新奇事件簿 日本打破堆雪人記錄

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Residents of a Japanese town have broken the world speed record for building snowmen. Citizens at the Iiyama Snow Festival in Nagano made 1,585 of the snowy fellows in one hour to set the new mark. Around 630 people took part in the record attempt. The previous record was 1,279 snowmen, set in Utah, USA in 2011. The event in Iiyama Town coincided with the opening of a new train station for Japan's famous bullet train. Justin Patterson, the adjudicator from the official Guinness World Records organisation, said the event had been a wonderful occasion. He said: "Despite Iiyama being buried in snow, it is wonderful that the residents came out to tackle the challenge together in a positive light."

一處日本城鎮(zhèn)的居民打破了建造雪人的最快速度。在長野的飯山冰雪節(jié)中，居民在一小時內(nèi)制作了1585個雪人，這也打破了世界紀錄。大約有630參與到了這一活動之中。2011年在美國的猶他州，這一記錄是制作1279個雪人。飯山城的這一活動正好趕上了日本開通新火車站。來自吉尼斯世界紀錄組織的裁判員賈斯丁·帕特森說這一事件真是趕上了好時候。他說：“盡管飯山白雪皚皚，但是看到民眾能夠一同發(fā)起挑戰(zhàn)，這非常好。”

There were strict rules to be met for the record to be broken. One was that each snowman had to be at least 80 cm tall. In addition the snowmen had to be made of three separate snowballs, with eyes, a nose and arms. People used only their hands in the record-breaking endeavour. Committee member Jiro Kobayashi told Japan's Asahi Shimbun newspaper that the event was fitting for the opening of the bullet train station. He said: "We were able to achieve the record thanks to the cooperation of many people. We believe the feat will boost [the celebratory atmosphere of] the opening of the Shinkansen's Iiyama Station." Ichika Oguchi, 8,said: "It was tough because the snow didn't stick together, but I had fun."

人們對打破記錄有著嚴格的規(guī)則。其中之一就是每個雪人必須在80厘米或以上。此外，雪人必須由三個不同的雪球組成，并有眼睛、鼻子和胳臂。在這個過程中，人們只能用手。委員會成員Jiro Kobayashi向朝日新聞說這一活動的舉辦特別適宜在開通火車站時舉辦。他說：“破紀錄我們要感謝人們的通力合作。我們相信這一活動將促進飯山新干線的開通”。八歲的Ichika Oguchi說：“雪無法聚攏在一起，這非常難，但是我感到非常高興。”