小伙伴们早上好~

这两天的魔都简直一秒入夏，气温直逼30度，而我的内心只有这样一句话……

昨天是西方的“愚人节”，一个据说可以捉弄人的节日

虽然不知道西方人为啥那么无聊，连搞恶作剧都可以专门弄个节日，但是今年，显然有人已经蠢蠢欲动了……

@Townsville City Council (汤斯维尔市议会):

（汤斯维尔为澳大利亚一城市）

In honour of Townsville's very own Rugby League legend Johnathan Thurston, Council has decided to immortalise his likeness into Castle Hill's eastern face.

议会这图ps得真是……很魔性了……

每当愚人节，一些“老不正经”的媒体也会搞些假新闻来以假乱真、愚弄大家。

比如英国著名小报Daily Mail, 去年就报过哈里王子和女友已秘密结婚的假消息……

显然，最后大家都白激动了一场……（这媒体真无聊）

好吧~既然是愚人节，那么咱们就来围观下，下面十则亦真亦假的新闻——你能辨别得出哪几则是真的吗？

满分10分，看你能拿几分？

1. Burger King introduces Whoppers for left-handed people.

汉堡王推出了一款左撇子专用的巨无霸汉堡

×这则新闻是假的

Burger King published a full page advertisement promising the revolutionary burger in 1998. Thousands of customers went into restaurants to request the new meal, while many others requested their own 'right handed' version.

这也算是汉堡王的一个经典恶作剧了：现在市面上的汉堡都是给右撇子准备的，所以我们推出了左撇子专用汉堡——左撇子们！你们再也不用把汉堡旋转个180度再吃啦！（这是怎样的智商……）

2. Big Ben's clock face is being replaced with a digital display like an alarm clock.

大本钟的钟面会用电子显示器来替代了

×这则新闻是假的

In 1980 the BBC reported that Big Ben, in order to keep up with the times, was going to be given a digitalreadout. The prank was so good it's been rehashed by less imaginative news organisations on more recent April Fool's Day. The gag even appeared in the episode of The Simpsons set in the future when Lisa gets married.

readout: 读出、读数器

prank: 恶作剧

gag: 插科打诨

原来BBC也是个老不正经的……嗯哼。

3. Priest carries out a mass exorcism of school children to banish The Devil.

有牧师搞了一场大型驱魔仪式，来给学生们驱鬼辟邪

√这则新闻是真的

The 1,000 young people, from schools in the town of Gryfice, north-western Poland, were attending the three-day camp to help "young people explore God and devote themselves to spiritual renewal through prayer". But instead of singing songs and praying, priest Tomas Wieczorek, 37, was more interested in excorcising their demons and replacing them with God.Unitrans世联翻译公司在您身边,离您最近的翻译公司,心贴心的专业服务translation company,全球领先的翻译与技术解决方案供应商,北京翻译公司、上海翻译公司顶级品牌。无论在本地,还是广州、深圳、天津、重庆、苏州、香港、澳门、台北,海外,Unitrans.cn世联的英文翻译等专业服务为您的事业加速！

exorcise: 驱邪

嗯，城市套路深……

4. Trees cultivated that can grow spaghetti.

培养出了新的树，能长出意面的那种！

×这则新闻是假的

In 1957 Panorama broadcast a three-minute segmentabout a bumper spaghetti harvest in southern Switzerland. Hundreds of people phoned the BBC wanting to know how they could grow their own spaghetti tree.

segment: 片段、部分

bumper: 丰盛的、丰富的

一个假新闻居然可以弄出3分钟的片子……BBC也真是够拼的，难怪把那么多人都唬住了

5. New species of dinosaur discovered called the Sibirosaurus.

人类发现了一种新恐龙，名字叫“西伯利亚龙”

√这则新闻是真的

Experts from Russia announced the discovery of the new dinosaur, with fossilised remains found in Siberia. They say the giant beast lived 100 million years ago and is related to the also fake-sounding Titanosaur, which was estimated to have weighed up to 100 tonnes and was up to 40 metres long.

fake-sounding: 听起来像是假的的

Titanosaur: 雷龙

其实我没明白为啥“西伯利亚龙”“雷龙”之类的听起来像是假的，就不允许人家有萌萌哒名字吗

6. Dead woman wakes up in morgue and says 'where am I?'

太平间里，有已被确认死亡的女人醒了过来，问：“我在哪儿？”

√这则新闻是真的

The 92-year-old had been pronounced dead hours earlier by a doctor at a retirement home in the city of Gelsenkirchen and taken to the Munstermann funeral parlour. When the funeral director recovered he saw the old woman lying in the coffin with both eyes open during the bizarre incident in March.

funeral parlour: 殡仪馆

来，向天再借五百年！

7. Documentary made about flying penguins.

制作了关于会飞的企鹅的纪录片

×这则新闻是假的

The BBC struck again in 2008, announcing that camera crews filming near the Antarctic for its natural history series Miracles of Evolution had captured footage of Adélie penguins taking to the air. It even offered video footage which became one of the most viewed clips on the internet.

没想到你是这种BBC

(图by JenL)

8. Woman decorates dog poo with strawberries and cream.

有个女人用草莓和奶油来装饰狗的便便

√这则新闻是真的

Last year Theresa Ritchie wanted to highlight the problem of lazy dog owners failing to pick up after their animals in an amusing way. A member of Pick Up Peterhead, Theresa also used Nutella (一种巧克力酱) to the same effect according to the Evening Express.

amusing: 有趣的、好玩的

真是难为了这位大佬了……为了解决铲屎官们不铲屎的恶习，要耗费多少的草莓、奶油、巧克力酱

9. Giant rats the size of cats are roaming the streets of Birmingham.

和猫一样大的巨型老鼠们，在伯明翰的街头悠闲乱蹿

√这则新闻是真的

Well, that's what a city pest controller claimed last year, saying he had seen a rodentthat measured a whoppingtwo feet. It came just days after huge rodent dubbed Ratzilla was snared in Sweden, the Birmingham Mail reported.

rodent: 啮齿类动物

whopping: 巨大的 （还记得前面汉堡王的“whopper”巨无霸吗？）

snare: 捕捉

其实一直很好奇，小动物们眼中的人类究竟是怎样肥硕的庞然大物……

10. Google invents search engine powered by your thoughts.

谷歌发明了新的搜索引擎，它由人类的思想来操控

×这则新闻是假的

In 2000 the internet pioneers' annual hoax was 'MentalPlex', software that read your thoughts to carry out Google searches. Maybe if you're reading this in another 15 years time, it won't be a April Fool any more?

hoax: 骗局，恶作剧（和prank类似，但更侧重于“骗”的部分）

后面那句话看得我瑟瑟发抖……

▲April Fool's quiz: Can you tell which of these unbelievable stories were real and which were fakes? (via The Mirror)

现在，10条新闻全部看完啦！

我一共猜对了其中7条的真假，你呢？

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