大千世界,无奇不有,有些事情还真“雷”不倒你不肯休——不信?看了再说吧!
Let’s have one more mini-myth, and this one’s quite weird—The Treacle Tsunami.
On January 15th, 1919, in the north end neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, a tank containing 2.3 million gallons of treacle burst, and a wave of sticky 2)molasses up to 15 feet high ran through the streets at about 35 miles per hour, killing 21 and injuring 150 others. It was like a treacle tsunami, taking out everything in its path.
So, was that a true story? Did a treacle tsunami happen?
Well, yes it did. The Boston molasses disaster of 1919 is well-documented fact. It was caused by a combination of hot weather and a 3)faulty tank, and took six months to tidy up. Locals claim they can still smell the treacle today.
让我们再来听一个小传奇吧,这个还挺不可思议的呢——“蜜糖海啸”。
1919年1月15日,美国马萨诸塞州的波士顿北端附近,一个储存230万加仑蜜糖的大缸爆裂,一股高达15英尺粘乎乎的蜜浪以35英里的时速涌进大街小巷,导致21人死亡,150人受伤。那就像一场蜜糖海啸,卷走了沿途的一切。
那么,这是个真实的故事吗?真的发生过一场蜜糖海啸?
啊,的确发生过。这场1919年的波士顿蜜糖灾难确是一个记录在案的真实故事。这起事故发生的原因是因为天气炎热和储物缸存在质量问题,而清理和处理善后花了6个月。当地人说时至今日仍然可以闻到那股蜜糖味。
翻译:小云
