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進入中英對照讀新聞》Don’t mess with this mama bear: Grazer easily wins popular Fat Bear Contest at Alaska national park別惹這隻熊媽媽：格雷澤在阿拉斯加國家公園受歡迎胖熊大賽輕鬆獲勝
2023胖熊大賽冠軍格雷澤（法新社）
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When it comes to packing on the pounds to survive an Alaska winter, this year’s undisputed champ is Grazer.
說到增重以度過阿拉斯加冬天，今年毋庸置疑的冠軍是格雷澤。
Grazer won this year’s contest, handily defeating Chunk 108,321 to 23,134 in the finals.
格雷澤贏得了今年比賽，在決賽中以10萬8321票比2萬3134票輕鬆擊敗「大塊頭」。
The annual contest, which this year drew more than 1.3 million votes from dedicated fans watching the bears live at explore.org, is way to celebrate the resiliency of the brown bears that live on the preserve on the Alaska Peninsula.
今年吸引了explore.org網站觀看棕熊直播的忠實粉絲逾130萬投票，這項年度競賽旨為慶祝生活在阿拉斯加半島保護區內的棕熊頑強毅力。
Viewers of Alaska’s most-watched popularity contest are glued to computer screens all summer long to see which bears are stocking up the most on salmon. They then vote in tournament style brackets over the course of a week, advancing bears to the next round until a champion is crowned. Grazer took the title Tuesday.
這個阿拉斯加收視率最高之人氣競賽的觀眾整個夏天目不轉睛盯著電腦螢幕，看哪隻熊囤了最多鮭魚。接著，他們以錦標賽形式進行一週的賽程，讓熊隻晉級下一輪，直到冠軍加冕。格雷澤週二拿下冠軍。
According to Grazer’s biography on the Katmai website, the large adult female is often one of the fattest bears to collect salmon on Brooks River inside Katmai. (AP)
根據「卡特邁」網站上的格雷澤傳記，這隻大型成年母熊常是卡特邁區內布魯克斯河捕鮭魚最胖的熊其中一隻。（美聯社）
新聞辭典
mess with：片語動詞，指打擾、招惹。例句：She has warned you already, don’t mess with her!（她已警告過你，別惹她！）
glued to：片語，指緊附於、不願離開、似膠般固著於。例句：Her ear was glued to the keyhole.（她的耳朵緊貼鑰匙孔上。）
