新概念第二册76课.doc

_ 学乐教育2015寒假八年级英语一对三辅导讲义 lesson 76 April Fools Day愚人节First listen and then answer the question.What was the joke?To end our special news bulletin, said the voice of the television announcer, were 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 years 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. Were now going back to the studio.【课文翻译】“作为我们专题新闻节目的结尾，”电视广播员说，“我们现在到克拉布利亚的通心粉田里。通心粉在这个地区已经种植了600多年了。两个主要种植者，朱塞皮.莫尔道瓦和里卡多.布拉班特告诉我，他们一直期待着今年获得一个大丰收，收割工作比往年开始要早些。这里您可以看到两个工人，他们协力割下了3车金黄色的通心粉秸。全村的人都日夜奋战，要赶在9月的雨季之前把今年的庄稼收获上来，打完场。在屏幕的右侧，您可以看到布拉班特太太本人，她已经帮了她的丈夫30年了。布拉班特太太现在正和负责通心粉加工的当地加工厂的经理交谈。这最后一个镜头向您展示了收获之后将发生的事情：著名的克拉布利亚人吃通心粉大赛！目前的冠军弗拉特里先生，自1991年以来，年年获胜。今天- 4月1日，星期四-的专题新闻节目到此结束。现在我们回到电视演播室。【生词汇总】fooln.傻瓜bulletinn.新闻简报announcern.（电视、之声）播音员macaronin.通心面，空心面条leadingadj.主要的growern.种植者splendidadj.极好的stalkn.梗gatherv.收庄稼threshv.打（庄稼）processv.加工Signorn.（意大利语）先生presentadj.目前的championn.冠军studion.播音室【单词讲解】1.fool n傻瓜；受骗者 v欺骗；开玩笑；戏弄April fool 愚人节中受愚弄者 act /play the fool 扮丑角A fool and his money are soon parted.笨蛋难聚财。除了作名词，fool也可以作动词用。make a fool of sb.愚弄某人，欺骗某人 foolabout 游手好闲，干蠢事fool away 浪费，虚度他总是以愚弄他人为乐。He always taking a delight in making a fool of others.2.bulletin n公报，公告v发表，用公告通知Bulletin Board System电子布告栏，也即我们常说的BBS。official bulletin 正式公报，官方公报weather bulletin 气象通报 resultsbulletin 成绩公告 3.announcern.主持人；（机场车站）广播员presenter ;host那个广播播音员告诉我他之所以得到那份工作是因为老板非常喜欢他那有磁性的嗓音。The radio announcer told me that he got his job because his boss really liked his strong voice.4.leadingadj.(无比较级、最高级)1)一流的,卓越的a leading university一流大学the leading countries of Europe (在经济、军事方面)欧洲一些先进国家2)主要的;主角的,主演的play the leading part role担任主角由于选择不健康食品，在北美心脏病是主要死亡原因。Due to unhealthy food choices, the leading cause of death in North America is heart disease.5.gather1）gather sth (together/up)收拢，归拢2）认为，猜想；推断；理解我从心中了解到你并不喜欢你的工作I gather from your letter that youre not enjoying your job6.processn. & v.1) n.过程；进程我们正在出售自家的住宅.Were in the process of selling our house.2) n.工艺流程；工序manufacturing processes3) v.加工；处理我们买的大部分食品都用某种方法加工过。Most of the food we buy is processed in some way7.presentAdj.1).当前的在当前形势/情况下in the present situation/case目前我们没有进一步消息We do not have any more information at the present time2)出席present at只有少数人出席会议Only a few people were present at the meeting.presentn.for the present目前;眼前,暂且up to the present至今,到目前为止at present = new现在,目前你必须忘掉过去，开始现在的生活。Youve got to forget the past and start living in the present.很抱歉他这会儿不在。Im sorry hes out at present【课文讲解】1.were going over to the macaroni fields of Calabria.（1）go over有很多种意思，比如检查、复习、重做、越过、转向等等。在上面这个句子中go over(to)表示从较远的一处到另一处。go over big 大受欢迎go over the wall 越狱go over the ground 调查事实，检查情况我走到那个盲人身边，帮他过马路。I went over to the blind man to help him across the road.（2）field指“（一块）田”、“块”，为可数名词，常用复数：Many people are busy harvesting in the rice fields.稻田里许多人正忙着收割。field(活动、研究的)领域,范围ofthe field of medicine医学的领域,医学界be outside out of ones field在某人的本行外Many scientists are working in this field.许多科学家正从事这领域方面的研究2.Here you can see two workers who, between them, have just finished cutting three cartloads of golden brown macaroni stalks.between作介词时含义之一是“作为共同努力的结果，协力”：他们一起杀死了那条蛇。Between them they killed the snake.我们协力把树拉倒了。Between us we pulled down the tree.Between and Among1）betweenprep.在（两者）之间我用两根黏糊糊的手指拿起了话筒。I picked up the receiver between two sticky finger.你能分辨出印度音乐和爵士乐吗？Can you tell the difference between Indian music and jazz?当表示两两之间的相互关系时，between可用于3个（或3个以上）的名词前：The village lies between a river, a mountain and a road.2）amongprep.