美国一男子种出世界最重南瓜

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美国一男子种出世界最重南瓜
An American teacher from Minnesota has set a record for growing the world's heaviest pumpkin, which weighed 1,247 kilograms.
一位来自明尼苏达州的美国老师因种出世界上最重南瓜而创造了纪录，该南瓜重达1247公斤。
Travis Gienger was named the winner Monday of the 50th World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off in Half Moon Bay, California.
周一，特拉维斯·詹格在加利福尼亚州半月湾举行的第50届世界南瓜称重锦标赛上获得冠军。
The 43-year-old won the same contest in 2022.
这名43岁的男子在2022年也赢得了同样的比赛。
His winning pumpkin last year weighed 1,161 kilograms.
他去年获奖的南瓜重达1161公斤。
Still, Gienger told The Associated Press he was surprised to win the world record.
尽管如此，詹格告诉美联社，他对赢得世界纪录感到惊讶。
"I was not expecting that," he said. "It was quite the feeling."
他说：“我没料到会打破世界纪录，感觉非常好。”
Gienger is a teacher at Anoka Technical College in Anoka, Minnesota.
詹格是明尼苏达州阿诺卡市阿诺卡技术学院的一名教师。
He teaches agriculture and growing methods and has been producing pumpkins for nearly 30 years.
他教授农业和种植方法，且已经种南瓜近30年。
Gienger says his father also raised pumpkins and this got him interested.
詹格说，他的父亲也种南瓜，这让他产生了兴趣。
The past world record for the heaviest pumpkin was set by a grower in Italy who produced a 1,226-kilogram gourd in 2021, the Guinness World Records organization reports.
据吉尼斯世界纪录组织报道，之前最重南瓜的世界纪录是由意大利的一位种植者创造的，他在2021年种出了1226公斤的南瓜。
Gienger – who grows the pumpkins on his home property – said this year he decided to give his plants extra care.
詹格在自家的土地上种植南瓜，他说今年他决定格外照顾他的南瓜。
This included watering them up to 12 times a day and feeding them food, or fertilizer, a little more than usual.
每天给它们浇水多达12次，并比往常施加更多的肥料。
Gienger first competed in Half Moon Bay's yearly contest in 2020.
詹格在2020年首次参加半月湾的年度比赛。
He has won three of the city's last four pumpkin contests.
在过去的四届南瓜比赛中，他赢了三届。
"I put in the work so that I can put a smile on people's faces and it's just so nice coming out here to see everyone in this town," Gienger said.
詹格说：“我付出努力，就是为了能让人们脸上露出笑容，能在这里看到这个小镇上的每一个人真是太好了。”
The pumpkin champion won a $30,000 prize for growing the biggest pumpkin and setting a world record.
这位南瓜冠军因种出了最大的南瓜并创造了世界纪录而获得了3万美元的奖金。
Gienger's pumpkin will be shown along with the runner-up winners at the city's upcoming Art and Pumpkin Festival.
詹格的南瓜将与亚军一起在该市即将举行的艺术和南瓜节上展出。
At the event, visitors will be able to look at the pumpkin prizes and take pictures with the growers.
在该活动上，游客可以观看获奖南瓜，并与种植者合影留念。
In the United States, pumpkins are popular throughout the autumn.
在美国，南瓜在整个秋天都很受欢迎。
During the U.S. holiday Halloween – on October 31 – many people decorate the orange gourds and turn them into "jack-o'-lanterns."
在10月31日美国万圣节期间，很多人会把这种橘色的瓜装饰成“南瓜灯”。
A jack-o'-lantern is a pumpkin that has been carved, usually to show a frightening or funny face.
南瓜灯是一种经过雕刻的南瓜，通常会以可怕或有趣的脸呈现出来。
Pumpkins are also a seasonal favorite for Americans to make pumpkin pie.
南瓜也是美国人制作南瓜派的季节性最爱的蔬菜。
This dessert food is traditionally eaten on Thanksgiving Day, which this year falls on November 23.
美国人传统上会在感恩节食用这道甜点，今年的感恩节是11月23日。
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