VOA标准英语2011--Iowa's Make-Believe University Has Fans
时间：2019-01-14 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2011年(八月)
Iowa's Make-Believe University Has Fans Worldwide
The Midwest farm state of Iowa is so proud of its string of blue-water lakes - the Okoboji Lakes - that it calls them "Iowa's Great Lakes." They're ringed by resorts, marinas, and fishing cabins.
And they're very real. We point that out because not everything is real in those parts.
Most notably 1: the renowned 2, but quite mythical 3, University of Okoboji. All over the world, you bump into people wearing University of Okoboji caps and sweatshirts. In fact, a U of O pennant 4 - with its impressive crest 5 showing the Iowa Great Lakes - was once planted at the South Pole.
The legendary 6 University of Okoboji football team, the Fightin' Phantoms 7, plays three powerhouses - Notre Dame 8, the University of Nebraska and the winner of the University of Iowa versus 9 Iowa State game - on a single day, September 31.
That's right, September only has 30 days. So far, the Phantoms have won every game.
The make-believe University of Okoboji was conceived 36 years ago by brothers Herman and Emil Richter, who own a clothing store in the nearby town of Milford, Iowa. As a lark 10, they printed U of O T-shirts, and people snapped them up. Today, you can also get University of Okoboji mugs and sweatshirts that are every bit as impressive as those from Stanford or Yale.
Former president George W. Bush was even presented with the university's cap and gown. Not the usual mortar-board cap with a tassel 11 and not a heavy robe. Okoboji's cap and gown are a golf hat and a beach towel.
The University of Okoboji may not have halls of ivy 12 or much of a student body. Its enrollment 13 is zero. But it's a party school, holding an actual homecoming marathon each July, and winter games in January - with ski races, snowshoe hikes and something called a "freeze your fanny bike ride."
People who've been there during the deep freeze of an Iowa winter swear they saw Jack 14 Frost and Santa Claus throwing snowballs by the lake.
- Many students were absent,notably the monitor.许多学生缺席，特别是连班长也没来。
- A notably short,silver-haired man,he plays basketball with his staff several times a week.他个子明显较为矮小，一头银发，每周都会和他的员工一起打几次篮球。
- He is one of the world's renowned writers.他是世界上知名的作家之一。
- She is renowned for her advocacy of human rights.她以提倡人权而闻名。
- Undeniably,he is a man of mythical status.不可否认，他是一个神话般的人物。
- Their wealth is merely mythical.他们的财富完全是虚构的。
- The second car was flying the Ghanaian pennant.第二辆车插着加纳的三角旗。
- The revitalized team came from the cellar to win the pennant.该队重整旗鼓，从最后一名一跃而赢得冠军奖旗。
- The rooster bristled his crest.公鸡竖起了鸡冠。
- He reached the crest of the hill before dawn.他于黎明前到达山顶。
- Legendary stories are passed down from parents to children.传奇故事是由父母传给孩子们的。
- Odysseus was a legendary Greek hero.奥狄修斯是传说中的希腊英雄。
- They vanished down the stairs like two phantoms. 他们像两个幽灵似的消失在了楼下。 来自辞典例句
- The horrible night that he had passed had left phantoms behind it. 他刚才度过的恐布之夜留下了种种错觉。 来自辞典例句
- The dame tell of her experience as a wife and mother.这位年长妇女讲了她作妻子和母亲的经验。
- If you stick around,you'll have to marry that dame.如果再逗留多一会，你就要跟那个夫人结婚。
- The big match tonight is England versus Spain.今晚的大赛是英格兰对西班牙。
- The most exciting game was Harvard versus Yale.最富紧张刺激的球赛是哈佛队对耶鲁队。
- He thinks it cruel to confine a lark in a cage.他认为把云雀关在笼子里太残忍了。
- She lived in the village with her grandparents as cheerful as a lark.她同祖父母一起住在乡间非常快活。
- The corn has begun to tassel.玉米开始长出穗状雄花。
- There are blue tassels on my curtains.我的窗帘上有蓝色的流苏。
- Her wedding bouquet consisted of roses and ivy.她的婚礼花篮包括玫瑰和长春藤。
- The wall is covered all over with ivy.墙上爬满了常春藤。
- You will be given a reading list at enrollment.注册时你会收到一份阅读书目。
- I just got the enrollment notice from Fudan University.我刚刚接到复旦大学的入学通知书。