新概念第二冊76課

1、 學樂教育2015寒假八年級英語一對三輔導講義 lesson 76  April Fool's Day愚人節(jié)First listen and then answer the question.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

2、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 cart

3、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 man

4、ager 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, Thursd

5、ay, April lst. We're now going back to the studio.'【課文翻譯】“作為我們專題新聞節(jié)目的結(jié)尾，”電視廣播員說，“我們現(xiàn)在到克拉布利亞的通心粉田里。通心粉在這個地區(qū)已經(jīng)種植了600多年了。兩個主要種植者，朱塞皮.莫爾道瓦和里卡多.布拉班特告訴我，他們一直期待著今年獲得一個大豐收，收割工作比往年開始要早些。這里您可以看到兩個工人，他們協(xié)力割下了3車金黃色的通心粉秸。全村的人都日夜奮戰(zhàn)，要趕在9月的雨季之前把今年的莊稼收獲上來，打完場。在屏幕的右側(cè)，您可以看到布拉班特太太本人，她已經(jīng)幫了她的丈夫30年了。布拉班特太太現(xiàn)在正和負責通心粉

6、加工的當?shù)丶庸S的經(jīng)理交談。這最后一個鏡頭向您展示了收獲之后將發(fā)生的事情：著名的克拉布利亞人吃通心粉大賽！目前的冠軍弗拉特里先生，自1991年以來，年年獲勝。今天 - 4月1日，星期四-的專題新聞節(jié)目到此結(jié)束?，F(xiàn)在我們回到電視演播室?！旧~匯總】fool n. 傻瓜bulletin n. 新聞簡報announcer n. （電視、之聲）播音員macaroni n. 通心面，空心面條leading adj. 主要的grower n. 種植者splendid 

7、adj. 極好的stalk n. 梗gather v. 收莊稼thresh v. 打（莊稼）process v. 加工Signor n. （意大利語）先生present adj. 目前的champion n. 冠軍studio n. 播音室【單詞講解】1. fool  n 傻瓜；受騙者   v 欺騙；開玩笑；戲弄April fool   愚人節(jié)中受

8、愚弄者     act /play the fool   扮丑角A fool and his money are soon parted.笨蛋難聚財。除了作名詞，fool也可以作動詞用。make a fool of sb. 愚弄某人，欺騙某人    fool about   游手好閑，干蠢事   fool away  浪費，虛度他總是以愚弄他人為樂。He always taking a delight in making a

9、fool of others.2. bulletin  n公報，公告  v發(fā)表，用公告通知Bulletin Board System 電子布告欄，也即我們常說的BBS。  official bulletin  正式公報，官方公報weather bulletin  氣象通報              results bulletin  成績公告    3.announcer

10、60; n. 主持人；（機場車站）廣播員presenter ;  host那個廣播播音員告訴我他之所以得到那份工作是因為老板非常喜歡他那有磁性的嗓音。The radio announcer told me that he got his job because his boss really liked his strong voice.4.leading    adj.   (無比較級、最高級)1)一流的,卓越的a leading university一流大學the leading

11、countries of Europe (在經(jīng)濟、軍事方面) 歐洲一些先進國家2) 主要的; 主角的,主演的play the leading part role擔任主角由于選擇不健康食品，在北美心臟病是主要死亡原因。Due to unhealthy food choices, the leading cause of death in North America is heart disease.5.gather1）gather sth (together/up) 收攏，歸攏2）認為，猜想；推斷；理解我從心中了解到你并不喜歡你的工作I gather fr

12、om your letter that youre not enjoying your cess   n. & v.1) n. 過程；進程我們正在出售自家的住宅.Were in the process of selling our house.2) n. 工藝流程；工序manufacturing processes3) v. 加工；處理我們買的大部分食品都用某種方法加工過。Most of the food we buy is processed in some way7.present  &

13、#160;Adj.1). 當前的在當前形勢/情況下in the present situation/case目前我們沒有進一步消息We do not have any more information at the present time2) 出席 present at只有少數(shù)人出席會議Only a few people were present at the meeting.present  n.for the present 目前; 眼前,暫且up to the present至今,到目前為止at present =

14、new現(xiàn)在,目前你必須忘掉過去，開始現(xiàn)在的生活。Youve got to forget the past and start living in the present.很抱歉他這會兒不在。Im sorry hes out at present【課文講解】1.we're going over to the macaroni fields of Calabria.（1）go over 有很多種意思，比如檢查、復習、重做、越過、轉(zhuǎn)向等等。在上面這個句子中g(shù)o over(to)表示從較遠的一處到另一處。go over big  大受歡迎  go ove

15、r the wall  越獄   go over the ground  調(diào)查事實，檢查情況我走到那個盲人身邊，幫他過馬路。 I went over to the blind man to help him across the road.（2）field指“（一塊）田”、“塊”，為可數(shù)名詞，常用復數(shù)： Many people are busy harvesting in the rice fields. 稻田里許多人正忙著收割。field  (活動、研究的) 領(lǐng)域,范圍ofthe f

16、ield of medicine醫(yī)學的領(lǐng)域,醫(yī)學界be outside out of one's field在某人的本行外Many scientists are working in this field.許多科學家正從事這領(lǐng)域方面的研究2.Here you can see two workers who, between them, have just finished cutting three cartloads of golden brown macaroni stalks.between作介詞時含義之一是“作為共同努力的結(jié)果，協(xié)力”：他們一起殺死了那條蛇。Between th

