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第一段
1 .How many of you have visited the City Zoo before?
你们中有多少人以前来过城市动物园？
2 .No one? Well, this Is going to be a treat.
一个都没有？那好，这次可有眼福了。
3 .Before we get off the bus,let me give you a bit of background information.
在我们下车之前，让我先给大家讲一点背景信息。
4 .When this city was founded In 1860,
这座城市建于1860年，
5 .it was the intention right from the start to set aside some land for what would become today's zoo.
从一开始就打算留出一块地，用来建如今这座动物园。
6 .Unfortunately, the plans were lost somewhere In the town planning department and the whole idea was almost forgotten until one of the town's founding fathers died just after the turn of last century
遗憾的是，这些规划在市政规划部门不知什么地方弄丢了，整个设想几乎被人遗忘，直到上世纪初城里一位建城元老去世——
7 .- 1902 it was - and he bequeathed to the city a stretch of unused land.
——是1902年——他把一片闲置土地遗赠给了这座城市。
8 .He had given the land to the council with the express wish that it be used to build a zoo,
他把这块地交给市政委员会时明确表示，希望用它来建一座动物园，
9 .but it would be another half century before construction began in 1950.
但直到又过了半个世纪，1950年才动工兴建。
10 .The gentlemen who gifted the land simply wanted a placed that his grandchildren and future generations would take pleasure in,
这位捐出土地的先生只是想要一个地方，让他的孙辈和后世子孙都能从中获得乐趣，
11 .and so, that was the idea behind the design and construction of the zoo.
因此，这就是这座动物园设计与建造背后的理念。
12 .Later, researchers set up a science lab here and started a project to save animals species that are in danger of extinction.
后来，研究人员在这里建起了科学实验室，并启动了一个拯救濒危动物物种的项目。
第二段
1 .OK, everyone off the bus - please follow me - I'll go through the entrance first because I have all the tickets.
好，大家下车——请跟我来——我先过入口，因为所有门票都在我这儿。
2 .Right, is everyone with me?
好，大家都跟上了吗？
3 .Good. Now, when families come here at the weekend,
很好。那么，一家人周末来这里的时候，
4 .they normally head straight for the monkey enclosure here on our right but we're going to head north past the nursery - yes, this is where all the zoo babies are born
他们通常会直奔我们右手边这里的猴子围栏，但我们要往北走，经过育幼室——没错，这里就是动物园里所有动物宝宝出生的地方
5 .- to the education block.
——去教育区。
6 .Please take note of where we are because we'll come back to this centre after we've had a look at the animals and there' ll be a member of the zoo staff to answer your questions and show us a DVD.
请记住我们现在的位置，因为我们看完动物后会回到这个中心，到时会有动物园的工作人员来解答你们的问题，并给我们放一张DVD。
第三段
1 .Now, if we turn and walk east,
现在，如果我们转身往东走，
2 .you'll see a lake on your right and the polar bears on your left.
你们会看到右边有一个湖，左边是北极熊。
3 .As you know, they like colder temperatures and the waters of the Blue Lake are kept chilly, just for them.
如你们所知，它们喜欢较低的温度，而蓝湖的水特意为它们保持着冰凉。
4 .See? They can get to the lake by going under this bridge we're standing on.
看到了吗？它们可以从我们脚下的这座桥下穿过去到湖边。
5 .If we go straight on, we' II come to another lake,
如果我们继续直走，就会到另一个湖，
6 .but that is for the reptiles and amphibians to lounge around in.
不过那是给爬行动物和两栖动物悠闲待着的地方。
第四段
1 .Let's head north again - are you all with me?
我们再往北走——大家都跟上了吗？
2 .All right, we' II stop here for a quick look at the children's petting zoo on our right -yes, this is one enclosure where the people and the animals can mix.
好，我们在这里停一下，很快看看右手边的儿童动物互动区——没错，这是一个人和动物可以混在一起的围栏。
3 .There are lots of small farm animals here and they are all very tame
这里有很多小农场动物，它们都很温顺，
4 .because the idea is that city children can get up really close and touch them if they want.
因为这样设计的用意是让城里的孩子能靠得很近，想的话还能摸一摸它们。
5 .You might like to come back here when we've finished our tour.
等我们参观结束后，你们也许想再回到这里看看。
6 .Okay let's step out of the petting zoo now and next up is the aviary -right in front of us
好，我们现在走出动物互动区，接下来是鸟舍——就在我们正前方。
7 .-it's divided into a roofed-in section in the northern part,
它分为北部一个有顶棚的区域，
8 .and the bigger birds are kept in the southern half.
而体型较大的鸟则养在南半部。
第五段
1 .Let's follow the path to the west now ...
现在让我们沿着这条小路往西走……
2 .Please try to keep up,
请尽量跟上，
3 .I don't want to lose any of you ...
我不想让你们任何一个人掉队……
4 .On our right is the African savannah which, as you can see,
我们右边是非洲大草原，正如你们所见，
5 .is very large so the big cats have plenty of room to roam.
它非常大，所以大型猫科动物有充足的空间四处活动。
6 .You can spend more time here later.
你们稍后可以在这里多待一会儿。
7 .Keeping west now,
继续往西，
8 .we walk alongside the savannah towards the Asian rainforest.
我们沿着大草原走向亚洲雨林。
9 .Some´´mes you have to stay very still if you want to see the animals that live here.
如果你想看到住在这里的动物，有时你得保持一动不动。
第六段
1 .All right,
好的，
2 .I'm going to leave you now -you can either retrace your steps or continue around the zoo until you get back to where we're scheduled to watch the DVD
我现在要离开你们了——你们可以原路返回，也可以继续绕着动物园走，直到回到我们预定观看 DVD 的地方，
3 .in exactly one hour's time. See you then.
正好在一小时之后。到时见。