英语新闻视频：哥伦比亚举行西红柿狂欢之战

　TEXT: Around 18 tons of tomatoes and thousands of fruit-flinging enthusiasts¹ make for a juicy fight. Sutamarchan in Colombia is the battle ground for the annual Tomatina festival where ripe tomatoes are the preferred weapon of the day. The sixth annual fest draws warriors² from far afield. SOUNDBITE: Oliver Martin, Tourist, saying (Spanish) "I think it's crazy here. It's an event that never happens in France and I wanted to experience it here-- a tomato fight is once-in-a-lifetime and I am happy here." SOUNDBITE: Sam Gibson, Tourist, saying (English) "We arrived last night and this has just been absolutely crazy today." The sea of red pulp³ is in honor of Colombian farmers and it celebrates the end of fall in the southern hemisphere, and the end of a year of hard work. You may think that all these crushed tomatoes could have made a lot of red pasta sauce - but rest assured they were unfit for human consumption. Elly Park, Reuters.
参考译文: 大约18吨的西红柿被数千名水果之战爱好者用来狂欢。哥伦比亚Sutamarchan是一年一度西红柿大战的举办地，那一天熟透的西红柿成为狂欢的首选武器。第六届年度西红柿狂欢吸引四面八方的参赛者。游客奥利弗·马丁说：“我想这真的太疯狂了。在法国，我们绝不会这么做的，我想在这里好好体验一下，西红柿狂欢千载难逢，我在这里玩的很愉快。游客山姆·吉布森说：“我们昨天晚上刚到这，今天真的太疯狂了。大片的红色果肉表达的是对哥伦比亚农民的敬意，是对南半球秋天接近尾生以及一年的辛苦劳动结束的庆祝。你可能会认为这些砸坏的西红柿本可以制作许多红面酱，但你放心，这些西红柿是不宜供人食用的。
 

1 enthusiasts   

n.热心人，热衷者( enthusiast的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• A group of enthusiasts have undertaken the reconstruction of a steam locomotive. 一群火车迷已担负起重造蒸汽机车的任务。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Now a group of enthusiasts are going to have the plane restored. 一群热心人计划修复这架飞机。 来自新概念英语第二册

2 warriors   

武士，勇士，战士( warrior的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• I like reading the stories ofancient warriors. 我喜欢读有关古代武士的故事。
• The warriors speared the man to death. 武士们把那个男子戳死了。

3 pulp   

n.果肉，纸浆；v.化成纸浆，除去...果肉，制成纸浆

参考例句：

• The pulp of this watermelon is too spongy.这西瓜瓤儿太肉了。
• The company manufactures pulp and paper products.这个公司制造纸浆和纸产品。