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 taken to the Caribbean islands where⑪ there were British and French landowners⑫.①multicultural/ m lti'k ltr l/ʌʌʃə əadj. 多 元 文化的；跨文化的②experience n. 作“体验，经历”讲时，是可数名词；作“经验”讲时，是不可数名词。③ 动词不定式短语 To understand ... 作目的状语。 what carnival is all about 为宾语从句。④plantation/plɑ n'teI n/ːʃn.农庄；庄园⑤an immediate need 急需⑥The arrival ...on them. 中 ， 主 语 是 the arrival ... and the opening ..., 谓语是 meant, 宾语是 there be 结构，注意 there 前省略了引导宾语从句的 that。⑦mark/mɑ k/vt.标志(着)⑧trade/treId/n.贸易⑨be taken by force 被强行带走，注意其前 when 引导的非限制性定语从句，修饰先行词 the 19th century。⑩transport/træns'pt/ɔːvt.运输；运送⑪where ... 为定语从句，修饰 the Caribbean islands。⑫landowner/'lændn /ə ʊ ə n.地主；土地拥有者狂欢节的意义[第 1～2 段译文]今天的狂欢节是一个国际性的、多元文化的节日。但是它是怎么变成这样的呢？为了了解狂欢节的全部意义所在，我们需要...
