Daily runs can be tough1 for highschool athletes， even for athletes who loveto run. Finding inspiration over summerbreak can be even harder.

In 2016， high school running coachLuis Escobar was brainstorming2 withhis wife when she came up with an idea：get a pack of shelter3 dogs to go out withhis runners.

“The dogs want to go out and run;the kids love dogs， and they loverunning，”said Escobar.

Escobar called an animal shelternearby. The shelter staff gave the highschool athletes tips on how to run withdogs. Then， the students set out on amile-long run with the shelter dogs.

“It was super fun. The kids werehaving a great time， and the dogs werehaving a great time，” said Escobar.“Tails were wagging4， and kids weresmiling.”He took a video of the outingand shared it on social media.

Little did Escobar know that the60-second clip5 would fly across theInternet. The next day， it had hundredsof thousands of views.

It has been nearly eight years sincethat video was posted online. Every sooften， it resurfaces6 on social media andstarts making therounds again.

The shelter dog run hasbecome a regular event. It alsoresulted in some studentsadopting7 dogs.

“Many， many dogs were adopted as aresult of this，”Escobar said. “That is thething that I am probably most proud of.”

Escobar’s idea soon spread toschools around the country. The programhas been on the news.

The shelter sends out dogs with lotsof energy， or those who seem lonely.Regan Blessinger works at a shelter. Shesaid that the dogs spend most of theirtime in a kennel8. They need morephysical and mental stimulation， as wellas social time with other dogs andpeople. “There’s a lot of benefits9， andthe dogs just love it. They getexcited to go，”she said.

The students look forwardto it， too.

Dogsandrunnersarebothexcited.

“It’s really fun，”said a student.“I think it’s really good for our team;it teaches us to care more about othersthan ourselves.”

Escobar said that looking back， heis not surprised his short video hadsuch a positive effect. He said it was60 seconds of real kindness.

“The world needs kindness，”Escobar said.

對(duì)于高中運(yùn)動(dòng)員來(lái)說(shuō)，即使是喜歡跑步的運(yùn)動(dòng)員，每天跑步也很是一件困難的事情。在暑假期間尋找動(dòng)力可能會(huì)更加困難。

2016 年，高中跑步教練路易斯·埃斯科瓦爾與妻子一起討論時(shí)，妻子想出了一個(gè)主意：讓一群收容所的狗和他的跑步運(yùn)動(dòng)員一起出去。

“狗狗們想出去跑步；孩子們喜歡狗，并且他們也喜歡跑步?！卑Ｋ箍仆郀栒f(shuō)。

埃斯科瓦爾打電話給附近的一家動(dòng)物收容所。收容所的工作人員向高中運(yùn)動(dòng)員們傳授了如何帶狗跑步的技巧。然后，學(xué)生們帶著收容所的狗開(kāi)始了一英里長(zhǎng)跑。

“這非常有趣。孩子們玩得很開(kāi)心，狗也玩得很開(kāi)心?！卑Ｋ箍仆郀栒f(shuō)，“尾巴在搖，孩子們?cè)谛??！彼南铝诉@次外出的視頻并在社交媒體上分享。

埃斯科瓦爾一點(diǎn)也不知道這段60 秒的視頻會(huì)傳遍網(wǎng)絡(luò)。第二天，它的瀏覽量達(dá)到了數(shù)十萬(wàn)次。

自這段視頻發(fā)布到網(wǎng)上已經(jīng)過(guò)去了將近八年。每隔一段時(shí)間，它就會(huì)重新出現(xiàn)在社交媒體上，并開(kāi)始再次廣為流傳。

與收容所的狗跑步已經(jīng)成為一項(xiàng)常規(guī)項(xiàng)目。這也促成了一些學(xué)生領(lǐng)養(yǎng)狗。

“ 很多很多狗都因此而被領(lǐng)養(yǎng)?！卑Ｋ箍仆郀栒f(shuō)，“這可能是我最引以為豪的事情。”

埃斯科瓦爾的想法很快傳播到了全國(guó)各地的學(xué)校。這個(gè)項(xiàng)目上了新聞。

收容所會(huì)派出精力充沛的狗，或者那些看起來(lái)很孤獨(dú)的狗。里甘·布萊辛格在一家收容所工作。她說(shuō)，這些狗大部分時(shí)間都待在狗窩里。它們需要更多身體和精神上的激勵(lì)，以及與其他狗和人的社交時(shí)間。她說(shuō)：“這有很多好處，狗狗們都很喜歡。它們因此而興奮。”

學(xué)生們也很期待。

狗狗和跑步者都很興奮。

“這真的很有趣。”一個(gè)學(xué)生說(shuō)，“我認(rèn)為這對(duì)我們的團(tuán)隊(duì)來(lái)說(shuō)真的有好處；它教會(huì)我們更多地關(guān)心他人而不是自己。”

埃斯科瓦爾說(shuō)，回過(guò)頭來(lái)看，他的短視頻能產(chǎn)生如此積極的效果，他并不感到驚訝。他說(shuō)這是60 秒真正的善意。

“世界需要善良?！卑Ｋ箍仆郀栒f(shuō)。

▏Notes

1. tough 困難的，棘手的

2. brainstorm 集思廣益

3. shelter （人或動(dòng)物）收容所

4. wag 搖擺

5. clip 片段

6. resurface 重新露面

7. adopt 收養(yǎng)

8. kennel 狗屋

9. benefit 好處，益處

Discussion 議一議：

1.Doyou like running？ Haveyou run with dogs？ 你喜歡跑步嗎？你和狗一起跑過(guò)步嗎？

2. What do you think of the idea of the shelter dog run？ 你覺(jué)得帶收容所的狗跑步這個(gè)主意怎么樣？