美国网站评出媒体愚人节经典骗局
日前，美国“恶作剧博物馆”网站根据恶作剧的知名度、荒诞性及被愚弄的人数，评选出了媒体所制造的愚人节“经典恶搞新闻”。其中的几个如下：Here are several of the top April Fool's Day pranks ever pulled off, as judged by the US Museum of Hoaxes website, for their absurdity and number of people duped.
1. 瑞士的意大利面丰收
1. Swiss spaghetti harvest
1957年，BBC电视台的一个节目报道，由于暖冬，瑞士的农民们享受意大利面的丰收。
In 1957, a BBC television show announced that thanks to a mild winter, Swiss farmers were enjoying a bumper spaghetti crop.
电视台还特别配上了农民从树上摘下一缕缕意大利面的镜头。
This was accompanied by footage of farmers pulling strands of spaghetti from trees.
大量的观众打电话给BBC，想知道他们怎样才能种自己的意大利面树。
Huge numbers of viewers called the BBC wanting to know how they could grow their own spaghetti tree.
对于这个问题，BBC回答说，“把一小支意大利面放在番茄酱的罐子里，并满怀希望。”
To this the BBC replied, "place a sprig of spaghetti in a tin of tomato sauce and hope for the best."
2. 瞬变彩色电视机
2. Instant color TV
1962年，瑞典只有一个电视频道，而且是黑白的。
In 1962, there was only one TV channel in Sweden and it broadcast in black and white.
该站的技术专家在新闻中说，由于一项新技术，观众们可以把他们现有的电视频道变成彩色的。
The station's technical expert appeared on the news to announce that, thanks to a new technology, viewers could convert their existing sets to display color reception.
他们所需要做的就是把尼龙袜子罩在他们的电视机屏幕上。
All they had to do was pull a nylon stocking over their TV screen.
并且，他证明了这个过程。
He proceeded to demonstrate the process.
成千上万的人被骗了。
Thousands of people were taken in.
而实际上，直到1970年4月1日，彩色电视直播才在瑞典开始。
Regular color broadcasts only began in Sweden on April 1, 1970.
3. San Serriffe
3. San Serriffe
1977年4月1日，英国《卫报》刊发了一份长达7页的增刊，详细描述了一个名为San Serriffe的国家。并声称，它位于印度洋，包含了若干分号形状的岛屿群。
The British newspaper the Guardian published a special seven-page supplement in 1977 about San Serriffe, a small republic said to consist of several semi-colon-shaped islands in the Indian Ocean.
一系列的文章声情并茂的描述了这一地理现象和这个寂寥国家的文化。
A series of articles affectionately described the geography and culture of this obscure nation.
它的两个主要的岛屿还被命名为Upper Caisse和Lower Caisse。
Its two main islands were named Upper Caisse and Lower Caisse.
报道发布后，该报社的电话一整天响个不停，读者们都想得到更多的关于这个田园般的度假地点的信息。
The newspaper's phones rang all day as readers sought more information about the idyllic holiday spot.
而命名这两个岛屿的名字事实上是种字体的名字。
The real "sans serif" is a form of type face.
“Upper Caisse” 和 “Lower Caisse”是来自印刷中的“大写字母盘”和“小写字母盘”。
"Upper Caisse" and "Lower Caisse" come from "upper case" and "lower case" in printing.
4.左撇子汉堡
4. Left-handed burgers
1998年，美国一家快餐连锁的汉堡大王，在《今日美国》报上发表了整版广告，宣布推出“左手汉堡”，并声称这是为320万“左撇子”特别设计的。
Burger King, an American fast-food chain, published a full-page advertisement in USA Today in 1998 announcing the introduction of the "Left-Handed Whopper," specially designed for the 32 million left-
根据这则广告，这种新的汉堡和以前的汉堡有着同样的成分，但都被旋转了180度。
According to the advertisement, the new burger included the same ingredients as the original, but rotated 180 degrees.
这家连锁说，成千上万的客户进入了餐馆，要求品尝新的汉堡，还有许多人要求自己的“右手”版本。
The chain said it received thousands of requests for the new burger, as well as orders for the original "right-handed" version.
5. 互联网上的酒后驾车
5. Drunk Driving on the Internet
1994年，一篇发表在PC电脑杂志上的文章说一个条例草案将在国会通过，那就是酒后禁止使用互联网，或在公共网络上讨论性的问题。
A 1994 article in PC Computing magazine described a bill going through Congress that would make it illegal to use the Internet while drunk, or to discuss sexual matters over a public network.
该法案的编号为0401194（1994年4月1日），联络人是Lirpa Sloof。
The bill was supposedly numbered 040194 , and the contact person was listed as Lirpa Sloof .
文章指出，美国联邦调查局将利用该法案，通过查电话线调查那些在“喝酒或酗酒”后仍然上网的人。
The article said that the FBI was going to use the bill to tap the phone line of anyone who "uses or abuses alcohol" while accessing the Internet.
该法案的通过被认为是无疑的，因为“谁会站出来支持酗酒和在网络上谈论性的问题呢？”
Passage of the bill was felt to be certain because "Who wants to come out and support drunkenness and computer sex?"
该篇文章为国会招来了大批的愤怒的电话，使得一位议员不得不发表官方言论，否认他正是这一提案的发起人的这个传言。
The article generated so many angry phone calls to Congress that a senator had to release an official denial of the rumor that he was a sponsor of the bill.
6. 会飞的企鹅
6. Flying penguins
2008年BBC广播公司宣布，摄影记者在南极附近为其自然历史系列“奇迹演变”拍照时，抓拍到了企鹅飞翔的画面。
The BBC announced in 2008 that camera crews filming near the Antarctic for its natural history series Miracles of Evolution had captured footage of penguins taking to the air.
它甚至还提供了一个这些飞行企鹅的视频剪辑，成为了互联网上最受欢迎的视频。
It even offered a video clip of these flying penguins, which became one of the most viewed videos on the Internet.
主持人解释说，这些企鹅没有挤在一起度过南极的冬季，而是飞到几千英里外的南美热带雨林，在那里的热带阳光中度过漫漫冬季。
The presenter explained that, instead of huddling together to endure the Antarctic winter, these penguins took to the air and flew thousands of miles to the rainforests of South America where they "spend the winter basking in the tropical sun".
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