Zookeeping

美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习

Jeff Polcen is a lead zookeeper at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo.

Jeff Polcen是克利夫兰地铁公园动物园的首席动物园管理员.

Interviewer: How did you become interested in being a zookeeper?

采访者: 你怎么对做动物园管理员感兴趣?

Jeff: I was working for the Metroparks (the city park system in Cleveland, Ohio) at the stables when I heard about a position at the zoo.

Jeff:我当时在马厩里为Metroparks(俄亥俄州克利夫兰的城市公园系统)工作,当时我听到动物园的一个位置.

I started working at the Birds of the World building and later transferred to the African animal area, where I’ve been for 17 years.

我开始在世界鸟类大楼工作, 之后转移到非洲动物区,

Growing up on a farm, I’ve always liked working with hoofed animals.

在农场长大,我一直喜欢与蹄类动物合作。

Cows and horses are related to giraffes and zebras, so their behaviors and body structure are similar.

牛和马与长颈鹿和斑马有关,因此它们的行为和身体结构相似.

But there are also a lot of interesting differences.

但也有许多有趣的差异.

I learn new things every day.

我每天都在学新东西

Interviewer: What skills do you need?

采访者: 你需要什么样的技能?

Jeff: Observation is the most important skill.

杰夫:观察是最重要的技能.

You have to be able to look at a group of animals and figure out what’s happening.

你必须能够看一看一群动物 并找出发生了什么。

Maybe they’re getting sick, or one is going to give birth, or they’re not all getting along.

也许他们生病了,

These are wild animals that can be dangerous, so you need to use a lot of common sense.

这些是可能很危险的野生动物,所以你需要使用很多常识.

Main entrance to the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo Jeff Polcen scratches a friendly zebra behind the ears.

克利夫兰地铁公园的主入口 动物园 Jeff Polcen 在耳朵后面划出一只友好的斑马

Interviewer: Which kinds of animals are you responsible for?

采访者: 你对哪种动物负责?

Jeff: I’m a lead keeper—a working supervisor—over our African savannah and the rhino/monkey island area.

Jeff:我是我们非洲草原和犀牛/猴子岛地区的领跑者,

I oversee many animals, including giraffes, zebras, antelope, ostriches, vultures, and native African birds.

我监管许多动物,包括长颈鹿,斑马,羚羊, o,秃鹫,以及非洲本土的鸟类.

We run mixed species exhibits, where we have birds and mammals that are safe together in the same yard.

我们运行混合物种展出, 在那里,我们有鸟类和哺乳动物 在同一个院子里是安全的。

Interviewer: What do you like most about your job?

采访者: 你喜欢你的工作吗?

Jeff: I get to work independently without someone telling me what to do.

杰夫:我可以独立地工作,没有人告诉我该怎么做。

Everyone finds the position they enjoy most in the zoo business.

每个人都能找到在动物园里最享受的地位

Some people enjoy working with the monkeys or birds.

有些人喜欢与猴子或鸟类合作.

The hoofed animals are my favorites.

蹄类动物是我最喜欢的动物

We’ve had many giraffe babies born here, and I enjoy working with them.

我们生了许多长颈鹿宝宝,

Jeff cares for zebras as well as many other animals.

杰夫也关心斑马和其他许多动物.

This adult female giraffe, named Bridgit, stands with her son Mac.

这名成年女性长颈鹿叫布林吉特,与她的儿子麦克站在一起.

She is one of only about 50 Masai giraffes in North America.

她是北美仅有的约50名马赛长颈鹿之一.

Interviewer: Do you come to care a lot about each animal, as you would with a pet?

采访者: 你是来关心每个动物的吗?

Jeff: It’s hard to avoid getting attached to certain animals.

Jeff:很难避免对某些动物产生感情。

Zoo care has progressed a lot, so animals live longer than they used to.

动物园护理工作取得了很大进展,因此动物的寿命比以前长.

I see illness and other problems developing as an animal gets older, and I have to make decisions about how to care for an older animal.

我看到疾病和其他问题随着动物的老化而发展,我必须决定如何照顾老年动物.

