English Listening Practice: Lost for 85 Years! (English Like A Native Podcast)

Hello everyone and welcome to the English Like A Native Podcast,

大家好，欢迎来到 English Like A Native Podcast，

the podcast that's designed to help you to improve your English.

这是一个旨在帮助您提高英语水平的播客。

I'm your host...

我是你的主人……

What's my name?

我叫什么名字？

I nearly didn't tell you, I just said "I'm your host".

我差点没告诉你，我只是说“我是你的主人”。

I'm your host, Anna, and today I've got some good news.

我是主持人安娜，今天我有一些好消息。

Now, this is a good news article that I read today that I thought,

现在，这是我今天读到的一篇好消息文章，我认为，

this would be something nice to talk about because we all need a little

这将是一件很好的话题，因为我们

bit of good news in our lives.

在生活中都需要一点好消息。

Now, I say it's good news, but is it really very positive?

现在，我说这是个好消息，但它真的非常积极吗？

It's interesting, that's for sure.

这很有趣，这是肯定的。

Okay, so what is this good news Anna, I can hear you asking.

好吧，这是什么好消息，安娜，我能听到你在问。

Well, the good news is about the Tasmanian tiger.

嗯，好消息是关于塔斯马尼亚虎的。

Have you ever heard of a Tasmanian tiger?

你听说过塔斯马尼亚虎吗？

Now, when someone says to me an animal called the Tasmanian...,

现在，当有人对我说一种叫做塔斯马尼亚...的动物时，

the only thing I would think of would be the Tasmanian Devil.

我唯一会想到的就是塔斯马尼亚恶魔。

The Tasmanian Devil is, well, from what I know, was a little cartoon

据我所知，塔斯马尼亚恶魔是

character that I grew up watching.

我从小看着的一个小卡通人物。

This little devil who lived out in the desert, and he would spin

这个住在沙漠里的小恶魔，旋转的速度

so fast, it was like a hurricane.

快得跟飓风一样。

He would spin to travel, and he would make this kind of

他会旋转旅行，他会发出这种

sound, that's how he would talk.

声音，这就是他说话的方式。

So, I've never heard of a Tasmanian tiger before, but I

所以，我以前从未听说过塔斯马尼亚虎，但我

have heard of a Tasmanian devil.

听说过塔斯马尼亚恶魔。

Unfortunately, the Tasmanian tiger has been hunted to extinction.

不幸的是，塔斯马尼亚虎已经被猎杀殆尽。 自 1930 年代

There hasn't been a sighting of a Tasmanian tiger since the

以来就没有人看到过塔斯马尼亚虎

1930s, but hang on a minute.

，但等一下。

I thought this was a good news piece.

我认为这是一个好消息。

It is, I promise you.

是的，我向你保证。

So, I'm just giving you the background.

所以，我只是给你背景。

I'm laying the ground for you.

我在为你铺平道路。

I'm setting the scene so that you understand the story.

我正在布置场景，以便您了解这个故事。

So, Tasmanian tigers are extinct.

所以，塔斯马尼亚虎灭绝了。

They no longer exist.

它们不再存在。

And there are many species of animal that are, you know, becoming

你知道，有许多动物

extinct either because of what we are doing or because of hunting, or

因为我们的行为或狩猎而灭绝，或者

we're destroying their environments.

我们正在破坏它们的环境。

It's very sad, but we're staying happy today, so let's not talk about that.

很难过，但我们今天很开心，所以我们不谈这个。

But the last known Tasmanian tiger died in captivity in a zoo called Hobart.

但最后一只已知的塔斯马尼亚虎在一个名为霍巴特的动物园被圈养时死亡。

Hobart.

霍巴特。

Oh, I don't know about the pronunciation there.

哦，我不知道那里的发音。

Hobart.

霍巴特。

I'm gonna go with Hobart.

我要和霍巴特一起去。

Hobart Zoo in 1936.

1936 年的霍巴特动物园。

And then the body of this last Tasmanian tiger was given to the local museum so

最后这只塔斯马尼亚虎的尸体被送到当地博物馆，以便

that they could preserve it and display it and show it as part of its heritage.

