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
tʊ ɛnd ˈaʊə ˈspɛʃəl njuːz ˈbʊlɪtɪn,' sɛd ðə vɔɪs əv ðə ˈtɛlɪˌvɪʒən əˈnaʊnsə,' wi ə ˈgəʊɪŋ ˈəʊvə tə ðə ˌmækəˈrəʊni fiːldz əv Calabria. ˌmækəˈrəʊni həz biːn grəʊn ɪn ðɪs ˈeərɪə fər ˈəʊvə sɪks hʌndrəd jɪəz. tuː əv ðə ˈliːdɪŋ ˈgrəʊəz, Giuseppe mɒlˈdəʊvə ənd rɪˈkɑːdəʊ Brabante, tɛl mi ðət ðeɪ həv biːn ɪksˈpɛktɪŋ ə ˈsplɛndɪd krɒp ðɪs jɪər ənd ˈhɑːvɪstɪŋ həz bɪˈgʌn ˈɜːlɪə ðən ˈjuːʒʊəl. hɪə jʊ kən siː tuː ˈwɜːkəz huː, bɪˈtwiːn ðɛm, həv ʤəst ˈfɪnɪʃt ˈkʌtɪŋ θriː ˈkɑːtləʊdz əv ˈgəʊldən braʊn ˌmækəˈrəʊni stɔːks. ðə həʊl ˈvɪlɪʤ həz biːn ˈwɜːkɪŋ deɪ ənd naɪt ˈgæðərɪŋ ənd ˈθrɛʃɪŋ ðɪs jɪəz krɒp bɪˈfɔː ðə sɛpˈtɛmbə reɪnz. ɒn ðə raɪt, jʊ kən siː Mrs. Brabante hɜːˈsɛlf. ʃi həz biːn ˈhɛlpɪŋ hə ˈhʌzbənd fə ˈθɜːti jɪəz naʊ. Mrs. Brabante z ˈtɔːkɪŋ tə ðə ˈmænɪʤər əv ðə ˈləʊkəl ˈfæktəri weə ðə krɒp s ˈprəʊsɛst. ðɪs lɑːst siːn ʃəʊz jʊ wɒt wɪl ˈhæpən ət ði ɛnd əv ðə ˈhɑːvɪst: ðə ˈfeɪməs Calabrian ˌmækəˈrəʊni-ˈiːtɪŋˌkɒmpɪˈtɪʃən! ˈsaɪnə Fratelli, ðə ˈprɛznt ˈʧæmpiən, həz wʌn ɪt ˈɛvri jɪə sɪns1991. ənd ðət ɛndz ˈaʊə ˈspɛʃəl ˈbʊlɪtɪn fə təˈdeɪ, ˈθɜːzdeɪ, ˈeɪprəl 1st. wi ənaʊ ˈgəʊɪŋ bæk tə ðə ˈstjuːdɪəʊ.'
任务配置:L0+L1+L4
知识笔记:
单词:1、bulletin:公告,2、announcer:播音员,3、macaroni:通心粉,4、splendid:灿烂的,5、crop:庄稼,6、three cart-loads:三车,7、stalks:茎,杆,8、threshing:脱粒,9、processed:处理,提炼,10、competition:竞赛,11、champion:冠军,12、studio:工作室,画室
音标:/ʊə/ 双唇成圆形,牙床近于半合,舌尖不触下齿,发“屋”之长音,然后从“屋”音过渡到“厄”音。是字母our、oor、ure、eer在单词中的读音
练习感悟: 今天的文章,难度大,语速较快,生词多,文章长,录了好多遍才勉强达标。里面好多的生词和名字都挺难读的。