练习材料:
Lesson76 April Fools Day
'To end ourspecial news bulletin,' said the voice of the television announcer,' we aregoing over to the macaroni fields of Calabria. Macaroni has been grown in thisarea for over six hundred years. Two of the leading growers, Giuseppe Moldovaand Ricardo Brabante, tell me that they have been expecting a splendid cropthis year and harvesting has begun earlier than usual. Here you can see twoworkers who, between them, have just finished cutting three cart-loads ofgolden brown macaroni stalks. The whole village has been working day and nightgathering and threshing this year's crop before the September rains. On theright, you can see Mrs. Brabante herself. She has been helping her husband forthirty years now. Mrs. Brabante is talking to the manager of the local factorywhere the crop is processed. This last scene shows you what will happen at theend of the harvest: the famous Calabrian macaroni-eating competition! SignorFratelli, the present champion, has won it every year since 1991. And that endsour special bulletin for today, Thursday, April 1st. We are now going back tothe studio.'
ˈeɪprəl fuːlz deɪ
tuː ɛnd ˈaʊə ˈspɛʃəl njuːz ˈbʊlɪtɪn,' sɛd ðə vɔɪs ɒv ðə ˈtɛlɪˌvɪʒən əˈnaʊnsə,' wiː ɑː ˈgəʊɪŋ ˈəʊvə tuː ðə ˌmækəˈrəʊni fiːldz ɒv Calabria. ˌmækəˈrəʊni hæz biːn grəʊn ɪn ðɪs ˈeərɪə fɔːr ˈəʊvə sɪks ˈhʌndrəd jɪəz. tuː ɒv ðə ˈliːdɪŋ ˈgrəʊəz, Giuseppe mɒlˈdəʊvə ænd rɪˈkɑːdəʊ Brabante, tɛl miː ðæt ðeɪ hæv biːn ɪksˈpɛktɪŋ ə ˈsplɛndɪd krɒp ðɪs jɪər ænd ˈhɑːvɪstɪŋ hæz bɪˈgʌn ˈɜːlɪə ðæn ˈjuːʒʊəl. hɪə juː kæn siː tuː ˈwɜːkəz huː, bɪˈtwiːn ðɛm, hæv ʤʌst ˈfɪnɪʃt ˈkʌtɪŋ θriː ˈkɑːtləʊdz ɒv ˈgəʊldən braʊn ˌmækəˈrəʊni stɔːks. ðə həʊl ˈvɪlɪʤ hæz biːn ˈwɜːkɪŋ deɪ ænd naɪt ˈgæðərɪŋ ænd ˈθrɛʃɪŋ ðɪs jɪəz krɒp bɪˈfɔː ðə sɛpˈtɛmbə reɪnz. ɒn ðə raɪt, juː kæn siː Mrs. Brabante hɜːˈsɛlf. ʃiː hæz biːn ˈhɛlpɪŋ hɜː ˈhʌzbənd fɔː ˈθɜːti jɪəz naʊ. Mrs. Brabante ɪz ˈtɔːkɪŋ tuː ðə ˈmænɪʤər ɒv ðə ˈləʊkəl ˈfæktəri weə ðə krɒp ɪz ˈprəʊsɛst. ðɪs lɑːst siːn ʃəʊz juː wɒt wɪl ˈhæpən æt ði ɛnd ɒv ðə ˈhɑːvɪst: ðə ˈfeɪməs Calabrian ˌmækəˈrəʊni-ˈiːtɪŋ ˌkɒmpɪˈtɪʃən! ˈsaɪnə Fratelli, ðə ˈprɛznt ˈʧæmpiən, hæz wʌn ɪt ˈɛvri jɪə sɪns 1991. ænd ðæt ɛndz ˈaʊə ˈspɛʃəl ˈbʊlɪtɪn fɔː təˈdeɪ, ˈθɜːzdeɪ, ˈeɪprəl 1st. wiːɑː naʊ ˈgəʊɪŋ bæk tuː ðə ˈstjuːdɪəʊ.'
任务配置:L0+L1+ L4
知识笔记:
单词:1、bulletin:公告,布告,通告,2、announcer:播音员,广播员,3、macaroni:通心粉,4、splendid:灿烂,锦绣,辉煌,5、harvesting:收获,6、cart-loads:推车装载,7、stalks:茎,杆,8、threshing:脱粒,9、crop:庄稼,农作物,10、process:处理,提炼,加工,11、Champion:冠军,优胜者,12、studio:工作室
音标:/ɔɪ/ 双唇外突成圆形,发“奥”音逐渐过渡为双唇扁平分开,发“一”之短音。 是字母oy和oi在单词中的读音
练习感悟: 这几篇都比较长,可以想见第一次读的时候,应该是比较困难的,不过现在读起来还好,不会很拗口