夏说英语新闻晨读 第418期:伦敦诺丁山狂欢节

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Scotland Yard today hailed the Notting Hill Carnival¹ a"safe and spectacular" success as party-goers welcomed a rise in police numbers. More than a million revellers descended⁴ on west London for Europe's biggest street party, which took place yesterday and Sunday. Officers imposed stop-and-search orders on both days and installed new "knifearch" metal detectors⁶ at key points for the first time after a surge in violence on London's streets. A man who suffered non-life threatening injuries after being stabbed in Ladbroke Grove⁷ last night was thought to be the only knife crime victim of the carnival.

 

Scotland Yard: 伦敦警察厅

hail: vt. 称赞；赞扬

praise: v. 称赞

party-goer: 社交聚会常客

movie-goer: 看电影的人

church-goer: 去教堂的人

theater-goer: 去剧院的人

reveller²: 狂欢者；寻欢作乐者

revelv. 狂欢

descend³ on: 突然到访

stop-and-search: 拦截并搜查

metal detector⁵: 金属探测器

surge: n. 激增

threatening: adj. 危险的

be thought to: 据认为……

 

 

1 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。

2 reveller   

n.摆设酒宴者，饮酒狂欢者

参考例句：

3 descend   

vt./vi.传下来，下来，下降

参考例句：

• I hope the grace of God would descend on me.我期望上帝的恩惠。
• We're not going to descend to such methods.我们不会沦落到使用这种手段。

4 descended   

a.为...后裔的，出身于...的

参考例句：

• A mood of melancholy descended on us. 一种悲伤的情绪袭上我们的心头。
• The path descended the hill in a series of zigzags. 小路呈连续的之字形顺着山坡蜿蜒而下。

5 detector   

n.发觉者，探测器

参考例句：

• The detector is housed in a streamlined cylindrical container.探测器安装在流线型圆柱形容器内。
• Please walk through the metal detector.请走过金属检测器。

6 detectors   

探测器( detector的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The report advocated that all buildings be fitted with smoke detectors. 报告主张所有的建筑物都应安装烟火探测器。
• This is heady wine for experimenters using these neutrino detectors. 对于使用中微子探测器的实验工作者，这是令人兴奋的美酒。 来自英汉非文学 - 科技

7 grove   

n.林子，小树林，园林

参考例句：

• On top of the hill was a grove of tall trees.山顶上一片高大的树林。
• The scent of lemons filled the grove.柠檬香味充满了小树林。