小伙伴們早上好~

這兩天的魔都簡直一秒入夏，氣溫直逼30度，而我的內心只有這樣一句話……

昨天是西方的“愚人節”，一個據說可以捉弄人的節日

雖然不知道西方人為啥那么無聊，連搞惡作劇都可以專門弄個節日，但是今年，顯然有人已經蠢蠢欲動了……

@Townsville City Council (湯斯維爾市議會):

（湯斯維爾為澳大利亞一城市）

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.

議會這圖ps得真是……很魔性了……

每當愚人節，一些“老不正經”的媒體也會搞些假新聞來以假亂真、愚弄大家。

比如英國著名小報Daily Mail, 去年就報過哈里王子和女友已秘密結婚的假消息……

顯然，最后大家都白激動了一場……（這媒體真無聊）

好吧~既然是愚人節，那么咱們就來圍觀下，下面十則亦真亦假的新聞——你能辨別得出哪幾則是真的嗎？

滿分10分，看你能拿幾分？

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

漢堡王推出了一款左撇子專用的巨無霸漢堡

×這則新聞是假的

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.

這也算是漢堡王的一個經典惡作劇了：現在市面上的漢堡都是給右撇子準備的，所以我們推出了左撇子專用漢堡——左撇子們！你們再也不用把漢堡旋轉個180度再吃啦！（這是怎樣的智商……）

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

大本鐘的鐘面會用電子顯示器來替代了

×這則新聞是假的

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: 讀出、讀數器

prank: 惡作劇

gag: 插科打諢

原來BBC也是個老不正經的……嗯哼。

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

有牧師搞了一場大型驅魔儀式，來給學生們驅鬼辟邪

√這則新聞是真的

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世聯翻譯公司在您身邊,離您最近的翻譯公司,心貼心的專業服務translation company,全球領先的翻譯與技術解決方案供應商,北京翻譯公司、上海翻譯公司頂級品牌。無論在本地,還是廣州、深圳、天津、重慶、蘇州、香港、澳門、臺北,海外,Unitrans.cn世聯的英文翻譯等專業服務為您的事業加速！

exorcise: 驅邪

嗯，城市套路深……

4. Trees cultivated that can grow spaghetti.

培養出了新的樹，能長出意面的那種！

×這則新聞是假的

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: 豐盛的、豐富的

一個假新聞居然可以弄出3分鐘的片子……BBC也真是夠拼的，難怪把那么多人都唬住了

5. New species of dinosaur discovered called the Sibirosaurus.

人類發現了一種新恐龍，名字叫“西伯利亞龍”

√這則新聞是真的

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: 聽起來像是假的的

Titanosaur: 雷龍

其實我沒明白為啥“西伯利亞龍”“雷龍”之類的聽起來像是假的，就不允許人家有萌萌噠名字嗎

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

太平間里，有已被確認死亡的女人醒了過來，問：“我在哪兒？”

√這則新聞是真的

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: 殯儀館

來，向天再借五百年！

7. Documentary made about flying penguins.

制作了關于會飛的企鵝的紀錄片

×這則新聞是假的

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.

沒想到你是這種BBC

(圖by JenL)

8. Woman decorates dog poo with strawberries and cream.

有個女人用草莓和奶油來裝飾狗的便便

√這則新聞是真的

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 (一種巧克力醬) to the same effect according to the Evening Express.

amusing: 有趣的、好玩的

真是難為了這位大佬了……為了解決鏟屎官們不鏟屎的惡習，要耗費多少的草莓、奶油、巧克力醬

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

和貓一樣大的巨型老鼠們，在伯明翰的街頭悠閑亂躥

√這則新聞是真的

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: 嚙齒類動物

whopping: 巨大的 （還記得前面漢堡王的“whopper”巨無霸嗎？）

snare: 捕捉

其實一直很好奇，小動物們眼中的人類究竟是怎樣肥碩的龐然大物……

10. Google invents search engine powered by your thoughts.

谷歌發明了新的搜索引擎，它由人類的思想來操控

×這則新聞是假的

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: 騙局，惡作劇（和prank類似，但更側重于“騙”的部分）

后面那句話看得我瑟瑟發抖……

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

現在，10條新聞全部看完啦！

我一共猜對了其中7條的真假，你呢？

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