胡敏讀故事記托福詞匯031：狂歡節(jié) The Carnival

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2015年12月05日

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Lesson 31 The Carnival 狂歡節(jié)

I can’t wait until the next carnival comes to town. I love the casual atmosphere and the taste foods. There’s nothing like watching a cascade of popcorn flowing out of the machine. In fact, I eat so much of it that my friends call me “the cast-iron stomach!”

我?guī)缀跻炔患叭ハ乱淮纬抢锱e行的狂歡節(jié)了。我喜歡那里的隨和的氣氛和美味的食物。看著一堆堆爆米花像瀑布似的從機(jī)器里涌出來(lái)真乃一大爽事。事實(shí)上，我吃了太多的爆米花，以至于朋友們都叫我(什么都消化得了的)“鐵胃”。

I especially enjoy the wide variety of entertainment, including the animal shows. The lions are the most exciting because they’re carnivorous. Imagine the carnage if they ever escaped their cages. I would suffer a cardiac arrest. I’d probably be the first casualty since I’m so fat and slow. That’s why I also like the tortoise. He’s sluggish, just like me, although I don’t have a huge carapace on my back to slow me down. It looks like he’s carrying cargo in that big shell of his. However, the cardinal rule is not to bring too much money.

我尤其喜歡欣賞豐富多彩的娛樂(lè)節(jié)目，比如動(dòng)物表演。獅子是最激動(dòng)人心的，因?yàn)樗鼈兪鞘橙鈩?dòng)物。想象一下它們一旦逃出鐵籠后會(huì)出現(xiàn)的殘殺景象!我會(huì)犯心臟病的。我很可能是第一例傷亡，因?yàn)槲矣峙钟直恐?。這也是我為什么喜歡烏龜?shù)脑颉觚斅掏痰?，跟我一樣，只不過(guò)我用不著背著那塊大龜甲而放慢速度。看起來(lái)烏龜像是在搬運(yùn)裝在它那大甲殼里的貨物。但首要準(zhǔn)則是別帶太多錢。

You can buy lots of things at a carnival. You can shop for 24 carat gold jewelry. You can ask an artist to draw you a caricature of a famous person. You can watch someone carve your name into a piece of wood. You can even buy a type of superglue that comes in two parts. After you use the catalyst to catalyze the glue, it takes only five minutes to form a solid bond.

在狂歡節(jié)上，你可以瘋狂采購(gòu)。你可以選購(gòu)24克拉的金首飾;你可以請(qǐng)一名畫家為你畫一幅某名人的漫畫;你可以看著你的名字被人刻在一塊木頭上;你甚至可以買一種由兩部分組成的超級(jí)膠水。你先用催化劑催化膠水，5分鐘后，膠水就粘得很牢固了。

There are a lot of unusual attractions too. Often there will be a fortuneteller who will seem pretty skilled at predicting cataclysms. Sometimes, they will have a wizard who pretends to cast spells.

此外，還有很多稀奇古怪的東西吸引你。時(shí)常會(huì)有一位善于語(yǔ)言災(zāi)難的算命先生。有時(shí)，又有一位巫師假裝在那里下魔咒。

Occasionally, there will be a show that appeals solely to carnal desires. I always stay away from these shows. The last thing I need it to be castigated by my parents, again!

偶爾，在狂歡節(jié)上會(huì)有單純滿足肉欲的表演，遇上這些表演，我總會(huì)離得遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)的。我才不愿意再讓父母訓(xùn)斥一番呢!

Words:

carapace n. (蟹或龜?shù)鹊?甲殼

carat n. (寶石重量單位)克拉

cardiac adj. 心臟的

cardinal adj. 首要的，主要的;紅衣風(fēng)頭鳥(一種美洲鳥，雄性有深紅色羽毛)

cargo n. 船貨，貨物

caricature n. (滑稽模仿的)諷刺畫

carnage n. 大屠殺，殘殺

carnival n. 狂歡節(jié)

carnivorous adj. 食肉的

carve vt. 切開，雕刻