日本滑冰场冰面下冻5000条鱼 创意过头惹众怒

 　　“太空世界”游乐园近日在园内开设了一家溜冰场，将大约5000条鱼冻入冰面下，希望营造一种在海上溜冰的效果。但溜冰场开放后，这一创意引来众多指责，很多人表示这种做法太残忍了，网上还出现了“鱼是活着被冻住”的传言。游乐园被迫关闭溜冰场，并出面道歉，甚至打算为这些鱼儿开一场“追悼会”。

　　An amusement park in Japan has been forced to close its skating rink after a torrent¹ of online criticism over its centrepiece: thousands of fish frozen into the ice.

　　日本一家游乐园将数千条鱼冻在溜冰场的冰层中作为装饰，这一创意在网上遭到一片指责，溜冰场被迫关门。

　　日本滑冰场冰面下冻5000条鱼 创意过头惹众怒

　　Space World in the city of Kitakyushu, south-west Japan, bowed to pressure to close the facility on Sunday after an online campaign denouncing the piscine graveyard² as "cruel", "immoral³" and "weird⁴".

　　27日，日本西南部城市九州市的“太空世界”游乐园迫于压力关闭了其溜冰场，网友怒斥这里是“残忍的”、“不道德的”、“诡异的”鱼群墓地。

　　The rink, which was supposed to have stayed open until the spring, featured about 5,000 dead sprats, mackerel and other fish that had been bought from a local market embedded⁵ in the ice, some with their mouths still open in apparent suspended animation⁶, according to local media reports.

　　据当地媒体报道，这家溜冰场本应一直开放至明年春天。他们从市场精心选购了5000条已经死亡的鲱鱼、鲭鱼等鱼类，将其嵌入冰层，有些鱼的嘴仍然张着一动不动，看似窒息而死。

　　The fish were also used to spell out "hello" under the ice and to form an arrow showing skaters which direction to follow.

　　该溜冰场把鱼拼成“你好”的字样，还将鱼摆成箭头形状，为溜冰者指示方向。

　　Other parts of the rink showed rays and whale sharks that, the park pointed⁷ out, were merely enlarged photos that had been placed beneath the ice.

　　在溜冰场中还可以看见光束和鲸鲨，游乐园称，他们只是把鲸鲨的照片放大了置于冰下。

　　The outcry was prompted after the fish were featured in a local TV report last week.

　　一家地方电视台上周对这些鱼儿进行报道后，引发了人们的抗议。

　　Space World's Facebook page was inundated⁸ with complaints and calls for the attraction to close.

　　太空世界游乐园的脸书主页充斥着投诉批评和要求其关门的呼声。

　　One commenter said the park was "disrespectful of life", while another said it was displaying an "appalling⁹ lack of morality".

　　一位留言者称，该游乐园“蔑视生命”，还有人称这是“极不道德”的表现。

　　The facility's website had touted¹⁰ the Ice Aquarium¹¹ as an opportunity for visitors to "glide¹² across the sea" in what it called the first attraction of its kind in the world.

　　太空世界游乐园曾在官网吹捧称该溜冰场是全球首个冰冻水族馆，它能够让游客感受“在海面滑行”的感觉。

　　But on Sunday, the park announced it was closing the ice rink. "We deeply apologise to people who felt uncomfortable about the Ice Aquarium event," it said in a statement quoted in the Japan Times. "As a result, we have stopped the event from today."

　　但该游乐园27日宣布关闭该溜冰场。《日本时报》援引游乐园的声明称，“对于冰冻水族馆给人们带来的不适，我们深感抱歉。因此，从今天起我们将这里关闭。”

　　A spokesperson told the Asahi Shimbun that the park was considering holding a memorial service for the fish next year, adding that the fish were already dead when they were bought from a local wholesaler¹³.

