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Lesson 76 April Fools' Day
Lesson 76 April Fools' Day
Learning Targets
Words:15
Grammar:区分现在完成时和现在完成进行时
April Fools' Day
'To ______ our special news bulletin,' ______ the voice of the television announcer, 'we're going over to the macaroni fields of Calabria. Macaroni has been ______ in this area for over six hundred years. Two of the leading growers, Giuseppe Moldova and Riccardo Brabante, ______ me that they have been _________ a splendid crop this year and harvesting has ______ earlier than usual. Here you can ______ two workers who, between them, have just ______ ______ three cartloads of golden brown macaroni stalks. The whole village has been ______ day and night __________ and _________ this year's crop before the September ______. On the right, you can ______ Mrs. Brabante herself. She has been ______ her husband for thirty years now. Mrs. Brabante is ______ to the manager of the local factory where the crop is _________. This last scene ______ you what will ______ at the end of the harvest: the famous Calabrian macaroni-eating competition! Signor Fratelli, the present champion, has ______ it every year since 1991. And that ______ our special bulletin for today, Thursday, April 1st. We're now going back to the studio.'
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said
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Listening
Key Words
1 fool [fu:l] n.傻瓜
2 bulletin ['bulətin] n.亲闻简报
3 announcer [ə'naunsə] n.(电视、电台)播音员
4 macaroni [ˌmækə'rəuni] n.通心面,空心面条
5 leading ['li:diŋ] a.主要的
6 grower ['grəuə] n.种植者
7 splendid ['splendid] a.极好的
8 stalk [stɔ:k] n.梗
9 gather [ˈɡæðə] v.收庄稼
10 thresh [θreʃ] v.打(庄稼)
11 process ['prəuses] v.加工
12 signor ['si:njɔ:] n.(意大利语)先生
13 present [pri'zent, 'prezənt] a.目前的
14 champion ['tʃæmpiən] n.冠军
15 studio ['stju:diəu] n.播音室
1 fool [fu:l] n.傻瓜
2 bulletin ['bulətin] n.亲闻简报
3 announcer [ə'naunsə] n.(电视、电台)播音员
4 macaroni [ˌmækə'rəuni] n.通心面,空心面条
5 leading ['li:diŋ]