Birthday Party for Indian Tigress
印度母老虎的生日派對
Edward Wu
【新聞關鍵字】
1. equally 同樣地
2. individual 個體/個人
3. tigress 雌虎
4. bash 大派對
5. resident 居民
It was a special birthday party thrown for an equally special individual. The star was Rina, a tigress who had a big 16 birthday bash.
這是一個為同樣是很特別的個體生命所舉辦的生日派對。主角是一隻名叫麗娜的母虎，今年要過它16歲的大生日。
Born and brought up in the Van Vihar National Park, Rina is a special resident of the zoo and is well loved and cared for.
麗娜在梵維哈爾國家公園出生和長大，是動物園裡的一個很特別的居民並且受到極好的愛護和照料。
【新聞關鍵字】
6. achievement 了不起的成就
7. century 世紀
8. brought up: v.phr. 撫養長大
9. habitat 動物棲息地
10. poaching 偷獵
[SS Rajput, National Park Director]:
“Tigers normally live until they’re about 10 in zoos. So, it is quite an achievement that she has grown so much and the best part is, she was born and brought up here in the zoo itself."
[SS Rajput, 國家公園主任]
老虎通常在動物園裡可以活到10歲左右。所以，它能活那麼久真是一件不容易的事。而且最難得的是它就在同一個動物園裡出生和長大。
There were about 40,000 tigers in India a century ago. A government report published this year says the tiger population has fallen to around 1,400, down from around 3,600 in 2002… mostly due to shrinking habitat and poaching.
在一個世紀以前，在印度大約有4萬隻老虎。一份由政府今年出版的報告指出：老虎的總數已經下降到大約只剩1,400隻了。在2002年時總數就已經只有3,600隻了，老虎數量減少的主要原因是因為動物棲息地的縮減和遭受偷獵所致。
The government has tried different approaches such as education and monetary incentives to try to stop the poaching.
政府嘗試用教育和金錢獎勵等不同方式，來阻止偷獵動物的行為。
本則影音新聞出處：新唐人電視台英語新聞
http://english.ntdtv.com/ntdtv_en/ns_asia/2009-07-31/050099528183.html
