Macaroni has been grown in this area for over six hundred ye

"Class,tomorrow I want you to bring a cup of macaroni for our craft class,OK?"These words from my teacher echoed in my mind all evening.I was afraid of the next day because I knew we had no macaroni at home.Living in an alcoholic environment,we never had too much of anything except beer bottles.I went home after school.Where could I find macaroni?I knew that the local bottle shop gave ten cents for a beer bottle,so I decided to sell some bottles to get money for macaroni.I started collecting the bottles and put them in my wagon.After selling those bottles,I earned eighty cents.Although I did my best,I still had no macaroni for my craft class."Weren’t you listening when I asked you to bring it,John?"my teacher asked.I was embarrassed.I didn’t know what to say and other children started laughing.Then a little girl,Rosalyn,who sat beside me turned to me and said,"You can have some of mine."She offered a bag of macaroni to me.The kindness in her eyes made me start to cry and I ran out of the room in shame.I never took her macaroni or thanked her for her bag of kindness.However,I often think about Rosalyn and the way she turned to save me that day.Once,I spent a great deal of my life letting anger,hurt and rejection surround me.I kept kind people like Rosalyn away,but after that class,I changed my attitude.I thanked all the people like Rosalyn that made this world a better place to live in.
问：Could the writer find macaroni for the class?
Was the writer's family rich poor?
How did the earn 80 cents?
Who offered the writer a bag of macaroni?
What' the passage mainly about?

新概念中有一句macaroni has been grown in this area for over six hundred years
请问has been grown 是什么时态,假如是现在完成进行时的话不应该是has been growing?

谁能帮我翻译这个句子 You are my macaroni in a cheese
You are my macaroni in a cheese. 谢谢了
貌似翻译的太直接了。。 应该有深层含义