新概念英語課件NCE2-Lesson76（共35張）

Lesson76AprilFools'DayBackgroundkowledge

APRILFOOL’SDAYWhatdoyouknowaboutAprilFool’sDay?

Onthe1stofApril,peoplesaysomethingfoolish,butnoonecares.Ifsomeonegetsangryinthejoke,he/shewouldbecalledafool.ANSWERS

Traditionally,insomecountriessuchasNewZealand,theUK,Australia,andSouthAfrica,thejokesonlylastuntilnoon,andsomeonewhoplaysatrickafternooniscalledan“AprilFool”.Elsewhere,suchasinFrance,Ireland,Italy,SouthKorea,Japan,Russia,Germany,Brazil,andtheU.S.,thejokeslastallday.

WhenAprilFool’sDaycomes,howwillpeoplecelebrateit?Whatistheaim?Thedayismarkedbypranks（惡作劇

）,hoaxes（愚弄；欺騙）,andotherpracticaljokesonfriends,neighbors,colleagues,classmates,andfamily.Theaimistoembarrassthegullible（易受騙的；輕信的）-bysendingthemonfools'errandsorbyplayingmischief,orcausingembarrassmenttothem.

Itisthoughtthatthiscustomhavestartedin16thcenturyinFrance.In1582KingCharlesIXadoptedachangeinthecalendar.The“newyear”celebrationwasmovedfromApril1sttoJan1st.Thepeoplewhoknewaboutthechangebegantomakefunoftheoneswhodidnotknow.Thesepeoplewerecalled“fools”.TheOriginofAprilFool'sDayKingCharlesIXTheOriginofAprilFool'sDay

Someonebelievesthat“AprilFool’sDay”derivesfromthetrickthatCleopatra(埃及艷后)playedonherloverMarco

Antonio.Shechallengedhimtoafishingcompetitionbutsoondiscoveredthathewastryingtocheat.

Soshedecidedtoattachafalsefishtohishooktopunishhim.CustomontheAprilFool’sDayDaffodilsFish

feast

FacesInFrance,peoplecalltheAprilFools“AprilFish”.Theytapeapaperfishtotheirfriends'backstofoolthem.Whenheorshefindsthis,theyshout“AprilFish!”CustomontheAprilFool’sDaywhydopeoplespeakabout“fish”?

Somebodythinksthatthiscustommaycomefromunfruitfulspringfishing.InthefirstdaysofAprilsome

fishermenventuredintheoceanhopingtofindoutgoodfish.Butmanytimestheydidnotfindanyprey

,and

whentheycamebacktotheport,theotherfishermenmadefunofthemfortheiruselesswandering.NewWordsandExpressions例:Onlyafoolwillbelievehecanturnpapertomoney.

只有傻瓜才相信他能把紙變成錢。

Anyfoolcanseeheisdrunk.傻瓜都看得出來他喝醉了。

①AprilFool’sday愚人節(jié)

②makeafoolofsomeone愚弄某人，讓某人出丑

e.g.Don’tmakeafoolofpoorpeople.不要嘲笑窮人。

相關(guān)表達：foolishadj.傻的

3)v.愚弄，騙，騙取

eg.Hehasfooledalotofpeopleintobelievingthatheisanhoneststatesman.

他騙許多人相信他是個誠實的政治家。fooln.傻瓜v.愚弄③諺語：Afoolalwaysrushestothefore.[諺]愚人總喜強出頭。

Afoolandhismoneyaresoonparted.[諺]愚人有錢留不住。

Afoolmayaskmorequestionsinanhourthanawisemancananswerinsevenyears.[諺]聰明人也會被傻瓜難倒。2.bulletin1)n.(政府機關(guān)的)公報，告示，公告

2)n.新聞快報

bulletinboard（美）布告牌=noticeboard（英）布告牌

①詞組拓展：bulletinboardsystem（BBS）電子布告欄系統(tǒng)

②記憶點撥：bullet（子彈）-in

announcern.（電視、電臺）播音員Theannouncersaidthatthecontestantshadbeenchosenatrandom.播音員說參賽選手是隨機選出來的。

1)announce(1)v.發(fā)表，宣布，告知eg.ThenewswasannouncedtothepubliconTV.這個新聞在電視上對公眾播出。

Pleaseannouncetoyourclassthattherewillbenoschooltomorrow.請告知你們同學明天沒有課。(2)v.顯示，預告eg.Awarmsunshineannouncesthecomingofspring.溫暖的陽光預示著春天的到來。2)announcementn.發(fā)表，公布，告知，宣告eg.I’dliketomakeanimportantannouncement.我要發(fā)表一項重要的聲明。

Theofficialannouncementofthecauseoftheaccidentappearedinthenewspaper.關(guān)于事故原因的官方公告登在報紙上。A.Thiscompanyplaysaleadingroleinthedevelopmentofcolortelevisionindustry.

這個公司在彩電行業(yè)的發(fā)展方面起著主要作用。

B.Byherearly30s,shehadbecomealeadingexpertonthecountry‘sgeneticengineering

到她三十出頭的時候她已經(jīng)成這個國家最重要的基因工程學專家了。

實際應(yīng)用：

C.世界領(lǐng)先的醫(yī)療器械制造商

theworld'sleadingmanufacturerofmeidicalinstrumentsleadingadj.主要的；領(lǐng)先的splendidadj.excellentorveryfine極好的;beautifulandimpressive壯麗的，輝煌的

①A.ThesceneryoftheXihuLakeissosplendidthatitattractstouristsfromallpartofthecountry.

西湖的風景很美，吸引了各地的游客。

B.Ihopeyouhaveasplendidfuture.

我希望你有一個美好的前程。

C.Ihavegotasplendidsuggestion.

