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0这只胖熊谁最能吃？「肥熊周」回来了
阿拉斯加卡特迈国家公园的年度盛事「肥熊周」（Fat Bear Week）今年9月22日-29日举行。这里的棕熊整个夏天在布鲁克斯河狂吃三文鱼，为冬眠囤积脂肪，入秋时体重可超过1200磅（约544公斤）。今年的对阵表进一步扩容：参赛熊从往年的12只增加到16只，公园官员说今年看到的幼熊数量是多年来最多的一次，「新一代肥熊正在崛起」。
这项始于2014年的全民投票活动去年收到来自100多个国家的超过170万张选票，你还可以通过实时摄像头围观熊捕鱼吃鱼的日常。哪只熊会加冕「最胖冠军」？英语学习者可以从这期学到 weight、feast on、bracket 等高频词汇。
## 英语知识点
1. **gain weight** 增重、长胖
- 例句：He gained a lot of weight over the holidays.
- 翻译：他在假期里胖了很多。
2. **feast on** 尽情享用、大吃
- 例句：The bears feast on salmon every summer.
- 翻译：这些熊每年夏天都尽情享用三文鱼。
3. **bracket** （淘汰赛）对阵表
- 例句：Have you filled out your bracket for the tournament?
- 翻译：你填好这次锦标赛的对阵表了吗？
4. **weigh** 重达；称重量
- 例句：An adult male bear can weigh over 1,200 pounds.
- 翻译：成年公熊体重可以超过1200磅。
5. **be crowned** 加冕、被授予（冠军等称号）
- 例句：She was crowned the winner of the singing contest.
- 翻译：她被授予歌唱比赛的冠军。
6. **up from...** 比之前增加了（用于对比数字）
- 例句：The price is $15 now, up from $10 last year.
- 翻译：现在价格是15美元，比去年的10美元上涨了。
7. **get ready to** 准备好做某事
- 例句：Get ready to be amazed by the results.
- 翻译：准备好对这些结果大吃一惊吧。
## 全文参考
Now, a fun story from Alaska. Fat Bear Week is back! Every September, people around the world vote for the bear that has gained the most weight before winter. This year's competition runs from September twenty-second to the twenty-ninth, at Katmai National Park in Alaska. The park's brown bears spend the summer eating salmon in the Brooks River, and some of them weigh more than one thousand two hundred pounds by the fall. This bracket is bigger than ever, with sixteen bears this year, up from twelve in recent years. Officials say there are more cubs at the park this year than they have seen in a long time. Last year, more than one point seven million votes came in from over one hundred countries. You can even watch the bears live on webcams. So, which bear will be crowned the fattest of them all? Get ready to vote!
