Save Lives
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
Land mines are a serious problem in Mozambique (moh-zam-BEEK), a country on the continent of Africa.
地雷是非洲大陆上莫桑比克的一个严重问题。
These weapons are buried underground and are set to blow up when people step on them.
这些武器被埋入地下,在人们踩上时被设定为会被炸出.
Land mines were used during almost thirty years of wars in Mozambique.
在莫桑比克近30年的战争中使用了地雷。
The wars ended many years ago, but millions of land mines were left behind.
战争在多年前就结束了,但留下了数百万个地雷。
Every year, thousands of people in Africa are hurt or killed by the remaining land mines.
每年,非洲有数千人被剩余的地雷所伤害或杀害。
Huge areas of land cannot be used because of these dangerous, hidden weapons.
由于这些危险的隐蔽武器,大片土地不能使用。
Some unlikely heroes are helping to solve the problem—rats!
一些不可能的英雄正在帮助解决问题——老鼠!
Bart Weetjens, an engineer from Belgium, came up with the idea.
比利时工程师巴特·韦特让斯(Bart Weetjens)提出了这个想法.
Since childhood, Bart has loved all kinds of rodents—rats, mice, hamsters, gerbils, and squirrels.
从小 巴特喜欢各种啮齿动物——老鼠、老鼠、仓鼠、小鼠和松鼠。
Rats have a very keen sense of smell.
老鼠的嗅觉很敏锐
Bart realized that rats could use their powerful noses to find land mines so humans could safely remove them.
巴特意识到老鼠可以利用强大的鼻子来找出地雷,使人类能够安全地去除.
Bart Weetjens founded APOPO, an organization that trains rats to help solve problems people have in many countries.
Bart Weetjens创立了APOPO,一个训练老鼠帮助解决许多国家人民所存在问题的组织.
Dogs have been trained to sniff out land mines for many years.
狗被训练去嗅探地雷已经多年了.
Bart figured out that rats would be cheaper and easier to train than dogs.
巴特发现老鼠比狗更便宜 也更容易训练
At first, people thought his idea was crazy, but Bart didn’t give up.
起初,人们认为他的主意是疯狂的,但巴特并没有放弃.
He quit his job and began training his favorite animals as part of a program he calls Hero RATs.
他辞去工作,开始训练他最喜欢的动物,作为他称为"英雄RATs"的节目的一部分.
Castro is one Hero RAT who is coming to the rescue in Mozambique.
卡斯特罗是一名英雄RAT,即将来到莫桑比克救援.
He uses his cute, twitchy nose to find land mines.
他用他可爱的,发抖的鼻子去寻找地雷.
When he is at work, Castro races across a field, sniffing every inch of dirt.
卡斯特罗在工作时会跑出田地 嗅出一寸的泥土
When he smells a land mine, Castro scratches at the ground to alert his human partner.
当他闻到地上地雷的味道时,卡斯特罗会从地上抓去提醒他的人类伴侣.
For his hard work, Castro receives a yummy treat of bananas and peanuts and a scratch on the head.
卡斯特罗为他的辛勤工作,接受一顿美味的香蕉和花生,头部被刮伤.
A man wearing protective clothing guides a sniffer dog during a search for land mines.
穿防护服的男子在探雷时指导嗅探犬.
A Hero RAT enjoys a quick taste of a banana as a reward for its work.
A级 英雄RAT享受香蕉快口味作为作品的奖励.
Castro is a specially trained African giant pouched rat.
卡斯特罗是一只受过特殊训练的非洲巨型袋鼠.
These rats are common in many areas in the southern half of Africa.
这些老鼠在非洲南半部的许多地区很常见.
The rats are unusually large—about three feet long from their nose to the tip of their tail.
老鼠异常大 从鼻子到尾巴有三英尺长
They weigh about three pounds (1.
重约3磅(1.
36 kg).
(原始内容存档于2019-03-26) (英语). 36 kg.
Castro and other Hero RATs are trained in a special school where they learn to use their noses to find land mines.
卡斯特罗等"英雄RAT"在一所特殊学校接受训练,他们学习用鼻子来找地矿.
First, trainers get the rats used to the human world.
首先,训练员让老鼠习惯人类世界
They let them listen to music and run around the office.
他们让他们听音乐,在办公室四处跑来跑去.
The rats go for rides in trucks so they can get used to the sounds of engines.
老鼠们乘卡车去玩 让他们习惯引擎的声音
A worker holds a giant pouched rat at a minefield in southern Mozambique.
一名工人在莫桑比克南部的一个雷场里抱着一只巨大的袋状老鼠。
Young rats must be introduced to the sights, sounds, and smells of the human world.
幼鼠必须被引入到视觉,声音,并有人类世界的气息.
Here, a worker prepares to take three rats for a ride in a bicycle basket.
在这里,一个工人准备带三只老鼠去骑个自行车篮.
During training, Hero RATs are introduced to the smells of dozens of different explosives used in land mines.
在训练期间, 英雄RAT被介绍到地雷中使用的数十种不同炸药的味道.
When they smell one of these explosives, they hear a click and get a food reward.
当他们闻到这种炸药的味道时,他们听到点击声,得到食物奖励.
This is called clicker training.
这叫做点击器训练。
The rats are taught to give a signal when they detect the smell of a land mine.
老鼠在探测出地上地雷的气味时会学会发出信号.
They make the signal by freezing in place for several seconds or by scratching the ground.
他们用冰冻几秒钟或刮地来发出信号。
When they correctly signal that they’ve detected a land mine, they get a special treat.
当他们正确表示他们探测出地雷时,
This reward of mashed bananas and peanuts makes them eager to do their work.
这种将香蕉和花生弄脏的奖励使他们急于工作.
