万圣节期间采摘南瓜一托福阅读机经背景.docxVIP

智课网TOEFL备考资料万圣节期间采摘南瓜一托福阅读机经背景 A popular American tradition every autumn in the United States is to go to a farm with a pumpkin patch, and pick one of the large orange gourds right off the vine. Many of the pumpkins will be carved into candle-lit jack o’ lanterns for the Halloween celebration of the spooky at the end of this month. 每年秋天，美国人的一个传统是，到农场去采摘桔黄色的南瓜。很多南瓜都被雕刻成10月底万圣节期间点燃的南瓜灯笼，也就是把南瓜削空以后，在中间放上蜡烛，外壳刻成各种各样的脸谱。马里兰州的米德尔镇上，有着美国最佳的南瓜种植地之一。 The Huffer Family Farm is a busy place each October, as families wander through the 6-hectare Jumbo’s Pumpkin Patch, searching for the perfect pumpkin. Sarah Cosgrove has been coming to Jumbos for several years with her husband and two sons. 霍夫尔家庭农场每年10月间，都繁忙得很。大人孩子都到这个六公顷(90亩)大的专门种植南瓜的农场来，寻找他们最中意的南瓜。几年来，科斯格卢芙与她的丈夫和两个儿子，每年都要到这里走一趟。 “I think the landscape is really pretty and we usually are able to get our pumpkins right off the vine. Well carve them up and put them on our front porch to decorate our house,” said Cosgrove. 她说：“这里风景真好，通常可以从藤上直接摘下南瓜，回家以后刻出个样子来，放在家门前，点缀一下。” The Huffer family has farmed these 53 hectares near Maryland’s Catoctin Mountains for more than 140 years. David Huffer and his brother are the seventh generation to run the farm, with help from their families. The pumpkin patch opened in 1994, and Huffer says it’s a chance to see pumpkins on the vine instead of in a grocery store. 霍夫尔一家经营这个位于马里兰州科多克顿山区附近、占地53英亩的农场，已经有140多年的历史了。大卫?霍夫尔和他的兄弟是农场的第七代主人，家里其他人也帮着一同经营。这片南瓜地是1994年开辟出来的。霍夫尔说，人们在这儿可以看到树上的南瓜，而不仅仅是摆在商店里的。 “A lot of kids dont realize how pumpkins grow, Huffer explained. Theyre having fun and learning something at the same time.” 他说：“很多孩子都不知道南瓜是怎么长的;来这儿，他们可以一边玩儿，一边学一些知识。” Other fun activities include taking pony rides and eating ice cream. 其他一些好玩的，还包括骑马、吃冰激淋。 Rodney Kline, a friend of Huffers, churns the home-made treat in an ice cream maker connected to an old gas engine from 1918. “Back in the day, the farmer would have used it to run a small corn grinder or corn sheller, maybe the well pump,”