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BBC每周英语小报第66期:Battle of the Oranges 橙子之战

文字稿:

This is no ordinarycarnival.

It's anepicfood fight, called the Battle of the Oranges.

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

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

Vocabulary词汇:

carnival狂欢节

epic史诗般的,雄伟壮丽的

the Middle Ages中世纪

advances(性)骚扰

clean-up 扫除干净