在中间，被环绕（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 gathering and threshing this years crop before the September rains.rain n.当rain指“雨季”、“季节性的雨”，尤其是热带地区的雨季时，要用复数形式：the September rains9月雨季有时绵绵春雨真让人心烦意乱。Sometimes spring rains are really annoying.4.harvesting has begun earlier than usual1）usual通常为形容词，表示“通常的”、“平常的”、“惯常的”等：It was warm last Sunday, so I went and sat on the river bank as usual.as usual“像平常一样”、“照例”既可以作定语，又可以作表语It is usual for him to sit up late at night.他经常熬夜I parked the car at the usual place.我在往常那个地方停了车。2）usually频率副词，表示“平常”、“通常”：He usually gets up late.他通常起得晚。When do you usually have supper?课堂检测一【英语思维训练】根据英文解释写出单词。1.someonewhoproclaims(公布，正式申明)amessagepublicly 2.brilliant;perfect;great 3.collect 4.abriefreport(especiallyanofficialstatement) 5.now 6.someonewhohaswonfirstplaceinacompetition 二. 现在完成时和现在完成进行时的练习题A. Correct the following sentences. （改错）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. Its a good job. Have you done it all by yourself? 5. Its a long time since you come to see me. 6. Alice didnt see much of Henry lately. 7. Im 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. 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 will win the first prize in the final. I think so. He _ for it for months. (2008江苏) 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山东) A. walks B. walked C. has walked 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 studying ( )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 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 the 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课后作业首字母填空 When the London Underground goes on strike, my journey 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 d2trainThis added about an hour to my journey, so I wasnt very happyE3went wrong at the stationPeople were late and they were panicking!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 a6realized who I wasThen we started talking 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 o8too!I asked him w9he 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 small w10!It was such an amazing coincidence!阅读理解 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 didnt use paper money 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 use 11 sides of every piece of paperWe can buy drinks in bottles instead of 12 in paper packetsWe can also use cotton handkerchiefs（棉手帕）and not the paper ones 13 we go shopping，we can use fewer paper bagsIf the salesman gives us a paper bag，we can keep it and 14 it laterWe can help to protect trees if we think 15 We should do it now, before it is too late1Atraveller Bactor Cdoctor Ddriver2Adisliked Bdisagreed Cinvented Ddiscovered3AEastern BWestern CSouthern DNorthern4AIron BPaper CTelevision DSilk5Acollected Bdivided Cmoved Dput6Amagazine Bnewspaper Cbook Ddictionary7ASometime BSome time CSometimes DSome times8Ahave to Bmustnt Cused to Dshouldnt9Abooks Btrees Cleaves Dfactories10Amake Buse Csave Dbuy11Aall Beach Cevery Dboth12Athem Bthose Cthese Dones13ABefore BAfter CAs soon as DWhen14Arepair Brecord Creuse Dreturn15Acarefully Bbadly Cquickly Dfreely Key： A. 1. arehave been 2. have been drinkinghave drunk 3. havehad 4. Have you doneDid you do 5. comecame 6. didnt seenhasnt seen 7. passedhave passed B. 1. have been looking 2. stayed 3. has been playing/ has played 4. wondered 5. have been waiting C. 1-5 DCDDC 6-10 CABA C答案15 ADBBD 610 CCABC 1115 DBDCAWelcome ToDownload !欢迎您的下载，资料仅供参考！精品资料