Lesson 76 April Fool's Day
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 1st. We're now going back to the studio.’
lɛsn 76 ˈeɪprəl fuːlz deɪ
wɒt wɒz ðə ʤəʊk?
tuː ɛnd ˈaʊə ˈspɛʃəl njuːz ˈbʊlɪtɪn,sɛd ðə vɔɪs ɒv ðə ˈtɛlɪˌvɪʒən əˈnaʊnsə,wɪə ˈgəʊɪŋ ˈəʊvə tuː ðə ˌmækəˈrəʊni fiːldz ɒvCalabria. ˌmækəˈrəʊni hæz biːn grəʊn ɪn ðɪs ˈeərɪə fɔːr ˈəʊvə sɪks ˈhʌndrəd jɪəz. tuː ɒv ðə ˈliːdɪŋ ˈgrəʊəz, Giuseppe mɒlˈdəʊvəænd Riccardo Brabante, tɛl miː ðæt ðeɪ hæv biːn ɪksˈpɛktɪŋ ə ˈsplɛndɪd krɒp ðɪs jɪər ænd ˈhɑːvɪstɪŋ hæz bɪˈgʌn ˈɜːlɪə ðænˈjuːʒʊəl. hɪə juː kæn siː tuː ˈwɜːkəz huː, bɪˈtwiːn ðɛm, hæv ʤʌst ˈfɪnɪʃt ˈkʌtɪŋ θriː ˈkɑːtləʊdz ɒv ˈgəʊldən braʊn ˌmækəˈrəʊnistɔːks. ðə həʊl ˈvɪlɪʤ hæz biːn ˈwɜːkɪŋ deɪ ænd naɪt ˈgæðərɪŋ ænd ˈθrɛʃɪŋ ðɪs jɪəz krɒp bɪˈfɔː ðə sɛpˈtɛmbə reɪnz. ɒn ðə raɪt, juːkæn siː Mrs. Brabante hɜːˈsɛlf. ʃiː hæz biːn ˈhɛlpɪŋ hɜː ˈhʌzbənd fɔː ˈθɜːti jɪəz naʊ. Mrs .Brabante ɪz ˈtɔːkɪŋ tuː ðə ˈmænɪʤər ɒv ðəˈləʊkəl ˈfæktəri weə ðə krɒp ɪz ˈprəʊsɛst. ðɪs lɑːst siːn ʃəʊz juː wɒt wɪl ˈhæpən æt ði ɛnd ɒv ðə ˈhɑːvɪst: ðə ˈfeɪməs Calabrianˌmækəˈrəʊni-ˈiːtɪŋ ˌkɒmpɪˈtɪʃən! saɪn ɔː Fratelli, ðə ˈprɛznt ˈʧæmpiən, hæz wʌn ɪt ˈɛvri jɪə sɪns 1991. ænd ðæt ɛndz ˈaʊə ˈspɛʃəlˈbʊlɪtɪn fɔː təˈdeɪ, ˈθɜːzdeɪ, ˈeɪprəl 1st. wɪə naʊ ˈgəʊɪŋ bæk tuː ðə ˈstjuːdɪəʊ.’
任务配置：L0+L4
知识笔记：
bulletin 英 ['bʊlɪtɪn] n. 公告，公报 vt. 公布，公告
announcer 英 [ə'naʊnsə] n. [广播] 广播员；宣告者
macaroni 英 [,mækə'rəʊnɪ] n. 通心粉；通心面条；纨绔子弟
grower 英 ['grəʊə] n. 栽培者；生长物
a splendid crop 大丰收
splendid 英 ['splendɪd] adj. 辉煌的；灿烂的；极好的；杰出的
crop 英 [krɒp] n. 产量；农作物；庄稼；平头 vt. 种植；收割；修剪；剪短 vi. 收获
cartload 英 ['kɑːtləʊd] n. 大量；一车的载量
stalk 英 [stɔːk] n. （植物的）茎，秆；（支持叶子、果实和花的）梗，柄；追踪；高视阔步
vt. 追踪，潜近；高视阔步 vi. 高视阔步地走；潜近，偷偷接近
gather 英 ['gæðə] vt. 收集；收割；使…聚集；使…皱起 vi. 聚集；化脓；皱起 n. 聚集；衣褶；收获量
thresh 英 [θreʃ] vt. 推敲；打谷；反复做 vi. 打；打谷；颠簸 n. 打谷
processed 英 [p'rəsest] adj. 处理的，加工过的 v. 处理，加工（process的过去形式）
scene 英 [siːn] n. 场面；情景；景象；事件
练习感情：
今天不认识的单词比较多啊。