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番茄大戰開打 就缺你加一 La Tomatina: A Food Fight Like No Other【本篇為全程英文講解】
La Tomatina: A Food Fight Like No Other
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布尼奧爾位於西班牙東部風景如畫的山區中，這座小鎮可能看似只是西班牙鄉下另一個風光明媚之處。然而，該鎮是世上其中一個最受歡迎的食物大戰發源地。
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Located in the picturesque mountains of eastern Spain, the small town of Buñol might appear to be just another idyllic place in the Spanish countryside. However, it is home to one of the world’s most popular food fights. Each August, tens of thousands of people from all around the globe swarm into Buñol to take part in La Tomatina.
On the last Wednesday of August, you will find the streets of Buñol full of people eagerly waiting to hear the blast of a cannon. This signifies the start of La Tomatina, an event where participants hurl thousands of pounds of tomatoes at each other. The streets become a free-for-all after truckloads of tomatoes are dumped into the town square. For an hour after the cannon is fired, people indulge in the festivity by pelting juicy tomatoes at each other.
While there is no consensus on the origins of this festival, it is commonly believed to have begun during the mid-20th century. At the time, some young men wanted to join a parade to honor a religious figure in Buñol but were forbidden to do so. They possibly became angry and began throwing tomatoes taken from a nearby vegetable stall at each other and other attendees. Many people enjoyed the impromptu tomato fight and decided to bring more tomatoes to the event to throw at people the following year. Since then, the tomato fight and its reputation have continued to grow.
Local officials banned the tomato fight for a few years, going so far as to arrest people who tried to participate. In 1957, as a sign of protest against the ban, locals held a tomato burial event, where they carried a large coffin filled with tomatoes through the streets. The ban was soon lifted and in the 1980s, the authorities assumed responsibility for organizing La Tomatina, which is now an official festival.
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●●n. 一陣強風 / 氣流；爆vt. & vi. 爆破vt. 使炸出；炸開=explosion=explode=a gust of windA sudden blast of wind blew my hat away and I had to run after it.
突然一陣強風把我的帽子吹走，讓我得追著它跑。It is reported that there were 20 people killed in the blast.
據報導，有 20 人在此爆炸中喪生。We blasted the door open with a bomb.
我們用炸彈把門炸開了。The workmen tried to blast away at the road surface, but to no avail.
工人們試圖爆破路面，但徒勞無功。We watched the spaceship blast off on TV.
我們在電視上看見太空船升空。The sudden explosion blasted out many windows in the buildings.
那場突然的爆炸使許多建築物的窗戶被噴飛。高中 Level 5●vt. 丟棄，隨意扔，傾倒；甩，分手n. 垃圾集中處The police finally found the stolen car, which had been dumped near the beach.
警方最後尋獲了這輛失竊的車子，它被丟棄在海灘附近。That guy is really a jerk. I'm glad Lucy dumped him.
那個傢伙是個渾球。我很高興露西甩了他。Mom asked me to take the garbage bag to the dump.
媽媽要我把那包垃圾拿去丟在垃圾集中處。Don't dump your trash in the river.
不要把你的垃圾倒進河裡。高中 Level 3●●.vt. 禁止三態forbid / forbade [fɚˋbæd] / forbidden [fɚˋbɪdn]Smoking is forbidden in this building.
本大樓內禁止吸菸。Kimberly’s parents absolutely forbid her to go out after midnight.
金柏莉的父母嚴禁她半夜出門。
Kimberly’s parents absolutely forbid her from going out after midnight.
金柏莉的父母嚴禁她半夜出門。多益藍色英檢中級高中 Level 4●vt. & vi. (使) 引擎熄火；（飛機的）失速n. (尤指露天的) 小攤位=standWe saw a few stalls selling exotic food in the outdoor market.
我們在露天市集上看見有幾個攤位販賣異國食品。The pilot of the small plane stalled the engine by climbing too steeply and too high.
這架小飛機的駕駛員因為攀升地太陡峭、太高而使引擎熄火了。My car stalled this morning, and I had no money with me, so I had to walk all the way to work.
今天早上我的車子熄火了，同時我身上沒有錢，因此只好一路步行去上班。多益棕色英檢中高高中 Level 5●●vt. 下令禁止n. 禁令，禁止三態ban / banned [bænd] / banned [bænd]=prohibitThe law bans motor boats from entering within a 10-mile radius of this island.
法律禁止快艇進入這座島嶼周圍半徑 10 英里的範圍內。Most students were unhappy when the school decided to impose a ban on their hairdos.
校方決定對學生的髮型實施禁令時，大部分的學生都很不悅。The government lifted the ban on imported beef from Canada recently.
政府最近取消了從加拿大進口牛肉的禁令。多益藍色英檢中級高中 Level 5●vt. 反駁（用 that 子句作受詞）.vt. & vi. 抗議Thousands of students took to the streets to protest high tuition fees.
數千名學生走上街頭抗議高學費。The villagers protested against the construction of the nuclear power plant in their neighborhood.
村民們抗議在他們住處附近興建核電廠。All the staff members in the company had the feeling that Peter was very lazy, but he protested that it was not the case at all.
