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Far away in the United States there was a cure for diphtheria, called antitoxin serum.
在美國離這兒很遠的地方有一種治療白喉的藥，叫做抗毒素血清。
The doctor sent out a frantic appeal for help.
醫生拼命呼救。
A twenty-pound package of the precious serum for fighting diphtheria would save the children, the families at Nome, and all the surrounding territory from the Black Death.
一袋20磅重的抗白喉珍貴血清可以拯救諾姆市的兒童、家庭以及周圍的所有地區，使其免于黑死病。
Immediately the serum was rushed toward Alaska.
血清立即被送往阿拉斯加。
Without loss of time the railroad carried the package of serum from Seward to Nenana.
火車一刻不停地把那包血清從蘇厄德運到尼納納。
Dog-teams must continue the journey six hundred and sixty-five miles by trail westward to Nome.
狗隊必須沿著向西的小道向諾姆市行進665英里。
Never before that time had the journey from Nenana to Nome been made in less than nine days.
在此之前，從尼南到諾姆的旅程從來沒有在九天內完成過。
The heroic drivers of the dog-teams risked their lives by taking cross-cuts, never attempted in such weather before.
狗隊的領頭冒著生命危險橫穿，以前從未在這種天氣下嘗試過。
The serum reached Nome in five and one-half days!
血清在五天半內到達諾姆！
But for the glorious deed of the dog, Balto, in the last sixty miles of the dash for Nome, this remarkable feat could not have been accomplished.
如果不是狗兒巴爾圖在向諾姆市沖去的最后60英里中的光榮壯舉，這本是不可能完成的。
However, if it had not been for the work of other heroic dogs and their drivers, big black Balto would not have had his chance to reach Nome with the serum and thus save hundreds of lives.
當然，如果不是因為其他英勇的狗狗和車夫，大黑巴爾圖也不能自己帶著血清到達諾姆市，從而挽救數百條生命。
