英格兰森林里的鹿太多了
📖 逐句对照翻译
Martin Edwards studies the shadows of the ancient forest from a high seat and waits.
马丁·爱德华兹坐在高处，研究着古老森林的阴影，等待着。
Sitting still, he watches with his special camera.
他静静地坐着，用他那台特殊的相机观察着。
Then, Edwards aims and fires his rifle.
然后，爱德华兹瞄准并开枪。
He has killed a male deer, or buck.
他杀死了一只公鹿，或者说雄鹿。
It was one of many wild deer found in this forest in Hampshire, southern England.
这是英格兰南部汉普郡森林中发现的众多野生鹿之一。
Edwards supports controlling the deer population with a method called humane deer management.
爱德华兹支持用一种名为人道鹿群管理的方法来控制鹿的数量。
The idea is to make sure the animals do not become too numerous for the forests and farmland in a country where deer no longer have natural predators.
这样做的目的是确保在一个鹿不再有天然捕食者的国家里，动物数量不会多到让森林和农田无法承受。
A predator is an animal that catches and kills other animals for food.
捕食者是指捕杀其他动物为食的动物。
Population
人口
There are now more deer in England than at any other time in the last 1,000 years, says the Forestry Commission, the government department looking after England’s public forests.
英国林业委员会称，目前英格兰的鹿的数量是过去1000年来最多的。英国林业委员会是负责管理英格兰公共森林的政府部门。
An estimated 2 million deer now live in the country.
据估计，目前该国生活着200万只鹿。
The high deer numbers have had a big effect on the environment, officials say.
官员表示，鹿的数量过多对环境造成了很大影响。
Deer have damaged large areas of woodland, including young trees, as well as the living areas of some birds like robins.
鹿群破坏了大片林地，包括幼树，以及知更鸟等一些鸟类的栖息区域。
Some landowners have lost large amounts of crops to deer.
一些土地所有者因鹿群而损失了大量农作物。
And overpopulation means that the animals are more likely to suffer from starvation and disease.
而人口过剩意味着动物更有可能遭受饥饿和疾病。
Forestry experts and businesses argue that killing the deer — and supplying the meat to consumers — is a good idea.
林业专家和企业认为，捕杀这些鹿并将鹿肉供应给消费者是个好主意。
The reduced deer population can bring back balance to the environment and provide a low-fat, sustainable protein.
鹿群数量的减少可以恢复环境平衡，并提供低脂肪、可持续的蛋白质。
Venison
鹿肉
Deer meat is called venison.
鹿肉被称为venison。
It is a red meat similar to lean beef but with a stronger flavor.
这是一种红肉，类似于瘦牛肉，但味道更浓郁。
Although many in Britain see venison as a high-end food, one support group sees it as a good protein for those who do not have enough money to buy other meats.
虽然英国很多人视鹿肉为高端食品，但有一个支持团体认为，对于那些没有足够钱购买其他肉类的人来说，鹿肉是一种很好的蛋白质来源。
“Why not utilize that fantastic meat to feed people in need?” said SJ Hunt of The Country Food Trust.
“为什么不利用这些极好的肉来帮助有需要的人呢？”乡村食品信托基金的SJ·亨特说道。
The group gives meals made with wild venison to food banks.
该组织向食物银行提供用野生鹿肉制作的餐食。
The government says native wild deer play a role in healthy forest environments.
政府表示，本地野生鹿群对健康的森林环境起着重要作用。
Still, the government admits that the deer population needs controlling.
尽管如此，政府承认鹿的数量需要控制。
But experts like Edwards, a spokesman for the British Association for Shooting and Conservation, believe killing them for meat is the only effective choice.
但像爱德华兹这样的专家认为，捕杀它们取肉是唯一有效的选择。爱德华兹是英国射击与保护协会的发言人。
The deer population increased greatly during the COVID-19 pandemic.
在新冠疫情期间，鹿的数量大幅增加。
Hunters, like everyone else, stayed home and the restaurant market — the main source for venison sales in Britain — disappeared overnight.
猎人和其他所有人一样待在家里，而餐馆市场——英国鹿肉销售的主要来源——一夜之间消失了。
“There were no sales of venison and the price was absolutely on the floor,” said Ben Rigby, a leading venison and game meats seller.
“鹿肉没有销售，价格绝对跌到了谷底，”领先的鹿肉和野味肉类销售商本·里格比说。
“The deer had a chance to breed massively.”
“鹿有机会大量繁殖。”
Rigby’s company now processes hundreds of deer a week.
里格比的公司现在每周要处理数百头鹿。
The business sends venison or steaks to restaurants and food markets.
这家企业将鹿肉或牛排送往餐馆和食品市场。
One difficulty, Rigby said, is growing people’s taste for venison.
里格比说，一个难题是培养人们对鹿肉的喜爱。
This is especially important after Brexit put new barriers up for exporting the meat.
在英国脱欧为肉类出口设置新壁垒之后，这一点尤为重要。
From the forest to the table
从森林到餐桌
In England, shooting deer is legal under some restrictions.
在英格兰，射杀鹿在若干限制条件下是合法的。
Hunters must have a permit, use certain kinds of firearms and observe open seasons.
猎人必须持有许可证，使用特定种类的枪支，并遵守开放狩猎季节的规定。
They also need an acceptable or valid reason, such as when a landowner permits them to kill the deer when their land is damaged.
他们还需要一个可接受或正当的理由，例如土地所有者允许他们在土地受损时猎杀鹿。
Hunting deer with groups of dogs is illegal.
结群带狗猎鹿是违法的。
Making wild venison more widely available in food stores and beyond will bring out more hunters and ensure the meat does not go to waste, Edwards said.
爱德华兹说，让野生鹿肉在食品店及其他场所更广泛地供应，将吸引更多人加入狩猎，并确保这些肉不被浪费。
Forestry England, which controls public forests, is part of the effort to increase venison use.
负责管理公共森林的英格兰林业局也参与了推广鹿肉使用的行动。
In recent years, it supplied some hospitals with 1,000 kg of wild venison to use for food.
近年来，它向一些医院供应了1000公斤野生鹿肉用作食物。
The approach appears to have been well received.
这一方法似乎受到了广泛欢迎。
However, it has gotten some criticism from animal welfare group PETA.
然而，它遭到动物福利组织PETA的一些批评。
PETA supports veganism – the practice of not eating or using animal products.
PETA支持纯素食主义——即不食用或不使用动物产品的做法。
SJ Hunt of The Country Food Trust said it is possible to do much more with the meat.
The Country Food Trust的SJ Hunt表示，这些肉还能发挥更大作用。
Her organization provided hundreds of thousands of venison meals to food banks last year — and people are hungry for more, she said.
她的组织去年向食物银行提供了数十万份鹿肉餐——她说，人们渴望得到更多。
She described the meat as nutritious and “free-range to the purest form of that definition.”
她将这种肉描述为营养丰富，并且“完全符合散养的最纯粹定义”。
I’m John Russell.
我是约翰·拉塞尔。
Sylvia Hui reported on this story for the Associated Press.
西尔维娅·许为美联社报道了此事。
John Russell adapted it for VOA Learning English.
约翰·拉塞尔为VOA英语学习频道改编了它。
