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课件网) 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.' end said grown tell expecting begun see finished cutting woking gathering threshing rains see helping talking processed shows happen won ends Listening Key Words 1 fool [fu:l] n.傻瓜 2 bulletin ['bul tin] n.亲闻简报 3 announcer [ 'nauns ] n.(电视、电台)播音员 4 macaroni [ m k 'r uni] n.通心面，空心面条 5 leading ['li:di ] a.主要的 6 grower ['gr u ] n.种植者 7 splendid ['splendid] a.极好的 8 stalk [st :k] n.梗 9 gather [ ɡ ] v.收庄稼 10 thresh [θre ] v.打(庄稼) 11 process ['pr uses] v.加工 12 signor ['si:nj :] n.(意大利语)先生 13 present [pri'zent, 'prez nt] a.目前的 14 champion ['t mpi n] n.冠军 15 studio ['stju:di u] n.播音室 1 fool [fu:l] n.傻瓜 2 bulletin ['bul tin] n.亲闻简报 3 announcer [ 'nauns ] n.(电视、电台)播音员 4 macaroni [ m k 'r uni] n.通心面，空心面条 5 leading ['li:di ] a.主要的 6 grower ['gr u ] n.种植者 7 splendid ['splendid] a.极好的 8 stalk [st :k] n.梗 9 gather [ ɡ ] v.收庄稼 10 thresh [θre ] v.打(庄稼) 11 process ['pr uses] v.加工 12 signor ['si:nj :] n.(意大利语)先生 13 present [pri'zent, 'prez nt] a.目前的 14 champion ['t mpi n] n.冠军 15 studio ['stju:di u] n.播音室 1 fool make a fool of sb. 让 fool sb. / play a trick on sb. 愚 2 bulletin bulletin board 布告栏 3 announcer v. announce n. announcement 4 leading the leading actor 主演 the leading causes of death 主要死因 5 splendid 壮丽的日落 splendid sunset 近义词：terrific/ marvelous/ gorgeous/ outstanding 6 stalk 植物其他构成部分 7 present n. 礼物 v.呈现；出席 Useful Expressions Calabria is a region in southern Italy. 1. What is grown in Calabria and how long has it been grown there 2. What are two of the leading growers expecting 3. Why has the whole village been working day and night 4. What will ... ...
