大卫·爱登堡爵士 | 接受小朋友的采访

Q: Hello, David Attenborough! What animal do you think will become extinct next?

大卫·爱登堡，您好！请问您认为接下来什么动物将会灭绝？

Well, let's hope there won't be any. Because there are lots of things we can do when animals are reduced to a danger of extinction. We can protect them. About 40 years ago, I was with some mountain gorillas in central Africa. Mountain gorillas were then very, very rare, only 250 of them left.

嗯，希望不会有任何动物灭绝。因为在动物面临灭绝的危险时，我们能做的事有很多，我们可以保护它们。大约40年前，我曾在中非地区与一些山地大猩猩在一起，当时山地大猩猩已经非常非常稀有了，只剩下250只。

And we showed pictures of them on television around the world, and people thought how terrible it would be if these became extinct. So they subscribed lots of money and lots of people came to help, and now they're over a thousand of them.

我们在世界各地的电视上播放了它们的照片，人们由此会想到如果这些大猩猩灭绝了，那将是多么可怕。所以世界各地的人们捐了很多钱，也有很多人自发帮忙拯救，现在已有上千人来帮忙。

So you can save an animal if you want to, and they'll put your mind to it. People around the world are doing that, because animals are so precious. So let's hope there won't be any more that go extinct.

所以你可以拯救动物，如果你想的话，他们会帮你把你的想法付诸于拯救动物的实践。世界各地的人们都在这么做，因为动物是如此珍贵，所以让我们期盼不再会有物种灭绝。

Q: Hello, David Attenborough! I like spiders, do you like spiders too?

大卫·爱登堡，您好！我喜欢蜘蛛，请问您也喜欢蜘蛛吗？

I love spiders. I'm so glad you like them! I think they're wonderful things. Why is it the people so frightened of them?

我非常喜欢蜘蛛。我很高兴你喜欢它们！我觉得它们是些很奇妙的家伙。为什么人们会如此害怕它们呢？

I think it's because they've actually got eight legs, which are much more than us and if you've got eight legs you can move in any direction, so you'll never be quite sure which way that spider is going to go. He could go this way or that way, so people don't like them and they don't like hairy legs either.

我想是因为他们其实有八条腿，它们的腿比我们的多得多。如果你有八条腿，你就可以向四面八方走动，所以你永远无法确定蜘蛛会朝哪里走。他可以往这条路走也可以往那条路走，所以人们不太喜欢它们，而且人们也不喜欢那种毛茸茸的腿。

But spiders are so clever. Have you ever watched one trying to build its web? That is extraordinary. How does it make this sort of circular web like that with attached to trees on either side or bits of vegetation? How do they do it? Try and watch and see how they do it. It's do marvelous!

不过蜘蛛可是很聪明的。你有没有看过蜘蛛织网？这是很了不起的。它是如何织成那种圆形的网并把网粘在两边的树上或是其他植物上的？它们是如何做到的？试着去观察它们是怎么做的吧。那个过程简直太棒了！

Q: What animal do you like?

请问您喜欢什么动物呢？

I think I like monkeys best, because they're such fun. They can jump all over the place, and they can uh… they don't bite at least… well, some do, but a bit careful, they don't bite. And they're so funny. Um… and I like them a lot. Mind you, you can't have kids sitting around the home, because that's not where they live, they live out in the forest.

我觉得我最喜欢的是猴子，因为它们非常有趣。它们在各处活蹦乱跳，它们能…它们至少不会咬人…嗯，可能有的猴子会，但只要小心一点，就不会被它们咬到。猴子真的很有趣，嗯…我很喜欢它们。值得注意的是，你不能把小猴子们圈养在笼子里，因为那不是它们该生活的地方，他们要生活在野外的森林里。

Q: So what can you have at home that you like? Well, which would you choose? A puppy or a kitten?

你家里会养什么你喜欢的动物吗？嗯，你会选哪种呢？小狗还是小猫？

It's a very difficult question. I think I'd go for a puppy.这是一个比较难回答的问题，不过我想我会选择养只小狗吧。

Notes:

subscribe

to pay money to an organization in order to receive a product, use a service regularly, or support the organization 订阅，订购（产品）；（为某项服务）定期付费；定期捐助

 I subscribe €10 a month to the charity.

我每个月向这个慈善团体捐助10欧元。

2.3 million people subscribe to this online music service.

有230万人订购了这个在线音乐服务。

attach

a) to fasten or join one thing to another;~ sth (to sth); 把…固定，把…附/粘（在…上）

Attach the coupon to the front of your letter.

把优惠券附在信的正面。

b) to believe that sth is important or worth thinking about; ~ importance, significance, value, weight, etc. (to sth) 认为有重要性（或意义、价值、分量等）；重视

I attach great importance to this research. 

我认为这项研究十分重要。

c) to be connected with sb/sth; to connect sth to sth (formal) （使）与…有联系；与…有关联

This does not attach any blame to you.

这事你一点责任也没有。

vegetation

plants in general, or plants that are found in a particular area（总称）植物；植被，植物群落

The railway track will have to be cleared of vegetation if it is to be used again. 

那条铁路如果要重新启用，就得清除沿线的草木。