【英语时差8,16】Famous Teddy Bears 著名的玩具熊

 Famous Teddy Bears 著名的玩具熊 Paddington, Winnie the Pooh and Rupert the Bear – enter the world of the teddy bear! So we’re looking at some of the bears of the Teddy Bear Museum collection at Polka Theatre. The first part of the collection is a stage with Rupert, Paddington and several other bears. Hello, I’m Marina Campbell and I help look after the teddy bear collection. I think most people have had a bear that they’ve loved at some point and have read stories or have watched television programmes about them and they’re just part of growing up and part of our heritage¹. What’s amazing coming here is that so many generations of people recognise the same bear, particularly Paddington. So Mums and Dads are “Ooh, it’s Paddington” but also very young children recognise him and are very excited about seeing him. What Marina enjoys about working at the Museum is that lots of people across the generations all recognise and love teddy bears. The first teddy bear was made in 1902 after the American President, Teddy Roosevelt, was out hunting one day and they couldn’t find any bears for him to shoot on this hunt but they did find a bear cub². And they tied this bear cub to a tree but Teddy Roosevelt said “No, spare the bear” and then a toy-maker decided³ this was a very good story and that he would make a ‘Teddy’s’ bear. Well, you see the interesting thing about Rupert is that Rupert is not a bear. If you look very closely⁴ Rupert is a boy but with a bear’s head. He is not a real bear and we do not have any Ruperts on display.

 

1 heritage   

n.传统，遗产，继承物

参考例句：

• The ancient buildings are part of the national heritage.这些古建筑是民族遗产的一部分。
• We Chinese have a great cultural heritage.我们中国人有伟大的文化遗产。

2 cub   

n.幼兽，年轻无经验的人

参考例句：

• The lion cub's mother was hunting for what she needs. 这只幼师的母亲正在捕猎。
• The cub licked the milk from its mother's breast. 这头幼兽吸吮着它妈妈的奶水。

3 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

4 closely   

adv.紧密地；严密地，密切地

参考例句：

• We shall follow closely the development of the situation.我们将密切注意形势的发展。
• The two companies are closely tied up with each other.这两家公司之间有密切联系。