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到芝加哥旅遊，一定會去千禧公園（Millennium Park）看那顆像水銀滴一樣的「大豆」。11 月 8 日星期天，這顆大豆身邊擠滿了人，不是來拍照，而是來「推」它的。芝加哥在地媒體 Block Club Chicago 報導，大約 250 人響應網路上的匿名傳單，想合力把它往左推 7 英寸。
EN Visitors to Chicago almost always go to Millennium Park to see the shiny sculpture people call the Bean. On Sunday, November 8, crowds gathered around it, not to take photos, but to push it. Local news site Block Club Chicago reported that about 250 people answered an anonymous online flyer and tried to push the Bean seven inches to the left.
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圖片來源：Block Club Chicago
傳單指定的時間是很精準的中午 12 點 47 分。這張傳單星期六開始在社群媒體上瘋傳，隔天就真的聚集了一大群人。大家圍著雕塑喊口號、一起出力，CBS Chicago 報導，有人是真心想「救出」裡面的人，也有人只是想湊熱鬧參加這場爆紅活動。不過面對 110 噸重的不鏽鋼，人群的熱情還是敵不過物理定律：大豆一動也不動。
EN The flyer gave a very exact time: 12:47 p.m. It spread on social media on Saturday, and the next day a large crowd really showed up. People shouted and pushed together. CBS Chicago reported that some wanted to “free” the person inside, while others just wanted to join a viral event. But 110 tons of stainless steel easily beat the crowd. The Bean did not move at all.
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為什麼要推？因為「大豆裡關著一個人」
這場活動背後是一個芝加哥網路迷因：有人開玩笑說「大豆裡面困著一個人」。Block Club Chicago 指出，匿名發起人在派對邀請平台 Partiful 上建立活動頁面，署名只有「gs」兩個字母。發起人在頁面上寫，「新研究顯示」大豆右側下方可能有一扇活板門，只要把大豆往左推 7 英寸，就能打開門，送醃黃瓜和其他物資給裡面的人。
EN The event came from a Chicago internet joke that a person is trapped inside the Bean. Block Club Chicago said the anonymous organizer created an event page on Partiful, signed only “gs.” The page claimed that “new research” showed a trapdoor under the right side. Pushing the Bean seven inches left would open it, so people could send pickles and other supplies inside.
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當然，大豆裡面沒有人。當地市議員布蘭登・萊利（Brendan Reilly）的辦公室表示，最近接到不少電話在問「大豆裡困著一個人」的事。在地藝人泰勒・班奈特（Taylor Bennett）也帶著一群人一起推，還開玩笑宣布「我們就當它至少動了一英寸」，事後才在貼文裡澄清大豆根本沒動。
EN Of course, no one is inside the Bean. The office of local alderman Brendan Reilly said it had recently received many calls asking about a person trapped in the Bean. Local artist Taylor Bennett also led a group in pushing and joked that it moved at least an inch. Later, he explained in a post that it had not really moved.
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美國 CBS Chicago 在 YouTube 上記錄了這場「推大豆」活動：
EN CBS Chicago recorded the “Push the Bean” event on YouTube.
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影片來源：CBS Chicago／YouTube
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推不動也沒關係，大家要的是熱鬧
這顆大豆的正式名稱是「雲門」（Cloud Gate），由藝術家安尼施・卡普爾（Anish Kapoor）設計，2006 年揭幕。Block Club Chicago 指出，雲門每年吸引約 2000 萬人次造訪，是美國中西部最熱門的景點，也成了網路迷因活動最愛的集合地點，之前還有名人模仿大賽等各種搞笑聚會。
EN The Bean’s official name is Cloud Gate. It was designed by artist Anish Kapoor and opened in 2006. Block Club Chicago said it attracts about 20 million visits a year and is the Midwest’s most popular attraction. It has also become a favorite meeting place for internet joke events, including look-alike contests.
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芝加哥藝術學院（School of the Art Institute of Chicago）的大一學生莎妮雅・惠利（Saniyah Whaley）也到場參加。她說：「大家心裡都知道它不會動，但這種活動讓有共同興趣的人建立連結，就算只是一起推大豆，也帶給現場很多快樂。」
EN Saniyah Whaley, a first-year student at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, also joined in. She said everyone knew it would not move, but events like this connect people with shared interests. Even just pushing the Bean together brought a lot of joy to the crowd.
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精選單字
sculpture /ˈskʌlptʃər/ 雕塑
anonymous /əˈnɑːnɪməs/ 匿名的
flyer /ˈflaɪər/ 傳單
viral /ˈvaɪrəl/ 爆紅的；瘋傳的
stainless steel /ˌsteɪnləs ˈstiːl/ 不鏽鋼
trapped /træpt/ 被困住的
attraction /əˈtrækʃn/ 景點
connect /kəˈnekt/ 連結；聯繫
