新概念第二册76课

1、.,Lesson 76April Fools Day,.,Calabria is a region in southern Italy.,.,Questions on the Text,When was there a special news bulletin on television? On April 1st. 2. How did the bulletin end? By giving the date, April 1st. 3. What is grown in Calabria? Macaroni. 4. How long has it been grown there? Fo

2、r over 600 years. 5. Who are Giuseppe Moldova and Riccardo Brabante? Two of the leading growers in the area.,.,6. What have they been expecting this year? A splendid crop. 7. Has harvesting already begun? Yes, it has. 8. The film showed two workers, didnt it? Yes, it did. 9. What had they just finis

3、hed cutting? Three cart-loads of golden brown macaroni stalks. 10. Have all the villagers been working day and night? Yes, they have.,.,11. Why have they been working day and night? Because they want to finish gathering and threshing the crop before the September rains. 12. Whose wife appeared in th

4、e film? Riccardo Brabantes. 13. How long has she been helping him? For thirty years. 14. Who was she talking to? The manager of the local factory.,.,fool n. 傻瓜v.愚弄例:Only a fool will believe he can turn paper to money. April Fools day愚人节make a fool of someone愚弄某人，让某人出丑Any fool can see he is drunk. 傻瓜

5、都看得出来他喝醉了。相关表达： foolish adj.傻的,.,Bulletin n. 1）（电台或电视台的）新闻简报 News bulletin专题新闻 2）公告，布告 A medical bulletin on the Presidents health The library bulletin is a good place to put up your tutorad.,.,Announcer n. 主持人；（机场车站）广播员 host,.,Leading adj. (无比较级、最高级) 1)一流的,卓越的 a leading university the leading count

6、ries of Europe 2) 主要的; 主角的,主演的 play the leading part role Due to unhealthy food choices, the leading cause of death in North America is heart disease.,.,gather 1）gather sth (together/up) 收拢，归拢 2）认为，猜想；推断；理解 I gather from your letter that youre not enjoying your job,.,Process n. & v. 1) n. 过程；进程 Were

7、 in the process of selling our house. 2) n. 工艺流程；工序 Manufacturing processes 3) 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 way,.,Present Adj. 1). 当前的 In the present situation/case 在当前形势/情况下 目前我们没有进一步消息 We do not have any more information at the present time 2) 出席 presen

8、t at 只有少数人出席会议 Only a few people were present at the meeting.,.,Present n. up to the present至今,到目前为止 at present = new现在,目前 Eg: Im sorry hes out at present,.,Sentences and Expressions,To end our special news bulletin, 目的状语 表示“为了,以便”的目的状语从句可以由that, so that, in order that等词引导。 You must speak louder so

9、that /in order that you can be heard by all. 当从句主语与主句主语相同时， 可用(in order) to或 so as to短语取代该目的状语从句。 He came so early in order to catch the first train.,.,You can try.,Id like to arrive 20 minutes early _ I can have time for a cup of tea. A. as soon as B. as a result C. in case D. so that,.,were going

10、over to the macaroni fields of Calabria. （1）go over表示“往走过去”，暗示中间原有一段距离：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of the field of medicine be outsid

11、e out of ones field Many scientists are working in this .,.,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”： Between them they killed the snake. Between us we pulled down the tree.,.,Between an

12、d Among 1）between prep. 在（两者）之间 I picked up the receiver between two sticky finger. Can you tell the difference between Indian music and jazz?,.,2）among prep. 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.,.,The whole village has been working day and

13、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 rains 9月雨季,.,harvesting has begun earlier than usual 1）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 us

14、ual“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. 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?,.,The whole village has been working day and night gathering and threshing this y

15、ears crop before the September rains. She turned a suitcase into a bed and put the children inside it, covering them with all the clothes she could find.,.,You can try.,This is the museum _ you visited a few days ago? A. where B. that C. on which D. the one,.,Grammar 定语从句,限制性 和 非限制性 定语从句 限制性定语从句是先行词

16、不可缺少的部分，去掉它主句意思往往不明确。 This is the house which we bought last month. 非限制性定语从句是先行词的附加说明，它与主句之间通常用逗号分开。 The house, which we bought last month, is very nice. 注意：关系代词 that和关系副词 why不能引导非限制性定语从句。,.,The tree, _ is four hundred years old, is very famous here. Light travels faster than sound, _we all know. I

17、decided to buy a birthday present for my mother, _ lives alone in the countryside. He said he would come to my house to see me tomorrow afternoon, _ I will have some other friends to play together. Im to fly to Kunming, _ it is warm in this season.,You can try.,which,as,who,when,where,.,You can try.

18、,These are all the pictures _ I have seen. This is the very dictionary _ is of great help. This is the best English film _ I have ever seen. 只能用that作为定语从句的关系代词的情况: 在there be 句型中，只用that，不用which。 在不定代词，如：anything, nothing, the one, all, much, few, any, little等作先行词时，只用that，不用which。 先行词有the only, the ve

19、ry修饰时，只用that。 先行词为序数词、数词、形容词最高级时，只用that。 先行词既有人，又有物时。,.,Sentences and Expressions,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.,.,Grammar -现在完成时,1.动作发生在过去某一时刻并已结束，但该动作对现

20、在产生了影响，与现在情况具有因果关系。 He has turned off the light. 2.动作开始于过去某一时刻，一直延续到现在，或可能还要继续下去。 He has lived here since 1978.,.,Grammar -现在完成时 (havehas done),与现在完成时连用的常用词语 1. 副词: already，just，ever，yet，never等 I have already finished my homework He has just had his meal Have you ever sung this English song？ They ha

21、vent started yet We have never heard of it,.,Grammar -现在完成时,与现在完成时连用的常用词语 2. since (自从)： 作介词，接一个时间点，如since 1980，接“一段时间+ago” ，如: since three years ago, since two months ago等。 作连词，引导一个过去时态的时间状语从句。如：We have known each other since we went to college.,.,Grammar -现在完成时,与现在完成时连用的常用词语 3. for： 常跟一个时间段，指某个动作到

22、现在为止已持续了多长时间。如：for three years, for half an hour等。,.,Grammar -现在完成时,与现在完成时连用的常用词语 4. so far(到目前为止): We havent had any trouble so far. 5.up to until now(到现在为止): I have heard nothing from him up to now.,.,Grammar -现在完成时,与现在完成时连用的常用词语 6. in during the past last years (在过去年中): In the past two years Ive

23、seen him little. I have been here during the last month. 7. Its will be the first time (second, third.) that: Its the first time Ive come here. Itll be the first time Ive spoken in public. (End),.,Grammar -现在完成进行时,It is raining now. It began raining two hours ago and it is still raining. How long has it been raining? It has been rainin