公司所有員工都覺得彼得很懶惰，但他反駁事實根本不是那樣。多益藍色英檢中級高中 Level 4●●●vt. & vi. (使)沉溺，縱容Elsie ’s grandparents always indulge her and give her everything she asks for.
艾爾希的祖父母一直很寵溺她，所以她有求必應。Sophia absolutely loves chocolate, but she tries to control herself and not indulge her desires to avoid becoming fat.
蘇菲亞十分愛吃巧克力，但她試著克制自己、不放縱慾望以免變胖。Shortly after his wife left him, Tom began to indulge in drinking.
湯姆的太太離他而去後不久，他便開始酗酒了。高中 Level 5Extra Words
●idyllic[aɪˋdɪlɪk]a. 美麗寧靜的；田園詩的●cannon[ˋkænən]n. （舊時的）大炮／火炮／加農炮vt. 砲轟，砲擊vi. 開砲，砲轟；相撞●free-for-all[ˋfrifɚˋɔl]n. 不受控制的局面●truckload[ˋtrʌk͵lod]n. 一貨車之量●festivity[fɛsˋtɪvətɪ]n. 慶祝活動●attendee[əˋtɛndi]n. 出席者●impromptu[ɪmˋprɑmptju]a. 即興的●●vt. 假定，（想當然地）認為（以 that ... 作受詞）；負起（責任）Paul assumed that his girlfriend was joking when she said he was ugly.
保羅的女友說他很醜時，他認定她一定是在開玩笑。After his parents passed away, the boy assumed the burden of raising the family.
男孩的父母雙亡後，他便負起養家的責任。I assumed you had already eaten, so I didn't prepare extra food.
我以為你已經吃過了，所以就沒多準備食物。多益藍色英檢初級高中 Level 3Practical Phrases
●go so far as to甚至到（做）⋯⋯的地步To get a passing grade, Mark went so far as to cheat on the test.
為了讓成績及格，馬克甚至到了在考試上作弊的地步。●indulge in(使自己) 沉溺於......Shortly after his wife left him, Tom began to indulge in drinking.
湯姆的太太離他而去後不久，他便開始酗酒了。●swarm into湧入⋯⋯Excited fans swarmed into the pop-up store to buy limited items.
興奮的粉絲湧入那間快閃店購買限量商品。●be home to...是⋯⋯的大本營／聚集地The forest is home to many different types of animals.
這座森林裡有許多不同種類的動物。hurl vt. 猛力投擲
• When Eddie is frustrated, he often hurls rocks into the stream to vent.
當艾迪感到沮喪時，他經常朝河裡投擲石頭出氣。
以下介紹不同種「投，丟，拋」：
a. hurl 指的是用力「投擲」，通常是帶有怒氣或是暴力地投，有明確的方向與目的性。
b. pelt 表「連續投擲」多項物品。
• The crowd pelted eggs at the mayor to show their anger.
群眾對市長丟雞蛋以示憤怒。
c. throw 和 cast 表「投，拋」時，常可互換使用。
• Matt cast a line in the hope of catching some fish.
麥特拋出釣魚線，希望能釣到一些魚。
d. toss 意指隨意地、輕輕地「拋，擲」。
• Nick tossed the empty soda can into the recycling bin.
尼克將空汽水罐扔進回收桶。
e. pitch 多指有技巧性，或是有目的性且有明確方向的「投，扔」。
• Those kids playing on the beach are pitching shells towards the ocean.
那群在沙灘上玩耍的孩子把貝殼丟向大海。
布尼奧爾位於西班牙東部風景如畫的山區中，這座小鎮可能看似只是西班牙鄉下另一個風光明媚之處。然而，該鎮是世上其中一個最受歡迎的食物大戰發源地。每年八月，來自世界各地數以萬計的人湧入布尼奧爾參加番茄大戰。
在八月的最後一個星期三，你會發現布尼奧爾的街上擠滿了熱切等著聽到砲聲的人們。這代表著番茄大戰開始了，這是一項參與者會朝彼此投擲數千磅番茄的活動。街道在好幾卡車的番茄倒入市民廣場後演變成不受控制的場面。砲聲響起後的一個小時裡，人們沉溺於這場歡慶之中，連續對彼此投擲多汁的番茄。
雖然針對這個節慶的起源沒有共識，但一般認為是在二十世紀中開始的。當時，有一些年輕男子想加入布尼奧爾的一場紀念某位宗教人物的遊行，卻被禁止。他們很可能覺得生氣而開始對彼此和其他在場的人投擲從附近蔬菜攤拿到的番茄。許多人很享受這場即興的番茄大戰，並決定來年帶著更多番茄來到活動中扔人。自那時起，番茄大戰和其名聲持續成長。
當地官員曾禁止過番茄大戰幾年，甚至逮捕試圖參加的人。1957 年，當地人舉辦一場番茄葬禮以作為抗議該禁令的象徵，他們抬著裝滿番茄的大棺材穿過街道。該禁令很快就解除了，而在 1980 年代時，當局負起責任來規劃番茄大戰 ―― 現在成為了正式的節慶。
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