17、em they killed the snake.我們協(xié)力把樹拉倒了。Between us we pulled down the tree.Between and Among1）between      prep. 在（兩者）之間我用兩根黏糊糊的手指拿起了話筒。I picked up the receiver between two sticky finger.你能分辨出印度音樂和爵士樂嗎？Can you tell the difference between Indian music and jazz?當表示兩兩之間的相互

18、關(guān)系時，between可用于3個（或3個以上）的名詞前：The village lies between a river, a mountain and a road.2）among        prep. 在中間，被環(huán)繞（指三者以上）教堂位于群山之中。The church lies among mountains.Among those boys, Dan is the tallest.3.The whole village has been working day and night gatheri

19、ng and threshing this year's crop before the September rains.rain n. 當rain指“雨季”、“季節(jié)性的雨”，尤其是熱帶地區(qū)的雨季時，要用復數(shù)形式：the September rains  9月雨季有時綿綿春雨真讓人心煩意亂。Sometimes spring rains are really annoying.4.harvesting has begun earlier than usual1）usual通常為形容詞，表示“通常的”、“平常的”、“慣常的”等：It was warm last

20、 Sunday, so I went and sat on the river bank as usual.as usual“像平常一樣”、“照例”既可以作定語，又可以作表語It is usual for him to sit up late at night.他經(jīng)常熬夜I parked the car at the usual place.我在往常那個地方停了車。2）usually    頻率副詞，表示“平?！薄ⅰ巴ǔ！保篐e usually gets up late.他通常起得晚。When do you usually have supper?

21、60;課堂檢測一【英語思維訓練】根據(jù)英文解釋寫出單詞。 1. someone who proclaims(公布，正式申明) a message publicly       2. brilliant; perfect; great    3. collect       4. a brief report&#

22、160;(especially an official statement)          5. now      6. someone who has won first place in a competition    二. 現(xiàn)在完成時和現(xiàn)在完成進行時的練習題A.  &

23、#160; Correct the following sentences. （改錯）1. All these years they are contributing articles to our magazine. 2. I have been drinking five cups of coffee this afternoon. 3. What have you been doing before you left Oxford? 4. It's a good job. Have you done it all by yourself? 5. It's a long t

24、ime since you come to see me. 6. Alice didn't see much of Henry lately. 7. I'm glad to tell you that you passed the exam. B. Complete the following sentences with the right form of the verbs given. 1. You know, I _ (look) for a job for three months, and this is my first formal interview. 2.

25、My sister _ (stay) in Beijing for three months last year. 3. The little boy is dirty all over because he _ (play) in the mud all the morning. 4. I _ (wonder) if you were free this afternoon. 5. Here he is! We _ (wait) anxiously for him since last night. C. Make the best choices. ( )1. Im sure Andrew

26、 will win the first prize in the final. I think so. He _ for it for months. (2008江蘇) A. is preparing B. was preparing C. had been preparing D. has been preparing ( )2. By the time he realizes he _ into a trap, itll be too late for him to do anything about it. (2008山東) A. walks B. walked C. has walke

27、d D. had walked ( )3. So far this year we _ a fall in house prices by between 5 and 10 percent. A. saw B. see C. had seen D. have seen ( )4. Cathy is taking notes of the grammatical rules in class at Sunshine School, where she _ English for a year. A. studies B. studied C. is studying D. has been st

28、udying ( )5. Danny _ hard for long to realize his dream and now he is popular. A. Works B. is working C. has worked D. had worked ( )6. I have got a headache. No wonder. You_ in front of that computer too long. A. work B. are working C. have been working D. worked ( )7. The unemployment rate in this

29、 district_ from 6% to 5% in the past two years. A. has fallen B. had fallen C. is falling D. was falling ( )8. Now that she is out of job, Lucy _ going back to school，but she hasnt decided yet. A. had considered B. has been considering C. considered D. is going to consider ( )9. _ you _ him around t

30、he museum yet? Yes. We had a great time there. A. Have ; shown B. Do ; show C. Had; shown D. Did; show ( )10. Hi, Tracy，you look pale. I am tired. I _ the living room all day. A. painted B. had painted C. have been painting D. have painted課后作業(yè)首字母填空 When the London Underground goes on strike, my jour

31、ney to work can be terribleI remember a strike, which happened a few years a1The station near my house was closed and I had to use another station and take a d2 trainThis added about an hour to my journey, so I wasnt very happyE3 went wrong at the stationPeople were late and they were pani

32、cking!By the time I go to the train, I was feeling upset and sorry for myselfThen I saw this manThere was something about himHe had such a familiar f4A few minutes l5, I realized that he was Jack, a fiend from my school days in ScotlandAt the same time he a6 realized who I wasThen we started ta

33、lking about school days and the people we both used to k7I was even more surprised when the train came into my station and he started to get o8 too!I asked him w9 he was going and he said he was going to workHe told me he worked in Fitzroy StreetYou see, I work in Fitzroy Street, tooIts a

34、small w10!It was such an amazing coincidence!閱讀理解 In the 13th century，Marco Polo travelled a long way to ChinaHe was a famous Italian _1 During his stay in China，lie saw many wonderful thingsOne of the things he 2 was that the Chinese used paper moneyPeople in 3 countries didn't use paper money

35、until the 17th centuryHowever，people in China began to use paper money in the 10th century_4 was invented by a Chinese about 2,000 years agoHis name was Cai LunHe then _5 these pieces of paper together and made them into a 6 Now paper mainly comes from treesWe use it every day 7 we waste a lot of itIf we keep on doing so，people 8 cut down many more treesThen there will not be any trees leftIf there are no 9 ，there will be no paperSo how can we 10 paper? When we are making notes，we can us