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

属于72人大约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.

在一个不同寻常环境下，一群被称为“狗拉雪人”人正为今年伊迪塔罗德（美国城市）做着。

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

拉雪车夫和他们狗将在这里参加艾迪塔罗德狗拉雪比赛起跑仪式。

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) 雪人纪念那些日子。

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

随着摇滚乐响起和人群欢呼，另一名雪手走了大门。

The mushers bring their own supplies on the sleds.

雪人将自己补给带上雪。

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.

对于这里许多人来说，这是他们在前往野外之前为雪犬加油最后机会。

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

musher 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.

每个赶雪人都必须一路赶着他或她狗去诺姆。

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.

狗咆哮声充斥着安克雷奇郊区，来自世界各地赶狗拉雪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，在一次大胆接力赛中驱使他们狗穿越阿拉斯加冰冻荒野。

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大街上行走, 并不时地接受别人请喝酒, 一群群心怀敬意驯狗人和赶人则不时地围观他们狗。

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，他们改善了狗营养，也开始更频繁地让狗休息，这提高了雪犬移动速度。

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赞助或协议，这些大公司支付 Musher 费用，当然，Musher 然后会穿一些为特定公司做广告东西。