Take Away English-Crufts Dog Show 英国狗展

Crufts winner 2006. Picture courtesy of the Kennel1 Club of Great Britain

Fireworks, music and theatre have been some of the ways in which the Chinese community in Britain has been celebrating the start of the Year of the Dog – it has been quite a party. But every year the UK goes dog crazy with its annual celebration of all things canine² at the annual Crufts dog show.

More than 100,000 visitors went to watch man’s best friend perform for the judges last week. It was a massive event with 20,000 dogs filling all five halls of the National Exhibition Centre in Britain’s second city, Birmingham.

Terriers, hounds, toy dogs, and gundogs were just some of the 178 different breeds, that took part in demonstrations³, competitions and displays.

Every year there is the famous Best in Show Competition, but there is also the Agility⁴, Flyball, Obedience⁵, and Heelwork to Music events.

There are usually plenty of trade stands every year, but this year there were four hundred of them packed with everything for dogs and their owners; they were doing very brisk business, too.

Dog fans travel from all over the UK and the world to visit Crufts. Jo and her mother Rosemary, from Southampton, summed it up:

"We came because we've got dogs and we love dogs. There's nothing like Crufts. We've really enjoyed it. We're going back home happy."

So who won this years event? Called 'Chance', she is an Australian Shepherd dog who beat six other group winners at the show's final.

Chance is five-years-old, and comes from California, in the United States.

Her handler Larry Fenner said: "I am overwhelmed. The greatest moment of my life was the birth of my daughter, this is second best. I did not expect it.

"The dog is awesome⁶, the greatest I have ever shown in my life. I probably won't have another one like him."

Crufts was established in 1891 and now runs for four days every March.

GLOSSARY 词汇表
dog crazy 对狗发狂，爱狗痴 man's best friend 人类最忠诚的朋友 terriers 梗类犬 (狗的一种) toy dogs 玩具狗 (小型宠物狗) breeds 狗的品种 displays 展示 obedience 服从 brisk business 生意新旺 Australian Shepherd 澳大利亚牧羊犬 overwhelmed 受宠若惊，简直不能相信	canine 犬科的 judges 裁判 hounds 猎犬 gundogs 枪猎犬 demonstrations 示范 agility 灵活性 trade stands 商品展台 summed it up 总结 handler 训狗师 awesome 太棒了，太难以置信了

 

1 kennel   

n.狗舍，狗窝

参考例句：

• Sporting dogs should be kept out of doors in a kennel.猎狗应该养在户外的狗窝中。
• Rescued dogs are housed in a standard kennel block.获救的狗被装在一个标准的犬舍里。

2 canine   

adj.犬的，犬科的

参考例句：

• The fox is a canine animal.狐狸是犬科动物。
• Herbivorous animals have very small canine teeth,or none.食草动物的犬牙很小或者没有。

3 demonstrations   

证明( demonstration的名词复数 )； 表明； 表达； 游行示威

参考例句：

• Lectures will be interspersed with practical demonstrations. 讲课中将不时插入实际示范。
• The new military government has banned strikes and demonstrations. 新的军人政府禁止罢工和示威活动。

4 agility   

n.敏捷，活泼

参考例句：

• The boy came upstairs with agility.那男孩敏捷地走上楼来。
• His intellect and mental agility have never been in doubt.他的才智和机敏从未受到怀疑。

5 obedience   

n.服从，顺从

参考例句：

• Society has a right to expect obedience of the law.社会有权要求人人遵守法律。
• Soldiers act in obedience to the orders of their superior officers.士兵们遵照上级军官的命令行动。

6 awesome   

adj.令人惊叹的，难得吓人的，很好的

参考例句：

• The church in Ireland has always exercised an awesome power.爱尔兰的教堂一直掌握着令人敬畏的权力。
• That new white convertible is totally awesome.那辆新的白色折篷汽车简直棒极了.