In some parts of the world, the New Year's celebrations were, let's say, rather unusual. In many European countries as well as in Coney Island, New York, swimmers braved freezing water temperatures for a dip in the ocean or lake on January 1. In Rome, Italy, divers jumped off the 59foothigh Cavour Bridge into the Tiber River. Londoners rang in the New Year with a massive fireworks display with dozens of rockets lighting up the night sky. The Scots' celebration of New Year is also called “Hogmanay”. A torchlight procession led by men dressed as Vikings kicks off four days of Hogmanay celebrations in Edinburgh, Scotland. The procession ends with the burning of a Viking longship. Hogmanay is the Scottish word for the last day of the year. Street festivals are held on each day culminating in a fireworks display.
In New York, hundreds of thousands gathered to witness a huge ball with more than 30,000 lights descend at midnight. This tradition was adopted by The New York Times (after which the square is named) in 1908 to attract crowds to celebrate the paper's new headquarters. The ball has dropped every year since then except during the wartime years of 1942 and 1943. The first ball was made of iron, but now 2,688 crystal (水晶) triangles decorate this lighted ball.
语篇解读:本文是一篇说明文。列举了纽约、罗马以及伦敦等城市不同的庆祝新年的方式。
4.We can learn that people in the capital of Great Britain will celebrate the New Year by ________.
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