美国小学英语教材6:第39课 建立野外动物保护区(1)

 　　Staring a Wildlife Sanctuary¹ Dallas Lore² Sharp 建立野外动物保护区 达拉斯·罗尔·夏普

　　Do you recall reading about the great Albert National Park that Carl Akeley helped establish in Africa? 你还记得读过有关卡尔·阿克利在非洲帮助建立艾伯特国家公园的故事吗？

　　If wild animals need protection in that vast, unsettled continent, 在这片广阔而不稳定的大陆上，如果野生动物需要保护，

　　think how badly they must need it in our land of cities and farms! 想想在城市和村庄，它们是多么急切地需要保护！

　　Many people are today greatly alarmed because the wild life of our country is disappearing so rapidly. 让许多人警醒的是我们国家的野生动物保护区正在锐减。

　　Dallas Lore Sharp, a famous preacher, teacher, and writer, tells how you and I can help save wild life from destruction. 著名牧师，老师兼作者达拉斯·罗尔·夏普告诉我们如何挽救野生动物。

　　He set us a good example during his life by making a seven-acre refuge³ for birds near his home in Massachusetts. 他为我们举了很好的例子，他在家附近的马萨诸塞州建立了七公顷鸟类庇护所。

　　What is a wild-life sanctuary? What does the making of one require? Such a sanctuary ought to be, if possible, 什么是野生动物保护区？建立保护区需要什么条件？如果可能的话，这样的保护区应该

　　the wildest piece of land within or near the borders of your town. 建立在城镇附近或城镇内的荒原之地。

　　To make a sanctuary of it means simply that the owner will give it over to wildness and to all wild life, 建立保护区就意味着拥有者需要把这片土地交给野生动物，

　　posting it with notices to everyone that this piece of land is free from all harm and all alarm to every wild thing. 贴上通告让所有人知道，这片土地禁止务农，也是在警告所有野外活动。

　　Thus one can turn his farm into a sanctuary. 从而让耕地变为保护区。

　　There would be no more plowing⁴ and planting done on a farm that was actually turned over to wildness and all wild things. 人们不再耕作和种植作物，一切都交给大自然和野生动物。

　　One can also turn his city house lot into a sanctuary by simply adding a bird bath and seeds and a piece of suet. 人们还可以将自己的房屋变为保护区，增加一个鸟浴池，种子和一片板油。

　　Of course, there would be trouble in keeping prowling cats away. 当然，我们很难防止猫的入侵。

　　Both farm and city house lots are excellent sanctuaries⁵; but they are not the best kind for several reasons, 农庄和房屋都可以是完美的保护区，但却不知最好的，原因有以下几点，

　　chief of which is their lack of wildness. Originally, the whole land was wild and was covered with wild life, 最主要的是不在野外，起初的土地是荒原，荒原上有很多野生动物，

　　and with wild Indians besides. The Indians have been removed from us, very largely. 还有印第安人，大量印第安人已远离了我们。

　　With them have gone some of the larger animals, as well as many of the lovely smaller ones, and many plants, 除了印第安人还有大型动物，还有一些可爱的小型动物和植物，

　　while the danger of complete destruction hangs like a dreadful⁶ shadow over many more. 完全破坏的危险像阴影一样笼罩着更多野生动物。

1 sanctuary   

n.圣所，圣堂，寺庙；禁猎区，保护区

参考例句：

• There was a sanctuary of political refugees behind the hospital.医院后面有一个政治难民的避难所。
• Most countries refuse to give sanctuary to people who hijack aeroplanes.大多数国家拒绝对劫机者提供庇护。

2 lore   

n.传说；学问，经验，知识

参考例句：

• I will seek and question him of his lore.我倒要找上他，向他讨教他的渊博的学问。
• Early peoples passed on plant and animal lore through legend.早期人类通过传说传递有关植物和动物的知识。

3 refuge   

n.避难（处），庇护（所）；v.庇护，避难（所）

参考例句：

• They took refuge in a cave yesterday.他们昨天是在一个洞里避难的。
• We took refuge in the lee of the wall.我们在墙的背风处暂避。

4 plowing   

v.耕( plow的现在分词 )；犁耕；费力穿过

参考例句：

• "There are things more important now than plowing, Sugar. "如今有比耕种更重要的事情要做呀，宝贝儿。 来自飘（部分）
• Since his wife's death, he has been plowing a lonely furrow. 从他妻子死后，他一直过着孤独的生活。 来自辞典例句

5 sanctuaries   

n.避难所( sanctuary的名词复数 )；庇护；圣所；庇护所

参考例句：

• The designation of special marine reserves and marine sanctuaries shall be subject to the State Council for approval. 海洋特别保护区、海上自然保护区的确定，须经国务院批准。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• After 1965 he acquiesced when they established sanctuaries on that soil. 1965年以后，他默认了他们在那块土地上建立庇护所。 来自辞典例句

6 dreadful   

adj.糟透了的，极端的，可怕的，令人畏惧的

参考例句：

• I cannot imagine what to do in this dreadful situation.我不能想像在这么糟的情况下该怎么办。
• I must apologize for the dreadful mistake I made.我为我所犯的严重错误深表歉意。