Sometimes the animal is suffering, and it’s best to put it to sleep.

有时动物会受苦受难,

Interviewer: What’s the scariest thing that’s ever happened to you?

采访者: 你所遭遇的最可怕的事情是什么?

Jeff: I was run over by a giraffe.

我被长颈鹿撞倒了

We were bringing them in, and one of the females wheeled around and started running back toward me.

我们带他们进来 其中一个女的绕来绕去 开始朝我跑去

I barely had time to turn around and try to get out of the way, but she ran into me, over me, on me.

我几乎没有时间转身 试图走出路, 但她跑到我, 比我,在我身上。

Interviewer: Were you injured?

采访者: 你受伤了吗?

Jeff: A little, but mainly just sore.

有点,但主要是痛

I got stepped on a few times, but nothing major.

我被踩了几次 但没什么大不了的

Interviewer: How much does a giraffe weigh?

采访者: 长颈鹿重多少?

Jeff: A giraffe weighs 1,500 to 2,500 pounds (680 to 1,134 kilograms), depending on whether it’s male or female.

杰夫:一只长颈鹿的体重是1500到2500磅(680到1,134公斤),这取决于它是男性还是女性。

Interviewer: How do you manage a group of giraffes?

采访者: 你如何管理一群长颈鹿?

When you move them, do you move them one at a time?

当你移动他们时,你是否一次移动他们一个?

Jeff: No.

没有

Most of the hoofed stock are herd animals—they do everything as a group.

蹄类动物大多是牲畜,他们是一个团体。

Once you teach them a certain routine, they’ll keep doing that.

一旦你教他们某种习惯,

As a keeper you have to follow a routine, because changing it confuses them.

作为一个守护者,你必须遵循一个常规, 因为改变它会混淆他们。

For example, each giraffe knows which stall to go into.

例如,每个长颈鹿都知道要进入哪个摊位。

We give orders with our voices, and sometimes we’ll use a long stick to tap them; it lets us keep a safe distance.

我们用我们的声音发出命令, 有时我们用长棍来敲打他们; 它让我们保持安全距离。

Interviewer: How do you provide medical care?

采访者: 你如何提供医疗照顾?

If you have to work on a large animal, do you give it a shot so that it sleeps while you work on it?

如果你要为一只大动物工作,你是否给它一个机会,让它在工作的时候睡觉?

Jeff: On most of the big animals, the vets use a blowpipe or an air gun to put them under anesthesia.

杰夫:大多数大动物上,兽医使用吹管或气枪将动物置于麻醉下.

If it’s a long enough procedure, they keep the animals under with gas.

如果程序足够长,

Putting a giraffe under anesthesia is risky, so we want to make sure it’s really necessary.

将长颈鹿放在麻醉下很冒险,

We need to be sure we have all the necessary people and equipment in case complications arise.

我们需要确保我们拥有所有必要的人员和设备,以防出现并发症。

A zookeeper trains a rhinoceros to receive a shot.

动物园管理员训练一头犀牛接受一枪.

Interviewer: What happens to a giraffe when you anesthetize it?

采访者: 长颈鹿麻醉后会怎么样?

Jeff: We have to watch how they go down so they don’t hit their heads.

我们必须观察他们如何下山,

When they’re lying on their side, they might have trouble breathing, because they’re so heavy.

他们可能呼吸困难, 因为他们很重。

Sometimes the anesthesia makes them have difficulty moving the muscles in their necks.

有时麻醉会使其颈部肌肉难以移动.

We have to think about things carefully before we do procedures.

我们必须仔细考虑事情 然后再做手续

Interviewer: Do they ever lie down?

采访者: 他们躺过吗?

Jeff: Yes—every night.

- 是的,每个晚上。

They lie with their legs tucked under them.

他们的腿被套在地上

They don’t sleep for hours like we would; they take naps for ten to fifteen minutes at a time, and then they get up again.

他们不会像我们一样睡上几个小时,

Interviewer: Are their heads up?

采访者: 他们的头抬高了吗?

