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奧克拉荷馬州立大學的返校節
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什麼是返校節(homecoming)？假如您把它想做是返鄉，某一方面來看，您猜的沒錯。
返校節就是學校的校友(已經畢業的學生)回校慶祝的節日。每一年，所有曾就讀於斯蒂爾沃特(Stillwater)的奧克拉荷馬州立大學(Oklahoma
State University)的人，都被受邀出席一場名為返校節的特別週末盛會。其中一項人們引頸盼望的大事就是返校節遊行，因為遊行中有許多有趣且獨特的花車。
一般來說，花車是建在用來輸送物品的平板拖車上，拖車上堆滿了色彩鮮明的材料及緣飾，看起來像是沒有支援物，而飄動一般(花車英文為float，有飄動之意)；而花車上的裝飾材料並沒有任何限制，所以幾乎任何東西都可以拿來裝飾花車。許多花車會做成動物的外形；花車是利用細小的鐵絲折出外形，然後再將彩色的紙貼在成形的鐵絲外面。建造花車的過程還涉及了設計及裝飾，即將縐紋紙或其他的裝飾品填塞入鐵絲骨架上，讓整台花車的外形看起來就像原先的設計樣貌。
您能想到什麼絕佳的花車設計嗎？
What is a homecoming? If you think it refers to returning home, in a way, you would be right.
A homecoming is when a school's alumni (students who have graduated) return for a celebration. Every year, people who attended Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, Oklahoma, are invited to a special event-filled weekend called homecoming. One of the big events that people look forward to is the homecoming parade, because it has many colorful and unusual floats.
Usually a float is built on top of a flatbed trailer used for transporting materials. The trailer is covered with colorful material and fringe so its wheels are hidden and the trailer appears to "float." Then the float can be decorated with just about anything.
Many floats are in the form of animals. Floats are made by bending chicken wire into a shape, perhaps an animal, and then attaching colored paper "flowers" to the wire. Part of the process of building a float involves "pomping" -- the stuffing of crepe paper or other decorations into the wire frame of the float to make it look like whatever it was designed to be.
Can you think of a cool float design?
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