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At midnight, on Sunday 15th May, the island of Cheung Chau witnessed its first Bun Scramble since 1978. Chris Hogg reported live from the event: xde中国英语学习网
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This is a sight not seen in Hong Kong since the late 1970s. In the old days, this was a much more raucous affair, with anyone free to try to scramble up, climbing over each other and fighting for the best buns; the luckiest ones at the top. But after the towers collapsed in 1978, injuring more than a hundred people, the practice was stopped.

This event is more strictly controlled. There are even crash mats below for those who fall. But it hasn't dented the enthusiasm of those climbing up the sides or those cheering them on. The traditionalists complain the whole thing has been over-sanitised; safety concerns have robbed it of excitement but the crowd here seem to be loving it.

Chris Hogg, BBC, Cheung Chau

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hauling themselves upxde中国英语学习网
climbing up the tower of buns by themselves and without any help

grabbingxde中国英语学习网
taking something in a rough way

thrusting them into sacksxde中国英语学习网
putting them in their bags in a rough way, with lots of energy or force

the old daysxde中国英语学习网
the past

raucous affairxde中国英语学习网
a loud and noisy event

crash matsxde中国英语学习网
soft but firm pieces of material (used to stop people being hurt if they fall off something)

dentedxde中国英语学习网
here, reduced the amount of excitement

over-sanitisedxde中国英语学习网
here, made too safe

robbed it of excitementxde中国英语学习网
made it boring and uninteresting

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