BBC Media｜瑞典举办世界雪橇犬锦标赛

World Sled-dog Championship in Sweden

With sub-zero temperatures and heaps of snow as far as the eye can see, this is as close as you can get to the natural habitat of Siberian Huskies, Alaskan Malamutes, and other Arctic dog breeds.

More than 1,000 of them have gathered in Östersund, taking on the challenge of pulling their sleds and drivers – or 'mushers' – as quickly as they can on the Swedish trails.

The sprint races range from roughly five kilometres in length up to 34, and drivers can enter into heats where the sled is being pulled by two dogs up 'til the unlimited class that allows for 14 dogs.

There's also Nordic style, where the drivers are on skis. Within sled-dog racing, there are also long-distance competitions going on for days, like the annual 1600-kilometre Iditarod Challenge in Alaska, taking the dogs and their drivers on a trail through forests, mountains, and even across sea ice, sometimes through snow blizzards.

And for any skiers worried that 1000 dogs would leave a bit of a mess behind on the snow, the competition managers in Östersund have been cleaning up and gathering any dog waste, and it's being turned into biogas – a renewable energy source used to heat up homes and buildings.

词汇表
sled-dog [sled] 雪橇犬
championship [ˈtʃæmpiənʃɪp] 锦标赛，冠军赛
Sweden [ˈswiːdn] 瑞典
sub-zero [sʌbˈzɪərəʊ]（温度）零下的
heap [hiːp] 堆，大量
Siberian Husky [saɪˈbɪəriən ˈhʌski] 西伯利亚哈士奇犬，西伯利亚雪橇犬
Alaskan Malamute [əˈlæskən ˈmæləmjuːt] 阿拉斯加雪橇犬
Arctic dog breed [ˈɑːktɪk][briːd] 极地犬种
Östersund [ˈɜːstəˌsʊnd] 厄斯特松德（瑞典城市）
musher [ˈmʌʃə(r)] 雪橇手，赶狗拉雪橇的人
Swedish [ˈswiːdɪʃ] 瑞典的；瑞典人；瑞典语
trail [treɪl] 滑雪道，路线，小径
sprint race [sprɪnt reɪs] 短程赛，冲刺赛
range from [reɪndʒ] 从…到…范围，在…范围内变动
heat [hiːt] 预赛
Nordic [ˈnɔːdɪk] 北欧的；北欧人
ski [skiː] 滑雪板；滑雪
Iditarod Challenge [ˈɪdɪtərɒd] 艾迪塔罗德挑战赛（阿拉斯加的长距离雪橇犬赛事）
snow blizzard [ˈblɪzəd] 暴风雪
skier [ˈskiːə(r)] 滑雪者
dog waste 狗的粪便
biogas [ˈbaɪəʊɡæs] 沼气，生物气
renewable [rɪˈnjuːəbl] （能源）可再生的，可更新的

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