新概念英语课件NCE2-Lesson76（共35张）

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（恶作剧

）,hoaxes（愚弄；欺骗）,andotherpracticaljokesonfriends,neighbors,colleagues,classmates,andfamily.Theaimistoembarrassthegullible（易受骗的；轻信的）-bysendingthemonfools'errandsorbyplayingmischief,orcausingembarrassmenttothem.

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

Someonebelievesthat“AprilFool’sDay”derivesfromthetrickthatCleopatra(埃及艳后)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纸变成钱。

Anyfoolcanseeheisdrunk.傻瓜都看得出来他喝醉了。

①AprilFool’sday愚人节

②makeafoolofsomeone愚弄某人，让某人出丑

e.g.Don’tmakeafoolofpoorpeople.不要嘲笑穷人。

相关表达：foolishadj.傻的

3)v.愚弄，骗，骗取

eg.Hehasfooledalotofpeopleintobelievingthatheisanhoneststatesman.

他骗许多人相信他是个诚实的政治家。fooln.傻瓜v.愚弄③谚语：Afoolalwaysrushestothefore.[谚]愚人总喜强出头。

Afoolandhismoneyaresoonparted.[谚]愚人有钱留不住。

Afoolmayaskmorequestionsinanhourthanawisemancananswerinsevenyears.[谚]聪明人也会被傻瓜难倒。2.bulletin1)n.(政府机关的)公报，告示，公告

2)n.新闻快报

bulletinboard（美）布告牌=noticeboard（英）布告牌

①词组拓展：bulletinboardsystem（BBS）电子布告栏系统

②记忆点拨：bullet（子弹）-in

announcern.（电视、电台）播音员Theannouncersaidthatthecontestantshadbeenchosenatrandom.播音员说参赛选手是随机选出来的。

1)announce(1)v.发表，宣布，告知eg.ThenewswasannouncedtothepubliconTV.这个新闻在电视上对公众播出。

Pleaseannouncetoyourclassthattherewillbenoschooltomorrow.请告知你们同学明天没有课。(2)v.显示，预告eg.Awarmsunshineannouncesthecomingofspring.温暖的阳光预示着春天的到来。2)announcementn.发表，公布，告知，宣告eg.I’dliketomakeanimportantannouncement.我要发表一项重要的声明。

Theofficialannouncementofthecauseoftheaccidentappearedinthenewspaper.关于事故原因的官方公告登在报纸上。A.Thiscompanyplaysaleadingroleinthedevelopmentofcolortelevisionindustry.

这个公司在彩电行业的发展方面起着主要作用。

B.Byherearly30s,shehadbecomealeadingexpertonthecountry‘sgeneticengineering

到她三十出头的时候她已经成这个国家最重要的基因工程学专家了。

实际应用：

C.世界领先的医疗器械制造商

theworld'sleadingmanufacturerofmeidicalinstrumentsleadingadj.主要的；领先的splendidadj.excellentorveryfine极好的;beautifulandimpressive壮丽的，辉煌的

①A.ThesceneryoftheXihuLakeissosplendidthatitattractstouristsfromallpartofthecountry.

西湖的风景很美，吸引了各地的游客。

B.Ihopeyouhaveasplendidfuture.

我希望你有一个美好的前程。

C.Ihavegotasplendidsuggestion.

我有一个很棒的建议。

②相关表达：A.excellentadj.极好的，卓越的

B.outstandingadj.突出的,显著的

C.magnificentadj.华丽的,高尚的,宏伟的7.splendid1)n.茎，叶柄，花梗

cherrystalks樱桃的梗

sternstalk花茎

petel花瓣

leaf叶子

root根

2)v.大踏步地走，昂首阔步的走

eg.Hestalkedoutinanger.

