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Itisthoughtthatthiscustomhavestartedin16thcenturyinFrance.In1582KingCharlesIXadoptedachangeinthecalendar.The“newyear”celebrationwasmovedfromApril1sttoJan1st.Thepeoplewhoknewaboutthechangebegantomakefunoftheoneswhodidnotknow.Thesepeoplewerecalled“fools”.1582年，法国国王查理九世决定采用新改革的纪年法——格里高利历（即通用的阳历），以元旦为一年的开始，改变了过去以四月一日为新年的开端。但一些守旧派反对这种改革，依然按照旧的历法在这天送新年礼，庆祝新年。聪明滑稽的人在四月一日就给他们送假礼品，邀请他们参加假招待会．并把上当受骗的保守分子称为“四月傻瓜”或“上钩的鱼”。从此人们在4月1日便互相愚弄，成为法国流行的风俗。18世纪初，愚人节习俗传到英国，接着又被英国的早期移民带到了美国。InFrance,peoplecalltheAprilFools“AprilFish”.Theytapeapaperfishtotheirfriends'backstofoolthem.Whenheorshefindsthis,theyshout“AprilFish!”①AprilFool’sDay愚人节②makeafoolofsb.愚弄某人，让某人出丑e.g.Jane总是捉弄她弟弟。Janealwaysmakesafoolofherbrother.③Afoolmaygiveawisemancounsel.[谚]愚者千虑,必有一得。Afoolmayaskmorequestionsinanhourthanawisemancananswerinsevenyears.[谚]聪明人也会被傻瓜难倒。每日新闻快报专题新闻简报dailybulletinspecialbulletine.g.曾小贤是一位电台播音员，他在播音室里工作。ZengXiaoxianisaradioannouncer,heworksintheannouncerbooth/studio.e.g.我向我的朋友们宣布我的婚讯。Iannouncedmymarriagetomyfriends.18世纪，意大利那不勒斯附近的一家经营面条和面片的店主马卡罗尼，他的小女儿在玩耍时把面片卷成空心条并晾于衣绳上。马卡罗尼将空心条煮熟后拌以番茄酱。此后他建造了世界第一家通心粉加工厂，并以自己的名字为通心粉命名。playaleadingroleinsth.在某事中起主要作用e.g.他在解决这个问题方面起了主要作用。Heplayedaleadingroleinsolvingtheproblem.e.g.我正在享受那壮丽的日落。Iamenjoyingthesplendidsunset.e.g.我希望你有一个辉煌的未来。Ihopeyouhaveasplendidfuture.e.g.你的极好的主意对我很有好处。Yoursplendidideaisgoodforme.花梗，花茎叶柄flowerstalkleafstalkgatherthecropgatherexperience收割庄稼积累经验threshthegrainathreshingmachinee.g.明天我们将在学校大门口集合。Wewillgatherattheschoolgatetomorrow.打谷，打粮食一台打谷机process+原料e.g.我们厂是负责加工木头。______________isresponsiblefor__________________.Ourfactoryprocessingwoode.g.目前的状况非常危险。__________situation_______________.Thepresentisverydangerous世界冠军championshipn.锦标赛欧锦赛世锦赛电影工作室一位画家的工作室theEuropeanChampionshiptheWorldChampionshipworldchampionfilmstudioapainter'sstudiospecialnewsbulletin专题新闻节目thevoiceof……的声音televisionannouncer电视播音员gooverto表示“往…走过去；走到…”，暗示中间原有一段距离。e.g.我往那位老人走过去帮助他过马路。Iwentovertotheoldmantohelphimcrosstheroad.1、Toendourspecialnewsbulletin，saidthevoiceofthetelevisionannouncer，‘we'regoingovertothemacaronifieldsofCalabria.2、Twooftheleadinggrowers,GiuseppeMoldovaandRiccardoBrabante,tellmethattheyhavebeenexpectingasplendidcropthisyearandharvestinghasbegunearlierthanusual.twooftheleadinggrowers两个主要种植者asplendidcrop一个大丰收earlierthanusual比往常早usualandusually的区别:usual是形容词，表示“通常的”、“平常的”、“惯常的”、“往常的”。e.g.像平常一样，照例usually为频度副词，表示“平常”、“通常”。e.g.他通常起床起得晚。asusualHeusuallygetsuplate.3、Hereyoucanseetwoworkerswho,betweenthem,havejustfinishedcuttingthreecartloadsofgoldenbrownmacaronistalks.betweenthem由于他们共同努力的结果between作介词时，有强调“作为…共同努力的结果”的含义。e.g.他们一起杀死了那条蛇。Betweenthem，theykilledthesnake.threecartloadsof…三满车…4、Thewholevillagehasbeenworkingdayandnightgatheringandthreshingthisyear'scropbeforetheSeptemberrains.thewholevillage全村；全村人dayandnight日日夜夜theSeptemberrains9月雨季当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。e.g.有时绵绵春雨真让人心烦意乱。Sometimesspringrainsarereallyannoying.5、Mrs.Brabanteistalkingtothemanagerofthelocalfactorywherethecropisprocessed.themanagerofthelocalfactory当地工厂的经理thecropisprocessed农作物加工，庄稼加工=processthecrop加工庄稼，加工农作物attheendof在...的结尾，在...的末端e.g.在这个月末thepresentchampion目前的冠军e.g.那位体操运动员是目前的冠军。Thatgymnast_________________________.gobacktothestudio回到演播室6、Thislastsceneshowsyouwhatwillhappenattheendoftheharvest:thefamousCalabrianmacaroni-eatingcompetition!SignorFratelli,thepresentchampion,haswoniteveryyearsince1991.Andthatendsourspecialbulletinfortoday,Thursday,April1st.We'renowgoingbacktothestudio.attheendofthismonthisthepresentchampion