VOA慢速英语：赛跑者直面德克萨斯比赛泥浆

his is What’s Trending Today.
这里是今日热点节目。
A running website recently published a video of a high school race in the United States.
近期，某赛跑网站发布了一则关于美国高中学生比赛的视频。
The site, FloTrack, is known for reporting on competitive running. It provides results from races around the world.
该网站，FloTrack以报道竞跑出名。它为全球的赛跑提供结果。
FloTrack told about Usain Bolt and his success at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. It also has reports about big races, like the Fifth Avenue Mile in New York City.
Flo Track报道了博尔特在里约奥运的成功。它同样报道了大赛事，比如纽约第五届1英里大赛。
There was also a story about a recent high school cross-country race in Texas.
这也有关于近期在德克萨斯举办的高中越野比赛的报道。
Cross-country is the name for an event where the runners compete on uneven ground instead of running in a circle on a flat surface. Some cross-country coursessend runners around a waterway, through the woods or up and down hills.
越野赛是赛跑者在不平地而不是平整的环形跑道上完成比赛的名字。一些越野不平地赛跑者环绕水路，在树林和山丘上上下下。