Transcript:

They may not be the most aesthetically pleasing group of people you've ever met, but these revellers at the Lucerne Carnival in Switzerland hope their ugly masks will scare off the evil spirits of winter and pave the way for spring.

The festival also features lanterns, costumes and music, and is part of a tradition which can be traced back to the 15th Century.

Vocabulary:

aesthetically pleasing 美观

revellers n. 饮酒狂欢者，摆设酒宴者

scare off 吓跑

pave the way for 为…做好准备；为…铺平道路

traced back to 追溯到