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F: Hi, Cathy! Welcome back! How was your trip to Brazil?

C: Oh, I loved every minute of it! Brazil is so different from any place I’ve been to, and there’s so much to see there.

F: Yeah? Well, how’s it different? C: Well, you can find all sorts of

street vendors in the cities. I went to some street markets where they sold really unusual things, like special powders that attract men ? or objects to cure snake bites. F: Wow!

C: And in one city I went to, I got my fortune told on the street. F: Oh, yeah?

C: Yeah! The fortune-tellers use shells

to tell your fortune. They throw the shells on a cloth, and the way they land tells about your future. F: Huh! I’ve never heard of that before.

C: Mmm, but my favorite street

activity was eating! In Bahia, you can buy these round cakes made of bean flour and filled with hot spices. They’re fried and they’re delicious! They’re a specialty there.

F: Well, that sounds great. You know, I remember that when I went to France two years ago, I saw some pretty unusual things on the city streets, too.

C: Really? Like what?

F: Well, in Paris, you could watch all kinds of street performers. There were folk singers with guitars, classical musicians ? Sometimes

you could even see actors performing in plays.

C: That sounds like a lot of fun! F: Oh, it is. You really see all sorts of things on the streets of Paris. In fact, you can even have your portrait painted right on the street. Yeah, the art students do them to practice drawing and painting.

C: Did you have your portrait done there?

F: Yeah, I did. In fact, I had it done twice!

Part III Life here and there Key words

mountainous

多山的

, 山一般的, 巨大的

crowded 拥挤的, 塞满的

humid 充满潮湿的, 湿润的, 多湿

气的

Containing or characterized by a high amount of water or water vapor: 潮湿的含有大量水或水蒸气的，或以之为特征的：

humid air; a humid evening. 湿气；潮湿的傍晚