学年高中英语 Module 4 Carnival Section Ⅰ Introd.docx

1、学年高中英语 Module 4 Carnival Section IntrodModule 4 Carnival Section Introduction & Reading-Pre-readingCarnival, the most important and popular festival in Brazil, mixes emotions, creativity, colours, sounds and many costumes. The moment comes when all participants are the protagonists (主角) of their

2、 own play, costume, plot, and samba.Carnival, as spelled in Portuguese, is a 4day celebration. It starts on Saturday, and ends on Fat Tuesday.Dates change every year.Little need be said about Carnival in Rio; the Samba School Parade is worldfamous and everyone has seen pictures in magazines and on t

3、elevision.Every year, Rio hosts the worlds largest festival Carnival. Many preCarnival festivities begin earlier, while the closing event the Parade of the Champions is on Saturday.The official opening is when the Mayor hands over the keys of the City to Carnival King Momo and his Queen. This is the

4、 kickoff for festivities that dance through the streets all over town, highlighted by parades, contests and balls.Downtown, the Sambadrome opens its gates to the Samba School Parades, beginning with Group B Samba Schools on Friday. Saturday is set aside for Group A the second highest ranking, with t

5、he champion and runnerup promotedto the Major League next year. Sunday and Monday are the Major Samba School Parades in the Special Group, while Tuesday sees the Junior Samba Schools. Balls takeplace every night throughout the week, together with a variety ofcostume contests.During this period, hote

6、ls in Rio work only with package bookings and prepayment. One of the most frequent questions we hear is “what is the date of Carnival this year？” Well,believe it or not,it is not an easy question to answer. You have to be part astrologer (占星家), part mathematician, and part priest!Section_Introductio

7、n_&_Reading_Prereading原文呈现 读文清障The Magic of the MaskThink ofcarnival， and you think of crowds, costumes， and confusion. The sounds and sights change from one country to another but the excitement is the same everywhere.“Carnival” comes from two Latin words, meaning “no more meat”. In Europe, where i

8、t began， carnival was followed by forty days without meat, as people prepared for the Christian festival of Easter. People saw Carnival as a last chance to have fun at the end of the winter season. Having fun meant eating, drinking, and dressing up.Think of . and you think of .为“祈使句and陈述句”结构。carniva

9、l/knIvl/n.狂欢节costume/kstjum/n.服装；戏装；化装服confusion/knfjun/n.杂乱；混乱change from .to .从到变化现在分词短语meaning .作定语，相当于which means .。where it began为定语从句，修饰先行词Europe。be followed by被跟随；紧跟着Christian/krIstn/adj.基督教的as people prepared for the Christian为时间状语从句。see .as .把看作have fun过得愉快，动名词短语having fun作主语，mean doing表示“意

10、味着做”。dress up装扮；打扮面具的魔力第12段译文想到狂欢节，你就会想到人群、各式各样的服装和热闹非凡的场面。 这种场面在每个国家所听到的和看到的各不相同，但人们的兴奋程度在各地都是相同的。“狂欢节”这个词是由两个拉丁词演变而来的，意思是“禁肉食”。欧洲是狂欢节的发源地，在那里，狂欢节过后人们会有40天不吃肉，在这期间，人们为基督教的节日复活节做准备。人们把狂欢节作为冬季结束前最后一次玩乐的机会。玩乐意味着吃、喝和乔装打扮。The most famous carnival in Europe was in Venice. At the beginning， it lasted for

11、just one day. People ate, drank, and wore masks. As time passed， however, the carnival period was extended， so that it began just after Christmas. For weeks on end people walked round the streets wearing masks, doing what they wanted without being recognised. Ordinary people could pretend to be rich

12、 and important, while famous people could have romantic adventures in secret. Many crimes went unpunished.at the beginning从一开始，起初(at first)last (for) 持续as time passed随着时间的推移extend/Ikstend/vt.延长so that it began just after Christmas为结果状语从句。on end连续地；竖着现在分词短语wearing .doing .作伴随状语。而doing后what they wante

13、d .为宾语从句。pretend/prItend/vi.假装pretend to do sth.假装做某事in secret秘密地(secretly)go unpunished没有得到惩罚第3段译文 欧洲 过去 最著名的狂欢节是在威尼斯。最初，狂欢节只持续一天。人们吃呀、喝呀，并戴上面具。然而，随着时间的推移，庆祝狂欢节的时间被延长了，以至于圣诞节一过狂欢节就开始了。连续几个星期人们戴着面具走在街上，为所欲为而不会被认出来。普通人可以装成阔佬和要人，而名人也可以偷偷地体验浪漫奇遇。很多罪行逃脱了惩处。The government realised that wearing masks had

14、become a problem. Their use was limited by laws, the first of which dates back to the fourteenth century. Men were not allowed to wear masks at night; and they were not allowed to dress up as women. In later times more laws were passed. People who wore masks could not carry firearms； and no one coul

15、d enter a church wearing a mask. If they broke the laws, they were put into prison for up to two years. Finally, when Venice became part of the Austrian empire， at the end of the eighteenth century, masks were banned completely, and carnival became just a memory.But in the late 1970s the tradition w

16、as revived by students. They began making masks and organising parties, and threw bits of brightly coloured paper (called coriandoli) at tourists. The town council realised that carnival was good for business, and the festival was developed for tourists.that wearing masks had become a problem为宾语从句，其

17、中动名词短语wearing masks在从句中作主语。be limited by受限制date back to追溯到(date from)以上两个短语没有进行时和被动语态。of which .为非限制性定语从句，修饰laws。be allowed to do被允许做who wore masks为定语从句，修饰people。firearm/faIrm/n.火器put .into prison把关进监狱up to达到(数量、程度等)empire/empaI/n.帝国ban v(banned; banned)禁止；取缔ban sb. from doing sth.禁止某人做某事memory/memn

