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愚人节发生的故事英语

愚人节发生的故事英语【1】

San Serriffe

虚拟国家

Image1977: The British newspaper The Guardian published aspecial seven-page supplement devoted to San Serriffe, a small republic said toconsist of several semi-colon-shaped islands located in the Indian Ocean. A series of articles affectionately described the geographyand culture of this obscure nation. Its two main islands were named UpperCaisse and Lower Caisse. Its capital wasBodoni, and its leader was General Pica. The Guardian's phones rang all day asreaders sought more information about the idyllic holiday spot. Only a fewnoticed that everything about the island was named after printer's terminology。

1977年愚人节,英国卫报发行了长达7页的增刊,全是介绍San Serriffe这个印度洋上的.小岛国的,据说那里有好几个分号形状的小岛。文章中大肆渲染了这里的风情和民俗,介绍了它的城市和首都,甚至总统的名字。当天卫报编辑室的电话都被读者打爆了,大家都想知道这样美好的度假胜地在哪。只有少数人注意到,首都名字Bodoni是印刷术语,是一种印刷字体的名称。

愚人节发生的故事英语【2】

Nixon for President

尼克松复出

1992: National Public Radio's Talk of the Nation program announced that Richard Nixon, in a surprise move, was running for President again. His new campaign slogan was, "I didn't do anything wrong, and I won't do it again." Accompanying this announcement were audio clips of Nixon delivering his candidacy speech. Listeners responded viscerally to the announcement, flooding the show with calls expressing shock and outrage. Only during the second half of the show did the host John Hockenberry reveal that the announcement was a practical joke. Nixon's voice was impersonated by comedian Rich Little。

1992年愚人节,全国公共广播之声宣布,尼克松又要竞选总统了,他的竞选宣言是:我没做错事;我也不会再做错事。新闻中还穿插了一段尼克松的讲话。愤怒而惊讶的听众纷纷打电话来质问。随后主持人承认这是假的,尼克松的声音也是一个喜剧演员模仿的。

愚人节发生的故事英语【3】

he Left-Handed Whopper

左撇子大汉堡

1998: Burger King published a full page advertisement inUSA Today announcing the introduction of a new item to their menu: a"Left-Handed Whopper" specially designed for the 32 millionleft-handed Americans. According to the advertisement, the new whopper includedthe same ingredients as the original Whopper (lettuce, tomato, hamburger patty,etc。),but all the condiments wererotated 180 degrees for the benefit of their left-handed customers. Thefollowing day Burger King issued a follow-up release revealing that althoughthe Left-Handed Whopper was a hoax, thousands of customers had gone intorestaurants to request the new sandwich. Simultaneously, according to the pressrelease, "many others requested their own 'right handed' version."

1998年愚人节,汉堡王在今日美国报纸上发布了真个版面的广告,介绍他们的新食物:左手汉堡,据说是专为左撇子人士设计,啥都没变,就是全部旋转了180度(小编好奇:转了180度有区别么?)成千上万的顾客因此前来品尝,而且有人要求设计“右手汉堡”。

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