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第 45 课:Happiness in the Zoo 快乐动物园-2

MOOS 穆丝
Actually, it is a pumping propeller that creates enough current to hold a bear in place. So you swim but you don't go anywhere. You still have exercise? 事实上,它是一个抽水涡轮,可以产生足够的水流使北极熊保持在原来位置。因此,你虽然游了,但还是在原地不动。你还在锻炼吗?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE 女被访者
Like a hamster wheel? 像仓鼠踩轮子?

MOOS 穆丝
Well, sort of like a hamster wheel. 哦,有点像仓鼠轮子。

UNIDENTIFIED FEMAL 女被访者
And when it's on, they Gus likes to swim below it; he swims against it. Ivy just floats on it. She doesn't push right to the back of it I think they like it a lot. 当涡轮打开的时候,格斯喜欢在涡流底下游泳,它逆水而动。而艾维则在水面漂浮,它不喜欢在后面用劲。我觉得它们非常喜欢这个涡轮。

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE 女被访者
Maybe it is a massage for a polar bear. 也许它只是为北极熊按摩。

MOOS 穆丝
Or at least a place for a bear to scratch its head. But if the bears get an endless pool, what do the sea lions get? Coming soon, car wash strips. Keepers plan to anchor them to the bottom of the sea lion exhibit. 它或许算是一个能为北极熊的头挠痒痒的地方。但是,北极熊有了涡轮游泳池,海狮有什么?很快就有了,洗车的条布。管理员打算在海狮馆底部安装洗车条布。

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE 女被访者
To replicate the long algae beds that you find in nature. 模仿大自然中有长条海带的海底。

MOOS 穆丝
This is a zoo where they even play taped toad mating calls to encourage breeding. 这个动物园还播放录好的蟾蜍求偶时的叫声,来增进蟾蜍繁殖。

UNIDENTIFIED MALE 男被访者
Like little toad love music, we call it, to get the females in the mood, basically. 我们把这种叫声当作小蟾蜍喜欢的音乐,雌性蟾蜍基本上都很有兴致。

MOOS 穆丝
The maker of the endless pool has put the bears to music on his Web site. A Jacuzzi may make things bearable but heaven is a polar ice cap. 涡轮游泳池的制造者把配有音乐的北极熊放到他的网站上。一个如意按摩浴缸也许能让北极熊受用,但是真正的天堂还是一块北极冰盖。