009 勇敢的雪橇犬巴尔托

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In 1925 in Alaska, diphtheria was spreading quickly

1925年，在阿拉斯加，白喉正在迅速蔓延。

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The terrible disease was infecting the children in the coastal town of Nome, causing high fevers and breathing problems

这种可怕的疾病正在沿海小镇诺姆的儿童中传播，引起高烧和呼吸困难。

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Some were dying. All were at risk

有些孩子濒临死亡。所有人都处于危险之中。

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The town did not have enough serum to stop the disease

小镇没有足够的血清来阻止这种疾病。

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At this time, serum was used to protect people everywhere from infectious diseases

当时，血清被用来保护各地的人们免受传染病的侵害。

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But only the city of Anchorage had enough of the diphtheria serum to help Nome

但只有安克雷奇市才有足够的白喉血清来帮助诺姆。

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Unfortunately, Anchorage was eight hundred miles away, and a huge snowstorm was keeping airplanes on the ground

不幸的是，安克雷奇在八百英里之外，而一场巨大的暴风雪让飞机无法起飞。

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There was only one way to get the serum to Nome — by dogsled

将血清送往诺姆只有一种办法——用狗拉雪橇。

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A call went out for dog teams to help in the effort

人们发出了征集狗拉雪橇队参与救援的呼吁。

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Twenty of the best dogsled drivers, called mushers, and about one hundred and fifty of the fastest dogs were chosen

二十名最优秀的雪橇驾驶员，以及大约一百五十只最快的狗被选中。

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They were formed into relay teams

他们被编成了接力队。

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Each team would travel from one roadhouse to another along the trail

每支队伍将沿着雪道，从一个驿站行进到下一个驿站。

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Roadhouses were places that mailmen used to deliver mail to isolated areas of Alaska

驿站是邮递员用来向阿拉斯加偏远地区投递邮件的地点。

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At each roadhouse, one team would pass the serum to another team

在每个驿站，一支队伍会把血清交接给另一支队伍。

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This would allow the serum, packed in a cylinder to protect it from the cold, to go from team to team until it reached Nome

这样一来，为了防冷而装在一个圆筒里的血清，就能一队接一队地传递，直到抵达诺姆镇。

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The effort was called the " Great Race of Mercy," and later would be known as the " Serum Run of 1925."

这项行动被称为“慈悲大接力”，后来它则被称为“1925年血清接力赛”。

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The serum would be taken by train from Anchorage to the town of Nenana, and then the mushers would take over to get it to Nome

血清将先用火车从安克雷奇运到尼纳纳镇，然后由雪橇驾驶员们接力，将其送往诺姆镇。

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The mushers would have to cover 674 miles!

雪橇驾驶员们得跑完674英里的路程！

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When Gunnar Kasson's team was called, he knew his lead dog would be Balto

当贡纳·卡森的雪橇队接到任务时，他知道他的领队犬会是巴尔托。

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Of the 13 dogs on his team, Balto, a Siberian husky, was very special

在他队里的13只狗中，巴尔托，一只西伯利亚哈士奇，是非常特别的。

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He looked like a wolf, but he was gentle and could follow any trail

他看起来像狼，但性格温顺，能追踪任何踪迹。

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The big, black dog could think for himself

这只大黑狗能自己思考。

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Kasson was to make the run along the coast of the Seward Peninsula from the town of Bluff to Point Safety, a distance of about forty miles

卡森要沿着苏厄德半岛的海岸，从布拉夫镇跑到安全角，距离大约四十英里。

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Then, another team would take the serum the remaining 22 miles from Point Safety into Nome

然后，另一支队伍会把血清从安全角运送剩下的二十二英里，进入诺姆。

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But the team Kasson was waiting for was late getting to Bluff, because the storm had gotten worse

但卡森等待的队伍迟迟未到布拉夫，因为暴风雪变得更猛烈了。

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The temperature was thirty degrees below zero

气温是零下三十度。

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The tired and cold driver warned Kasson it was too dangerous to continue, so Kasson tried to wait out the storm

疲惫又寒冷的雪橇手警告卡森，继续前进太危险了，于是卡森试图等暴风雪过去。

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But when Kasson saw that the storm wasn't letting up, he decided to go anyway