他气得大踏步地走出去。

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

她从花园里摘花。afarmergatheringinthecrop

正在收割的农民aboygatheringhistoyup正在收拾玩具的男孩子2)v.获知，推测为eg.Igatheredfromherremarksthatsheisn’tsatisfiedwithherjob.我从她的言谈中可以推测她对她的工作不满意。process1)n.过程，经过，（自然的）作用theprocessofdevelopment发展过程eg.Doyouknowwhatchemicalprocessesareinvolvedwhenfoodindigested?你知道食物消化的时候会引起什么化学作用吗？2)n.制法，程序，处置anewprocesstorefinecrudeoil提炼原油的新方法theprocessofmakingcake做蛋糕的程序beintheprocessof在…进行中间，在…之中eg.Thebuildingisintheprocessofbeingrestored.这幢大楼在重建之中。3)v.加工，处理加工奶酪、肉、小麦processcheese/meat/wheatstudio

n.播音室

实际应用：电影工作室filmstudio

舞蹈房adancestudio

画家的工作室apainter'sstudioTextAnalysisthevoiceof……声音gooverto表示“往……走过去”，暗示中间原有一段距离。例：Manypeoplearebusyharvestinginthericefields.稻田里许多人正忙着收割。field指（一块）田，为可数名词，常用复数

Toendourspecialnewsbulletin,saidthevoiceofthetelevisionannouncer,‘we'regoingovertothemacaronifieldsofCalabria.Twooftheleadinggrowers,GiuseppeMoldovaandRiccardoBrabante,tellmethattheyhavebeenexpectingasplendidcropthisyearandharvestinghasbegunearlierthanusual.twoof其中两个leading:表示某个人/事情处于最重要的/最负责任的位置;表电视/电影中的主角UsualandUsually的区别earlierthanusual比往常早usual与usually（1）usual通常为形容词，表"通常的"、"平常的"、"惯常的"等：ItwaswarmlastSunday,soIwentandsatontheriverbankasusual.（asusual表示"像平常一样"、"照例"，它有时可放在句首）OneMonday,therewerefewerpeopleintheshopthanusual.Itisusualforhimtogetuplate.他常起床起得晚。Iparkedthecarattheusualplace.我在往常那个地方停了车。（usual既可以作定语，又可以作表语）（2）usually为频度副词，表示"平常"、"通常"：Heusuallygetsuplate.他通常起得晚。Whendoyouusuallyhavesupper?你平常几点吃晚饭？Hereyoucanseetwoworkerswho,betweenthem,havejustfinishedcuttingthreecartloadsofgoldenbrownmacaronistalks.1）betweenthem:两者共享/共有...;between…and…在两者之间between作介词时含义之一是“作为……共同努力的结果”例：Betweenthemtheykilledthesnake.他们一起杀死了那条蛇。2）Finishdoing完成…3）acartloadof一满车BetweenandAmong（1）介词between表示"在（两者）之间"：Ipickedupthereceiverbetweentwostickyfinger.CanyoutellthedifferencebetweenIndianmusicandjazz?Betweenthemtheyfinishedcuttingthreecarloadsofmacaronistalks.他们协力割下了3车通心粉秸。当表示两两之间的相互关系时，between可用于3个（或3个以上）的具体名词前：Thevillageliesbetweenariver,amountainandaroad.（2）among表示"在……中间"或"被……环绕"，指3者以上：Thechurchliesamongmountains.这教堂位于群山之中。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。例：Sometimesspringrainsarereallyannoying.有时绵绵春雨真让人心烦意乱。Ontheright,youcanseeMrs.Brabanteherself.Shehasbeenhelpingherhusbandforthirtyyearsnow.

Herself反身代词Ontheright在晚上HavebeendoingMrs.Brabanteistalkingtothemanagerofthelocalfactorywherethecropisprocessed.

themanagerof…的经理

manager,director与headmaster的区别这三个都是表示职务的词，manager通常译为"经理“director可表示"主任"、"董事"等，headmaster则指"（中学）校长“例：Ienteredthehotelmanager'sofficeandsatdown.Beforeheretired,Frankwasthedirectorofaverylargecompany.弗兰克退休前是一家非常大的公司的主管。Ihaven'tmettheheadmasterofthisschoolyet.我没见过这个学校的校长。Thislastsceneshowsyouwhatwillhappenattheendoftheharvest:thefamousCalabrianmacaroni-eatingcompetition!

SignorFratelli,thepresentchampion,haswoniteveryyearsince1991.

Happentosb发生attheendof在...的结束atpresent此时此刻everyyearsince…自从