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阿肯色河上佈滿許多裝飾華麗的木筏， 在熱鬧 的週六早上參加木筏競賽，1992年
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您曾看過浴缸競賽或恐龍木筏嗎？假如您在五月的威奇塔河節，來到堪薩斯州的威奇塔，您就有機會看到了。每年，威奇塔都會舉辦長達十天的派對，這個派對始於1972年；除了木筏及浴缸項目外，節慶活動還包括了現場的餘興活動、烹飪比賽及釣魚船競賽。
古董浴缸競賽是一個經金氏世界記錄認可的活動，將古董浴缸，架設在漂浮的平台上，在河上彼此競速，以取得最高獎項：一座鍍金浴缸。在早期的比賽中，有些浴缸從未抵達終點線，有些人懷疑，阿肯色河的河底，仍留有許多浴缸！
在星期六早上舉辦的木筏競賽，裝飾好的木筏，會漂蕩在蜿蜒的阿肯色河上，木筏上的人會將河水噴灑在旁觀者身上。除了恐龍木筏之外，也有賽車木筏、史奴比木筏及蠢蛋木筏。假如您要參加這個木筏比賽，您的木筏主題會是什麼？
Have you ever seen a bathtub race or a dinosaur raft? If you are in Wichita, Kansas, during the River Festival in May, you will have your chance. Every year Wichita celebrates with a 10-day-long party, which was first held in 1972. In addition to the raft and bathtub events, the festival features live entertainment, cook-offs, and a fishing derby.
The Antique Bathtub Race, an event that is even recognized in the Guinness Book of World Records, features antique tubs, mounted on flotation platforms, all racing across water for the top trophy -- a gold-plated bathtub. In the early days of the race, some of the tubs never made it to the finish line. Some people suspect that there are still a few tubs at the bottom of the Arkansas River!
During the Saturday morning raft race, decorated rafts float down the winding Arkansas River, their occupants spraying the spectators with river water. Besides the dinosaur raft, there have been race car rafts, a Snoopy raft and a Dumbo raft. If you were to enter a rafting contest, what would your raft look like?
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