“里约”便是巴西的海滨城市“里约热内卢”。也许这个名称对于中国人来说太拗口了,因此我们都习惯称它为“里约”。“里约热内卢”来自葡萄牙语,意为“一月的河”(其实是一个海湾),是一个充满诗情画意的词,因为一月是里约的盛夏季节,阳光灿烂,鲜花盛开,山青水蓝,游人如织。世界上许多国家都有狂欢节,但论规模之大,参加者之众,内容之丰富,气氛之热烈,要首推巴西。而在巴西各大城市中,又数里约热内卢为最,因此被誉为“狂欢节之都”。每年的二月中下旬,巴西 “Rio ” is the Brazilian coastal city “Rio de Janeiro ”. Maybe this name is too moxious for the Chinese, so we used to call it “Rio.” “Rio de Janeiro ” comes from Portuguese, meaning “river of January” (in fact a bay), is a poetic words, because January is Rio’s midsummer, sunny, flowers, mountains Blue water, visitors such as weaving. Many countries in the world have a carnival, but on the scale, the audience, the rich content, the atmosphere of the warmth, we must devaluate Brazil. In the major cities in Brazil, and several Rio de Janeiro as the most, so known as “Carnival capital ”. In mid to late February each year, Brazil