新概念英語第二冊(cè)逐句精講語言點(diǎn) 第76課(2)

　　Lesson 76 April Fools'Day 愚人節(jié)

　　"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.

　　句子講解：

　　5、The whole village has been working day and night gathering and threshing this year's crop before the September rains.

　　全村的人都日夜奮戰(zhàn)，要趕在9月雨季到來前把今年的莊稼收獲上來，打完場(chǎng)。

　　6、On the right, you can see Mrs. Brabante herself.

　　在屏幕的右側(cè)，您可以看到布拉班特太太本人。

　　7、She has been helping her husband for thirty years now.

　　她已經(jīng)幫了她的丈夫30年了。

　　語言點(diǎn) has been helping現(xiàn)在完成進(jìn)行時(shí)，與時(shí)間狀語for thirty years搭配。

　　8、Mrs. Brabante is talking to the manager of the local factory where the crop is processed.

　　布拉班特太太現(xiàn)在正和負(fù)責(zé)通心粉加工的當(dāng)?shù)丶庸S的經(jīng)理交談。

　　語言點(diǎn) where the crop is processed 是 factory 的定語從句。