What was the joke?
1. 原文

To end our special news bulletin. end v. 终止,结束;special news bulletin 专题新闻;
said the voice of the television announcer,这是一句倒装句,正常语序是:the voice of the television announcer said。之所以倒装,是为了避免句子头重脚轻,而且同时可以兼顾整个句子的倒装的完整性,因为said之前的to do结构其实是said的宾语,这相当于是个完全倒装的句子
we’re going over to the macaroni fields of Calabria. go over,在这里表示电台节目的“转向”。go over常见的意思是“检查;复习”。
a splendid crop,大丰收。splendid,极好的、辉煌的。 n. 庄稼;(谷物或水果的)收成,产量
earlier than usual,比往年要早。
Here you can see two workers who, between them, have just finished cutting three cartloads of golden brown macaroni stalks. between them 在句中作为插入语
gather,收(庄稼)。 thresh,打(庄稼)
This last scene shows you what will happen at the end of the harvest 注意what引导的是宾语从句,作为show的直接宾语
won /wʌn/
studio /ˈstjuːdiəʊ/
2. 参考译文
