万花筒 2011-12-09&12-11 饲养员穿“熊猫服”带圈养大熊猫走向野外

 As you know, giant pandas are among the world's most adored and endangered animals. And the Chinese government decided¹ that they would be better off out in the real world, returned to the wild, if they never had human attachments². So what's the solution? ABC's David Wright in Sichuan China put on a panda suit himself. 

 

They are adorable but almost extinct, so the Chinese scientists working hard to preserve the giant pandas. I've come up with an unusual way to keep them accompany. 

 

It looks like a giant Halloween costume, huh? 

 

Black and white fluffy³ costumes, tailer made for China's Wolong panda research center. 

 

Complete with paws. 

 

Have you seen the panda suit thing? 

 

Yes, I have. 

 

What do you make of it? 

 

Yeah, it's funny like it behave, you know, whatever works, right? 

 

And now to complete the event. Do they tell mistakenly for a giant panda? 

 

Believe it or not, this is how the researchers actually dress whenever they handle one of their panda cubs⁵. They hope in a few years to release this cub⁴ into the wild and they don't want it to grow too attach to humans. 

 

I mean they go about it so earnestly. 

 

They are. And I think it's an interesting way of going about that.  I feel that they still can smell a person no matter what they look like. 

 

Probably so. This little four-month-old does seem to be slightly unsettled by his teddy bear doctors. 

 

Do you think it will help those pandas if when they are ever released? 

 

Oh, yeah, the less human contact they have, the better chance they will have when they get released. 

 

A silly scene in the service of a worthy⁶ course. 

 

David Wright, ABC News, at the Wolong Panda Research Center in Sichuan China.

1 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。

2 attachments   

n.（用电子邮件发送的）附件( attachment的名词复数 )；附着；连接；附属物

参考例句：

• The vacuum cleaner has four different attachments. 吸尘器有四个不同的附件。
• It's an electric drill with a range of different attachments. 这是一个带有各种配件的电钻。

3 fluffy   

adj.有绒毛的，空洞的

参考例句：

• Newly hatched chicks are like fluffy balls.刚孵出的小鸡像绒毛球。
• The steamed bread is very fluffy.馒头很暄。

4 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。

5 cubs   

n.幼小的兽，不懂规矩的年轻人( cub的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• a lioness guarding her cubs 守护幼崽的母狮
• Lion cubs depend on their mother to feed them. 狮子的幼仔依靠母狮喂养。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 worthy   

adj.(of)值得的，配得上的；有价值的

参考例句：

• I did not esteem him to be worthy of trust.我认为他不值得信赖。
• There occurred nothing that was worthy to be mentioned.没有值得一提的事发生。