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佳能海滩(Cannon
Beach)上的沙堡竞赛
地方性遗产
也许您曾做过一或两座沙堡，但您曾做过像照片中那么精巧的沙堡垒吗？
每一年，位在奥勒岗佳能海滩上的小型海岸城镇都会举办佳能海滩沙堡竞赛，竞赛中用沙制造出各式各样的物品，如：车、猪、鱼等，几乎您能想到的每一样东西，都会出现在作品中！虽然大部分的参赛选手只是为了享受堆沙的乐趣，但有些参赛选手是专业的沙雕家且能利用沙子做出栩栩如生的作品。例如，为了帮购物中心进行促销并召来更多顾客，他们也许会在购物中心创作一座沙雕塑品。
始于1965年7月的沙堡竞赛是一项大自然灾害的结果。一年前，佳能海滩遭海啸(巨大的海浪)袭击。这个海啸(发音为soo-nah-mee)对镇上造成许多损害，但它也为这个区域引来了不少注意力，因为接着海啸后面的是本世纪的最小潮汐。有两个人想要要善用所有媒体的注意力，因此决定举办沙堡竞赛。
现在，这项竞赛的举行时间起自早上的涨潮，终于下一个涨潮，也就是12个小时左右的时间，沙滩上就会布满了各种美丽的沙制品。各年龄层的孩童都受邀参加此一盛会，您的沙堡看起来像什么呢？
You may have built a sand castle or two, but have you ever built a sand castle as elaborate as the one in this photo?
Every year in the small coastal town of Cannon Beach, Oregon, all sorts of things are made out of sand in the Cannon Beach Sand Castle Contest: cars, pigs, fish, almost anything you can think of! Most of the people who enter this contest enjoy building things out of sand just for fun. Some people, though, are professional sand sculptors and make a living building things out of sand. They might create a sand sculpture at a shopping mall, for instance, to promote the mall and get more people to visit.
The sand castle contest began in July 1965 as a result of a natural disaster. A year earlier Cannon Beach was hit by a tsunami (an enormous wave). The tsunami (pronounced "soo-nah-mee") did a lot of damage to the town, but it also brought a lot of attention to the area because afterward the lowest tides of the century took place. Two people decided to hold the sand castle contest to take advantage of all the media attention.
Today, the contest begins just after the morning high tide and ends about 12 hours later as the next high tide reclaims the beach -- and all the beautiful sculptures. Kids of all ages are welcome to participate. What would your sand castle look like?
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