·單詞

fool n.????傻瓜

????·foolish adj.????愚蠢的

bulletin n.????新聞簡報(bào)

announcer n.????（電視，電臺(tái)）播音員

macaroni n.????通心面，空心面條

leading adj.????主要的

grower n.????種植者

splendid adj.????極好的

stalk n.????梗

gather v.????收莊稼

thresh v.????打（莊家）

process v.????加工

????·process n.????過程，進(jìn)行

????????·in the process (of doing)????在 ... 過程中

????????????·In the process of playing the game.????在玩游戲的過程中

Signor n.????（意大利語）先生

present adj.????目前的；n.????現(xiàn)在/禮物

????·the present champion????目前的冠軍

champion n.????冠軍

studio n.????播音室，工作室

????·a Hollywood studio????好萊塢工作室

·本課句型

復(fù)習(xí)：現(xiàn)在完成時(shí)（現(xiàn)在的之前）/現(xiàn)在完成進(jìn)行時(shí)（現(xiàn)在的之前，強(qiáng)調(diào)過程）

????????????have/has done????????????????? /? ? ? have has been doing

·課文

????'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 1991. And that ends our special bulletin for today, Thursday, April 1st. We are now returning you to the studio.'

'To end our special news bulletin,' said the voice of the television announcer, 'we are taking you to the macaroni fields of Calabria.

????·to end????結(jié)束

????·news bulletin????新聞簡報(bào)

????·go over to????走過去

????·the?macaroni?fields?of?Calabria????卡拉布里亞的通心粉田

a splendid crop????收成很好

between them????由于他們共同努力的結(jié)果

the September rains????9 月雨季

·知識(shí)拓展

區(qū)別：usual adj./usually adv.

·usual practice????通常的，慣例

·as usual/than usual????像往常一樣/比往常 ...

·do sth. usually????經(jīng)常做某事

練習(xí) usual 和 usually

Harvesting has begun earlier than____.

????·usual，作形容詞，than 后面

He____ gets up at six o' clock.

????·usually，修飾動(dòng)詞 get up

區(qū)別：between/among

between you and me????在 兩者 中間

among all the students????在 兩者以上 的當(dāng)中

練習(xí)?between 和 among

Here you can see two workers who,____them, have just finished cutting three cartloads of golden brown macaroni stalks.

????·between，two workers 兩者之前

You' ll find it somewhere____those newspapers.

????·among，those newspapers 這些報(bào)紙當(dāng)中

練習(xí)區(qū)別：usual/usually?和?between/among

I found your pipe. It was____those things on the table.

????·among，those thins 這些東西，沒說數(shù)量

As____, he asked the same silly questions.

????·usual，和往常一樣

____studying and playing, I choose the latter.

????·between，學(xué)習(xí)和玩之間

He____returns home very late.

????·usually，修飾動(dòng)詞 return