英语:VOA慢速英语听力：珍·克雷黑德·乔治的荒野生活[1]
2012-05-28 11:33:22 高考
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Jean Craighead George died at a hospital in New York state, where she lived most of her adult life.
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The Virginia Gold Cup
JUNE SIMMS: Horse racing is one of the oldest sporting events in the world. And it can be a major economic support in some places. But, horse racing requires a lot of space, for the activity itself and for the large crowds who like to watch. As development spreads further and further from cities, horse racing is threatened.
But in Virginia, one horse race is still going strong after nearly ninety years. About fifty thousand people attend the Gold Cup each year in the rolling hills of The Plains, Virginia.
Many in the crowd wear fine clothes, including creative hats covered with flowers, feathers or other decorations. And those hats are judged. A hat competition is part of the Gold Cup tradition.
The event also always includes food and drink. Some people just bring containers of sandwiches and sodas. Others have full size tents with grills and professional cooks. Race visitor Thomas Eden grew up in the area.
THOMAS EDEN: "It's the one day in the year that everyone drops everything and decides to be nice for a day and dress up a bit.
And I love dressing up...it's my thing."
The Gold Cup is a steeplechase event. The horses race across fields and jump over fences. George Webb has been attending the Gold Cup for twenty years.
GEORGE WEBB: "People love getting out in the country. It's such a beautiful area. It is a part of history. George Washington hunted fox in this very area out here. And so for about two hundred years it's been going on. So this remains something very near and dear to folks out here."
The area used in a steeplechase is much larger than a traditional horse race track. Several steeplechase events have been forced to move in recent years, as more land is developed. The Gold Cup moved to its current space in nineteen eig
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