What is a carnival?

1. The period of merrymaking and feasting celebrated just before Lent.

2. A traveling amusement show usually including rides, games, and sideshows.

3. A festival or revel: winter carnival. carnival, communal celebration, especially the religious celebration in Catholic countries that takes place just before Lent. Since early times carnivals have been accompanied by parades, masquerades, pageants, and other forms of revelry that had their origins in pre-Christian pagan rites, particularly fertility rites that were connected with the coming of spring and the rebirth of vegetation.

　　In recent times, the term carnival has also been loosely applied to include local festivals, traveling circuses, bazaars, and other celebrations of a joyous nature, regardless of their purpose or their season. 2. Listening

There is a big and famous carnival in Trinidad every February. Li Mei and Wu Ping are there. Listen to the tape and answer the questions on page 6.

3. Speaking

You have visited America and you have returned home to China. You are phoning your friend in America to thank him for the visit. These expressions might help you.

Could/ Would you please...? I'd love to... It's very kind of you... I look forward to... Thank you very much/ Thanks a lot. It was a pleasure... You're most welcome. Don't mention it. 4. Reading and underlining

Next you are to read and underline all the useful expressions or collocations in the passage A SAD LOVE STORY. Copy them to your notebook after class as homework.

Collocations from A SAD LOVE STORY meet sb. at the coffee shop在咖啡店遇到某人, after work下班后, turn up突然出现；到场；调低（收音机等）, right now, laugh at 嘲笑, keep one's word守信用；履行诺言, look forward to ~ing期待做某事, all day整天, be alone with sb.与某人在一起, be like a fool像个傻瓜, hold one's breath屏息；屏气, drown one's sadness in coffee, it is obvious that...显然......, wait for...to leave等待......离开, wipe the table擦桌子, sit down坐下, turn on the TV打开电视, a weaving girl织女, a herd boy牛郎, fall in love with与......相爱, get married secretly秘密结婚, be married to sb.嫁给/娶了某人, become angry变得生气, return to Heaven, cross the river过河, once a year一年一次, make... of..., on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month每年七月初七, hear about听说, set off for home动身回家, throw... away, remind sb. of...提醒某人想起......, pass... on the corner on one's way home在回家路上, hear...~do/ ~ing, wave at sb. 向某人挥手, have a gift for sb.给某人一个礼物 a happy Valentine's Day一个快乐情人节 5. Speaking

Turn to page 8 and with a partner, find the answers to the questions: