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 A:     I  can’t believe we’re here! Carnival¹ in Rio! Se-
        riously, this is like a once in a lifetime opportu-
        nity! Can you believe it? We’re here at the biggest
        party in the world!

 B:     I know! We’re so lucky that we found tickets for
       the Sambadrome! Good thing we found that ticket
       scalper.

 A:     Look!  It’s starting! Wow, this is amazing!  Look at
        how many dancers there are. Oh my gosh! The
       costumes are so colorful! This is so cool!

 B:     It says here that the school that is dancing now
        is one of the oldest and most prestigious² samba
       schools in Rio.

 A:     No kidding! Look at them, they’re amazing!  Look
       at that girl on the top of that float! She must be
       the carnival queen!  Move over there so I can get
       a picture of you!
 B:    Ok. Hurry up take the picture!

 C:    join us! come and dance!

 B:    Oh really.... no I can’t. No really, I don’t know how
       to dance! Honey I’ll see you later!

 A:     Patrick! Don’t just leave me here!

1 carnival   

n.嘉年华会，狂欢，狂欢节，巡回表演

参考例句：

• I got some good shots of the carnival.我有几个狂欢节的精彩镜头。
• Our street puts on a carnival every year.我们街的居民每年举行一次嘉年华会。

2 prestigious   

adj.有威望的，有声望的，受尊敬的

参考例句：

• The young man graduated from a prestigious university.这个年轻人毕业于一所名牌大学。
• You may even join a prestigious magazine as a contributing editor.甚至可能会加入一个知名杂志做编辑。