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Marathon Runner Tries to Bring Home a Piece of the Gobi　　沙漠中遇見你 —— 超馬選手與小狗的溫馨邂逅

精英翻譯社轉自http://paper.udn.com/udnpaper/POH0062/310220/web/

An Australian marathoner found friendship in the heart of the desert.

澳洲馬拉松選手在沙漠中心發現了友誼。

　　Dogs are man's best friend, but would your dog follow you on a 250-kilometer run across the open desert? For one very special dog, this was no problem.

　　狗是人類最好的朋友，但是你的狗會跟著你跑兩百五十公里橫越廣大的沙漠嗎？對一隻很特別的狗來說，這根本不成問題。

　　In June of last year, Australian marathoner Dion Leonard took part in the Gobi March, an ultra-marathon held once a year in China. When the starting gun fired, he noticed a dog running along with the racers. As the race continued, the small, light-haired, stray dog took a liking to Leonard and chose to run with him. Even when temperatures reached over 50 degrees Celsius, she was by his side. During the different stages of the race, the dog, now named Gobi, became his constant companion. When the race was over, though, Leonard was forced to say goodbye.

　　去年六月，澳洲馬拉松選手迪翁‧雷納德參加了戈壁長征賽 —— 一項一年一度在中國舉辦的超級馬拉松賽跑。起跑槍響時，他注意到有一隻狗跟著選手們跑了起來。在賽程中，這隻小型淺毛色流浪狗喜歡上了雷納德，並選擇跟他一起跑。即使氣溫上升到攝氏五十度以上，牠還是陪在他身邊。在比賽的不同階段中，這隻現在名為戈壁的狗成為了他的忠實夥伴。但是比賽結束後，雷納德卻被迫與小狗道別。

　　Leonard had formed a close friendship with Gobi, and he wanted to adopt the stray and bring her to his home in Scotland. Therefore, he set up a crowdfunding campaign to raise the £5,000 it would take to bring Gobi home. In the end, the campaign raised nearly eight times that amount. Gobi now lives in the UK, and the extra funds will go towards finding homes for other stray dogs around the world.

　　雷納德和戈壁已經建立起深厚的友情，而他想將這隻流浪狗認養並帶回他在蘇格蘭的家。因此他成立了一個群眾募資活動，以募集將戈壁帶回家所需的五千英鎊。最後，活動募得將近原定目標八倍的金額。戈壁現在住在英國，而多出來的募捐資金將會用來為世界各地的其他流浪狗尋找一個家。