76 · 愚人节
April Fools' Day
读懂并复述短故事，说明动作的先后、原因与人物反应。
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'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 1 st. We're now going back to the studio.'
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'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 1 st. We're now going back to the studio.'
特别新闻接近尾声，电视播音员把镜头转到卡拉布里亚的通心粉田。他说，这里种植通心粉已有六百多年的历史了。 当地两位主要种植者朱塞佩·莫尔多瓦和里卡尔多·布拉班特告诉我，今年预计会大丰收，收割开始得比往年早。 这里，两名工人刚合力割完三车金棕色的通心粉秆。为了赶在九月的雨季前收完，全村都在日夜不停地收割、脱粒。 右边这位就是布拉班特太太，三十年来，她一直帮丈夫干活。她正在同当地加工厂的经理交谈，庄稼就在那里加工。 最后这个画面，展示的是收获结束后的活动：著名的卡拉布里亚吃通心粉大赛！现任冠军弗拉泰利先生，自1991年以来年年获胜。 播音员最后说道：“今天是四月一日，星期四。本次特别新闻到此结束，现在把镜头交回演播室。”
学完这一课
先沿这条线复述《愚人节》：一本正经地介绍面条田 → 今年丰收，提前开镰 → 全村忙着收获 → 镜头转向种植者一家 → 丰收后的吃面大赛 → 最后揭晓愚人节日期。再借一个结构讲自己的事：本句更关心做了多久，还是完成了多少？换自己的学习过程说一句。
译文依据整理稿，由本站按中文表达重新校订；解析据吴应时整理资料及首轮审校稿；词伙与练习提示为本站学习设计。原PDF第185—187页，2022年3月第1版。