There's also a fence-painting contest to see who can paint the fastest. The idea for this contest comes from a scene in Tom Sawyer, in which Tom has been told to paint the fence in front of the house he lives in. It's a beautiful day, and he would rather be doing anything else. As his friends walk by, he convinces them it’s fun to paint, and they join in the "fun." By the end of the day, the fence has three coats of paint!
现场也会举办漆栅栏比赛,看看谁能在最短的时间内完成刷漆工作。这项竞赛的想法是来自于《汤姆·索亚历险记》书中的一幕:书中的汤姆被告知要将屋前的栅栏全部漆一遍,但那天天气非常棒,汤姆情愿将时间浪费在别的事情上。因此当他的朋友路过他家的时候,汤姆说服他们,使他们相信漆栅栏是一件非常有趣的事,而他们也果真加入到这件“趣事”当中。当这一天结束时,栅栏已经上过三遍漆了!
Although the story of Tom Sawyer is fiction, it’s based on fact. If you go to Hannibal, you’II see the white fence, which still stands at Twain’s boyhood home.
虽然《汤姆·索亚历险记》仅仅是小说,但它的内容却是根据事实而改编的。如果你有机会来到汉尼拔,别忘了去看看那片白色的栅栏,它们至今仍伫立在吐温孩童时期的家外。
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