Jeff: They often lay their head on their hip if they want to go into a deep sleep.

杰夫:如果想入睡,他们常常会把头放在臀部上.

Interviewer: Oh—like curled.

采访者:哦,像卷起。

It must be quite a sight.

一定很风景

Jeff: Yes—it’s neat to see them all lying down when I arrive in the morning.

杰夫:是的,我早上到来时看到他们都躺下是件好事。

Monitoring a giraffe’s health is a big job.

监测长颈鹿的健康是一件大事。

This young giraffe is resting.

这年轻的长颈鹿正在休息

Interviewer: Can you think of something funny that’s happened to you working at the zoo?

采访者: 在动物园工作时,

Jeff: A few years ago, we had ostriches outside in the winter.

Jeff:几年前,冬天我们外面有眼球。

They were in an icy patch of the yard, and I was trying to get them in.

他们当时在院子的冰块上 我试着让他们进来

They had lain down, but it was too slippery to get back up.

他们被击倒了,但太滑了 爬起来。

There was a spot along the doorway that had melted enough to walk on.

门道上有个地方 已经融化得可以继续走

I sat with my back against the fence and put my feet on each ostrich and pushed it like a hockey puck across the ice.

我背靠着栅栏坐着,把脚放倒了每个燕子上,并像冰球一样把脚推过冰.

They slid pretty well over to the thawed area, and then I prodded them to where they could get up and I was able to walk them in.

他们滑得相当好 到解冻地区, 然后我把它们推到 他们可以起床的地方, 我能够走他们进来。

Interviewer: Aren’t ostriches dangerous?

采访者: 橡皮是否危险?

Jeff: The males can be during breeding season.

杰夫:雄性可以在繁殖季节进行.

Their kick has the potential to kill, but the females are usually pretty good.

它们的脚有杀的潜能,但雌性通常相当优秀.

They can be a challenge sometimes, but it depends on how you work with them and what kind of relationship you build with them.

它们有时可能是一个挑战,但这取决于你如何与它们合作,以及你与它们建立什么样的关系.

Every animal can be dangerous.

每个动物都很危险

But that’s where those observational skills come in.

但观察技巧也由此而来。

You have to watch what’s going on so you know when to get out of the area.

需要注意情况,

All the animals have different personalities.

所有动物都有不同的个性.

A mother ostrich protects her young.

母鸟保护她年轻

Interviewer: What do you think about keeping animals in cages?

采访者: 你觉得把动物关在笼子里怎么样?

Jeff: I think we’ve come a long way from iron bars—most of our exhibits are interactive now.

我们的展览大多是互动性的。

We work hard to allow animals natural behaviors that keep them from getting bored.

我们努力让动物自然行为 防止它们变得无聊

The exhibit yards are bigger and include what we call “furniture,” like rocks and logs.

展览场更大,包括所谓的“家具”,如岩石和木头。

Most zoos have a team of people who work on developing interesting environments for the animals.

大多数动物园都有一组人,他们致力于为动物开发有趣的环境.

Zoos share ideas, and there are zoo magazines that say “we tested such and such with this animal and it worked out well.”

动物园分享一些想法,有些动物园杂志说,“我们用这种动物试验过这种动物,结果很好。 “

There’s a good network among animal-care workers.

动物护理工作者之间有着良好的网络。

Interviewer: What’s the most difficult animal you care for, and why?

采访者: 你所关心的最困难的动物是什么?

Jeff: We have a type of animal called the slender-horned gazelle, native to North Africa.

杰夫:我们有一类动物叫"瘦角瞪羚",原生于北非.

There aren’t many of them in captivity and they’re inbred, which means they’ve had babies with their close relatives.

他们被囚禁的人数不多,

So their immune system is not as good as it should be, and they’re more likely to get common infections.

因此他们的免疫系统并不如应该的好,

They’re easy to manage, but they have medical problems sometimes.

他们很容易管理,

Pandas play on some exhibit “furniture.”

熊猫在一些展览上表演“家具。 “

Interviewer: What’s the most dangerous animal you care for?

