咱们裸熊 第104期:博物馆

 　　Hi, may we have two tickets to the museum, please?

　　你好，麻烦给我两张博物馆的门票。

　　The museum closes in 20 minutes.Do you still want the tickets?

　　博物馆还有二十分钟就要关门了。你还是要买票吗？

　　Yes, please! - And a map.Yes, and a map.

　　是的，麻烦了！- 还要地图。没错，还需要一张地图。

　　Okay, here we are at the entrance.

　　好了，现在我们在入口这里。

　　We just need to go through the aquarium¹ to the planetarium², past the tide-pool touch tanks...One of my personal faves.

　　我们只需要穿过水族馆到天文馆，经过我最喜欢的可触摸海洋生物池。

　　Don't worry, we'll see the alligator³, I promise. Then we go through the animal hall to the albino alligator. Well, let's get going. Come on!

　　别担心，我们会看到短吻鳄的，我保证。接着我们穿过动物馆去看白化变种短吻鳄。好了，赶紧去吧。快来！

　　This is the moon jelly tube. Did you know that moon jellies can be found in every ocean? Look at that big one!

　　这个是月亮水母隧道。你知道世界各个海域都有月亮水母存在吗？看那边好大一只！

　　This is the butterfly room. It has over 150 butterflies and 40 different species.

　　这个是蝴蝶屋。这里有一百五十多只蝴蝶，四十多个品种。

　　Whoa, did you know the universe contains hundreds of billions of galaxies⁴? In fact, a recent study estimated that...oh. Oh, okay.

　　你知道宇宙中有数千亿个星系吗？事实上，最近有研究认为...好吧。

　　And this one's a decorator crab⁵. They collect little pieces of kelp and sedentary...Hmm? Oh, right! Come on, let's go.

　　这个是钝额曲毛蟹。它们喜欢收集小片的海藻，而且还不爱动...嗯？好啦！我们走吧。

　　Attention guests, the museum will be closing in five minutes.

　　请各位参观者注意，博物馆将在五分钟后关门。

　　What! No! It can't close! We're so close! Wait! Stop! They can't close if we all stay! Wait!

　　什么！不！他们不能关门！我们就快到了！等等！别走！如果我们都不走，他们就不会关门！等等！

　　I told you we would see that alligator, and we're not leaving until we do. I think I have a plan.

　　我说过我会带你去看那只短吻鳄，没看到之前我们绝对不走。我有主意了。

　　Who's there?

　　谁在那里？

　　Okay, it's clear. Come on, this way.

　　好了，安全了。快来，这边走。

　　Oh! Hey, over there! You can see its tail! Why is he hiding? We just got to get his attention. Hey! Hello, alligator! Please come out!

　　快看那里！还能看见尾巴呢！他躲起来干什么？我们只需要引起他的注意。你好！短吻鳄先生！请快出来吧！

1 aquarium   

n.水族馆，养鱼池，玻璃缸

参考例句：

• The first time I saw seals was in an aquarium.我第一次看见海豹是在水族馆里。
• I'm going to the aquarium with my parents this Sunday.这个星期天，我要和父母一起到水族馆去。

2 planetarium   

n.天文馆；天象仪

参考例句：

• The planetarium staff also prepared talks for radio broadcast.天文馆的工作人员还要准备讲稿给电台广播。
• It landed in a shallow basin fifty yards from the planetarium.它降落在离天文馆五十码处的一个浅盆地中。

3 alligator   

n.短吻鳄(一种鳄鱼)

参考例句：

• She wandered off to play with her toy alligator.她开始玩鳄鱼玩具。
• Alligator skin is five times more costlier than leather.鳄鱼皮比通常的皮革要贵5倍。

4 galaxies   

星系( galaxy的名词复数 )； 银河系； 一群（杰出或著名的人物）

参考例句：

• Quasars are the highly energetic cores of distant galaxies. 类星体是遥远星系的极为活跃的核心体。
• We still don't know how many galaxies there are in the universe. 我们还不知道宇宙中有多少个星系。

5 crab   

n.螃蟹，偏航，脾气乖戾的人，酸苹果；vi.捕蟹，偏航，发牢骚；vt.使偏航，发脾气

参考例句：

• I can't remember when I last had crab.我不记得上次吃蟹是什么时候了。
• The skin on my face felt as hard as a crab's back.我脸上的皮仿佛僵硬了，就象螃蟹的壳似的。