时机已经成熟！(The time is ripe!)

今天的照片显示了加拿大不列颠哥伦比亚省维多利亚州的一片成熟南瓜田。南瓜与起源于爱尔兰的万圣节面部雕刻传统有着千丝万缕的联系。最初，人们雕刻甜菜来驱除邪灵，并为它做鬼脸。当爱尔兰移民来到美国时，他们发现南瓜要大得多，也更容易处理。这一发现促成了南瓜雕刻的流行传统，该传统在美国迅速传播，并最终在世界各地传播。
原文：
Today's picture shows a field of ripe pumpkins in Victoria in the Canadian province of British Columbia. Pumpkins are inextricably linked to the Halloween tradition of face carving, which originated in Ireland. Originally, people carved beets to keep evil spirits away and made scary faces for it. When Irish immigrants came to America, they discovered that pumpkins are much larger and easier to work with. This discovery led to the popular tradition of pumpkin carving, which spread quickly in the USA and eventually around the world.
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