Foliões travam 'guerra'aek100 novibetlaranjas na Itália:aek100 novibet

Transcript

This is no ordinary carnival.

It's an epic food fight, called the Battle of the Oranges.

The event takes place in Ivrea in northern Italy, and is based on a legend from the Middle Ages, when the daughter of a miller rejected the advances of an evil lord.

People take the celebration very seriously indeed. And with several hundred tonnes of oranges thrown in three days, the clean-up operation is a battle in itself.

Transcriçãoaek100 novibetportuguês

Isso não é um carnaval qualquer.

Trata-seaek100 novibetuma épica guerraaek100 novibetcomida, chamadaaek100 novibetBatalha das Laranjas.

O evento é realizadoaek100 novibetIvrea, no norte da Itália, e é inspiradoaek100 novibetuma lenda da Idade Média, quando a filhaaek100 novibetum moleiro rejeitou as investidasaek100 novibetum senhorio malvado.

As pessoas levam a celebração bem a sério. E com centenasaek100 novibettoneladasaek100 novibetlaranjas jogadasaek100 novibettrês dias, a operaçãoaek100 novibetlimpeza só por si já é uma batalha.

Vocabulary

aek100 novibet epic extremely large, long or complex

aek100 novibet the Middle Ages a period in European history from around 1000 AD to 1500 AD

aek100 novibet advances attempts to start a sexual or romantic relationship with someone

aek100 novibet clean-up making a place clean and tidy

Exercise

Use one of the words or phrases below to complete each of these sentences from news reports.

Note that you may have to change the form of a word to complete the sentence correctly.

carnival / epic / the Middle Ages / advances / clean-up

1. Historic Scotland, which looks after the property, hopes that archaeologists will uncover new clues to castle life in _________.

2. The city, one of the worst hit by the storm, is undergoing a massive _________ with aid agencies paying locals a couple of dollars a day to help clear the debris.

3. State Health Minister Shabir Ahmed Khan quit after the senior gynaecologist alleged that he "made sexual _________" and tried to molest her.

4. The best samba schools of Rioaek100 novibetJaneiro have paraded amid Brazil's _________ festivities.

Thousands of dancers and musicians showed off their colourful costumes and artistic skills to entertain the crowds that gathered to enjoy the spectacle.

5. A large snake has swallowed a crocodile following an _________ struggle in northern Australia.

Answers

Source: Conservation work for Barra's Kisimul Castle http://bbc.in/1hFmlvV

2. The city, one of the worst hit by the storm, is undergoing a massive clean-up with aid agencies paying locals a couple of dollars a day to help clear the debris.

Source: Typhoon Haiyan: Thousands join Tacloban clean-up http://bbc.in/1n6rYVx

3. State Health Minister Shabir Ahmed Khan quit after the senior gynaecologist alleged that he "made sexual advances" and tried to molest her.

Source: Kashmir minister accused of 'trying to molest' woman quits http://bbc.in/1gT2ifJ

4. The best samba schools of Rioaek100 novibetJaneiro have paraded amid Brazil's carnival festivities.

Thousands of dancers and musicians showed off their colourful costumes and artistic skills to entertain the crowds that gathered to enjoy the spectacle.

Source: Brazilian massive extravaganza at Rio's carnival http://bbc.in/1n6mcmG

5. A large snake has swallowed a crocodile following an epic struggle in northern Australia.

Source: Snake eats crocodile in Northern Australia http://bbc.in/1cqq8xI