The Musher and the Pack

The Musher and the Pack

赶狗拉雪橇的人和他的团队

Dog sledding-it’s an exciting sport, but lots of hard work! That’s Kerry’s team over there. They are ready to start the race. Haze is the leader of the pack. He is an Alaskan husky. Any type of dog can be a sled dog. Okay, almost any type, some are too small!

狗拉雪橇——这是一项令人兴奋的运动，但需要很多艰苦的工作!那边是克里的团队。 他们准备好开始比赛了。Haze是这群人的首领。他是一只阿拉斯加哈士奇。 任何类型的狗都可以成为雪橇狗。好吧，几乎所有类型，有些太小了!

Some popular sled dogs are Alaskan malamutes, Siberian huskies, and Eskimo dogs. Sled dogs must be very strong. For example, look at Carmen. She can pull over 350 kilograms by herself! “ Okay, guys! Are you ready to run?” That’s Kerry. He’s the musher. The musher is the driver of the sled.

一些受欢迎的雪橇犬有阿拉斯加雪橇犬、西伯利亚哈士奇和爱斯基摩犬。 雪橇狗必须非常强壮。例如，看看卡门。她一个人能拉350公斤的东西! “好吧,伙计们!你准备好逃跑了吗?”这是克里。他是捣蛋鬼。拉雪橇的人是雪橇的驾驶员。

It’s very important for the musher and the pack to trust each other. Mushers usually don’t have trouble getting the dogs to pull the sled. Most of the time, it’s hard to get the dogs to stop pulling! Before a competition, the dogs train for months. Kerry trains his team by having them pull his car!

对雪橇手和狼群来说相互信任是非常重要的。 拉雪橇的人通常不会遇到让狗拉雪橇的困难。大多数时候，很难让狗停止拉! 比赛前，狗狗们要训练好几个月。凯瑞训练他的队员，就是让他们拉他的车!

“ Come on, team! Faster, Haze! ” Since sled dogs train so hard, they need lots of food. A normal dog usually eats about 1, 500 calories a day, or less. But sled dogs eat about ten thousand calories a day! That’s a lot of food! Although sled dogs are tough, they have sensitive feet.

“加油，队员们!”快,阴霾!”由于雪橇狗训练很辛苦，它们需要很多食物。 一只正常的狗每天摄入大约1500卡路里，甚至更少。 但是雪橇狗每天要摄入大约1万卡路里!那可是很多食物啊! 虽然雪橇狗很强壮，但它们的脚很敏感。

Kerry, the musher, ties booties on their feet. These booties protect the paws and keep them warm. Each dog-sled competition is different. Some teams have 16 dogs, while bigger ones have more than 200 dogs! Some races are short, while others are long. Some races last for days.

碾碎者凯瑞在他们的脚上系上靴子。这些靴子可以保护爪子并保持温暖。 每一场狗拉雪橇比赛都是不同的。一些团队有16只狗，而更大的团队有200多只狗! 有的比赛时间短，有的比赛时间长。有些比赛持续数天。