词汇提示

1.fairs 集市

2.rural 乡下的

3.counties 郡县

4.barn 谷仓

5.tractors 拖拉机

6.handicrafts 手工艺品

7.jellies 果冻

8.grandstand 大舞台

9.contest 比赛

10.racetrack 跑马场

11.breeds 繁殖

12.ploughing 耕地

13.ribbon 绶带

14.jars 罐子

15.sponsored 赞助

16.circus 马戏团

17.midway 游乐场

18.Ferries Wheels 大观览车

19.merry-go-round 旋转木马

20.roller coaster 过山车

21.heritage 遗产

原文

Come to The Fair

Fall Fairs have been a feature of North American life since early in the 19th century.

At the end of the harvest, people from rural areas have come together to celebrate.

Usually, these fairs take the form of a competition regarding the best of all farm products of that year, depending on the part of the country and its most important crop fall.

Fairs can begin as early as August or as late as November，They usually last several days.

When the United States and Canada were organized, they were divided into small units called counties，larger units were called states or provinces.

Many of the best-known fairs are county fairs or state fairs.

There are also smaller local fairs and larger ones too, like the Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto, Ontario.

Since these fairs are usually annual events, many have developed permanent buildings over the years.

Most of these are large barn like structures.

These buildings are used to display new products for farm life, such as tractors, home furnishings and water systems.

Several barns are usually necessary to house all the horses, cows, pigs, goats, sheep, chickens and other animals.

In competition, there must also be room to display all the vegetables, berries and fruits in competition.

Finally, there is space for handicrafts, artwork, baked goods and jams and jellies.

Usually there is a grandstand, which is a stage with wooden seats around it.

Here, entertainers perform for an audience during the fair.

Country and Western singers are usually popular at fairs, but so are comedians, clowns, dancers and musicians.

There may also be other contests, such as a beauty competition for Queen of the Fair, tests of strength for the men or pie eating events.

Most fairs also have a race track, which is used for horse racing, or in some cases, auto racing.

Fairs have helped to improve animal breeds, and races encourage the breeding of fast horses.

Ploughing contests test the strength and steadiness of horses, and so do pulling contests.

This spirit of competition has led to improvements in all areas of farming.

Every kind of green fruit, vegetable, berry and animal is tested, and only the best win a ribbon.

This encourages fairness to improve their products.

Farm women compete to produce the best homemade food and crafts.

Many kinds of fruit and vegetables are stored in glass jars for the winter.

The best of these also receive prizes.

Most fairs have a dining area where there is good food served to the public.

The goal of improving farming is sponsored by the governments of Canada and the USA.

Four-H clubs are youth organizations that encourage farm children to take an interest in farming.

Four-H clubs aim at improving the heads, hearts, hands and health of their members.

There are also women's organizations, such as the women's Institutes in Canada, which work to make the life of farm families better.

Fall fairs have taken over the idea of the midway from the circus.

The midway has rides like Ferris wheels, merry go rounds and roller coasters.

It also has games of chance and skill, such as trying to throw a small hoop over a large bottle.

One nice thing about fall fairs is that they are fun for the whole family, children enjoy the midway and the farm animals, women like the crafts, food and household exhibits, men like the machinery, the horse races and the crop exhibits.

Everyone likes the grandstand shows.

Nowadays, not so many people live on farms, but people from towns and cities still enjoy going to fall fairs.

They are part of our North American heritage.

翻译

来集市吧

自19世纪初以来，秋季集市一直是北美生活的一大特色。
丰收结束时，来自农村地区的人们聚集在一起庆祝。
通常情况下，这些交易会采取竞争的形式，根据该国的地区和最重要的作物秋季，选择当年最好的农产品。
展会最早可于8月，最晚于11月开始，通常持续几天。
当美国和加拿大被组织起来时，它们被划分为称为县的小单位，较大的单位称为州或省。
许多最著名的博览会是县集市或州集市。
还有规模较小的本地展会和规模较大的展会，比如安大略省多伦多的加拿大国家展览会。
由于这些展会通常是一年一度的活动，许多展会多年来已经开发出了永久性建筑。

大多数都是类似谷仓的大型建筑。

这些建筑用于展示农场生活的新产品，如拖拉机、家居用品和供水系统。
通常需要几个谷仓来存放所有的马、牛、猪、山羊、绵羊、鸡和其他动物。
在比赛中，还必须有展示比赛中所有蔬菜、浆果和水果的空间。
最后，还有放置手工艺品、艺术品、烘焙食品、果酱和果冻的空间。
通常有一个正面看台，是一个有木制座位的舞台。
在这里，艺人在集市期间为观众表演。

乡村和西方歌手通常很受欢迎，但喜剧演员、小丑、舞蹈演员和音乐家也很受欢迎。

也可能会有其他比赛，比如选美比赛、男子力量比赛或吃馅饼比赛。
大多数集市也有一条赛道，用于赛马，或在某些情况下用于汽车比赛。
集市有助于改善动物品种，比赛鼓励了对快马的培育。
犁地比赛考验马的力量和稳定性，拉马比赛也是如此。
这种竞争精神导致了农业各个领域的进步。
每种绿色水果、蔬菜、浆果和动物都有比赛，只最佳获奖者会赢得缎带。
这有助于公平地改进他们的产品。
农妇们竞相生产最好的自制食品和手工艺品。
许多种类的水果和蔬菜都被储存在玻璃罐里过冬。
其中，最好的也会获奖。
大多数集市都有一个用餐区，在那里可以为公众提供美味佳肴。
改善农业的目标是由加拿大和美国政府赞助的。
4H俱乐部是鼓励农场儿童对农业感兴趣的青年组织。
4H俱乐部旨在改善其成员的头部、心脏、手和健康。
还有一些妇女组织，如加拿大的妇女研究所，致力于改善农村家庭的生活。
秋天的集市已经从马戏团那里继承了游乐场的理念。
游乐场有摩天轮、旋转木马和过山车等游乐设施。
它也有机会和技巧的游戏，比如试着把一个小铁环扔到一个大瓶子上。
秋季集市的一个好处是，它对整个家庭都很有意思，孩子们喜欢游乐场和农场动物，女人喜欢工艺品、食物和家庭展品，男人喜欢机械、赛马和农作物展品。
每个人都喜欢看台表演。
如今，生活在农场上的人不多了，但来自城镇的人仍然喜欢去秋季集市。
它们是我们北美遗产的一部分。

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