新概念Lesson 76 --April Fools27 Day.ppt

1、Lesson 76April Fools Day,单词学习,fool n. 傻瓜 bulletin n. 新闻简报 announcer n. （电视、电台）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） process v. 加工 Signor n. （意大利语）先生 present adj. 目前的,Bulletin n. 1）（电台或电视台的）新闻简报 News bulletin专题新闻 2）公告，布告 A m

2、edical bulletin on the Presidents health 关于总统健康状况的医疗报告 The library bulletin is a good place to put up your tutor ad.,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.,Lead

3、ing adj. (无比较级、最高级) 1)一流的,卓越的 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.,gather 1）gather sth (togeth

4、er/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 youre not enjoying your job,Process n. 眼前,暂且 up to the present至今,到目前为止 at present = new现在,目前 Youve got to forget the past and start living in the present. 你必须忘掉过去，开始现在的生活。 很抱歉他这会儿不在。 Im sorry hes out at present,课文讲解,“To end o

5、ur special news bulletin,” said the voice of the television announcer, were 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 sple

6、ndid 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 years crop before the September ra

7、ins. 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-e

8、ating competition! Signor Fratelli, the present champion, has won it every year since 1991. And that ends our special bulletin for today, Thursday, April 1st. Were now going back to the studio.,were going over to the macaroni fields of Calabria. （1）go over表示“往走过去”，暗示中间原有一段距离：我走到那个盲人身边，帮他过马路。 I went

9、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 ones field 在某人的本行外 Many scientists are working in this . 许多科学家正从事这领域方面的研究,Here

10、 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”： 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 I picked up

11、 the receiver between two sticky finger. 我用两根黏糊糊的手指拿起了话筒。 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） 教堂位于群山之中。 The church lies among mountains.

12、 Among those boys, Dan is the tallest.,The whole village has been working day and night gathering and threshing this years 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.,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