破世界纪录的南瓜(2)【沪江慢速VOA11-04】

Growing a Big Pumpkin. A Really Big Pumpkin (2/2)

He worked with his record-breaker twenty to thirty hours each week during the main growing season in July and August. He needed a forklift truck to carry it to the official weighing. The competition took place a few weeks ago at a fair in Topsfield, Rhode Island.

By the way, Joe Jutras is not a farmer. He operates a woodworking business -- that is, when he is not taking care of his pumpkins.

When Americans, especially children, think of pumpkins, they usually think of Halloween on October thirty-first. Pumpkins are a traditional part of the celebration. People like to cut funny or scary faces into pumpkins and put a candle inside.

Fresh pumpkins might end up as jack-o-lanterns at Halloween. But canned pumpkin meat is popular in pies, breads and other baked goods, and pumpkin seeds are eaten as snacks.Five states produced more than one hundred million dollars worth of pumpkin last year. The top producers by value were Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Illinois and California.

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在南瓜生长季节7、8月间，他每周会花20-30小时照顾这个破记录的南瓜。他需要用铲车把这颗南瓜载到官方称重地点称重。这项比赛在几周前在罗德岛Topsfield的一个集市中开始。

顺便说一下，Joe Jutras并不是农民。他经营一家木工艺厂；更确切的说，当它不需要照顾他的南瓜时，他在经营那家工厂。

美国人，尤其是儿童，一想起南瓜，他们通常会想到10月31日的万圣节。南瓜是庆典中的传统物品。人们喜欢把南瓜雕刻成滑稽或可怕的脸孔，然后在里面放上蜡烛。

新鲜的南瓜可能最终在万圣节被雕刻成南瓜灯。但是罐装南瓜肉常用于制作馅饼、面包和其它一些烘培产品，并且，南瓜籽可被当作零食。去年，五个州种植的南瓜产值达1亿美元。产值最高的州为俄亥俄州、宾夕法尼亚州、纽约州、伊利诺州和加州。

 

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