看看麦田怪圈的历史

翻译: 希望团队_柠檬

Many years ago, not many people knew about crop circles. Even in the 90s, only few people were interested with websites where crop circles creator share tips. As time passed by, crop circle phenomena started to go commercial.
多年以前，知道麦田圈的人不多。甚至到了90年代，也只有少数人对麦田圈制造者分享窍门的网站感兴趣。随着时间的流逝，麦田圈现象开始商业化。
  
Television stations and companies such as Hello Kitty and Shredded Wheat hired circle makers to make corporate logo and advertisement on crop circles. Not too long ago, Pringles release a commercial involving crop circle. The commercial was relaxing and fun in concept with no UFO burning a crop circle and only two persons, eating Pringles, doing the circle for fun. The commercial also showed the known crop circle tool, the board on ropes.
电视台和企业，如凯蒂猫和麦丝卷，雇佣麦田圈制造者利用麦田圈制作公司商标和广告。不久前，品客（薯片）策划了一起涉及麦田圈的商业活动。活动轻松而有趣，人们认为麦田圈不是UFO制造的，而是两个人制造的，品客食品制造麦田圈只是为了好玩。活动中还展示了制造麦田圈的工具，即系着木板的长绳。
  
It seems that crop circles are not that mysterious than before. With so many crop circle makers, it looks that nothing is unexplained.
麦田圈看似没有以前那么神秘了。有如此多麦田圈制造者存在，看来也没什么无法解释的东西。
  
History of Crop Circle
麦田圈的历史
The first known makers of crop circles were British Doug Bower and Dave Chorley in 1978. Bower was inspired by the rumor of an unidentified flying object rising from a swirled nest of marsh grass to make crop circles. He thought that by making a nest in a wheat field he can create a UFO hoax. With the help of Chorley, they indeed created a UFO fever by creating circles in the wheat field. Other artists followed their works and created more complex designs. Complicated designs are made easy with the advancement of technologies.
第一个已知的麦田圈制造者是1978年英国的道格·鲍尔和戴维·乔利。鲍尔制造麦田圈的灵感来自于一个谣言：一块沼泽地中，飞碟从一个圆形的草窝中飞升而起。他想到在麦田上制造一个草窝能造成UFO出现的假象。在乔利的帮助下，他们真的通过制造麦田圈制造了一股UFO热。其它艺术家纷纷效仿，制造了更多更复杂的作品。复杂的设计在先进技术的帮助下也得以轻松完成。
  
Crop Circle Damage
麦田圈破坏
Crop circles artists dismissed the idea they are doing damage by creating crop circles. They argue that they are only bending plants and not killing them. This idea of bending the crops is the reason why some researchers believe that some crop circles are not made by humans but by aliens.
有人认为制造麦田圈是一种破坏活动，但麦田圈艺术家们对此置之不理。他们辩解道他们只是折弯植物而没有杀死植物。这种折弯麦秆的观点也正是研究者们相信有些麦田圈的制造者不是人类而是外星生命的原因。