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Pie-Eating Contest 吃馅饼比赛 The school band had to raise money for their annual field trip. Some years they had a garage sale, some years a bake sale. This year they were going to do something different. They were going to have a pie-eating contest. Everyone paid five dollars to enter the pie eating contest and the person to eat the most pies won a prize! 学校乐队为了一年一度的实地旅行演出，必须募集资金。过去有几年他们举办了车库售物，有几年则是卖各种烤面包。但今年他们想来点不一样的，他们要办个吃馅饼比赛。要参加吃馅饼比赛的人必须付五块钱，然后吃最多馅饼的人就可以赢得奖品！ Thekids at school called Joe “Piggy”. It was not very nice. They called him Piggy because he could eat more than any other kid. When Piggy heard about the pie-eating contest he was sure he could win. He paid his five dollars. 学校的孩童都叫乔“小猪”，实在很不好听。他们会叫他小猪是因为他比任何一个小孩都还要会吃。当小猪听到吃馅饼比赛的消息时，他确定自己会赢，于是付了五块钱去参加比赛。 When thejudge yelled, “start”, everyone had 15 minutes to eat pies. Joe started withapple pie. Then he had a blueberry pie, and then another apple. By his fourth pie he was feeling full, but the boy next to him was already finished with his fifth. 当裁判大喊：“开始”以后，每个人都有十五分钟的时间可以吃馅饼。乔先吃了苹果馅饼，接着吃蓝莓馅饼，然后又吃苹果馅饼。他吃到第四个馅饼时已经觉得饱了，可是他旁边那个男孩已经吃完第五个馅饼。 He had to keep eating. The time was running out. He stuffed down a custard pie and then two more blueberry pies all within five minutes. Just in time to win the contest. /new/p143931/ 鞋们知道不？今天是世界睡眠日（World Sleep Day）！你睡到自然醒了吗？ World Sleep Day is an international annual event, intended to be a celebration of sleep and a call to action on important issues related to sleep, including medicine, education, social aspects and driving. It aims to lessen the burden of sleep problems on society through better prevention and management of sleep disorders. 国际精神卫生和神经科学基金会为了引起人们对睡眠重要性和睡眠质量的关注在每年春季的第一天——3月21日主办了“世界睡眠日”。 “世界睡眠日”选定在每年的3月21日是有特别意义的，因为这天是春季的第一天，因为周期性的季节变换和睡眠的昼夜交替规律都密切影响人们的生活。 The best way to memorise newly-acquired knowledge is to go to sleep, scientists believe. Researchers in Germany found that the brain is better during sleep than during wakefulness at resisting attempt