BBC记录片美丽中国之龙之疆域:锦绣华南(33) 上海佛庙里罕见的斑龟
日期:2014-07-11 16:54

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This Buddhist temple near Shanghai has an extraordinary story attached to it.
这所上海附近的佛庙有一段与之相关的传奇故事。
In May 2007, A Wild China camera team filmed this peculiar Swinhoe's turtle in the temple's fish pond. According to the monks, the turtle had been given to the temple during the Ming dynasty, over 400 years ago.
2007年5月,一支野性中国摄制组在这所寺庙的鱼塘里拍摄到了这只罕见的斑龟。据寺庙的和尚所说,这只龟在明朝期间被赐予寺庙,至今已有400余年历史了。
It was thought to be the oldest animal on Earth. Soft-shelled turtles are considered a gourmet delicacy by many Chinese, and when it was filmed, this was one of just three Swinhoe's turtles left alive in China, the rest of its kind having been rounded up and eaten.
它被认为是地球上最老的动物。软壳龟被很多从中国人视为神赐的馈赠。在被记录下的时候,它已是中国仅存的三只斑龟之一。他的同胞们被当作食物剿杀殆尽。
Sadly, just a few weeks after filming, this ancient creature died.
悲痛人心的是在拍摄后的短短几周后,这只远古的生物与世长辞了。

重点讲解

重点讲解:
1. be attached to
与……相关;与……相连;
eg. There should be no stigma attached to being poor.
贫穷不应该与耻辱扯上任何关系。
eg. The document has two explanatory notes attached to it.
文件后面附加两项说明。
2. according to
据…所说;按…所载;
eg. Philip stayed at the hotel, according to Mr Hemming...
据亨明先生所说,菲利普住在旅馆里。
eg. He and his father, according to local gossip, haven't been in touch for years.
当地风传,他和父亲已多年未联系了。
3. round up
围捕;逮捕;
eg. They are trying to round up those robbers.
他们正在努力围捕那些强盗。
eg. In order to round up the escaped prisoner, the police set many road booths.
警方为了围捕逃犯,设置了路卡。

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重点单词
  • extraordinaryadj. 非凡的,特别的,特派的
  • documentn. 文件,公文,文档 vt. 记载,(用文件等)证明
  • explanatoryadj. 说明的,解释的
  • havenn. 港口,避难所,安息所 v. 安置 ... 于港中,
  • gossipn. 流言蜚语,闲话,爱说长道短的人 vi. 散播(流言
  • pondn. 池塘 v. 筑成池塘
  • delicacyn. 柔软,精致,佳肴
  • stigman. 耻辱,污名 n. 柱头
  • turtlen. 海龟
  • prisonern. 囚犯