动物保护组织呼吁停止吃蟑螂大赛
Cockroach-eating contest bugs animal group
An animal rights group called on Tuesday for a North American theme park operator to cancel a competition in which people will try to break the world cockroach-eating record.
周二，动物保护组织呼吁北美主题公园经营者取消吃蟑螂世界纪录赛。
Theme park operator Six Flags Inc, based in New York, is staging the contest as part of a promotion leading up to Halloween in which it is also offering customers free entry or line-jumping advantages if they eat a live Madagascar hissing cockroach.
主题公园经营商六旗公司为迎接万圣节的到来特意举办了此次比赛。圣诞节期间，凡愿意活吞一只马达加斯加发声蟑螂的游客将能获得免费入场券或者优先玩的权利。
The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) said it had been flooded with calls from children, adults and even anonymous employees of Six Flags opposing the record-breaking contest and the overall promotion.
人道对待动物协会说他们已经收到大量来自孩子们、成年人、甚至是六旗员工的电话，抗议此次破纪录赛和整体宣传活动。
"Insects do not deserve to be eaten alive especially for a gratuitous marketing gimmick," PETA spokeswoman Jackie Vergerio said.
人道对待动物协会发言人杰姬·芙吉利奥说：“昆虫何罪之有竟落得被活吞？特别仅仅是为了毫无理由的商业花招？”
The competition to beat the world cockroach eating record is being held on Friday at a Six Flags park in Illinois. Anyone who beats the record will win a season pass for four people for 2007 with VIP queue-jumping status.
世界吃蟑螂破纪录大赛将于周五在伊利诺斯州六旗公园举行。破纪录者将能获得2007年四人份优先玩贵宾季卡。
Competitors will try to break the current world record, which is held by Ken Edwards of Derbyshire, England, who devoured 36 Madagascar hissing cockroaches in one minute in 2001.
目前纪录的保持者是英国德贝郡的肯·爱德华兹，他曾于2001年在一分钟内吞下36只马达加斯加发声蟑螂。 |
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