It Snowed Chocolate in a Swiss Town 瑞士一小鎮(zhèn)下起巧克力雪

景一

Switzerland is renowned the world over for the quality of its chocolate. However， people in the Swiss town of Olten got the surprise on August 14th when it started snowing chocolate. Some locals wondered if the brown dusting was a bizarre1 consequence2 of climate3 change. However， all became clear after the local chocolate factory said the brown shower was the result of a malfunction4 at its factory. The chocolate dust was blown over the town. Many parts of the town were covered in a fine layer of light brown， milk-chocolate- flavoured dust. It was harmless to human health and the environment. It led to a lot of banter5 on social media. A Twitter user wrote， “Chocolate snowflakes falling from the sky， dreams do come true.” Another tweeter wrote， “Im dreaming of a brown Christmas.”

瑞士以其巧克力的質(zhì)量而聞名于世。不過(guò)，當(dāng)8月14日開(kāi)始下巧克力雪的時(shí)候，瑞士小鎮(zhèn)奧爾滕的人們大吃一驚。一些當(dāng)?shù)厝讼胫溃@次棕色的粉塵是否是氣候變化的奇怪后果。然而，在當(dāng)?shù)厍煽肆S透露這場(chǎng)棕色“雨”是其工廠故障造成的之后，真相大白。巧克力粉塵被吹到了鎮(zhèn)上。鎮(zhèn)上的許多地方都覆蓋著一層淺棕色、牛奶巧克力味的灰塵。它對(duì)人體健康和環(huán)境無(wú)害。這件事在社交媒體上引來(lái)不少調(diào)侃。一位推特用戶寫(xiě)道：“巧克力雪花從天而降，夢(mèng)想成真?！绷硪晃煌铺赜脩魧?xiě)道：“我夢(mèng)想有一個(gè)棕色的圣誕節(jié)?！?/p>

【Notes】

1. bizarre? ?adj. 奇異的 2. consequence? ?n. 結(jié)果

3. climate? ?n. 氣候 4. malfunction? ?n. 故障

5. banter? ?n. 無(wú)惡意的玩笑

Discussion議一議：

1. What would you do if chocolate fell from the sky？ 如果巧克力從天而降你會(huì)怎么辦？

2. Do you think the insects in the town were happy？ 你覺(jué)得這個(gè)鎮(zhèn)上的蟲(chóng)子會(huì)高興嗎？

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