外研版必修五 module4 听力文本.doc

外研版必修五 module4 听力文本
Module 4 Carnival
Vocabulary and Listening
Tapescript
(INT=Interviewer; CAL=Caitlin; CAM=Cameron; MAR=Maria; STE=Stefan)
We spoke to four young people about what carnival is like in their town.
Interview 1
INT：Could you tell us about carnival in New Orleans, Caitlin?
CAI: Well, we call it Mardi Gras which is a French expression. It means Fat Tuesday, 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 months. From the beginning of January to the end of February, more or less.
INT: What are the origins of Mardi Gras?
CAI: It was brought to the States by the French, at the beginning of the 18th century, I think.
INT: And what’s the high spot of the festival?
CAI: The parades, and the music, New Orleans is famous for jazz, of course...
INT: Do you eat any special food?
CAI: Well, there’s King Cake, which is a cake for the Carnival King.
INT: Is it very special?
CAI: Well, funnily enough, it isn’t. It’s a rather ordinary cake, made from flour and eggs with a bit of sugar on top. It’s OK, but I don’t go wild about it. I’d rather have something with chocolate! But hidden inside the cake there’s a plastic baby.
INT: Which you can eat?
CAI: No, no, no. The idea is, if you find the baby, then you have to organise a party yourself and invite everyone to it.
INT: So the celebrations continue...
CAI: That’s right.

Interview 2

Int: Cameron, where is Notting Hill?
CAM: It’s a district of London, just west of Hyde Park.
INT: And it’s famous for its carnival?
CAM: That’s right.
INT: When is it?
CAM: It’s the last weekend in August.
INT: So it lasts for just two days?
CAM: Yes.
INT: Why isn’t it in February, like a traditional carnival?
CAM: Well in Britain a lot of carnivals are held in the summer, I suppose because the weather’s better.
INT: What are the origins of the carnival?
CAM: It isn’t very old. 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 for work. But there wasn’t a carnival in London, the 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 there! It was very small at first, but it grew, and now there are usually more than a million people.
INT: What about food? Is here a special dish people eat?
CAM: Not really--there’s lots of very good Jamaican food, though, 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 it’s simple.

Interview 3
INT: People always say carnival in Rio is special. Maria, you’re from Rio, can you tell us why?
MAR: I think it’s because carnival is in our blood! Brazilians love carnival. Everybody, I mean, everybody, takes part.
INT: When is it?
MAR: It’s at the end of the summer, in February.
INT: When is it?
MAR: It’s at the end of the summer, in February.
INT: And it lasts for?
MAR: It lasts for five 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: What’s the high spot of the festival?
MAR: I think it’s got to be the samba school parades. 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. It’s really exciting.
INT: Is there a special carnival dish?
MAR: The typical food
Interview 4
INT: Stefan, what is Oktoberfest?
STE: Well, the name in German means October Festival.
INT: And it’s held in October?
STE: Yes, that’s right, or at least it starts 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. It was a horse race, so it’s got nothing to do with carnival, like the carnival in Venice or in Rio. The race was held to celebrate a royal 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. It’s typical German food.
INT: Do you like sausages yourself?
STE: Beer, of course. Lots of beer. I read that about ten million glasses are drunk every year, that’s probably about ten glasses per person.
INT: It must be good beer.
STE: Oh, it is. Very good.