Critter Crossings
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
Introduction Imagine you are a turtle stuck on one side of a six-lane freeway.
导言 想象一下你是只被困在六道高速公路一侧的乌龟
On the other side is food,room to roam, and maybe even a mate.
在另一边是食物,房间漫游, 甚至一个伴侣。
Huge metal monsters race past you.
巨型金属怪兽从你面前冲过去
They move much faster than you ever can.
他们移动的速度比你想象的要快得多
How can you hope to safely cross without being flattened?
你怎么能希望安全过关而不被扁平?
Many animals—not just turtles— face the dangers of crossing roads every day.
许多动物——不仅仅是海龟——每天都面临穿越道路的危险。
Some make it across, while others don’t.
有些人走过,而另一些人则没有。
Humans can help these animals safely move to the other side by building critter crossings,or ecopassages.
人类可以帮助这些动物安全地移动到另一边,建造动物十字路口,或生态通道.
They come in many different types,but they all help animals—including humans—stay alive Banff Is the Best Banff National Park in Canada.
但他们都帮助动物, 包括人类,
has some of the most beautiful mountains in North America.
拥有北美最美丽的山脉
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这个
also has the Trans-Canada Highway running through it.
横贯加拿大的公路也贯穿于境内。
During the busy summer,the highway may carry more than 25,000 vehicles each day.
在繁忙的夏季,高速公路每天可能运载超过25000辆.
It used to be the site of hundreds of collisions between animals and vehicles each year Then Parks Canada built over thirty animal underpasses and overpasses (with more planned for the future).
它曾经是每年有上百起动物和车辆相撞的地点. . . .
The crossings cost millions of dollars and raised an important question: what if the animals didn’t use them?
渡口花费了上百万美元,并提出了一个重要的问题:如果动物没有使用它们怎么办?
That first year,only one black bear and one mountain lion used the Banff crossings—one time each.
第一年,只有一头黑熊和一头山狮使用班夫过境点,每次一次。
Today, however,all sorts of animals move above and below the highway.
然而,今天,各种动物都在高速公路上下移动.
As.
如来.
of 2011,animals have used the passes to cross more than 220,000 times.
2011年,动物使用通行证跨越22万多次。
Look Out for the Little Guy Massachusetts created the first U S.
寻找马萨诸塞州的"小盖"创造了第一个"美国".
tunnels for the spotted salamander.
给斑点沙拉曼德的地道
Each year,these endangered animals migrate from the forest,across a busy street,to the water to mate.
每年,这些濒临灭绝的动物 从森林中迁徙, 穿过一条繁忙的街道, 到水中交配。
Two narrow tunnels under the road now let them migrate in safety Florida wanted to save the lives.
路下两条狭窄的地道 现在让他们安全地迁徙 佛罗里达州希望拯救生命
of thousands of snakes,frogs,and other small animals.
成千上万的蛇,蛙等小动物
So the state built walls along either side.
于是,国家沿两边都建起城墙.
of U S.
美国
Each wall is 42 inches (107 cm) high.
每道墙高42英寸(107厘米).
At the top of each wall is a 6-inch (15 cm) lip that these small animals cannot climb over.
每道墙的顶部都有一个6英寸(15厘米)的唇,这些小动物无法爬过.
This lip keeps the animals.
这唇能养活动物
off the surface of the road.
从路面上
Tunnels underneath the road help the animals cross to the other side Why Bother?
路下有隧道帮助动物们穿越到另一边 为什么是博瑟?
Building these crossings costs millions of dollars,which some might argue is too much money.
建造这些过境点花费了数百万美元,有些人可能认为这是太多的钱。
Consider this:each year in the United States,there are more than one million collisions between vehicles and animals.
想想看,在美国, 每年都有超过一百万的车辆和动物碰撞。
These crashes kill over 200 people per year and cost billions of dollars in repairs, cleanup,and hospital bills.
这些坠机事件每年造成200多人死亡,并花费了数十亿美元的修复,清理和医院账单.
Building more animal crossings would lower the number of crashes.
建造更多的动物过境点将减少坠毁次数。
For example, the crossings in Banff cut the number of animals killed by vehicles by more than 80 percent.
例如,班夫的过境点将被车辆杀害的动物数量减少了80%以上。
The smaller number of collisions saves money and the lives of humans and many other animals Even More Reasons Sometimes these crossings can save animals from extinction.
相撞次数较少,可以节省金钱,拯救人类和许多其他动物的生命. Even Mose Reasons. 有时这些越境可以使动物免于灭绝.
The number of grizzly bears in Banff is very low.
班夫的灰熊数量非常低.
A few adult females killed on the road could have meant the end of these bears in the park.
几只成年雌鸟在路上被杀死 可能意味着这些熊在公园的尽头
Thanks to the passages,though,the grizzly bears can cross the highway safely.
由于有通道,虽然灰熊可以安全地穿过高速公路.
For other endangered animals,a safe crossing may not only save the animal,but the entire species Ecopassages also help large animals find food.
对于其他濒危动物,安全渡口不仅可以拯救动物,而且可以拯救整个物种 生态通道还帮助大型动物寻找食物.
Mountain lions and bears may roam hundreds of miles during the year to find prey.
山地狮子和熊在一年中可能漫游了数百英里去寻找猎物.
Roads can cut up habitats and sometimes keep animals from being able to move freely.
道路可以切割栖息地,有时会使动物无法自由流动.
Species that can’t cross roads to reach food have less of a chance to survive Animals need to find mates,as well.
无法穿越道路到达食物的物种,
Roads can keep members of the same species apart.
道路可以使同种成员分开.
If they can’t find a mate,they can’t have babies.
如果他们找不到配偶,
Without babies,a species can quickly disappear from an area.
没有了婴儿,一个物种会很快从一个地区消失.
In some cases,it can even lead to the extinction of a species Conclusion Imagine you are the turtle again.
在某些情况下,它甚至会导致物种灭绝 假设你再次是海龟。
The metal monsters race by.
金属怪兽竞相来袭.
This time,though,someone has built an animal crossing.
这一次,虽然, 有人建造了一个动物过道。
You happen to look down and spot a tunnel that leads underneath the road.
你碰巧往下看 发现一条通向下方的地道
You slowly make your way toward the tunnel.
你慢慢走进地道
You are safe for one more day
你还有一天安全了