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据“中央社”17日报道，英国6岁男孩迈克斯为庆祝万圣节种南瓜，结果结出的“巨无霸”南瓜重达92公斤，足足是他体重的4倍多。 报道称，迈克斯每天悉心照料南瓜，夜间甚至用毛毯包裹南瓜，让它保持温暖。 迈克斯的妈妈珍说，“孩子们每年都比赛谁能为万圣节种出最大的南瓜。迈克斯今年种出的南瓜是我们见过最大的，要3个人才能把它抬起来。” 珍说，迈克斯特别开心，他是家里3个孩子中最小的，却是无可争辩的园艺好手。她说，“过去几个星期，迈克斯每天晚上都把南瓜包起来，就是为了让它长得更大。一开始，南瓜似乎没有长大，但到了8月，它们真的开始长大，孩子们兴奋极了。” 珍还说，每个经过的人都会来看看南瓜的情况，也会到店里来问，这些南瓜是真是假。 A six-year-old boy has grown a monster pumpkin for Halloween - that incredibly weighs four times more than him.  Max Jones, six, spent hours caring for his pumpkin as it grew from a tiny seed into a 14-and-a-half stone giant. grow into：长成 Max, from Cottingham, East Yorkshire, even wrapped the pumpkin up in blankets at night to keep it warm. wrap up：把...裹在 Mum Jane said: 'Every year, the kids have a competition to see who can grow the biggest pumpkin before Halloween. 'The one Max has grown this year is the biggest we have ever had. It takes three people to lift it, it is huge. 'Max is really pleased with it, especially because he is the youngest of the three. He is definitely the one with the greenest fingers. green fingers：搞园艺的才能 'He has been tucking it in at night during the past few weeks, to try and make it grow even more. tuck in：裹紧 'At first, they didn't seem to be doing a lot but they really started to grow in August and that's when the kids started to get excited. 'Everyone who came round would get dragged off to see how the pumpkins were doing. 'People who come in to the shop keep asking if they are real. 'Kids are having their photographs taken with them. Max thinks he is the best pumpkin grower in the world now. 'Last year, we had 750 pumpkins from the field, but even though we planted twice as many seeds this year, we still only have about 300. 'It is the worst yield we have ever had, which I think has happened nationally because of the horrible summer. 'The prices are more expensive, because we just don't have the amount that we did last year. 'Last year we had really nice big pumpkins that were a lot more orange. This year they are still good pumpkins, but they are quite a bit smaller and greener, although they will turn more orange before Halloween. 'We have noticed people have started to buy them early and I think that is because people know it has been a bad year for pumpkins.' Max said: 'I feel really happy that mine is the biggest.' |
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