Words in the News (2nd September 2015): Notting Hill Carnival
For vocabulary and exercises: http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/witn/ep-150902
Transcript
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.
Vocabulary
costumes
clothes worn for a certain type of activity
sound systems
electrical equipment used to play music, recordings and announcements
revellers
people at a party or celebration
donned
put on (clothes)
downpours
heavy rain showers
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