每日新闻(47)【中国冠毛犬Scooter获选今年“世界最丑的小狗”】

Meet Scooter, the winner of this year's World's Ugliest Dog Contest

Scooter isn't (

what many would call a

conventional

beauty

)

.

The 7-year-old Chinese Crested

dog

, with reversed

hind legs

,

is nearly bald

but for a shock of white

wispy

hairs.

But it's those kinds of

peculiarities

(

that

endeared

the

pooch

to judges at the "World's Ugliest Dog" contest in Petaluma, Calif.,

(

where he took home the grand prize on Friday

)

)

.Scooter's pink,

wayward

tongue

may be

drooping

from his mouth.

The contest's title

, however,

is meant to be

tongue-in-cheek

.

The

nearly 50-year-old event

is held to show

(

that these dogs are uniquely beautiful by celebrating "the

imperfections

(

that make all dogs special,"

)

)

and to advocate

for adoption.

生词/组：

conventional 常规的;传统的;习惯的;

hind legs 后腿;后肢;后足

wispy 纤细的;一缕缕的;一绺绺的;

peculiarities 个性;特点;peculiarity的复数

endeared 使受喜爱、青睐;endear的过去分词和过去式

pooch 狗

wayward 任性的;倔强的;难以控制的

drooping 垂下;沮丧;下垂的;droop的现在分词

tongue-in-cheek 开玩笑的;随便说说的

imperfections 瑕疵;缺点;imperfection的复数

译文： 认识今年世界最丑狗大赛的获胜者Scooter

Scooter并不是很多人眼中的传统靓狗🐶。这只7岁大的中国冠毛犬，后腿颠倒，几乎秃顶，但有一簇簇白色的细毛。但正是这些特质让这只小狗在加利福尼亚州佩塔卢马举行的“世界上最丑的狗”比赛中受到了评委的喜爱，周五，它在比赛中获得了大奖。这项有近50年历史的活动旨在通过庆祝“让所有狗都与众不同的缺陷”来展示这些狗的独特美丽，并倡导收养。 来自美国全国公共广播电台（NPR）