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Stray Dog Runs 1200 Miles Across China

迷途狗穿越中國1200哩

文／李德良

【新聞關鍵字】

1. stray [stre] adj. 迷路的

2. marathon [ˋmærə͵θɑn] n. 馬拉松賽跑

3. fed [fɛd] v.餵食，feed的過去式

4. altitude [ˋæltə͵tjud] n. 高度

5. determination [dɪ͵tɝməˋneʃən] n. 決心

A stray dog completed a three-week cycling marathon of over 1,200 miles across the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.

一隻迷途狗完成一趟3週自行車馬拉松，超過1200哩，橫越了青海-西藏高原。

The dog began to run alongside the cyclists after Xiao Yong, a college student from Wuhan province, fed it on May 4. He named his new friend “Xiaosa” or “Little Sa”.

這隻狗是一位來自武漢的大學生蕭勇，在5月4日餵牠之後，開始跟著自行車騎士跑。他稱他的新朋友為“小莎”。

[Xiao Yong, Cyclist and Current Owner of Xiaosa]:

“At first we didn’t consider keeping it and thought it just wanted to follow us for a while. But it showed a very strong will power and followed us all the way here."

蕭勇說：「一開始，我們並未考慮保有牠，認為牠只是想要跟我們一會兒。但牠表現出非常強的意志力，跟著我們一路來到這裡。」

Xiaosa ran with the team over a period of 24 days and climbing 10 mountains of altitudes over 10,000 feet, a trip that averaged at around 37 miles a day. Xiaosa’s determination encouraged the cyclists and kept them going.

小莎跟著自行車隊跑了24天，爬了10座超過海拔1萬英呎的大山，平均一天跑37哩路。小莎的決心鼓舞了自行車隊員，持續前進。

[Lu Bo, Cyclist]:

“The dog was very important to us. It brought us a lot of fun and also gave us a lot of encouragement. For example, when some of us fell behind, it would run down the hill calling for them to follow."

自行車騎士盧波說：「這隻狗對我們非常重要，牠帶給我們很多樂趣，也給了我們很大的鼓舞。例如，常我們中的一些落後時，牠會跑下山來呼叫他們跟上。」

Xiao Yong plans to keep Xiaosa. Since the trains in China do not allow pets, Yong plans to fly his new friend back to Wuhan while he takes the train home.

蕭勇計劃保留小莎，因為在中國，火車不允許載運寵物，蕭勇計劃將這位新朋友空運回武漢，而他自己則搭火車回家。

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