这次狂欢节开幕进行得几乎非常顺利，警方只报告了一起拘捕案。
The carnival got off to a virtually trouble-free start with the police reporting only one arrest.
狂欢节是巴西夏季最后一个大型节日，可能在每年复活节前40天开始。
Carnival is the last big festival in summer in Brazil, which may begin 40 days before Easter every year.
本月早些时候，伦敦发生了骚乱和抢劫事件，目前伦敦警方正在为诺丁山狂欢节组织大规模警力。
Police in London are lining up a huge police operation for the Notting Hill Carnival in the wake of the rioting and looting that hit the city earlier this month.
里约热内卢狂欢节已经成了巴西的代名词。
狂欢客聚集伦敦诺丁山庆欧洲最大街头狂欢节
Revellers gather in London’s Notting Hill for Europe’s biggest street carnival.
狂欢节上的威尼斯尤其迷人。
狂欢者为世上最著名的巴西狂欢节蜂拥里约热内卢。
Revellers flock to Rio DE Janeiro for the world's most famous carnival.
体育和爵士乐、狂欢节活动一样在新奥尔良享有盛誉。
Sports share an honoured position with jazz and Carnival activities in New Orleans.
一位老“吉尔”在狂欢节上边庆祝边拿橘子。
An old Gille holds an orange as he celebrates during the carnival.
这种笑有一项任务，它负责向巴黎人证实狂欢节的来临。
This laughter has a mission. It is charged with proving the Carnival to the Parisians.
狂欢节上，一对戴着面具的情侣走在威尼斯圣马可广场。
A couple wearing masks walks in Saint Mark's square, posing for tourists during the carnival in Venice February 13, 2007.
更糟的是，此时正值伦敦一年一度的狂欢节，城里所有旅馆客满。
To make matters worse, the hotels in London were filled because of an annual carnival in the city. There were no rooms.
近年来，巴西著名的狂欢节期间，道路死亡和伤害人数屡创纪录。
In recent years, it has been during the famous Brazilian carnival that the toll of road deaths and injuries has hit some of the highest recorded levels.
这样一个律师狂欢节的局面，与智能手机市场的暴增不无关系。
This orgy for lawyers is partly a result of the explosion of the market for smart-phones.
桑巴的音乐原产于这座城市，至今还是这里狂欢节上的灵魂之音。
The samba sound was born in Rio and remains the beating heart of the city’s rather racy Carnival parade.
不过，今年的狂欢节经济学家看上去沉浸在不寻常的反思情绪中。
But this year's shindig finds economists in an unusually reflective mood.
里约热内卢的狂欢节在国际上享有盛名，但是每个大城市都有自己的庆祝活动。
The Rio DE Janeiro carnival is the best known worldwide but every big city has its own celebrations.
图为西印度群岛中最大的岛国古巴，在圣地亚哥狂欢节期间，挂满纸鹤的街道。
Paper birds festoon a street during the Santiago de Cuba carnaval, in Cuba, the largest island in the West Indies.
而今年，该国最大的银行集团之一，意大利资本银行也为狂欢节锦上添花。
This year Capitalia, one of the country's biggest banking groups, is adding financial colour and noise.
我最喜欢的，可能是在路易斯安那的狂欢节期间当酒吧招待，遇到那么多有意思的人。
My favourite job was probably as a bartender in Louisiana in the middle of Mardi Gras. I got to meet so many great people.
两百年前的这个月份，新奥尔良的上流社会正在像往常的一样准备着狂欢节。
Two hundred years ago this month, the elite in New Orleans were making their usual preparations for Mardi Gras.
他们触摸粉末，涂在身上，就如狂欢节闪亮的服饰，并将放射性铯氯化盐碎末带回家中。
They touched the powder and daubed it on their bodies like carnival glitter, taking fragments of the radioactive caesium chloride salt home.
与很多低调的西方葬礼相反，跻身于巴厘的印度教火葬仪式，有一种几乎狂欢节般的气氛。
Contrary to the more somber western funerals, cremation ceremonies among the Hindus of Bali have an almost carnival-like atmosphere.
里约热内卢以其独特的狂欢节，桑巴舞，海滩和热带雨林闻名于世，成为世界最有活力的城市之一。
Made famous by its carnival atmosphere, its samba rhythms, its beaches and its rainforest, Rio DE Janeiro is one of the world's most exciting cities.
狂欢节每年都会在大斋节的开始时举行，届时里约热内卢人穿着盛装，涂上色彩载歌载舞。
The Carnival takes place each year at the beginning of Lent, when Rio comes alive with colour, rhythm and a sense of theatre.
碰巧十六日正是星期二，狂欢节的最后一天，我们提到这一细节，只是因为我们喜欢准确。
Now, we note this detail, for the pure satisfaction of being exact, it chanced that the 16th fell on Shrove Tuesday.
20世纪上半叶，非裔巴西人音乐和打鼓乐进入狂欢节表演中并成为狂欢节急剧特色的表演。
In the first half of the 20th Century, the Afro-Brazilian music and drumming that is now the Carnival's most distinctive began to be an integral part of the festivities.
数千名赛马迷准备赶往墨尔本参加维多利亚春季赛马狂欢节，这是一项澳大利亚最大型的户外社交活动。
Thousands of racegoers were preparing to descend on Melbourne for the Victorian spring racing carnival, one of Australia's biggest social outings.
数千名赛马迷准备赶往墨尔本参加维多利亚春季赛马狂欢节，这是一项澳大利亚最大型的户外社交活动。
Thousands of racegoers were preparing to descend on Melbourne for the Victorian spring racing carnival, one of Australia's biggest social outings.
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