又一年愚人节：六十年前的人这样整人

 　　On April 1, 1957 the British news show Panorama¹ broadcast a three-minute segment about a bumper² spaghetti harvest in southern Switzerland. The success of the crop was attributed both to an unusually mild winter and to the "virtual disappearance³ of the spaghetti weevil."

　　1957年4月1日，英国新闻广播播出了一段三分钟的片段，报道了瑞士南部的意面大丰收。这种作物的丰收归功于异常温暖的冬天和虚构的“意面象鼻虫的消失”。

　　The audience heard Richard Dimbleby, the show's highly respected anchor, discussing the details of the spaghetti crop as they watched video footage of a Swiss family pulling pasta off spaghetti trees and placing it into baskets. The segment concluded with the assurance that, "For those who love this dish, there's nothing like real, home-grown spaghetti."

　　观众听到，深受尊敬的理查德·丁布尔比在观看瑞士家庭从意面树上丰收意面的录像时，讨论此次丰收的细节。片段的最后以保证的口吻这样总结道：“对于那些喜欢这道菜的人，没有什么比得上这真正家产的意面了。”

　　The Swiss Spaghetti Harvest hoax⁴ generated an enormous response. Hundreds of people phoned the BBC wanting to know how they could grow their own spaghetti tree. To this query⁵ the BBC diplomatically replied, "Place a sprig of spaghetti in a tin of tomato sauce and hope for the best."

　　瑞士意面丰收的恶作剧激起了巨大的反响。成百上千的人致电英国广播公司，

　　询问要如何种植意面树。针对这样的问询，英国广播公司的回应很圆滑：“在一罐番茄酱里放入一小根意面，然后抱最好的希望。”

　　To this day the Panorama broadcast remains⁶ one of the most famous and popular April Fool's Day hoaxes⁷ of all time. It is also believed to be the first time the medium of television was used to stage an April Fool's Day hoax.

　　时至今日，那场意面丰收的恶作剧任然是愚人节史上最热整蛊之一。同时，据信这也是电视媒体第一次参与愚人节整蛊。

1 panorama   

n.全景，全景画，全景摄影，全景照片[装置]

参考例句：

• A vast panorama of the valley lay before us.山谷的广阔全景展现在我们面前。
• A flourishing and prosperous panorama spread out before our eyes.一派欣欣向荣的景象展现在我们的眼前。

2 bumper   

n.(汽车上的)保险杠；adj.特大的，丰盛的

参考例句：

• The painting represents the scene of a bumper harvest.这幅画描绘了丰收的景象。
• This year we have a bumper harvest in grain.今年我们谷物丰收。

3 disappearance   

n.消失，消散，失踪

参考例句：

• He was hard put to it to explain her disappearance.他难以说明她为什么不见了。
• Her disappearance gave rise to the wildest rumours.她失踪一事引起了各种流言蜚语。

4 hoax   

v.欺骗，哄骗，愚弄；n.愚弄人，恶作剧

参考例句：

• They were the victims of a cruel hoax.他们是一个残忍恶作剧的受害者。
• They hoax him out of his money.他们骗去他的钱。

5 query   

n.疑问，问号，质问；vt.询问，表示怀疑

参考例句：

• I query very much whether it is wise to act so hastily.我真怀疑如此操之过急地行动是否明智。
• They raised a query on his sincerity.他们对他是否真诚提出质疑。

6 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

7 hoaxes   

n.恶作剧，戏弄( hoax的名词复数 )v.开玩笑骗某人，戏弄某人( hoax的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• The disc jockey, a young separatist named Pierre Brassard, has made his name with such hoaxes. 这位名叫彼埃尔 - 布拉萨尔的音乐节目主持人，是一名年轻的分离主义者，以制造这类骗局闻名。 来自百科语句
• This chain-letter hoaxes, has mutated over the years. 这一骗局多年来在互联网上不断发展和变异。 来自互联网