新概念英语第二册76

76 April Fools' Day愚人节 '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 lst. We're now going back to the studio.' “在结束我们的专题新闻，”电视广播员说，“我们现在到战场的卡拉布里亚通心粉。通心粉在这个地区已经种植了六百年。两家主要种植者，朱塞佩·摩尔多瓦和里卡尔多布拉班特告诉我，他们一直期待着今年获得一个大丰收，收割要比往年早。在这里你可以看到2个人，他们之间，刚刚砍下了三车金黄色的通心粉秸。全村的人都日夜奋战，把今年的庄稼在九月的雨季之前。在右侧，您可以看到布拉班特太太本人。她帮助她的丈夫至今已有三十年了。布拉班特夫人正在和当地加工厂的经理在作物加工。最后一幕显示你会发生什么，结束时的收获：著名的克拉布利亚人吃通心粉大赛！弗拉特里先生，目前它赢得了冠军，每年从1991。和今天的专题新闻节目到此结束，星期四，四月1。现在我们回到工作室。”