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Ligonier高地競賽
地方性遺產
您聽過「沈重運動員」(heavy
athlete)？不，這不是用來形容過重球員的字眼，它是用來指稱那些參加傳統蘇格蘭競賽的人。賓州Ligonier所舉辦的高地競賽，讓許多沈重運動員有機會在各個項目中一較究竟。如：擲樹比賽。您想擲樹嗎？
獨立戰爭開打前，賓州西部的居民中，據估每三個人中，就有一位是蘇格蘭後裔。現在的Ligonier居民會舉辦Ligonier高地競賽。旨在頌揚他們的蘇格蘭傳統；其中幾項最受歡迎的競賽就叫做「沈重運動員」，這些競賽主要是測量參賽者的力量及技巧。這些競賽項目原本是古代的蘇格蘭領袖及族長，用來挑選出戰的最佳勇士，但Ligonier舉辦這些比賽的目的則純為好玩！
為看看誰能將重物拋最遠，沈重運動員會進行的活動項目包括丟擲大石，甚或是鏈球。另外，他們也會在一個叫做長木柱扔擲的項目中彼此較勁。Caber就是蓋爾語(傳統的蘇格蘭語言)中的樹木之意，Ligonier高地競賽中使用的長木柱，是一個超過14英尺長的樹幹！
Have you ever heard of a "heavy athlete"? No, it's not an overweight ballplayer; it's someone who takes part in traditional Scottish games. The Highland Games in Ligonier, Pennsylvania, offer plenty of heavy athletes the opportunity to compete in events like tree-throwing. How would you like to throw a tree?
By the time of the Revolutionary War, it was estimated that one out of every three people living in western Pennsylvania was of Scottish ancestry. Today, the people of Ligonier celebrate their Scottish heritage by holding the Ligonier Highland Games. The most popular games are called "heavy athletics." These games are a test of strength and skill for those who compete. Ancient Scottish leaders, chieftains, originally used Highland games to select the best men to go into battle. But in Ligonier the games are just for fun!
Heavy athletes do things like throw big stones or even hammers to see who can throw the farthest. They also compete in a game called the caber toss. Caber is Gaelic (the traditional language of Scotland) for tree. The caber used in the Ligonier Highland Games is a tree trunk more than 14 feet long!
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