A lab worker watches as a rat smells a sample placed under a hole in the floor of the cage.
实验室工人看着老鼠闻到一个样品放在笼盖地上的一个洞下.
A rat enjoys a reward of mashed bananas and peanuts during training.
老鼠在训练期间享受被弄脏的香蕉和花生的奖励.
Next, the rats are taught to walk on a leash.
接著 老鼠们被教着用绳子走
The leash can be attached to a rope to guide the rats as they move back and forth across a field.
绳子可以被绑在绳子上来来来去去引导老鼠穿越一地.
The rats are also taught to walk on a leash at the end of a long pole.
鼠还被教去长竿一端用绳子行走.
Handlers use the pole when clearing areas with many trees and boulders or on paths that twist and turn.
汉德勒在用多棵树和巨石来清理区域时,或在曲折而转弯的路径上,会使用柱子.
After a total of nine months of training, the rats have to pass several tests.
经过总共九个月的训练后,老鼠们必须经过几次测试.
For each test, the rats must find every mine hidden in a large field.
每一次试验,老鼠必须找到藏在大田里的每一个矿.
During these tests, even their human partners don’t know where the practice land mines are.
在试验中, 甚至他们的人类伙伴都不知道地雷在哪里。
Once the rats pass the tests, they are ready to start finding real land mines with their handlers.
一旦大鼠通过测试,他们准备开始和他们的操作员一起寻找真正的地雷.
A rat stops when it finds a land mine during a training lesson.
当老鼠在训练课上找到地雷时 就会停下来
Rats can safely walk on ground where there are land mines because they weigh much less than humans.
老鼠可以安全地行走在地面上,那里有地雷,因为它们的重量比人类要小得多.
They are too light to set off the weapons.
它们太轻了,不能引爆武器。
No Hero RAT has ever been killed by a land mine.
没有英雄RAT被地雷炸死过
The rats work quickly, inspecting an entire field in an hour.
老鼠们工作得很快,在一个小时后检查整个球场.
When a Hero RAT finds a land mine, humans carefully remove it.
当一个英雄RAT找到地雷时,人类会小心取出.
Once the rats’ work is done and the land mines are removed, fields are safe.
一旦老鼠的工作完成并清除了地雷,田地就安全了。
The land can be used for farming or building.
土地可用于耕作或建设.
Children can play there without fear.
孩子们可以在那里玩 不用担心。
Mozambique is not the only country working hard to get rid of land mines.
莫桑比克并非唯一努力消除地雷的国家。
These weapons are a problem in many places around the world.
这些武器在世界许多地方都是个问题。
Other countries in Africa and Asia are also using Hero RATs to help remove land mines.
非洲和亚洲的其他国家也正在使用英雄雷达帮助去除地雷.
Do You Know?
你知道吗?
Some Hero RATs are trained to smell out disease.
某个英雄 RAT接受过检测疾病的培训.
Tuberculosis (too-BUR-kyew-LOH-sis) is a deadly disease that affects millions of people around the world.
结核病(Too-BUR-kyew-LOH-sis)是一种致命疾病,影响着全世界数百万人.
It takes a scientist with a microscope an entire day to test forty people for tuberculosis.
用一个显微镜的科学家 花了一整天的时间来测试40个人的肺结核病
Hero RATs can check forty samples in seven minutes.
英雄RAT可以在7分钟内检查出40个样本.
If tuberculosis is found early in a patient, it can be cured.
如果患者早期发现肺结核,可以治愈.
These rats are lifesavers!
这些老鼠是救生员!
Workers use metal detectors to search for land mines in Thailand.
工人使用金属探测器来搜索泰国的地矿.
Hero RATs may help speed up land mine removal in this Asian country.
英雄RAT可能有助于加快这个亚洲国家的地上地雷清除.
So far, Hero RAT s have located more than 1,800 land mines.
到目前为止, 英雄RAT已经发现了1800多枚地雷。
They have cleared more than 3.
他们清除了超过3个。
3 million square yards (2.
300万平方码(2.
8 million square meters) of land.
占地面积800万平方米).
That’s an area the size of 628 football fields!
这是628个足球场的面积!
People who work with Hero RATs are proud to help make their countries safe.
与"英雄RAT"合作的人自豪地帮助国家安全.
These special rats are saving lives and are true heroes.
这些特殊的老鼠正在拯救生命,是真正的英雄.
Glossary alert (v.)
词汇警示(五.
to warn or inform (p.
警告或通知(第5页)。
6) detect (v.)
6) 探测(五.
to notice or discover the presence of something (p.
以注意到或发现某物的存在(p.
10) explosives (n.)
10) 炸药(n.)
substances that can blow up with a sudden release of energy (p.
能够被能量突然释放而爆炸的物质(p.
9) handlers (n.)
9) 处理器(n.
people who operate, train, or control animals or things (p.
操作、训练或控制动物或事物的人(p.
11) inspecting (v.)
11)检查(五.
checking closely (p.
仔细检查(p.
13) program (n.)
13)方案(n.
a structured course of activities or training (p.
(一) 有组织的活动或培训课程(第2页)。
5) rodents (n.)
5) 啮齿动物 (n.
small mammals such as mice or rats that have large front teeth for gnawing (p.
小型哺乳动物,如小鼠或大鼠有大前牙来取克(p.
4) sniffing (v.)
4)嗅觉(五.
drawing air into the nose, especially for smelling (p.
将空气引入鼻子,特别是用于嗅觉(p.
6) trained (v.)
6) 培训(五.
taught to do something (p.
学会做点什么(p.
5) The success of the Hero RATs program has made the trainers very proud.
5)"英雄RATs"计划的成功让训练员非常自豪.