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This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report.

Joe Jutras lives in a small state, Rhode Island, but he thinks big. This year he grew a pumpkin1 weighing seven hundred sixty kilograms2.

 
Joe Jutras and his winner
His pumpkin broke the world record set in two thousand six. Another Rhode Islander3, Ron Wallace, grew last year's champion. That one weighed six hundred eighty-one kilograms.

Huge pumpkins4 like these can sell for ten thousand dollars. Some people are willing5 to pay hundreds of dollars for a single seed.

Sue6 Jutras explained to us how her husband grew his record pumpkin and a few smaller but still really big ones.

He started the seeds indoors7 in April. When the third leaf appeared, he planted them outdoors under a temporary shelter8. He removed the shelter once the root system began to push against it.

He buried the vines9 so the root system could continue to grow. He fed the plant a mixture containing fish and seaweed. He worked with his record-breaker twenty to thirty hours each week during the main growing season in July and August.

He needed a forklift truck to carry it to the official weighing. The competition took place a few weeks ago at a fair in Topsfield, Rhode Island.

By the way, Joe Jutras is not a farmer. He operates a woodworking business -- that is, when he is not taking care of his pumpkins.

When Americans, especially children, think of pumpkins, they usually think of Halloween on October thirty-first. Pumpkins are a traditional part of the celebration10. People like to cut funny or scary11 faces into pumpkins and put a candle inside.

Fresh pumpkins might end up as jack-o-lanterns at Halloween. But canned pumpkin meat is popular in pies, breads and other baked goods, and pumpkin seeds are eaten as snacks.

Five states produced more than one hundred million dollars worth of pumpkin last year. The top producers by value were Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Illinois and California12.

And that’s the VOA Special English Agriculture Report, written by Jerilyn Watson.


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1 pumpkin NtKy8     
n.南瓜
参考例句:
  • They ate turkey and pumpkin pie.他们吃了火鸡和南瓜馅饼。
  • It looks like there is a person looking out of the pumpkin!看起来就像南瓜里有人在看着你!
2 kilograms d7334fe36f9adb03e1f30ff1f4ef1832     
n.千克( kilogram的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • 2 kilograms of rice 2公斤大米
  • Every tonne of coal contains,on average,30 kilograms of nitrogen. 每吨煤平均含30公斤氮。 来自《简明英汉词典》
3 islander kqmzSI     
n.岛民,岛上居民
参考例句:
  • What will we learn from islander?我们从岛民身上可以学到什么呢?
  • Islander points to inhabitant of an island.岛民是指岛屿上的居民。
4 pumpkins 09a64387fb624e33eb24dc6c908c2681     
n.南瓜( pumpkin的名词复数 );南瓜的果肉,南瓜囊
参考例句:
  • I like white gourds, but not pumpkins. 我喜欢吃冬瓜,但不喜欢吃南瓜。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Then they cut faces in the pumpkins and put lights inside. 然后在南瓜上刻出一张脸,并把瓜挖空。 来自英语晨读30分(高三)
5 willing 1gwwV     
adj.愿意的,自愿的,乐意的,心甘情愿的
参考例句:
  • We never lack food and clothing if we're willing to work.如果我们愿意工作,就不会缺吃少穿。
  • He's quite willing to pay the price I ask.他很愿意照我的要价付钱。
6 sue PUAzm     
vt.控告,起诉;vi.请求,追求,起诉
参考例句:
  • If you don't pay me the money,I'll sue you.如果你不付给我钱,我就告你。
  • The war criminals sue for peace.战犯求和。
7 indoors q7Mxv     
adv.(在)室内,(在)户内
参考例句:
  • Because of the coldness of the weather we stayed indoors.我们因天气寒冷呆在家里。
  • It is very cold outside,you'd better come indoors across the board.外面很冷,你们所有人最好都进屋。
8 shelter kEdzl     
n.掩蔽,掩蔽处,避身处;庇护所,避难所,庇护;vt.庇护,保护,隐匿;vi.躲避
参考例句:
  • We took shelter from the rain in a cave.我们在一个山洞里避雨。
  • Trees are a shelter from the sun.树木可以遮挡阳光。
9 vines 54c9d645462eec110cb822b9be6a9056     
n.藤本植物,藤( vine的名词复数 );葡萄树
参考例句:
  • Melons grow on vines. 瓜长在藤上。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Grape vines overarched the garden path. 葡萄藤在花园小路上方形成了拱形。 来自《简明英汉词典》
10 celebration xUhyq     
n.庆祝,庆祝会;典礼
参考例句:
  • The celebration passed off successfully.庆祝活动圆满结束。
  • The celebration of Christmas is a custom.庆祝圣诞节是一种习俗。
11 scary cjNzKW     
a.引起惊慌的;害怕的
参考例句:
  • What animal do you think is the most scary?你认为什么动物最可怕?
  • Are you afraid of scary movies?你害怕恐怖电影吗?
12 California FxizMX     
n.加利福尼亚(美国)
参考例句:
  • He was elected governor of the state of California.他当选为加州州长。
  • We were driving on a California freeway.我们正沿着加利福尼亚的一条快车道驾车行驶。

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