洪恩环境英语第八册 12 You're the one that needs....

　　Do you know where to go for a breath of fresh air and wide open spaces?
你知道在哪儿能呼吸到新鲜的空气，拥有开阔的室外空间吗？
Jim Stuart found a place right here in Stamford.
吉姆.斯图亚特在斯坦福德这儿找到了这么一个地方。
We're here at the Stamford Nature Center with Brad Burnham.
我们现在和白兰德.贝克汉姆在斯坦福德自然中心。
Brad,could you tell us a little about the farm?
白兰德，你能告诉我们一些关于农场的情况吗？
Sure.We have a small New England farm here
at the Stamford Museum and Nature Center.
当然。在斯坦福德博物馆和自然中心这儿有一个新英格式小农场，
We have many types of farm animals here.
在这儿我们有许多种家畜。
There are plenty of farm animals here.
这里有许多家畜，
The school children love them.
学校里的孩子们很喜欢它们。
There are all the usuall farm animals,but not many places have otters¹.
这儿有所有常见的家畜，但是并不是很多地方有水獭。
Do you know anywhere in Stamford where you can see otters play?
你知道在斯坦福德哪儿能看到水獭嬉戏吗？
But the stars of the show are new baby lambs.
但是这次节目的明星这些新出生的羊羔。
Can you tell me how old those lambs are?
你能告诉我，那些羊羔有多大了吗？
Sure.They are six and half weeks old and their names are Spot and Houdini.
当然可以。它们有六个半星期了，名字是点点和霍德尼。
And they are lots of fun to play with.
跟空产在一起玩其乐无穷。
They're very curious and a little shy of people.
它们非常好奇，还有怕人。
Could you tell our viewers how big the farm is?
你能否诉观众这个农场有多大？
I'd say maybe about five to ten acres.
大约五到十英亩。
Does anyone know how many geese you have here?
有谁知道你们这里养了多少只鹅吗？
No,I'm sorry,we don't .We have a lot of geese.
不知道，对不起，我们都不知道。我们的鹅很多。
Can you tell me why the geese like it here?
你能否告诉我为什么这些鹅喜欢这儿呢？
Yes,cause the visitors love to feed them.
可以。因为来访者喜欢喂它们。
You can shop at the gift shop or you can walk on the hiking trails.
你可以去礼品店购物也可以去山间小道散步，
But do you know how to keep a secret?
但你知道如何保守秘密吗？
The most fun here is at the duck pond with all the ducks and geese.
在这里最大的乐趣是在鸭塘旁边和鸭、鹅在一起。
But watch out for a duck I call Sally.
不过请注意一只被我叫做萨莉的鸭子。
Looking for a beautiful place?
你在寻找一个美丽的地方吗？
We found one right here in Stamford at the Stamford Nature Center...
我们在斯坦福德就找到了一个--斯坦福德自然中心...
When we visited,we saw all sorts of strange geese and ducks...
参观时，我们看到了各种奇怪的鹅和鸭...这只长相奇特...
This one is strange-looking..The other ones are beautiful bird...
这只长相奇特... 其它的都非常美丽..还另外一只漂亮的鸟..
And there's another one...That's a Long Island goose..
还有另外一只...那是长岛鹅..
The other ducks near it come from Europe..The green ones are mallards.
它旁边的鸭子来自欧洲...绿色的是野鸭。
Our favorite is Sally..the duck who never got fed...
我们最喜欢的是萨莉..
The other ones won't let her eat!
这只鸭子从来得不到食物..
The kids bring lots of bread,
其它的鸭子不让它吃
but it's hard to eat when there's so much competition..
孩子们带来了许多面包，但是因为鸭子抢食物激烈，要吃到东西很难...
And here it comes.There's on who's hungry!
看，它来了。那儿有一只饿极了的鸭子。
Look at that.The other one is hungry too!
看那儿，另一只也很饿。
Luckily,ther are lots of people who like to feed these ducks and geese-even Sally.
非常幸运，许多人喜欢喂这些鸭子和鹅--包括萨莉。
And with everyone's help.Sally finally gets some food.
在大家的帮助下，萨莉最终得到了一些食物。
These are good stories.The duck story is wonderful.
这是些非常好的节目，鸭子的节目很精彩。
Have you heard from Sam Finch²?   No.He hasn't called.
有山姆.芬奇的消息吗？没有，他还没的电话。
Did he buy the station in California?
他买下了加利福尼亚的那家电视台了吗？
I don't know...You're the one that needs the big romance³.
我不知道..你是个非常需要浪漫的人。
You're young,You're beautiful.
你年轻、漂亮，
You'll find someone.   I hope so.Maria.
你会找到一个合适的。我希望这样，玛丽亚。
Sam!...How are you?Where are you?...
山姆！...你好吗？你在哪儿..?
Well,my trip back was fine ..Steven Winn had a baby boy...
噢，我旅行回来了，非常好..史蒂文.韦恩生了一个男孩...
Yes...His name is Peter..Did you buy the station?
是的..名字叫彼得..你把电视台买下了吗？

1 otters   

n.（水）獭( otter的名词复数 )；獭皮

参考例句：

• An attempt is being made to entice otters back to the river. 人们正试图把水獭引诱回河里去。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Otters are believed to have been on Earth for 90 million years. 水獭被认为存活在地球上已经9千多万年。 来自互联网

2 finch   

n.雀科鸣禽(如燕雀，金丝雀等)

参考例句：

• This behaviour is commonly observed among several species of finch.这种行为常常可以在几种雀科鸣禽中看到。
• In Australia,it is predominantly called the Gouldian Finch.在澳大利亚，它主要还是被称之为胡锦雀。

3 romance   

n.恋爱关系，浪漫气氛，爱情小说，传奇

参考例句：

• She wrote a romance about an artist's life in Tokyo.她写了一个关于一位艺术家在东京生活的浪漫故事。
• They tried to rekindle the flames of romance.他们试图重燃爱火。