新奇事件簿 120万人收到生日派对邀请

A father in Mexico got a surprise after he posted an invitation to his daughter's 15th birthday party on Facebook. He thought the invite was just going to his family, friends and neighbours. Instead, the post went viral and 1.2 million people have said they would attend the party. Crescencio Ibarra said he would not turn away anyone who came to the party for his daughter Rubi. He said everyone was invited. Mr Ibarra said in a TV interview that he had no idea why his post became so popular and why more than a million people accepted his invitation. He said: "We wanted to invite the people from the area, that's all." So many people might attend the party that the local police will be out in force.

墨西哥一位父亲在社交网站脸书上贴出女儿15岁生日邀请函之后收到一个惊喜。他认为邀请只会送达自己的家人，朋友和邻居。相反，请柬被疯传，120万人表示将参加派对。Crescencio Ibarra表示，他不会拒绝任何参加女儿Rubi生日派对的人。他说，每个人都是受欢迎的。Ibarra先生在电视采访中表示，他不知道为何他发表的请柬如此受欢迎，为何100多万人接受邀请。他说：“我们想要邀请居住在该地区的所有人，就是这样。”由于参加派对的人数可能会很多，当地警方将会出动维持秩序。

A 15th birthday is an important occasion¹ in a girl's life in Mexico. It is seen as the time when she comes of age. The girl has a special party called a quinceanera. This is a traditional event across much of Latin² America. The party usually has lots of guests and the girl wears a beautiful dress, a tiara and make-up. At Rubi's party, there will be three different bands to play music and a horse race in which the winner will get $490. There are many memes (joke pictures) of Mr Ibarra's post on social media³. He said Rubi's favourite meme shows Donald Trump⁴ and Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto agreeing to allow undocumented Mexican migrants in the USA to return to Mexico for Rubi's party.

在墨西哥，15岁生日对女孩子来说是人生一件大事。15岁被视为成年的标志，将举办名为“成人礼”的特别派对。这是拉丁美洲大部分地区的传统盛事。派对通常会邀请很多宾客，女主角会穿上漂亮的衣服，戴上王冠，化漂亮的妆容。将会有三个不同的乐队在Rubi的派对上演奏，还会举行赛马比赛，获胜者将获得490美元的奖金。还会有Ibarra在社交网站上发表的许多搞笑图片。他说，Rubi最喜欢的图片是特朗普和墨西哥总统涅托(Enrique Pena Nieto)同意美国未登记注册的墨西哥移民返回墨西哥参加Rubi的派对。

1 occasion   

n.场合，时机，机会，诱因，理由；vt.惹起，引起

参考例句：

• Her dress was too showy for such a formal occasion.在如此正式的场合，她的服装过分华丽了。
• Her tears were fought back on such an occasion.在这种场合下她忍住了眼泪。

2 Latin   

adj.拉丁的，拉丁语的，拉丁人的；n.拉丁语

参考例句：

• She learned Latin without a master.她无师自通学会了拉丁语。
• Please use only Latin characters.请仅使用拉丁文字符。

3 media   

n.(medium的复数)媒体，新闻媒介，传播媒介

参考例句：

• The local media reported rioting across the country.当地媒体报道了全国范围的骚乱。
• His latest movie is being hyped up by the media.他新近的电影正被媒体大肆炒作。

4 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。