但卡森发现暴风雪没有减弱的迹象，他还是决定出发。

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People were dying and he had to get the serum to Nome

人们在死去，他必须把血清送到诺姆。

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Wind conditions were dangerous

风势很危险。

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The snow kept falling hard, and the trail was almost impossible to follow

雪不停地下着，很大，路线几乎无法辨认。

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Sometimes the snow was up to Kasson's chest, and he would push the sled forward to help his dogs

有时，雪深及卡森的胸口，他就会推着雪橇前进，帮助他的狗。

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As temperatures dropped, the ice became sharp and cut the dogs' feet

随着气温下降，冰变得锋利，割伤了狗的脚。

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The sled kept turning over too

雪橇也老是翻倒。

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One time, the serum cylinder was lost in the snow

有一次，装着血清的圆筒在雪地里丢了。

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Kasson's fingers were badly frozen trying to find it with his bare hands

卡森徒手寻找时，手指冻伤了，很严重。

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The dogs got tangled up in the harness and fought with each other, but Balto remained calm

狗群被挽具缠住，互相撕咬，但巴尔托保持着冷静。

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When the other dogs wanted to stop, Balto wouldn't let them

当其他狗想停下来时，巴尔托不让。

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The storm got steadily worse. The winds reached eighty miles per hour

暴风雪持续加剧。风速达到了每小时八十英里。

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Kasson could not see the dogs in front of him, or even his own hand in front of his face because of the driving snow

由于漫天飞雪，卡森看不见前方的狗，甚至看不见自己伸在眼前的手。

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He had to leave everything up to Balto

他不得不把一切都交给巴尔托。

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Kasson trusted that Balto would get them to their final destination — Point Safety

卡森相信巴尔托会带他们到达最终目的地——安全角。

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Meanwhile, a telegraph message was sent to the roadhouse in the town of Solomon where Kasson was supposed to stop for a short while

与此同时，一封电报发往了所罗门镇的驿站，卡森本应在那里短暂停留。

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The message said that Kasson should stay in Solomon, and that he should not try for Point Safety yet

电报说卡森应该留在所罗门，暂时不该尝试前往安全角。

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The weather was just too dangerous

天气实在太危险了。

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Lost in the blizzard, Kasson passed right by Solomon and never got the message!

在暴风雪中迷失了方向，卡森正好错过了所罗门，根本没收到消息！

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When Kasson and Balto reached Point Safety that night, the other relay team was sleeping

那天晚上，当卡森和巴尔托到达安全角时，另一支接力队伍正在睡觉。

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The team at Point Safety had thought Kasson had stayed in Solomon

安全角的队伍以为卡森留在了所罗门。

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The time it would take for the new team to get hitched up to make the last run would cause too much of a delay

新队伍套上挽具，进行最后一段路程所要花费的时间，会造成太大的延误。

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So, with great sadness, Kasson looked into Balto's eyes

于是，怀着巨大的悲伤，卡森看着巴尔托的眼睛。

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Many dogs had died during this serum run, and Balto surely needed rest

在这次血清运输中，许多狗死了，巴尔托当然也需要休息。

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But Kasson and Balto would continue on to Nome — 22 miles away

但卡森和巴尔托将继续前往诺姆——二十二英里外的地方。

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At 5:30 a. m., February 2, 1925, after 20 hours and about 62 miles on the trail, Balto and Kasson made it to Nome

1925年2月2日凌晨5点30分，在路途上跋涉了20个小时、大约62英里后，巴尔托和卡森成功到达了诺姆。

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All the brave teams had covered 674 miles in less than five days

所有勇敢的队伍在不到五天的时间里，一共奔跑了674英里。

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Kasson fell on his knees and hugged Balto

卡森跪倒在地，拥抱了巴尔托。

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Tears came to his eyes as he tried to remove the ice cutting into his dog's paws

当他试图弄掉嵌入狗爪里的冰时，泪水涌上了他的眼眶。

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News spread all over the world about the heroic dog that saved Nome's children

关于这只拯救了诺姆儿童的英雄犬的消息，传遍了全世界。

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Today, a bronze statue of Balto stands in New York City's Central Park in his honor

今天，一座巴尔托的铜像矗立在纽约市的中央公园，以纪念他。