With the work just beginning, Halloween festivities were postponed in communities from Maine to Connecticut.

随着抢修工作紧张进行，从缅因州到康涅狄格州，万圣节欢活动暂停。

It came during carnival celebrations so a lot of hotels were booked with people who were also stuck indoors.

它是在欢节庆祝活动期间来临，因此很多旅馆都被预订，这些人也只能被困在室内了。

We have the largest, most colourful street carnival outside South America, but also gangsters, drug abuse and racial hatred.

那里有仅次于南美洲最大最亮丽街道欢节庆祝活动，但也有歹徒、吸毒歧视现象。

Instead, the Maduro government has been trying to center the public's attention on the carnival celebrations going on this week.

相反，马杜罗政府一直试图将公众舆论转到本周举行欢节活动上。

The best-known carnival celebration in Europe is in Venice.

欧洲最著欢节庆祝活动在威尼斯举行。

In Brazil, the country's huge Carnival celebration overshadows Valentine's Day.

在巴西，该国盛大欢节庆祝活动使情人节黯然失色。

Historians think the Carnival celebration has roots in ancient Roman times.

历史学家认为欢节庆祝活动起源于古罗马时代。

With the end of Fat Tuesday parties, carnival celebrations in Luzern and across Europe are finished.

随着肥胖星期二派对结束，卢塞恩整个欧洲欢节庆祝活动也结束了。

Some people say that the original celebrations that were similar to Mardi Gras actually go back to pagan festivals.

有人说，最初类似于欢节庆祝活动实际上可以追溯到异教徒节日。

The first celebration of Mardi Gras in New Orleans was back in 1781, and it continues to be celebrated every year.

新奥尔良第一次欢节庆祝活动可以追溯到 1781 年，并且每年都会继续庆祝。

This city, affectionately known as the Big Easy, is the birthplace of jazz music and home of a famous celebration called Mardi Gras.

这座被亲切地称为“Big Easy”城市是爵士乐发源地，也是著庆祝活动“欢节”举办地。

No, but that was part of it. It was the... they banned playing repetitive beats in public places, to try and stop illegal raves as they were happening at the time.

不是，但那是其中一部分。他们禁止在公共场所播放重复节拍，以试图阻止当时正在发生非法欢活动。

Kicking off at midnight, the fifteen-minute light show is preceded by music and art performances, as the festivities prepare revellers to bid farewell to the old year and all its bad luck.

午夜时分，15分钟灯光秀会在音乐艺术表演之前开始，庆祝活动让欢者们准备告别旧年所有厄运。

In the days running up to the launch of the annual jamboree in New York City, America's most populous and economically powerful state seized the initiative by hurling two thunderbolts at carbon-intensive businesses.

在纽约市一年一度欢活动即将开始几天里，美国人口最多、经济实力最强州抓住了主动权， 向碳密集型企业发出了两记霹雳。

Before this, there is a celebration called Carnival, and Mardi Gras is the last day of that celebration, on Tuesday before what is called " Ash Wednesday, " the beginning of the Lenten season.

在此之前，有一个为欢节庆祝活动，而欢节是该庆祝活动最后一天， 在所谓“灰烬星期三” 之前星期二， 即四旬期开始。

Many people think that Mardi Gras is only celebrated in New Orleans, but of course the celebration of Mardi Gras takes place in many different cities in the U.S. – but it's most famous in the city of New Orleans.

许多人认为欢节只在新奥尔良庆祝，但欢节庆祝活动当然在美国许多不同城市举行——但最著是新奥尔良市。