学乐教育内部讲义 2) 出席 present at
只有少数人出席会议
Only a few people were present at the meeting.
present n.
for the present 目前; 眼前,暂且
up to the present至今,到目前为止
at present = new现在,目前
你必须忘掉过去，开始现在的生活。
You’ve got to forget the past and start living in the present.
很抱歉他这会儿不在。
I’m sorry he’s out at present
【课文讲解】
1.…we're going over to the macaroni fields of Calabria.……
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学乐教育内部讲义 （1）go over 有很多种意思，比如检查、复习、重做、越过、转向等等。在上面这个句子中go over(to…)表示从较远的一处到另一处。
go over big 大受欢迎 go over the wall 越狱 go over the ground 调查事实，检查情况
我走到那个盲人身边，帮他过马路。
I went over to the blind man to help him across the road.
（2）field指“（一块）田”、“块”，为可数名词，常用复数： Many people are busy harvesting in the rice fields. 稻田里许多人正忙着收割。
field (活动、研究的) 领域,范围[of]
the field of medicine医学的领域,医学界
be outside [out of] one's field在某人的本行外
Many scientists are working in this field.
许多科学家正从事这领域[方面]的研究
2.Here you can see two workers who, between them, have just finished cutting three cartloads of golden brown macaroni stalks.
between作介词时含义之一是“作为……共同努力的结果，协力”：
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学乐教育内部讲义 他们一起杀死了那条蛇。
Between them they killed the snake.
我们协力把树拉倒了。
Between us we pulled down the tree.
Between and Among
1）between prep. 在（两者）之间
我用两根黏糊糊的手指拿起了话筒。
I picked up the receiver between two sticky finger.
你能分辨出印度音乐和爵士乐吗？
Can you tell the difference between Indian music and jazz?
当表示两两之间的相互关系时，between可用于3个（或3个以上）的名词前：
The village lies between a river, a mountain and a road.
2）among prep. 在……中间，被……环绕（指三者以上）
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学乐教育内部讲义 教堂位于群山之中。
The church lies among mountains.
Among those boys, Dan is the tallest.
3.The whole village has been working day and night gathering and threshing this year's crop before the September rains.
rain n. 当rain指“雨季”、“季节性的雨”，尤其是热带地区的雨季时，要用复数形式：
the September rains 9月雨季
有时绵绵春雨真让人心烦意乱。
Sometimes spring rains are really annoying.
4.……harvesting has begun earlier than usual
1）usual通常为形容词，表示“通常的”、“平常的”、“惯常的”等：
It was warm last Sunday, so I went and sat on the river bank as usual.
as usual“像平常一样”、“照例”
既可以作定语，又可以作表语
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学乐教育内部讲义 It is usual for him to sit up late at night.他经常熬夜
I parked the car at the usual place.
我在往常那个地方停了车。
2）usually 频率副词，表示“平常”、“通常”：
He usually gets up late.
他通常起得晚。
When do you usually have supper?
课堂检测
一．【英语思维训练】根据英文解释写出单词。
1. someone who proclaims(公布，正式申明) a message publicly
2. brilliant; perfect; great
3. collect
4. a brief report (especially an official statement)
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学乐教育内部讲义 5. now
6. someone who has won first place in a competition
二. 现在完成时和现在完成进行时的练习题
A. Correct the following sentences. （改错）
1. All these years they are contributing articles to our magazine.
2. I have been drinking five cups of coffee this afternoon.
3. What have you been doing before you left Oxford?
4. It's a good job. Have you done it all by yourself?
5. It's a long time since you come to see me.
6. Alice didn't see much of Henry lately.
7. I'm glad to tell you that you passed the exam.
B. Complete the following sentences with the right form of the verbs given.
1. You know, I ________ (look) for a job for three months, and this is my first formal interview.
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学乐教育内部讲义 2. My sister ________ (stay) in Beijing for three months last year.
3. The little boy is dirty all over because he ________ (play) in the mud all the morning.
4. I ________ (wonder) if you were free this afternoon.
5. Here he is! We ________ (wait) anxiously for him since last night.
C. Make the best choices.
( )1. — I’m sure Andrew will win the first prize in the final.
— I think so. He ________ for it for months. (2008江苏)
A. is preparing B. was preparing
C. had been preparing D. has been preparing
( )2. By the time he realizes he _________ into a trap, it’ll be too late for him to do anything about it. (2008山东)
A. walks B. walked C. has walked D. had walked
( )3. So far this year we _______ a fall in house prices by between 5 and 10 percent.
