Lesson 76 April Fool's Day
First listen and then answer the question
What was the joke
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 Ist We're now going back to the studio.
音标
tuː ɛnd ˈaʊə ˈspɛʃəl njuːz ˈbʊlɪtɪn,' sɛd ðə vɔɪs ɒv ðə ˈtɛlɪˌvɪʒən əˈnaʊnsə,' wiː ɑː ˈgəʊɪŋ ˈəʊvə tuː ðə ˌmækəˈrəʊni fiːldz ɒvCalabria. ˌmækəˈrəʊni hæz biːn grəʊn ɪn ðɪs ˈeərɪə fɔːr ˈəʊvə sɪks ˈhʌndrəd jɪəz. tuː ɒv ðə ˈliːdɪŋ ˈgrəʊəz, Giuseppe mɒlˈdəʊvəænd rɪˈkɑːdəʊ Brabante, tɛl miː ðæt ðeɪ hæv biːn ɪksˈpɛktɪŋ ə ˈsplɛndɪd krɒp ðɪs jɪər ænd ˈhɑːvɪstɪŋ hæz bɪˈgʌn ˈɜːlɪə ðænˈjuːʒʊəl. hɪə juː kæn siː tuː ˈwɜːkəz huː, bɪˈtwiːn ðɛm, hæv ʤʌst ˈfɪnɪʃt ˈkʌtɪŋ θriː ˈkɑːtləʊdz ɒv ˈgəʊldən braʊn ˌmækəˈrəʊnistɔːks. ðə həʊl ˈvɪlɪʤ hæz biːn ˈwɜːkɪŋ deɪ ænd naɪt ˈgæðərɪŋ ænd ˈθrɛʃɪŋ ðɪs jɪəz krɒp bɪˈfɔː ðə sɛpˈtɛmbə reɪnz. ɒn ðə raɪt, juːkæn siː Mrs. Brabante hɜːˈsɛlf. ʃiː hæz biːn ˈhɛlpɪŋ hɜː ˈhʌzbənd fɔː ˈθɜːti jɪəz naʊ. Mrs. Brabante ɪz ˈtɔːkɪŋ tuː ðə ˈmænɪʤər ɒv ðəˈləʊkəl ˈfæktəri weə ðə krɒp ɪz ˈprəʊsɛst. ðɪs lɑːst siːn ʃəʊz juː wɒt wɪl ˈhæpən æt ði ɛnd ɒv ðə ˈhɑːvɪst: ðə ˈfeɪməs Calabrianˌmækəˈrəʊni-ˈiːtɪŋ ˌkɒmpɪˈtɪʃən! ˈsaɪnə Fratelli, ðə ˈprɛznt ˈʧæmpiən, hæz wʌn ɪt ˈɛvri jɪə sɪns 1991. ænd ðæt ɛndz ˈaʊə ˈspɛʃəlˈbʊlɪtɪn fɔː təˈdeɪ, ˈθɜːzdeɪ, ˈeɪprəl 1st. wiː ɑː naʊ ˈgəʊɪŋ bæk tuː ðə ˈstjuːdɪəʊ.'
训练任务：L0+L1
训练感想：这个任务是正点完成的，但是为了等第一篇的总结，结果拖沓到现在。
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