About 2,000 dogs belonging to 72 mushers waited their turn to hit the trail Saturday.

属于72人的大约2000只狗等待周六参加比赛。

In a very different environment people known as " mushers" are gearing up for this years Iditarod.

在一个不同寻常的环境下，一群被称为“狗拉雪人”的人正为今年的伊迪塔罗德（城市）做着准备。

Mushers and their dogs are participating in the ceremonial start to the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.

拉雪车夫和他们的狗将在这里参加艾迪塔罗德狗拉雪比赛的起跑仪式。

We call this person a " musher" (musher).

我们称这个人为“musher”(musher)。

Today the mushers in the Iditarod honor those days.

今天，艾迪塔罗德 (Iditarod) 的雪人纪念那些日子。

Another musher heads out of the gate as rock music blares and the crowd cheers.

着摇滚音乐的响起和人群的欢呼，另一名雪手走出了大门。

The mushers bring their own supplies on the sleds.

雪人将自己的补给带上雪。

The mushers starts are staggered by two minutes, so the dog teams don't get tangled early on the trail.

雪犬的出发时间错开两分钟，因此狗队不会在路上早早就被缠住。

Today, every musher who races in the Iditarod is honoring that achievement.

今天，每一位参加艾迪塔罗德 (Iditarod) 比赛的雪手都在为这一成就而自豪。

For many here, this is the last chance for them to cheer the mushers on before they head into the wild.

对于这里的许多人来说，这是他们在前往野外之前为雪犬加油的最后机会。

The job of the musher is to get the dogs to move forward and to take care of the dogs.

musher 的工作是让狗前进并照顾狗。

Each musher has to drive his or her dogs all the way to Nome.

每个赶雪的人都必须一路赶着他或她的狗去诺姆。

The sound of howling dogs filled downtown Anchorage as mushers from around the world gathered for the ceremonial start of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.

狗咆哮的声音充斥着安克雷奇郊区，来自世界各地的赶狗拉雪的人聚集在这里参加艾迪塔罗德狗拉雪比赛。

To get the serum there before it was too late, 20 mushers banded together to drive their dogs across Alaska's frozen wilderness in a daring relay.

为了在为时已晚之前将血清运到那里，20 名雪犬联合起来，在一次大胆的接力赛中驱使他们的狗穿越阿拉斯加冰冻的荒野。

For three days Perrault and Francois threw chests up and down the main street of Skaguay and were deluged with invitations to drink, while the team was the constant centre of a worshipful crowd of dog-busters and mushers.

接连三天, 佩罗和弗朗索瓦都昂首挺胸地在斯卡格威的大街上行走, 并不时地接受别人请喝的酒, 一群群心怀敬意的驯狗人和赶人则不时地围观他们的狗。

However, over the years, they have improved the nutrition of the dogs and also started resting the dogs more frequently, and this has resulted in increasing the speed with which the mushers are able to move.

然而，这些年来，他们改善了狗的营养，也开始更频繁地让狗休息，这提高了雪犬的移动速度。

The mushers now have their own sponsorships or agreements with these big companies which pay the expenses of the musher, and of course, the musher then wears something that advertises that particular company.

Mushers 现在与这些大公司有自己的赞助或协议，这些大公司支付 Musher 的费用，当然，Musher 然后会穿一些为特定公司做广告的东西。