我有一個很棒的建議。

②相關(guān)表達：A.excellentadj.極好的，卓越的

B.outstandingadj.突出的,顯著的

C.magnificentadj.華麗的,高尚的,宏偉的7.splendid1)n.莖，葉柄，花梗

cherrystalks櫻桃的梗

sternstalk花莖

petel花瓣

leaf葉子

root根

2)v.大踏步地走，昂首闊步的走

eg.Hestalkedoutinanger.

他氣得大踏步地走出去。

stalkn.梗gather1)v.收成，摘取，收集eg.Shegatheredflowersfromthegarden.

她從花園里摘花。afarmergatheringinthecrop

正在收割的農(nóng)民aboygatheringhistoyup正在收拾玩具的男孩子2)v.獲知，推測為eg.Igatheredfromherremarksthatsheisn’tsatisfiedwithherjob.我從她的言談中可以推測她對她的工作不滿意。process1)n.過程，經(jīng)過，（自然的）作用theprocessofdevelopment發(fā)展過程eg.Doyouknowwhatchemicalprocessesareinvolvedwhenfoodindigested?你知道食物消化的時候會引起什么化學作用嗎？2)n.制法，程序，處置anewprocesstorefinecrudeoil提煉原油的新方法theprocessofmakingcake做蛋糕的程序beintheprocessof在…進行中間，在…之中eg.Thebuildingisintheprocessofbeingrestored.這幢大樓在重建之中。3)v.加工，處理加工奶酪、肉、小麥processcheese/meat/wheatstudio

n.播音室

實際應(yīng)用：電影工作室filmstudio

舞蹈房adancestudio

畫家的工作室apainter'sstudioTextAnalysisthevoiceof……聲音gooverto表示“往……走過去”，暗示中間原有一段距離。例：Manypeoplearebusyharvestinginthericefields.稻田里許多人正忙著收割。field指（一塊）田，為可數(shù)名詞，常用復數(shù)

Toendourspecialnewsbulletin,saidthevoiceofthetelevisionannouncer,‘we'regoingovertothemacaronifieldsofCalabria.Twooftheleadinggrowers,GiuseppeMoldovaandRiccardoBrabante,tellmethattheyhavebeenexpectingasplendidcropthisyearandharvestinghasbegunearlierthanusual.twoof其中兩個leading:表示某個人/事情處于最重要的/最負責任的位置;表電視/電影中的主角UsualandUsually的區(qū)別earlierthanusual比往常早usual與usually（1）usual通常為形容詞，表"通常的"、"平常的"、"慣常的"等：ItwaswarmlastSunday,soIwentandsatontheriverbankasusual.（asusual表示"像平常一樣"、"照例"，它有時可放在句首）OneMonday,therewerefewerpeopleintheshopthanusual.Itisusualforhimtogetuplate.他常起床起得晚。Iparkedthecarattheusualplace.我在往常那個地方停了車。（usual既可以作定語，又可以作表語）（2）usually為頻度副詞，表示"平常"、"通常"：Heusuallygetsuplate.他通常起得晚。Whendoyouusuallyhavesupper?你平常幾點吃晚飯？Hereyoucanseetwoworkerswho,betweenthem,havejustfinishedcuttingthreecartloadsofgoldenbrownmacaronistalks.1）betweenthem:兩者共享/共有...;between…and…在兩者之間between作介詞時含義之一是“作為……共同努力的結(jié)果”例：Betweenthemtheykilledthesnake.他們一起殺死了那條蛇。2）Finishdoing完成…3）acartloadof一滿車BetweenandAmong（1）介詞between表示"在（兩者）之間"：Ipickedupthereceiverbetweentwostickyfinger.CanyoutellthedifferencebetweenIndianmusicandjazz?Betweenthemtheyfinishedcuttingthreecarloadsofmacaronistalks.他們協(xié)力割下了3車通心粉秸。當表示兩兩之間的相互關(guān)系時，between可用于3個（或3個以上）的具體名詞前：Thevillageliesbetweenariver,amountainandaroad.（2）among表示"在……中間"或"被……環(huán)繞"，指3者以上：Thechurchliesamongmountains.這教堂位于群山之中。Amongthoseboys,Danisthetallest.那些男孩中丹最高。Thewholevillagehasbeenworkingdayandnightgatheringandthreshingthisyear'scropbeforetheSeptemberrains.thewhole=allthedayandnight日日夜夜theSeptemberrains9月雨季

rain當rain指“雨季”、“季節(jié)性的雨”，尤其是熱帶地區(qū)的雨季時，要用復數(shù)形式。例：Sometimesspringrainsarereallyannoying.有時綿綿春雨真讓人心煩意亂。Ontheright,youcanseeMrs.Brabanteherself.Shehasbeenhelpingherhusbandforthirtyyearsnow.

Herself反身代詞Ontheright在晚上HavebeendoingMrs.Brabanteistalkingtothemanagerofthelocalfactorywherethecropisprocessed.

themanagerof…的經(jīng)理

manager,director與headmaster的區(qū)別這三個都是表示職務(wù)的詞，manager通常譯為"經(jīng)理“director可表示"主任"、"董事"等，headmaster則指"（中學）校長“例：Ienteredthehotelmanager'sofficeandsatdown.Beforeheretired,Frankwasthedirectorofaverylargecompany.弗蘭克退休前是一家非常大的公司的主管。Ihaven'tmettheheadmasterofthisschoolyet.我沒見過這個學校的校長。Thislastsceneshowsyouwhatwillhappenattheendoftheharvest:thefamousCalabrianmacaroni-eatingcompetition!

SignorFratelli,thepresentchampion,haswoniteveryyearsince1991.

Happentosb發(fā)生attheendof在...的結(jié)束atpresent此時此刻everyyearsince…自從