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Uno de los festivales callejeros más grandes del mundo se realizó recientemente en Londres. Mira el video y aprende nuevo vocabulario.

Transcripción en inglés

One of the world's largest street music festivals has taken place in London.

Around sixty bands in colourful costumes took part in the Notting Hill Carnival. Thirty-eight sound systems entertained the crowds.

Revellers at the annual event donned raincoats and held umbrellas as west London was hit by downpours.

More than a million people are believed to have attended the event across its two days.

Vocabulario

costumes

trajes / atuendos

sound systems

sistemas eléctricos para tocar música y hacer anuncios

revellers

juerguistas / parranderos

donned

se vistieron

downpours

aguaceros / chubascos

Ejercicios

Use one of the words or phrases below to complete each of these sentences from news reports. Note that you may have to change the form of a word to complete the sentence correctly.

costumes / sound systems / revellers / donned / downpours

1. It was the impressive _________ and cutting edge DJs such as Larry Levan that kept the clubbers coming back night after night.

2. Hundreds of tents and piles of rubbish were left behind by _________ after the two day music festival.

3. Motorists across the South East were warned to keep their speeds down amid further _________ and expected flooding.

4. Halloween is weeks away but some _________ are already causing controversy online.

5. But of course I have watched the West Ham men's team on television and it was like a dream come true when I _________ their jersey with the same logo.

Respuestas

1. It was the impressive sound system and cutting edge DJs such as Larry Levan that kept the clubbers coming back night after night.

<bold>Source</bold>: <link type="page"><caption> Ministry of Sound keeps on dancing after 20 years</caption><url href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-12730316" platform="highweb"/></link>

2. Hundreds of tents and piles of rubbish were left behind by revellers after the two day music festival.

<bold>Source</bold>: <link type="page"><caption> Clean-up after V Festival mudbath in Staffordshire</caption><url href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-34042710" platform="highweb"/></link>

3. Motorists across the South East were warned to keep their speeds down amid further downpours and expected flooding.

<bold>Source</bold>: <link type="page"><caption> Flooding in Kent and Sussex after torrential downpours</caption><url href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-33907476" platform="highweb"/></link>

4. Halloween is weeks away but some costumes are already causing controversy online.

<bold>Source</bold>: <link type="page"><caption> Is it OK to dress up as Caitlyn Jenner?</caption><url href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-trending-34065370" platform="highweb"/></link>

5. But of course I have watched the West Ham men's team on television and it was like a dream come true when I donned their jersey with the same logo.

<bold>Source</bold>: <link type="page"><caption> West Ham's Aditi Chauhan becomes India's first woman to play in England</caption><url href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-33970763" platform="highweb"/></link>