Lesson 76 April Fools' Day - 英语听力

[00:00.0]Lesson 76 April Fools' Day - 英语听力
[00:01.79]Lesson 76 April Fools' Day
[00:07.45]第76课 愚人节
[00:07.45]First listen and then answer the question.
[00:13.74]听录音，然后回答以下问题。
[00:13.74]What was the joke?
[00:17.92]这个笑话是什么？
[00:17.92]To end our special news bulletin,
[00:21.13]“作为我们专题新闻节目的结尾，”
[00:21.13]said the voice of the television announcer,
[00:24.64]电视广播员说，
[00:24.64]we re going over to the macaroni fields of Calabria.
[00:29.04]“我们现在到克拉布利亚的通心粉田里。”
[00:29.04]Macaroni has been grown in this area for over six hundred years.
[00:36.28]通心粉在这个地区已经种植了600多年了。
[00:36.28]Two of the leading growers,
[00:38.89]两个主要种植者，
[00:38.89]Giuseppe Moldova and Riccardo Brabante,
[00:43.07]朱塞皮.莫尔道瓦和里卡多.布拉班特
[00:43.07]tell me that they have been expecting a splendid crop this year
[00:48.04]告诉我，他们一直期待着今年获得一个大丰收，
[00:48.04]and harvesting has begun earlier than usual.
[00:52.81]收割工作比往年开始得要早些。
[00:52.81]Here you can see two workers who, between them,
[00:57.07]这里您可以看到两个工人，
[00:57.07]have just finished cutting three cartloads of golden brown macaroni stalks.
[01:05.08]他们协力割下了3车金黄色的通心粉秸。
[01:05.08]The whole village has been working day
[01:07.44]全村的人都日夜奋战，
[01:07.44]and night gathering and threshing this year s crop before the September rains.
[01:14.7]要赶在9月的雨季之前把今年的庄稼收获上来，打完场。
[01:14.7]On the right, you can see Mrs. Brabante herself.
[01:19.479996]在屏幕的右侧，您可以看到布拉班特太太本人，
[01:19.479996]She has been helping her husband for thirty years now.
[01:24.46]她已经帮了她的丈夫30年了。
[01:24.46]Mrs. Brabante is talking to the manager
[01:27.92]布拉班特太太现在正和负责
[01:27.92]of the local factory where the crop is processed.
[01:32.72]通心粉加工的当地加工厂的经理交谈。
[01:32.72]This last scene shows you what will happen at the end of the harvest:
[01:39.31]这最后一个镜头向您展示了收获之后将发生的事情：
[01:39.31]the famous Calabrian macaroni-eating competition!
[01:43.9]著名的克拉布利亚人吃通心粉大赛！
[01:43.9]Signor Fratelli, the present champion,
[01:47.259995]目前的冠军弗拉特里先生，
[01:47.259995]has won it every year since 1991.
[01:52.36]自1991年以来，年年获胜。
[01:52.36]And that ends our special bulletin for today, Thursday, April lst.
[01:59.45]今天 - 4月1日，星期四 - 的专题新闻节目到此结束。
[01:59.45]We re now going back to the studio.
[02:02.89]现在我们回到电视演播室。”