普通高中课程标准实验教科书 英语必修3 Unit 1 Festivals around

   A group of very cold tourists are sitting in a café in old Quebec¹, drinking hot coffee to try to warm up. The temperature is 32 degrees below freezing. The windows are covered with steam from the heat inside. Outside, snow covers the streets and is piled up along the sidewalks. The music and lights of the Carnival² continue, but after a whole day of watching parades³, riding in horse carriages and listening to the music, their feet are freezing and their noses are red.

  Every year, hundreds of thousands of people come to Quebec to take part in the week-long winter festival, the biggest in the world. Everyone who comes must be prepared to keep moving, as it is too cold to stand and watch for long.

     Early in the morning, you can watch the snowboarding competitions on the hill overlooking⁴ the river. Competitors⁵ speed down the track⁶ and through the air as though they could fly.

     The more brave of heart may try the canoe⁷ races. Five or six men paddle⁸ each canoe across the partly-frozen St Lawrence River. The fiver is full of big pieces of ice, and if you were to fall in, you would freeze in less than two minutes.

     One of the favourite events is the dog-sled race, in which teams of about six husky dogs pull long sleds at great speeds along a snowy track. One person runs behind the sled, shouting to the dogs to encourage them. The sound of the dogs barking, the calls of the drivers and the shouts of the crowd make an exciting Northern experience. The dogs are beautiful strong animals, with long, thick fur and many with blue eyes.

     While admiring the ice sculptures⁹ everywhere in the city, much like those in Harbin in China, you can stop with other tourists in an igloo (圆顶冰屋 ) for hot tea or coffee. It is amazing how warm these ice houses can be!

     Late in the evening, you can go to the snow palace, where Bonhomme the snowman is king, and join the crowd. You can dance outside to the music of a band, who are all dressed in heavy clothes - even some of their instruments are dressed up for winter.

Finally, you will probably want to sit down in a caf6 to warm up and to plan tomorrow. You might join the snowmobile races - or maybe you should just sleep in!

   

1 Quebec   

n.魁北克[加拿大省名]

参考例句：

• Quebec is a good place to enjoy French cuisine.魁北克是品尝法国风味的好地方。
• After roaming around nearly half his life,he finally settled down in Quebec.他过了半辈子的流浪生活，最后在魁北克定居了下来。

2 carnival   

n.嘉年华会，狂欢，狂欢节，巡回表演

参考例句：

• 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。

3 parades   

n.（部队的）检阅( parade的名词复数 )v.（使）集合接受检阅( parade的第三人称单数 )；游行，列队行进；展示，炫耀

参考例句：

• There are parades with dragons as part of the New Year celebrations. 新年庆祝的时候，其中一个节目是跑龙套。 来自超越目标英语 第1册
• They usually watch sports and parades on TV. 他们通常在电视上看体育和欢庆活动的节目。 来自超越目标英语 第1册

4 overlooking   

v.忽视( overlook的现在分词 )；监督；俯视；（对不良现象等）不予理会

参考例句：

• The house is in an elevated position, overlooking the town. 这栋房子地势较高，可以俯瞰全城。
• The house sits high on a hill overlooking a lake. 房子高高地坐落在可以俯瞰湖水的小山上。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 competitors   

竞争者( competitor的名词复数 )； 对手； 参赛者； 竞赛者

参考例句：

• We are now outselling all our competitors. 我们现在比所有竞争对手都卖得多。
• We are lagging far behind our European competitors in using new technology. 我们在使用新技术方面远远落后于我们的欧洲对手。

6 track   

n.轨道；足迹；痕迹；磁轨；途径；vt.循路而行；追踪；通过；用纤拉；vi.追踪

参考例句：

• The new race track is nearly six miles in extent.这条新跑道将近六英里长。
• The police are on his track.警察在跟踪他。

7 canoe   

n.独木舟；vi.乘独木舟，划独木舟

参考例句：

• They slid the canoe down to the water.他们使小舟滑到水中。
• It is only the second time he has been in a canoe.这仅是他第二次乘小游艇。

8 paddle   

vi.划桨；涉水；vt.用桨划；ｎ.短浆；划浆

参考例句：

• Each man had a paddle for an hour and then a rest.每个人划了一小时桨，然后休息。
• They paddle their boat up the river.他们划着小船往上游去了。

9 sculptures   

n.雕刻( sculpture的名词复数 )；雕刻品；雕刻术；雕塑术

参考例句：

• She creates sculptures out of scrap materials. 她利用废旧材料进行雕塑创作。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He asked one of his helpers to borrow some hammers and tear down the Buddhist sculptures. 他吩咐帮手去借几个铁锤，让原先几座塑雕委曲一下。 来自汉英文学 - 现代散文