A. saw B. see C. had seen D. have seen
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学乐教育内部讲义 ( )4. Cathy is taking notes of the grammatical rules in class at Sunshine School, where she ______ English for a year.
A. studies B. studied C. is studying D. has been studying
( )5. Danny _________ hard for long to realize his dream and now he is popular.
A. Works B. is working C. has worked D. had worked
( )6. —I have got a headache.
—No wonder. You_________ in front of that computer too long.
A. work B. are working C. have been working D. worked
( )7. The unemployment rate in this district_______ from 6% to 5% in the past two years.
A. has fallen B. had fallen C. is falling D. was falling
( )8. Now that she is out of job, Lucy ___ going back to school，but she hasn’t decided yet.
A. had considered B. has been considering
C. considered D. is going to consider
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学乐教育内部讲义 ( )9. —______ you ______ him around the museum yet?
—Yes. We had a great time there.
A. Have ; shown B. Do ; show C. Had; shown D. Did; show
( )10. —Hi, Tracy，you look pale.
—I am tired. I _______ the living room all day.
A. painted B. had painted C. have been painting D. have painted
课后作业
首字母填空
When the London Underground goes on strike, my journey to work can be terrible．I remember a strike, which happened a few years a 1 ．The station near my house was closed and I had to use another station and take a d 2 train．This added about an hour to my journey, so I wasn’t very happy．E 3 went wrong at the station．People were late and they were panicking!By the time I go to the train, I was feeling upset and sorry for myself．Then I saw this man．There was something about him．He had such a familiar f 4 ．A few minutes l 5 , I realized that he was Jack, a fiend from my school days in Scotland．
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学乐教育内部讲义 At the same time he a 6 realized who I was．Then we started talking about school days and the people we both used to k 7 ．I was even more surprised when the train came into my station and he started to get o 8 too!I asked him w 9 he was going and he said he was going to work．He told me he worked in Fitzroy Street．You see, I work in Fitzroy Street, too．It’s a small w 10 !It was such an amazing coincidence!
阅读理解
In the 13th century，Marco Polo travelled a long way to China．He was a famous Italian __1 ．During his stay in China，lie saw many wonderful things．One of the things he 2 was that the Chinese used paper money．People in 3 countries didn't use paper money until the 17th century．However，people in China began to use paper money in the 10th century．
__4 was invented by a Chinese about 2,000 years ago．His name was Cai Lun．He then __5 these pieces of paper together and made them into a 6 ．
Now paper mainly comes from trees．We use it every day． 7 we waste a lot of it．If we keep on doing so，people 8 cut down many more trees．Then there will not be any trees left．If there are no 9 ，there will be no paper．
So how can we 10 paper? When we are making notes，we can use 11 sides of every piece of paper．We can buy drinks in bottles instead of 12 in paper packets．We can also use cotton handkerchiefs（棉手帕）and not the paper ones． 13 we go shopping，we can use fewer paper bags．If the salesman gives us a paper bag，we can keep it and 14 it later．
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学乐教育内部讲义 We can help to protect trees if we think 15 ．We should do it now, before it is too late．
1．A．traveller B．actor C．doctor D．driver
2．A．disliked B．disagreed C．invented D．discovered
3．A．Eastern 4．A．Iron 5．A．collected 6．A．magazine D．dictionary
7．A．Sometime times
8．A．have to D．shouldn't
9．A．books 10．A．make 11．A．all
B．Western B．Paper B．divided B．newspaper B．Some time B．mustn't B．trees B．use B．each 17
C．Southern D．Northern
C．Television D．Silk
C．moved D．put
C．book C．Sometimes D．Some C．used to C．leaves D．factories
C．save D．buy
C．every D．both
学乐教育内部讲义 12．A．them B．those C．these D．ones
13．A．Before B．After C．As soon as D．When
14．A．repair B．record C．reuse D．return
15．A．carefully B．badly C．quickly Key：
A. 1. are→have been 2. have been drinking→have drunk 3. have→had
4. Have you done→Did you do 5. come→came 6. didn't seen→hasn't seen
7. passed→have passed
B. 1. have been looking 2. stayed 3. has been playing/ has played
4. wondered 5. have been waiting
C. 1-5 DCDDC 6-10 CABA C
答案
1—5 ADBBD 6—10 CCABC 11—15 DBDCA
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D．freely
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