VOA慢速英语：赛跑者直面德克萨斯比赛泥浆

This is What’s Trending Today.
这里是今日热点节目。
A running website recently published a video of a high school race in the United States.
近期，某赛跑网站发布了一则关于美国高中学生比赛的视频。
The site, FloTrack, is known for reporting on competitive running. It provides results from races around the world.
该网站，FloTrack以报道竞跑出名。它为全球的赛跑提供结果。
FloTrack told about Usain Bolt and his success at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. It also has reports about big races, like the Fifth Avenue Mile in New York City.
Flo Track报道了博尔特在里约奥运的成功。它同样报道了大赛事，比如纽约第五届1英里大赛。
There was also a story about a recent high school cross-country race in Texas.
这也有关于近期在德克萨斯举办的高中越野比赛的报道。
Cross-country is the name for an event where the runners compete on uneven ground instead of running in a circle on a flat surface. Some cross-country coursessend runners around a waterway, through the woods or up and down hills.
越野赛是赛跑者在不平地而不是平整的环形跑道上完成比赛的名字。一些越野不平地赛跑者环绕水路，在树林和山丘上上下下。
The high school race took place in Texas. It was called the Gingerbread Jamboree. About 20 high schools sent runners to the jamboree. The course was five kilometers long.
高中比赛场地在德克萨斯州。它被命名为姜饼少年团。大约20所高中参加了姜饼少年团比赛。该比赛为5公里长。
But why would a high school event find its way onto the Facebook page of a site that reports on Olympic runners?
但是为什么区区一个高中生的比赛就能够登上Facebook报道奥运选手比赛的页面呢？
Because a camera set up next to a wide mud pit captured some amazing images.
因为一台架设在大面积泥浆的照相机捕捉到了一些惊人的画面。
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Facebook API 初始化失败。
The slow-motion video showed one runner taking off like a high-jumper, taking hold of his knees and then landing like a cannonball in the mud pit.
这些慢动作视频展示了一名赛跑者像跳高选手一样飞越起来，抓住他的膝盖然后像炮弹一样落入泥浆中。
But that was not all.
但是这并不是全部。
Just seconds later, while other runners tried to stay clean and dry, another runner lept and dove chest-first into the water.
仅仅几秒过后，当其他赛跑者试着保持干净整洁时，另外一名赛跑者脸部着地落水。
About 1 million people watched the video since it came out on Facebook.
自从它出现在Facebook上后，大约1百万的人观看了该视频。
One thousand people left comments on the Facebook post, which is called “Dear Cross Country … Welcome back.”
1千名网友在所谓的“亲爱的越野国......欢迎回来”的题目下留下了评论，
Many people said they could imagine themselves doing the cannonball jump into the mud pit. Others were impressed with the beauty of one runner who did the “bellyflop,” landing flat on his stomach.
许多网友说：他们能够想象他们自己像炸弹一样跳进泥浆中的样子。其他的网友对其中一名赛跑者肚子着地的美丽样子印象深刻。
And plenty of people noticed the runners who were doing their best to stay dry.
并且许多网友注意到了很多赛跑者尽力在保持干净整洁。
Dan Hall of California wrote “I'd be the guy trying to take long steps in hopes of only getting one foot a little wet!”
丹 阿尔（音译））来自加利福尼亚写到：我愿意成为那个试着走很远以期望一只脚有一点水的家伙！
It turned out photographer Sean Pokorny was taking pictures from a different angle.
事实证明摄影师肖恩 波科尔尼从另外一个视角捕捉到了不同的照片。
And he also photographed other runners jumping into the mud pit after the race.
并且他也拍摄了其他赛跑者在赛后跳入泥浆的照片。
And that’s What’s Trending Today.
这就是今天的今日热点。
I’m Dan Friedell.
丹 佛里德尔报道。