18、.记忆in memory of为了纪念in the late/early 1970s在20世纪70年代后/早期revive/rIvaIv/vt.复兴；再兴起；再流行bits of小片的called coriandoli为过去分词作定语，修饰paper。throw .at .向扔council/kansl/n.地方议会；政务委员会 第45段译文 政府意识到戴面具已成为一个问题。它们 面具 的使用受到法律的限制，最早的法律条文可追溯到14世纪。男子不准在夜间戴面具，并且不能假扮女性。之后，更多法律条文出台了。戴面具者不得携带火器，不得进入教堂。如果他们违反了法律，就要被判处长达两年的监禁。最后，在

19、18世纪末，当威尼斯成为奥地利帝国的一部分时，面具被完全禁止了，狂欢节只成为一个记忆。 但在20世纪70年代后期，狂欢节这个传统节日又被学生们恢复了。他们开始制作面具，并组织聚会，还向游客扔小块的彩色纸片 叫“五彩纸片” 。市镇议会意识到狂欢节对商业是有好处的，因此这个节日得以发展，以吸引更多的游客。Today, carnival in Venice is celebrated for five days in February. People arrive from all over Europe to enjoy the fun. Hotels are fully booked and t

20、he narrow streets are crowded with wonderful costumes. German, French and English seem to be the main languages. But the spirit of Venice carnival is not quite the same as the great American carnivals. If the key to Rio is music and movement, then in Venice it is the mystery of the mask. As you wand

21、er through the streets, you see thousands of masks elegant or frightening, sad or amusing, traditional or modern but you have no idea what the faces behind them look like. Nobody takes them off. If the masks come off， the magic is lost.book/bk/vt.预订作为动词用来指预订“房间、票、座位”等。be crowded with挤满quite为副词，此处用来加

22、强语气。be (not) the same as .与(不)一样key n关键；答案(常与介词to连用)wander/wnd/vi.漫步；闲逛wonder v想知道，纳闷elegant/elInt/adj.优美的；高雅的what the faces behind them look like为同位语从句，作idea的同位语。take off除去，去掉，摘下come off掉落，脱落，摘掉magic/mdIk/n.魔力；魅力 第6段译文 如今，威尼斯狂欢节的庆祝活动在二月进行，历时五天。来自欧洲各国的人们在此尽情娱乐。旅店已被预订一空，狭窄的街道上挤满了身着华美服饰的人。德语、法语和英语似乎成为

23、了主要语言。但威尼斯狂欢节的本质与美洲狂欢节有所不同。如果在里约热内卢，狂欢节主要是音乐和游行的话，那么在威尼斯，则是面具的神秘。当你漫步街头时，你会看到成千上万张面具高雅的、可怕的、忧伤的、有趣的、传统的或时尚的但你并不知道面具后面的那些面孔是什么样。没有人摘下面具。如果面具摘掉了，其魔力也就消失了。PrereadingPlease match the words with their proper meanings.1elegant Ato behave as if something is true2book Bhaving special powers3magic Cto move s

24、lowly without a direction4wander Dto arrange with a hotel5pretend Ethe point from which sth. starts6origin Fvery beautiful and gentle7costume Ga group of countries that are controlled by one ruler8empire Hclothes15_68_答案：15FDBCA68EHGLeadinDo you know some famous festivals in the world？And can you te

25、ll something about them?参考答案：There_are_many_festivals_in_the_world,_such_as_New_Years_ Day_in_China,_Womens_Day,_April_Fools_Day,_Carnival_in_Europe,_etc._On_the_festivals,_people_always_take_part_in_some_activities_in_memory_of_something._For_example,_on_New_Years_Eve,_people_often_gather_together_

26、to_celebrate_the_end_of_the_cold_winter_and_the_beginning_of_another_year,_etc.WhilereadingFastreading1Read the passage quickly and choose the main idea.ADifferent carnivals.BThe origins of carnival.CSpecial food.DCarnival in Venice.答案：D2Find out the main idea of each paragraph.(1)Para.1 Athe meanin

27、g of carnival and how it was celebrated(2)Para.2 Bthe law about wearing masks(3)Para.3 Cthe general impression of carnival(4)Para.4 Dhow carnival is celebrated today in Venice and the feature of it(5)Para.5 Ecarnival in Venice and the problems it caused(6)Para.6 Fthe revival of the tradition of cele

28、brating carnival(1)(6)_答案：(1)(6)CAEBFDCarefulreadingChoose the best answers according to the text.1Where did carnival begin?ALatin America. BEurope.CAmerica. DBritain.2When is carnival celebrated in Europe?AAfter Easter.BBefore Easter.CIt lasted for 40 days.DThe last day of the winter season.3Which

29、one is TRUE about the carnival in Venice?AIt is the most famous carnival in Europe.BIt lasts for one day.CIt lasts for one week.DPeople can eat and drink but they can not wear their masks.4Why were masks banned in Venice?ABecause masks were not welcomed by the ordinary people.BBecause masks were not

30、 welcomed by the rich and famous people.CBecause people who wore masks usually carried firearms.DBecause it caused many crimes which were hard to punish.5What is the key to the carnival in Venice?AMusic and movement.BMusic and dance.CIt can attract many foreigners.DThe mystery of the mask.答案：15BBADDStudyreadingAnalyze the following difficult sentences in the text.1In Europe, where it began, carnival was followed by forty days without meat, as people prepared for the Christian festival of Easter.