Foliões encaram o carnavalarbety minesLondres com capa e guarda-chuva:arbety mines
Transcript
One of the world's largest street music festivals has taken place in London.
Around sixty bands in colourful arbety mines costumes took part in the Notting Hill Carnival. Thirty-eight arbety mines sound systems entertained the crowds.
arbety mines Revellers at the annual event arbety mines donned raincoats and held umbrellas as west London was hit by arbety mines downpours.
More than a million people are believed to have attended the event across its two days.
Transcriçãoarbety minesportuguês
Um dos maiores festivaisarbety minesrua do mundo foi realizadoarbety minesLondres.
Cercaarbety minessessenta bandas com fantasias coloridas participaram do Carnavalarbety minesNotting Hill. Trinta e oito sistemasarbety minessom entretiveram as multidões.
Foliões no evento anual vestiram capasarbety mineschuva e seguraram guarda-chuvas quando o oestearbety minesLondres foi atingido por fortes chuvas.
Acredita-se que maisarbety minesum milhãoarbety minespessoas acompanharam o evento durante seus dois dias.
Vocabulary
arbety mines costumes
clothes worn for a certain type of activity
arbety mines sound systems electrical equipment used to play music, recordings and announcements
arbety mines revellers people at a party or celebration
arbety mines donned put on (clothes)
arbety mines downpours heavy rain showers
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.
costumes / sound systems / revellers / donned / downpours
1. It was the impressive _________ and cutting edge DJs such as Larry Levan that kept the clubbers coming back night after night.
2. Hundreds of tents and piles of rubbish were left behind by _________ after the two day music festival.
3. Motorists across the South East were warned to keep their speeds down amid further _________ and expected flooding.
4. Halloween is weeks away but some _________ are already causing controversy online.
5. But of course I have watched the West Ham men's team on television and it was like a dream come true when I _________ their jersey with the same logo.
Answers
It was the impressive sound system and cutting edge DJs such as Larry Levan that kept the clubbers coming back night after night.
Source: Ministry of Sound keeps on dancing after 20 years
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-12730316
Hundreds of tents and piles of rubbish were left behind by revellers after the two day music festival.
Source: Clean-up after V Festival mudbath in Staffordshire
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-34042710
Motorists across the South East were warned to keep their speeds down amid further downpours and expected flooding.
Source: Flooding in Kent and Sussex after torrential downpours http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-33907476
Halloween is weeks away but some costumes are already causing controversy online.
Source: Is it OK to dress up as Caitlyn Jenner? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-trending-34065370
But of course I have watched the West Ham men's team on television and it was like a dream come true when I donned their jersey with the same logo.
Source: West Ham's Aditi Chauhan becomes India's first woman to play in England http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-33970763