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Rio Mayor Plans to Reduce Samba School Funding
Carnival is one of the most popular celebrations in South America's biggest country, Brazil.
And nowhere is the six-day celebration bigger than in the city of Rio de Janeiro.
People across the city fill the streets with singing and dancing in the days before the Catholic religious observance of Lent. The festival includes parades and contests between the city's top samba schools, known as the Special Group.
But the Rio Times newspaper reports that the mayor may reduce the amount of money given to the city's top samba schools by one half for the 2018 festival.
Rio mayor Marcelo Crivella says the money would be used for the city's childcare centers.
City officials say the samba schools of the Special Group received about $8 million for the Carnival parades in 2017. Now, officials want to reduce that amount to about $4 million for 2018.
Crivella said that people living in the city must decide whether they would rather use their resources for, in his words, "a three-day party or 365 days a year."
Jorge Luiz Castanheira is the president of The Independent League of Samba Schools, or LIESA. He said that Crivella promised to invest more money in Carnival, not less, during his campaign for mayor.
He added that Rio's economy depends on Carnival for tourism. He argued that hotels, restaurants and other economic activities create hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue for the city.
LIESA wrote a more detailed response to the mayor's announcement on their website.
Crivella became mayor of Rio de Janeiro in January. He is a member of the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God. That religious group does not approve of Carnival.
The mayor was criticized for not giving the key to the city to King Momo during this year's Carnival. King Momo is the traditional figure of Carnival whose appearance represents the beginning of the celebration.
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词汇解析
1.known as 被称为
She is known as a great beauty.
她是出了名的大美女。
2.religious group 宗教团体
Mormons are a religious group founded in USA in 1830.
摩门教派是1830年在美国成立的一个宗教团体。
3.depends on 取决于；依赖于
The success or failure of the matter depends on your own effort.
事情的成败在你自己的努力。
4.economic activities 经济活动
Economic activities of the satellite are closely geared to those of the central city.
卫星城市的经济活动与中心城市息息相关。
内容解析
1.He argued that hotels, restaurants and other economic activities create hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue for the city.
hundreds of millions of 数以亿计的
The floods made hundreds of millions of people lose their homes, relatives and friends.
洪水使成千上万的人失去了家园，亲戚和朋友。
This event, lit by hundreds of millions of Chinese people and great patriotic fervor and sports enthusiasm!
这一盛举，彻底点燃了亿万中国人巨大的爱国热情和体育热情！
2.That religious group does not approve of Carnival.
approve of 赞成
I quite approve of the idea of your plan.
我赞同你计划中的想法。
The council is considering whether to approve of the use of firearms.
政务委员会正在考虑是否要批准动用武器。
参考译文
里约政府将削减一半狂欢节赞助
狂欢节是巴西（南美洲最大的国家）最受欢迎的庆祝活动之一。
没有什么比里约热内卢的六天狂欢活动更盛大的了。
大斋节天主教的宗教仪式开始的前几天，里约的街头熙熙攘攘，人们载歌载舞。节日活动包括游行、市顶级桑巴学校比赛，也称“特别组”竞赛。
不过《里约时报》报道称，里约市长打算削减桑巴学校出演2018年狂欢节的一半资金。
里约市长马塞洛·克里韦拉（Marcelo Crivella）表示，这笔资金将用于城市的儿童托管中心。
城市官员称“特别组”的桑巴学校2017年接受了800万美元的狂欢游行资助。如今，政府想把2018年狂欢节的支援资金削减到约400万美元。
克里韦拉表示，市民必须决定是将这笔资金用来举办“一场3天的狂欢派对还是细水长流。”
佐治·雷斯（Jorge Luiz Castanheira）是桑巴学校独立联盟（LIESA）主席。他表示，克里韦拉在竞选市长时曾承诺，会加大对狂欢节的投资而非削减。
他还指出，里约的经济依赖于狂欢节带动的旅游业。他认为酒店、餐饮和其他经济活动为里约创造了数亿美元的收入。
市长的声明在网上发布后，LIESA方面作出非常详尽的回应。
克里韦拉于今年1月当选里约热内卢市长。他是上帝王国的福音派世界教会成员。该宗教团体并不支持举办狂欢节。
在今年的狂欢节上，市长因未将金钥匙交予莫莫王而备受指责。莫莫王是狂欢节的传统人物，他的出现意味着狂欢节的开始。
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