英语学习资料:历史上的十大经典愚人节玩笑 英语世界节日 以下文字资料是由小编为大家搜集整理后发布的内容,让我们赶快一起来看一下吧!
spaghetti harvest1957: the respected bbc news show panoramaannounced that thanks to a very mild winter and the virtual elimination of thedreaded spaghetti weevil, swiss farmers were enjoying a bumper spaghetti crop.it acpanied this announcement with footage of swiss peasants pulling strandsof spaghetti down from trees. huge numbers of viewers were taken in. manycalled the bbc wanting to know how they could grow their own spaghetti tree. tothis the bbc diplomatically replied, “place a sprig of spaghetti in a tinof tomato sauce and hope for the best.”
1957年愚人节bbc新闻中说,瑞士的面条树大丰收,农民都在树上收割面条。大量观众上当受骗,打电话来咨询面条树的种植方法。bbc对此的回复是:把一根面条插在番茄酱里,然后就等着吧。
sidd finch
虚拟棒球天才
sidd finch1985: sports illustrated published a story abouta new rookie pitcher who planned to play for the mets.his name was sidd finch, and he could reportedly throw a baseball at 168 mph with pinpoint accuracy. this was 65 mph faster than the previous record.surprisingly, sidd finch had never even played the game before. instead, he hadmastered the “art of the pitch” in a tibetan monasteryunder theguidance of the “great poet-saint lama milaraspa.” mets fanscelebrated their teams’ amazing luck at having found such a gifted player, andsports illustrated was flooded with requests for more information. in realitythis legendary player only existed in the imagination of the author of thearticle, george plimpton。
1985年愚人节,运动画刊杂志发布一条假消息,称一个名为sidd finch的新人棒球投球手,能投出168mph时速的球,比当时记录高出65mph;而且这位新人之前都没有玩过棒球!他在一个西藏的寺庙里学会了投球的艺术。大批棒球粉丝因此被骗。其实这个只是文章作者瞎编的。

