新西兰英语 644 Dunedin’s Chocolate Carnival
英语课
The Cadbury Chocolate Carnival 1 started yesterday in Dunedin and continues all this week. The home of Cadbury chocolate is Dunedin and every year the city celebrates with many activities involving chocolate. Danyon Loader, a double gold medalist in swimming, opened the carnival with an exhibition of portraits of 31 New Zealand gold medal winners, made in chocolate – white chocolate, dairy 2 milk chocolate and dark chocolate.
Each day, there are many activities for the whole family. These include a fun run, quizzes at the museum and library, with chocolate prizes. There is also a clown show, tours of the chocolate factory and the chance for children to paint in chocolate.
The highlight 3 of the carnival is on Friday: the Jaffa Race down the world’s steepest street, Baldwin Street. Jaffas are round sweets made of chocolate with a hard orange candy coating. They look a bit like marbles and they roll easily down a slope. This year, Cadbury has made black and white jaffas to celebrate our team going to the Olympics. Cadbury is one of the sponsors 4 of the New Zealand Olympics team. There are two jaffa races. It costs $1 to buy a ticket and hope that your jaffa wins. The money goes to charity – for sick kids and for a parents’ centre.
Vocabulary
carnival – festival
double gold medalist – he won two gold medals
exhibition – a show e.g. paintings on a wall
portrait – a picture of someone’s face
highlight – most exciting event
steep – opposite of flat; the maximum, near the top, is 1:2.86
marbles – small glass balls used in children’s games
slope – a hill
sponsor – many companies give money for our Olympics team which advertises the company
charity – an organisation which helps poor or sick people
n.嘉年华会，狂欢，狂欢节，巡回表演
- I got some good shots of the carnival.我有几个狂欢节的精彩镜头。
- Our street puts on a carnival every year.我们街的居民每年举行一次嘉年华会。
n.牛奶场，乳品店；adj.乳制品的
- The yogurt sold by this dairy is delicious.这家乳品店出售的酸奶非常好喝。
- He kept a few dairy cows.他养了几头奶牛。
n.加亮区；v.加亮，强调；[计算机]醒目
- Her performance was the highlight of the show.她的表演是那场演出中最精彩的部分。
- The highlight of this term is the school trip to Austria.这学期最重要的活动就是去奥地利的校外旅行。