采访者: 最危险的动物是什么?

Jeff: Any of the hoofed animals.

任何蹄类动物。

Giraffes are the most dangerous—their kick can be the worst.

Giraffes最危险,

Right now I have four of them.

现在我有四个

We’ve had as many as eight, including the calves.

包括小牛在内,

Interviewer: Do you have any special stories or moments to share?

采访者: 你有什么特别的故事或时刻可以分享吗?

Jeff: We had to deliver a giraffe calf back in 1998.

我们不得不在1998年送一只长颈鹿小牛回来。

This was the mom’s third or fourth pregnancy, but she was having trouble with this one.

这是母亲的第三次或第四次怀孕,

The calf wasn’t moving through the birth canal.

幼崽没有穿过生来运河。

I reached inside her and helped pull the calf until the head was out.

我伸入她体内,帮她拉起小牛,直到头出.

Then the vet and I pulled her out the rest of the way.

然后兽医和我把她拉出其余的路。

The calf must have had her oxygen cut off in the birth canal, but we got her breathing.

幼崽一定在分娩时断了氧气 但我们让她呼吸了

A female giraffe with a baby in a birthing stall.

一只长颈鹿带着婴儿在产房里

Since the baby falls 1.

自从婴儿跌出一分起

8 meters (6 ft) when it is born, the bottom of the stall is filled with sand and then covered with straw to cushion the fall.

8米(6英尺)生出后,摊子下部被沙子填满后再用稻草覆盖以缓降.

A giraffe roams through its exhibit.

长颈鹿在展览中漫步

The baby didn’t want to nurse for a few days.

婴儿在几天内不想哺乳。

We kept her with the mom, but we tube fed her.

我们把她和妈妈在一起, 但我们的管喂她。

Then on the third day she started nursing on her own, and she turned out to be a really nice animal.

之后在第三天,她开始独自护理,结果她变成了一个非常好的动物.

She bonded with us, too, so she was really easy to handle.

她也和我们结了婚 所以她很容易处理

She’s in Kansas City, and she’s one of their best giraffes.

她在堪萨斯城,

She’s almost four years old now.

她现在快4岁了。

Interviewer: You found out that if you handle a baby that much at the beginning, it becomes much more manageable.

采访者: 你发现,如果你处理一个婴儿 在一开始很多, 它变得更容易管理。

Why don’t you work with all of the babies that way to develop them into that kind of an easy-to- handle animal?

为何不与所有婴儿合作,

Jeff: We don’t do any hand raising unless we absolutely have to.

除非我们绝对有必要,否则我们不会举手。

The mother-reared animal is better because it knows how to behave like the animal it is.

母背动物比较好,因为它知道如何表现自己是动物.

Animals that are human- oriented forget to act like a zebra or a giraffe.

以人为本的动物忘记了像斑马或长颈鹿一样的行为.

A young giraffe is fed by a zookeeper.

年轻的长颈鹿由动物园管理员喂食.

This baby giraffe runs around its new surroundings.

这只长颈鹿婴儿环绕着新的环境

Interviewer: Do you see yourself staying in this job for the rest of your working life?

采访者: 你看到自己在这工作后半生都在工作吗?

Jeff: I would say so.

我会说

I’ve had a lot of successes here, and there’s still a lot I want to accomplish.

我在这里取得了许多成功,

Besides, I find caring for these animals very satisfying, interesting, and challenging.

此外,我发现照顾这些动物 是非常满意的,有趣的,并且具有挑战性。

INDEX Jeff hand-feeds a friendly giraffe.

INDEX 数据库 杰夫用手喂一只友善的长颈鹿

Giraffes usually eat standing up, but occasionally they need to bend down to drink.

吉拉菲斯通常会站起吃东西,但偶尔需要弯下腰来喝.

They take a long time to slowly inch down and spread their long legs for balance.

它们需要很长的时间才能慢慢地向下分寸,并为了平衡而分散出长长的腿.

In the wild, this puts them in a very vulnerable position.

在野外,这使他们处于非常脆弱的境地.