Popcorn Time!

Fall is the season for popcorn-centered activities and festivals
吃爆米花囉！  -  秋天是享受以爆米花為主角的 活動與節慶的季 .

If popcorn tops your list of favorite snacks, then you're in luck because September and October have lots of popcorn festivals to enjoy.

Vaiparaiso, Indiana
Today the Valparaiso Popcorn Festival celebrates its 35th year by kicking off the festivities with their Popcorn Panic five-mile run. Games, handicraft booths and more provide lots of family fun. The highlight of this festival is its Popcorn Parade, featuring floats decorated with painted kernels and popped corn.

Marion, Ohio
Marion, Ohio's Popcorn Festival, which occurs the first weekend after Labor Day, is the largest popcorn festival in the world and typically draw over 250,000 people. Festival-goers can watch the annual parade with over 300 floats and performers, enjoy free entertainment on four different stages or choose from over 250 food and game exhibits.

Clay Country, Indiana
The Popcorn Festival of Clay County honors its native son Orville Redenbacher with an annual popcorn festival held in October Redenbacher became famous for developing a corn hybrid considered superior to other varieties of its time.

Festival events include the Orville Redenbacher Look-Alike Contest, judged by Redenbacher's family members, tours of the Redenbacher Family Memory Lane Museum and popcorn-eating contests. If October ends and you still haven't gotten your fill of popcorn activities, you'll be happy to know that National Popcorn Day explodes on the scene January 19.

Grammar Gym:
"If October ends and you still haven't gotten your fill of popcorn activities..."
' to get one's fill of (something) ' - to get enough of what someone needs.
After being in the art museum all day, Molly has gotten her fill of paintings and wants to go home.
Before her 12-hour flight was even over, Amy felt she has gotten her fill of movies.

Vocabulary Tips:
native son 土生土长的人（通常指男性）- 'native'- 本国的，本地的 。
*As a native son of Seattle, the famous quarterback always praises his hometown during interviews.
hybrid - mix, not pure.混种的，混和的。混合物。
*This particular tomato is a juicy hybrid.
hybrid - 油电混和车。混合动力车
*This hybrid vehicle uses both petrol and electricity. 这辆混合动力车是汽油和电混合的。
handicraft - crafts are hand made, crafts are made by hands. 手工艺。
*The people in this town are excellent at preserving their traditional handcraft techniques.成功保留。。。传统手工业技术。
*These aboriginal handcrafts are both creative and delicate. 原住民。。。精致。
kernel - a very small part of corn. 谷类除去壳后的果仁，果子。坚果。玉米粒。核桃里的核仁。等。
*Tina loves to use kernels of nuts in her salads.
kernel - 树的核心，重要点。
*The kernel of the conflict between the couple is a lack of communication.
labor -work.
top of your list - something you would like to do first.

Language Tips:
metaphor - 引喻，或是拿二样东西来作比较。
National Popcorn Day explodes on the scene January 19.
explodes on the scene  = come on the scene。
explodes on the scene = arrive on the scene。
explode -is metaphor, popcorn pops, is exploding, means that come or arrive.



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