双语新闻：美国种植者创造了最重南瓜的世界纪录，重达1247公斤

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创造了世界上最重南瓜的记录，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·金格在加州半月湾举行的第50届世界南瓜称重锦标赛中获得冠军。

The 43-year-old won the same contest in 2022. His winning pumpkin last year weighed 1,161 kilograms. Still, Gienger told The Associated Press he was surprised to win the world record. "I was not expecting that," he said. "It was quite the feeling."

43岁的他在2022年赢得了同样的比赛。他去年获奖的南瓜重达1161公斤。尽管如此，金格告诉美联社，他对赢得世界纪录感到惊讶。“我没想到会这样，”他说。“那种感觉很不错。”

Gienger is a teacher at Anoka Technical College in Anoka, Minnesota. He teaches agriculture and growing methods and has been producing pumpkins for nearly 30 years. Gienger says his father also raised pumpkins and this got him interested.

金格是明尼苏达州阿诺卡市阿诺卡技术学院的一名教师。他教授农业和种植方法，并从事南瓜生产近30年。金格说，他的父亲也种南瓜，这引起了他的兴趣。

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，过去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年生产了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. This included watering them up to 12 times a day and feeding them food, or fertilizer, a little more than usual.

吉格尔在自家种植南瓜，他说今年他决定格外照顾他的南瓜。这包括每天给它们浇水12次，并比平时多喂一些食物或肥料。

Gienger first competed in Half Moon Bay's yearly contest in 2020. He has won three of the city's last four pumpkin contests. "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.

金格在2020年首次参加了半月湾的年度比赛。他赢得了该市最近四次南瓜比赛中的三次。金格说:“我付出了努力，这样我就能让人们脸上露出笑容。来到这里见到镇上的每个人真是太好了。”

The pumpkin champion won a $30,000 prize for growing the biggest pumpkin and setting a world record.

南瓜冠军因为种植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. At the event, visitors will be able to look at the pumpkin prizes and take pictures with the growers.

金格的南瓜将与亚军得主一起在该市即将举行的艺术和南瓜节上展出。在活动中，游客可以看到南瓜奖品，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." A jack-o'-lantern is a pumpkin that has been carved, usually to show a frightening or funny face.

在10月31日美国万圣节期间，许多人会把这些橘瓜装饰成“南瓜灯”。南瓜灯是一种被雕刻的南瓜，通常会呈现出可怕或有趣的面孔。

Pumpkins are also a seasonal favorite for Americans to make pumpkin pie. This dessert food is traditionally eaten on Thanksgiving Day, which this year falls on November 23.

南瓜也是美国人制作南瓜派的季节性最爱。这道甜点传统上是在感恩节吃的，今年的感恩节是11月23日。