纪录片《中国春节》 第21期 回乡（21）

There is a very special relationship, I think, between the Lisu people and these monkeys.

我觉得傈僳族人和这些猴子有着非常特别的关系

Since you've been working here,

你一直在这里工作

have you seen the population here grow and get healthier?

见到猴群数量增加，变得更健康吗?

That's amazing! That's a really good job.

太好了! 干得真是不错

Part of the Lisu rangers¹ job on the reserve is to monitor the health of these primates²,

傈僳族巡护员在保护区工作的一部分是监控这些灵长动物的健康

which means collecting their poo at regular intervals³.

这就是说要定期收集它们的粪便

Mr Yu and his colleagues collect this everyday and analyse it.

鱼先生和他的同事们每天收集这些并进行分析

And by doing so they can tell a lot about the health of the monkeys

这样他们就能了解到很多猴子健康

and also about the population density⁴.

和种群密度方面的信息

It's not that easy to find.

这可不那么好找

I found some here.

我找到了

Never has a girl been so excited to find a poo.

从来没哪个女孩找到粪便会这么高兴

Mr Yu knows each individual monkey and is able to label out the bags.

鱼先生认识每一只金丝猴，能在袋子上写好标记

You know which monkey did this?

你知道这是哪只猴子的?

That's amazing.

太神奇了

The monkey faeces are examined in a special study centre.

猴子的粪便被送到特别的研究中心

One of the purposes of this centre is to check the health of the Yunnan snub-nosed monkeys.

这个中心的目的之一就是检查滇金丝猴的健康状况

So Mr Yu, what is the scientist testing for?

鱼先生，科学检验的结果怎么样?

So it's good news.

好消息啊

OK, OK, fantastic.

对，对，很棒

1 rangers   

护林者( ranger的名词复数 )； 突击队员

参考例句：

• Do you know where the Rangers Stadium is? 你知道Rangers体育场在哪吗？ 来自超越目标英语 第3册
• Now I'm a Rangers' fan, so I like to be near the stadium. 现在我是Rangers的爱好者，所以我想离体育场近一点。 来自超越目标英语 第3册

2 primates   

primate的复数

参考例句：

• Primates are alert, inquisitive animals. 灵长目动物是机灵、好奇的动物。
• Consciousness or cerebration has been said to have emerged in the evolution of higher primates. 据说意识或思考在较高级灵长类的进化中已出现。

3 intervals   

n.[军事]间隔( interval的名词复数 )；间隔时间；[数学]区间；（戏剧、电影或音乐会的）幕间休息

参考例句：

• The forecast said there would be sunny intervals and showers. 预报间晴，有阵雨。
• Meetings take place at fortnightly intervals. 每两周开一次会。

4 density   

n.密集，密度，浓度

参考例句：

• The population density of that country is 685 per square mile.那个国家的人口密度为每平方英里685人。
• The region has a very high population density.该地区的人口密度很高。