An active internet hoax , of the urban legend type , falsely claims that kfc ( kentucky fried chicken ) is using genetically engineered organisms instead of chickens 一则流行的网络骗局，以谣言的形式，错误地声明kfc （肯塔基炸鸡）使用的是转基因有机物而不是真正的鸡。
It is an urban legend - a videotape filled with nightmarish images , leading to a phone call foretelling the viewer ' s death in exactly seven days 故事源自一卷恐怖录像带，有一个传言：一卷充满梦魇般诡异影像的录影带，当你看了就会接到一电话，告知你在整整七天之后就会死去。
Refused the lead roles in two horror movies , scream 1996 and urban legend 1998 . off - screen , major changes in reese s personal life began with her twenty - first birthday party in 1997 14岁的时候她头一次演电影在青春片月亮里的人中扮演了一个个性顽皮酷似野小子的女孩，与姐姐同爱上邻家男孩。
In lieu of evidence , the teller of an urban legend is apt to relyupon good storytelling and the naming of allegedly trustworthy sources ( e . g . , “ a friend of a friend who swears it ' s true ” ) to bolster itscredibility 一个都市传说的讲述者，倾向于用引人的故事情节和让人信赖的故事来源的名义（比如， “我一位朋友的朋友，曾发誓说这绝对是真的” ） ，来支持其可信性，以此替代证据的不足。
As a type of folklore ? defined as the beliefs , storiesand traditions of ordinary people ( ” folks ” ) ? one way ofdifferentiating between an urban legend and other kinds of narratives ( popular fiction , for example ) is by comparing where they come from andhow they are disseminated 作为民间传说的一种形式? ?定义为普通老百姓的信仰，故事和传统? ?一种区分都市传说和其他类别的叙述（比如谣言，流行虚构小说）的方法是，比较它们的出处和散布方式。
Urban legends , then , are apocryphal stories , told as true andplausible enough to be believed , about horrific , embarrassing , exasperating or ironic things that have supposedly happened to realpeople ( see links to more examples below ) 都市传说，其实，只是些虚构的故事，这些故事会被作为真实的事件或似是而非地进行讲述，故事通常会被推测是发生在真实人物的身上，一些令人毛骨悚然，让人局促不安，让人愤怒或者是讽刺的事件，以让人们有足够的理由相信这是真的。
