Module 4 Carnival Section Ⅳ Other Parts of the Module[原文呈现][读文清障] The Meaning of CarnivalCarnival today is an international, multicultural① experience②
But how did it become so
To understand what carnival is all about③ , we need to look at the history of America and the meeting of two cultures — European and African
The arrival of Europeans in America, and the opening of huge farms and plantations④ to grow cotton, fruit and vegetables, meant there was an immediate need⑤ for people to work on them⑥
This marked⑦ the beginning of the slave trade⑧
For more than two hundred years, until the beginning of the 19th century, when the trade was finally stopped, millions of people were taken by force⑨ from their homes in Africa and transported○ to the New World to work as slaves
Six million were