BBC Horizon： Should We Close Our Zoos《BBC地平线：我们该关了动物园吗？（2016）》完整中英文对照剧本.docxVIP

一个多世纪以来 去动物园参观A visit to the zoo has been a staple已经成为许多家庭的生活重要组成部分of family life for more than a century.我们大部分人都会记得小时候去动物园A lot of us will remember the experience of seeing看到第一头野生动物时的感受our first wild animal at the zoo as a child.但是否到了动物园深刻反思他们工作的时候了But is it time that zoos took a long, hard look at what they do?动物园 如果仍像以前那样运作的话Zoos, if they stay as they are,将不可避免地走向倒闭inevitably will become extinct.百姓将不再去动物园The public will just stop going to them.我是丽兹·邦妮 曾在动物园里研究和工作Im Liz Bonnin. Ive studied and worked in zoos,我观察到了动物们可以有多聪明and Ive observed just how intelligent animals can be.追追和挠挠 它想跟你玩追追和挠挠Chase and tickle, he wants to chase and tickle with you now.我也想跟你玩追追和挠挠I want to chase and tickle with you too!但是随着动物研究发现的增多But the more science is revealing about animals,关于为什么要把动物关在动物园里the more difficult questions are being raised和如何圈养它们的疑问也随之增多about why and how animals are kept in zoos.为什么动物园在明知圈养大象Why are zoos still keeping elephants会让其预期寿命减半时 仍要把它们关起来now that we know captivity can halve their life expectancy?我们只是更加清楚地意识到 并没有...To us it just became more and more clear that there was no...并没有行之有效的办法there was no way to really make this work.我们也想在夜晚能安然入睡We want to be able to sleep at night.是不是圈养让海洋世界的虎鲸杀了它的驯鲸员Did captivity drive one of SeaWorlds orcas to kill his trainer?没有任何证据证明There is no evidence whatsoever that there is它因为住在动物园中any mental aberration that is a result of而精神失常living in a zoological park.为什么很多动物园中的动物表现出来的行为Why do so many zoo animals exhibit behaviours在野外很少见到that are hardly seen in the wild?这的确说明生存环境有问题It does indicate that something is not right.在拯救濒危动物大作战中Is the battle to save endangered animals动物园是否无法获胜one that zoos can simply never win?我们觉得自己像是人类文明的清洁工We feel like janitors of the human culture.我们在努力收拾这场烂摊子Were trying to clean this mess up.我最终想弄清楚动物园是否需要通过改变I want to ultimately find out if zoos need to change,来更好地服务动物和人类to serve animals and humans better.又或者它们是否应该淘汰在历史中Or if they should