1、Listening and vocabularyListening and vocabularyLanguage points of the Listening practicegive up+doing 放弃做He couldnt give up smoking.他无法戒烟。more or less 或多或少,基本上The building is more or less completed.这座建筑物基本完工。high spot 亮点Whats the high spot of the carnival?狂欢节最精彩的是什么？funnily enough 非常滑稽地,奇怪地Funnily
2、enough,he came to the party with his pet.很可笑,他带着他的宠物来参加晚会。go wild 变的疯狂The girls went wild about the pop singer.这些女孩为那个歌星而疯狂。in ones blood 天生,生性He likes music.It is in his blood.他天生喜欢音乐。wash down 冲下,喝下He washed down the food with porridge.他就着粥吃了饭。walk off 饱餐之后走走The people here like to walk off on the
3、 beach.这儿的人喜欢饱餐之后在沙滩上散步。It has nothing to do with Carnival.与无关There is lots of very good Jamaican food,though,which you can buy in the street.不过,然而1.If you give up something,you _.A.have more of it B.dont have it any more2.If you go wild about something you _.A.like it B.dont like itChoose the corre
4、ct meaning of the words and phrases.3.More or less means _.A.exactly B.approximately(大约地)4.The high spot of a party is _.A.the best part B.the end5.Funnily enough suggests that what you are talking about is _.A.funny B.strange6.If something is in your blood,it is _.A.natural B.healthy7.If you wash d
5、own a meal,you_.A.have a drink B.wash your hands after eating8.If you walk off a meal you _.A.get hungry by walking B.help the food go down by walking.Some foreign festivalsPictures of CarnivalsSay which things you eat at a festival.Meat:turkey,duck,goose,mutton,lamb,beefVegetables:potatoes,carrots,
6、beans,cabbages,onion,turnip Carnival in RioListeningMardi GrasOktoberfestNotting HillNameWhere?When?How long?OriginFoodMariaRio,BrazilFebruary5 days1850Feijoada(pork,beans and garlic)Complete the table.NameWhere?When?How long?OriginFoodCameronNotting Hill,Londonlast weekend in Augustweekend1960schic
7、ken,rice and peasNameWhere?When?How long?OriginFoodStefanGermanySept.-Oct.2 weeks1810sausages and sauerkrautMardi Gras1.Who took Mardi Gras to the United States?The French.2.What can you find inside a King Cake?A plastic baby.Notting Hill1.Why does Cameron think NottingHill carnival is held in the s
8、ummer?Because of the weather.2.Who started it,and why?Caribbean immigrants to the UK,because it is an important Festival for them.Carnival in Rio1.Why does Maria think carnival in Rio is special?Because carnival is in the Brazilians blood.2.What do people often do after eating and drinking?They go f
9、or a walk on the beach.Oktoberfest1.What food does Stefan like?Sausages2.How many glasses of beer are drunk at the Oktoberfest every year?Ten millionListening text(INT=Interviewer;CAL=Caitlin;CAM=Cameron;MAR=Maria;STE=Stefan)We spoke to four young people about what carnival is like in their town.Int
10、erview 1INT:Could you tell us about carnival in New Orleans,Caitlin?CAI:Well,we call it Mardi Gras which is a French expression.It means FatTuesday,when you could eat and drink what you wanted before giving up meat before Easter.INT:So is it still a one-day festival?CAI:Oh,no,it lasts about two mont
11、hs.From the beginning of January to the end of Febuary,more or less.INT:What are the origins of Mari Gras?CAI:It was brought to the States by the French,at the beginning of the 18th century,I think.INT:And whats the high spot of the festival?CAI:The parades,and the music,New Orleans is famous for ja
12、zz,of Course INT:Do you eat any special food?CAI:Well,theres King Cake,which is a cake for the Carnival King.INT:Is it very special?CAI:Well,funnily enough,it isnt.Its aordinary cake,made from flour and eggs with a bit of sugar on top.Its OK,but I dont go wild about it.Id rather have something with
13、chocolate!But hidden inside the cake theres a plastic baby.INT:Which you can eat?CAI:No,no.The idea is,if you find thebaby,then you have to organise a party youselfand invite everyone to it.INT:So the celebrations continueCAI:Thats right.Interview 2INT:Cameron,where is the Notting Hill?CAM:Its a dis
