[雙語(yǔ)] 你沒(méi)聽(tīng)說(shuō)過(guò)的愚人節(jié)整蠱新聞 -新概念英語(yǔ)

1: The Swiss Spaghetti Harvest

1957: The respected BBC news announced that thanks to a very mild winter and the virtual elimination of the dreaded spaghetti weevil, Swiss farmers were enjoying a bumper spaghetti crop. It accompanied this announcement with footage of Swiss peasants pulling strands of spaghetti down from trees. Many called the BBC wanting to know how they could grow their own spaghetti tree. To this the BBC diplomatically replied, "place a sprig of spaghetti in a tin of tomato sauce and hope for the best."

1、 瑞士面條樹(shù)

在1957年，由于暖冬天氣和面條樹(shù)蟲(chóng)大滅亡，使今年瑞士農(nóng)民的意大利面條樹(shù)獲得了大豐收。伴隨這條新聞還配有一些畫(huà)面，我們看到瑞士農(nóng)民正在從樹(shù)上摘意大利面。于是BBC接到了數(shù)百個(gè)咨詢(xún)電話(huà)，人們想知道他們?nèi)绾尾拍茉谧约乙卜N上面條樹(shù)。對(duì)這件事情BBC用很官方的態(tài)度進(jìn)行了回應(yīng)，“把一枝面條樹(shù)干插到一聽(tīng)番茄醬中，接下來(lái)就是抱著希望等待它豐收啦?！?

2: Instant Color TV

2、順變彩色電視

1962: In 1962 there was only one tv channel in Sweden, and it broadcast in black and white. The station's technical expert, Kjell Stensson, appeared on the news to announce that, thanks to a new technology, viewers could convert their existing sets to display color reception. All they had to do was pull a nylon stocking over their tv screen. Stensson proceeded to demonstrate the process. Thousands of people were taken in.

1962年，瑞典當(dāng)時(shí)只有一個(gè)電視頻道，而且是以黑白色率播出節(jié)目。電視臺(tái)的技術(shù)顧問(wèn)謝爾斯坦森先生愚人節(jié)那天出現(xiàn)在新聞中，他跟大家說(shuō)，由于最新技術(shù)的發(fā)展，觀(guān)眾們可以轉(zhuǎn)換他們現(xiàn)有的設(shè)置，使自己的電視畫(huà)面呈現(xiàn)彩色。觀(guān)眾們需要做的就是把一條尼龍襪蒙在電視機(jī)上，然后就可以看到彩色畫(huà)面了。他自己還親自示范了這個(gè)步驟。于是成千上萬(wàn)的觀(guān)眾都被騙了。