CNN新闻英语第 44 课：Happiness in the Zoo 快乐动物园-1

Anchor 主播
If zoo animals could talk, they might sound something like these guys. Kids on summer vacation. I'm bored, there's nothing to do. Well, it is up to zoo keepers to find ways to keep animals active and interested. Our Jeanne Moos checked out one innovation in New York's Central Park Zoo in the depth of the polar bear pool. 如果动物园的动物能够说话，也许就像这些人一样。孩子们放暑假了，"我可真烦，无所事事。"没错，动物园的管理员也该想点办法让动物们活动活动，激发它们的兴趣。珍妮·穆丝在纽约中央公园动物园查看北极熊水池里的一个新发明。

JEANNE MOOS, CNN CORRESPONDENT 珍妮·穆丝，CNN特派记者
What do you get for the polar bear who has everything? How about an endless pool? They normally sell to humans for around 17,000 bucks. Now the manufacturer has donated one to Gus and his two girlfriends at the Central Park Zoo. 北极熊什么都有了，你还要为它添置什么呢？一个游不到尽头的游泳池怎么样？卖给人们的售价是1.7万美金。现在游泳池厂商把它赠给了中心公园动物馆里的北极熊格斯和他的两个女友。

UNIDENTIFIED MALE 男被访者
It is like watching a kid in a water park, you know, with a water slide. 这就像在水上乐园看着一个小家伙玩水中滑梯。

MOOS 穆丝
The press has dubbed Gus "the neurotic, bipolar bear." It started eight years ago when Gus was swimming around and around so obsessively that the zoo hired the animal behaviorists who trained the whale in "Free Willy" to try and help Gus. A couple of wise guys even published a humor book called "What's Worrying Gus?" You'd worry, too, if you were mistaken for a turtle. 媒体称格斯为"敏感、狂躁的抑郁型北极熊"。8年前，当格斯一圈一圈地绕着水池不停地游，动物园就请来了在电影《放生威利》中训练鲸鱼的动物行为学家，旨在帮助格斯。一些自作聪明的家伙甚至出版了一本幽默书，名为《格斯为什么苦恼》。如果你被误认为是乌龟，你也会苦恼的。

UNIDENTIFIED MALE 男被访者
Turtle. 大乌龟。

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE 女被访者
Polar bear. 北极熊。

MOOS 穆丝
But Gus was no more neurotic than many bored zoo animals, and Gus's keepers have been going out of their way to spice up his life. 格斯不再像诸多烦躁的园中动物那样敏感了，管理员想尽办法来调节它的生活。

UNIDENTIFIED MALE 男被访者
He's writing Gus' name right on there. 他在这儿写下了格斯的名字。

MOOS 穆丝
In peanut butter. Keepers now routinely hide treats for the bears, so they can forage for food. They encase food in ice and supply toys such as the polar bear log. And now – 用的是花生酱。管理员现在通常把食物藏起来，以便它们能自己捕食。他们把食物装在冰块里，还提供诸如北极熊喜爱的圆木之类的玩具。现在……

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE 女被访者
They put in a new special swimming pool for them. 他们为北极熊设置了一个新式的游泳池。