14、trict of London,just west of Hyde Park.INT:And its a famous for its carnival?CAM:Thats right.INT:When is it?CAM:Its the last weekend in August.INT:So it last for just two days?CAM:Yes.INT:Why isnt it in February,like a traditional carnival?CAM:Well in Britain a lot of carnivals are held in the summe
15、r,I suppose because the weathers better.INT:What are the origins of the carnival?CAM:It isnt very cold.After the second world war a lot of people from Jamaica and other countries in the Caribbean,which used to be British colonies,came to London looking forWork.But there wasnt a carnival in London,th
16、e only festival was Christmas.But in Jamaica carnival is the most important festival.And Jamaicans living here really felt the need for a carnival.So in the 1960s they had the first one.My grandfather was here!It was very small at first,but it grew,and now there are usually more than a million peopl
17、e.INT:What about food?Is there a special dish people eat?CAM:Not really-theres lots of very good Jamaican food,enough,which you can buy in the street.The traditional food is chicken with rice and peas,Jamaican style-we eat a lot of that.I prefer it to more spicy food because its simple.Interview 3IN
18、T:People always say carnival in Rio is special.Maria,youre from Rio,can you tell us why?MAR:I think its because carnival is in our blood!Brazilians love carnival.Everybody,I mean,everybody,takes part.INT:When is it?MAR:Its at the end of the summer,in February.INT:And it lasts for?MAR:It lasts for fi
19、ve days,from Thursday to Tuesday.INT:What are the origins of carnival in Rio?MAR:Well,carnival was brought to Brazil by the Portuguese,but carnival as we know it today,with the street parades,dates back to 1850.INT:Whats the high spot of the festival?MAR:I think its got to be the samba school parade
20、s.The samba,you know,is the typical Brazilian dance,whose origins go back to Africa.There are a lot of samba schools in the town,and during carnival there is a competition between them.Its really exciting.INT:Is there a special carnival dish?MAR:The typical food is called Feijoada,which is basically
21、 pork with beans and garlic.I really like it.Its rather rich and very tasty.You can wash it down with beer,or an alcoholic fruit juice called batidas,or beer,if you prefer,and thenMAR:And thenINT:Well,then people often like to walk it off on the beach.MAR:Of course,I was forgetting.INT:Rio is a city
22、 built alongside a beach.MAR:Yes,its the most beautiful beach in the world,and its always full of people,day and nightespecially at Carnival.Interview 4INT:Stefan,what is Oktoberfest?STE:Well,the name in German means October Festival.INT:And its held in October?STE:Yes,thats right,or at least it sta
23、rts at the end of September and then continues into October.INT:How long does it last?STE:For two weeks.INT:And what is the origin?STE:The origin is rather interesting.Itwas a horse race,so its got nothing to do with carnival,like the carnivals in Venice and Rio.The race was held to celebrate a roya
24、l wedding,between Prince Leopold and Princess Theresa of Baveria,in 1810.But the main thing was always the food and drink,not the horse race.INT:So what do you eat at the Oktoberfest?STE:Sausages.Sausages,and sauerkraut,which is cabbage and onions.Its typical German food.INT:Do you like sausages you
25、rself?STE:Sure.I think sausages are the greatest invention in the world.I just love them.And I quite like cabbage,too.INT:And what do people drink?STE:Beer,of course.Lots of beer.I read that about ten million glasses are drunk every year,thats probably about ten glasses per person.INT:It must be good beer.STE:Oh,it is.Very good.1.Which of the festivals you have read or hear about in this module would you rather go to?2.What are the most important things in a festival?3.Which is your favorite festival?Work in pairs and discuss the questions
