新概念英语第二册Lesson 76 April Fool's Day 课文详解+重点词汇+语法+语法填空 讲义

Lesson 76 文本  April Fools’ Day 'To end our special news bulletin,' said the voice of the television announcer,' we are taking you 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 Ricardo 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 cart-loads 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 1961. And that ends our special bulletin for today, Thursday, April 1st. We are now returning you to the studio.'  文本解析 一）词汇学习Word study 1. usual与usually（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.上星期日天气暖和。于是我和往常一样，又去河边坐着。（as usual表示“像平常一样”、“照例”，它有时可放在句首）One Monday, there were fewer people in the shop than usual.有一个星期一，这家商场里的人比往常少。It is usual with him to get up late.他常起床起得晚。I parked the car at the usual place.我在往常那个地方停了车。（usual既可以作定语，又可以作表语） （2）usually为频度副词，表示“平常”、“通常”：He usually gets up late.他通常起得晚。When do you usually have supper?你平常几点吃晚饭？ 2. between与among?（1）介词between表示“在（两者）之间”：I picked up the receiver between two sticky finger.我用两根黏糊糊的手指拿起了话筒。Can you tell the difference between Indian music and jazz?你能分辨出印度音乐和爵士乐吗？Between them they finished cutting three carloads of macaroni stalks.他们协力割下了3车通心粉秸。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