　　一位发言人对朝日新闻社表示，游乐园正在考虑明年为这些鱼儿举办一场悼念仪式，他还称，他们从当地批发商那里购买的是已经死去的鱼。

　　"Misunderstandings spread on the internet that the fish were frozen while they were still alive, but that was not the case," the spokesperson told the newspaper. "We should have explained more." 这位新闻发言人表示，“网上谣传这些鱼在还活着时就被冻住，但这并非事实。我们本应该解释得更清楚些。”

　　Vocabulary

　　centerpiece: 中心装饰品

　　piscine: 鱼类的

　　inundate: 使充满

　　appalling: 骇人听闻的

　　memorial service: 追悼会

1 torrent   

n.激流，洪流；爆发，(话语等的)连发

参考例句：

• The torrent scoured a channel down the hillside. 急流沿着山坡冲出了一条沟。
• Her pent-up anger was released in a torrent of words.她压抑的愤怒以滔滔不绝的话爆发了出来。

2 graveyard   

n.坟场

参考例句：

• All the town was drifting toward the graveyard.全镇的人都象流水似地向那坟场涌过去。
• Living next to a graveyard would give me the creeps.居住在墓地旁边会使我毛骨悚然。

3 immoral   

adj.不道德的，淫荡的，荒淫的，有伤风化的

参考例句：

• She was questioned about his immoral conduct toward her.她被询问过有关他对她的不道德行为的情况。
• It is my belief that nuclear weapons are immoral.我相信使核武器是不邪恶的。

4 weird   

adj.古怪的，离奇的；怪诞的，神秘而可怕的

参考例句：

• From his weird behaviour,he seems a bit of an oddity.从他不寻常的行为看来，他好像有点怪。
• His weird clothes really gas me.他的怪衣裳简直笑死人。

5 embedded   

a.扎牢的

参考例句：

• an operation to remove glass that was embedded in his leg 取出扎入他腿部玻璃的手术
• He has embedded his name in the minds of millions of people. 他的名字铭刻在数百万人民心中。

6 animation   

n.活泼，兴奋，卡通片／动画片的制作

参考例句：

• They are full of animation as they talked about their childhood.当他们谈及童年的往事时都非常兴奋。
• The animation of China made a great progress.中国的卡通片制作取得很大发展。

7 pointed   

adj.尖的，直截了当的

参考例句：

• He gave me a very sharp pointed pencil.他给我一支削得非常尖的铅笔。
• She wished to show Mrs.John Dashwood by this pointed invitation to her brother.她想通过对达茨伍德夫人提出直截了当的邀请向她的哥哥表示出来。

8 inundated   

v.淹没( inundate的过去式和过去分词 )；（洪水般地）涌来；充满；给予或交予（太多事物）使难以应付

参考例句：

• We have been inundated with offers of help. 主动援助多得使我们应接不暇。
• We have been inundated with every bit of information imaginable. 凡是想得到的各种各样的信息潮水般地向我们涌来。 来自《简明英汉词典》

9 appalling   

adj.骇人听闻的，令人震惊的，可怕的

参考例句：

• The search was hampered by appalling weather conditions.恶劣的天气妨碍了搜寻工作。
• Nothing can extenuate such appalling behaviour.这种骇人听闻的行径罪无可恕。

10 touted   

v.兜售( tout的过去式和过去分词 )；招揽；侦查；探听赛马情报

参考例句：

• She's being touted as the next leader of the party. 她被吹捧为该党的下一任领导人。
• People said that he touted for his mother and sister. 据说，他给母亲和姐姐拉生意。 来自辞典例句

11 aquarium   

n.水族馆，养鱼池，玻璃缸

参考例句：

• The first time I saw seals was in an aquarium.我第一次看见海豹是在水族馆里。
• I'm going to the aquarium with my parents this Sunday.这个星期天，我要和父母一起到水族馆去。

12 glide   

n./v.溜，滑行；(时间)消逝

参考例句：

• We stood in silence watching the snake glide effortlessly.我们噤若寒蝉地站着，眼看那条蛇逍遥自在地游来游去。
• So graceful was the ballerina that she just seemed to glide.那芭蕾舞女演员翩跹起舞，宛如滑翔。

13 wholesaler   

n.批发商

参考例句：

• We're the largest furniture wholesaler in Illinois. 我们是伊利诺伊州最大的家具批发商。 来自辞典例句
• These are used to create profiles for each wholesaler. 这是他日常的工作或通过与批发商的正式会谈。 来自互联网