非洲狮拥抱狂吻12年前救命恩人

 People in Cali, Colombia, are shocked to see the bond between a large African lion and a woman who saved it from abuse, involving long, affectionate kisses and hugs between the pair.

在南美哥伦比亚西部城巿卡利，一只非洲狮和和它的救命恩人相拥亲吻，关系十分亲密，让人震惊。

Ana Julia Torres, who runs the Villa¹ Lorena animal shelter in Cali, fed and nursed Jupiter the African lion back to health years ago after it was found abused and emaciated² in a traveling circus.

Ana Julia Torres在卡利负责一家名为Villa Lorena的动物保护中心。在许多年前，Torres把受虐待而瘦弱的狮子丘比特从马戏团救出，饲养和照顾它，让它恢复健康。

"It is amazing to see an animal like that be so sweet and affectionate," said Torres. "This hug is the most sincere one that I have received in my life."

“看到动物如此可爱和深情，真是太让我惊讶了！”Torres说，“这是我人生中遇到的最为真挚的拥抱。”

"Here we have animals that are lame³, missing limbs, blind, cross-eyed, disabled," said Torres, 47, who relies on donations and her own modest teacher's salary to run the shelter in a poor neighborhood in the southern city of Cali. "They come to us malnourished, wounded, burned, stabbed, with gunshots."

47岁的Torres在哥伦比亚南部城市卡利的一个贫困地区，依靠捐助和微薄的教师薪水开设这个庇护所。她说：“我们这里的动物，有的瘸腿，有的少胳膊，有的瞎了，有的斜眼，有的是残疾。他们到我们这的时候，有的营养不良，有的被打伤，被烧伤，刺伤，还有被枪伤的。”

Torres said because she opposes exhibiting animals in circuses, she decided⁴ to keep her shelter closed from the public.

Torres说，因为她反对在马戏团里展出动物，因此她的庇护所不对公众开放。

1 villa   

n.别墅，城郊小屋

参考例句：

• We rented a villa in France for the summer holidays.我们在法国租了一幢别墅消夏。
• We are quartered in a beautiful villa.我们住在一栋漂亮的别墅里。

2 emaciated   

adj.衰弱的，消瘦的

参考例句：

• A long time illness made him sallow and emaciated.长期患病使他面黄肌瘦。
• In the light of a single candle,she can see his emaciated face.借着烛光，她能看到他的被憔悴的面孔。

3 lame   

adj.跛的，(辩解、论据等)无说服力的

参考例句：

• The lame man needs a stick when he walks.那跛脚男子走路时需借助拐棍。
• I don't believe his story.It'sounds a bit lame.我不信他讲的那一套。他的话听起来有些靠不住。

4 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。