他们可以保存和展示它，并将其作为其遗产的一部分进行展示。

This is a museum in Tasmania.

这是塔斯马尼亚的一个博物馆。

And what happened?

发生什么了？

Well, they lost it.

好吧，他们失去了它。

I don't know how you lose the body of a tiger, but yes.

我不知道你是怎么失去老虎的身体的，但是是的。

And this, I know this is all sounding like bad news, but the

而且，我知道这听起来像是个坏消息，但

good news is, they found it again.

好消息是，他们又找到了。

It had been handed over in 1936 to the local museum, the Tasmanian Museum and

它在 1936 年被移交给了当地博物馆，

Art Gallery, and they had lost track of the remains, and they believed

即塔斯马尼亚博物馆和美术馆，他们已经失去了遗骸的踪迹，他们认为

that the remains had been thrown out.

遗骸已经被扔掉了。

So, this is the bit that doesn't sit well with me.

所以，这是我不满意的地方。

I don't understand it.

我不明白。

How can you lose the body of a big animal?

怎么会失去大动物的身体呢？

It's not like you put it in your pockets and it just loosely fell

这不像你把它放在口袋里，它只是

out as you were moving around.

在你四处走动时松散地掉出来。

This is a big animal.

这是一只大动物。

It's in a museum.

它在博物馆里。

My first thought would be, has it been stolen?

我的第一个想法是，它被偷了吗？

But it's not like you could easily misplace the body of a large animal.

但这并不是说你可以轻易地把大型动物的尸体放错地方。

So, the museum and gallery said they lost track of the remains.

因此，博物馆和画廊表示他们失去了对遗骸的追踪。

The remains.

剩余的。

This is the phrase that you use to talk about what remains

这是您用来谈论

of someone after they've died.

某人死后遗体的短语。

Usually, if someone's been dead for a long time and so the body

通常，如果一个人死了很长时间，身体

has started to decompose, that only a few things will remain.

开始腐烂，那么剩下的东西就很少了。

Perhaps hair, bones, maybe fingernails.

也许是头发、骨头，也许是指甲。

It depends how long it's been, but these are what remain, what is left.

这取决于已经过了多久，但这些是剩下的，剩下的。

And so now I'm going to talk about the remains of the tiger.

所以现在我要谈谈老虎的遗骸。

So, they lost track of the remains.

因此，他们失去了对遗体的追踪。

Now, to lose track of something.

现在，失去对某事的追踪。

We use this phrase a lot, especially when we're talking about time.

我们经常使用这个短语，尤其是当我们谈论时间时。

"Oh, I'm so sorry.

“哦，真抱歉。

I lost track of time."

我忘记时间了。”

"I'm sorry I'm late.

I lost track of time".

“对不起，我来晚了。

我忘记时间了”。

So, you're normally tracking something that is moving,

因此，您通常是在跟踪正在移动的事物，以及

something that's ever-changing.

不断变化的事物。

We track time throughout the day by looking at the clock or asking.

我们通过查看时钟或询问来跟踪一天中的时间。

Alexa, what time it is?

Alexa，现在几点了？

I have to whisper or she'll answer me.

我必须耳语，否则她会回答我。

Should I ask her actually?

我真的应该问她吗？

Alexa, what time is it?

Alexa，现在几点了？

It's 5:44 PM

现在是下午 5 点 44 分，

Thank you.

谢谢。

So, you would normally track time across the day with all these wonderful devices.

因此，您通常会使用所有这些出色的设备来跟踪一天中的时间。

To be fair, I normally have a watch and I like to keep track of the time throughout

公平地说，我通常有一块手表，我喜欢用我的手表在黑暗中发光来跟踪整个

the night with my watch that lights up in the dark, but it broke recently

晚上的时间，但它最近坏了

and I haven't been able to replace it.

，我没能更换它。

Ooh.

哦。

And I would normally have a clock on the wall in the room

我通常会在 我大部分时间呆在

that I spend most of my time in.

房间里的墙上挂一个时钟 。

But, lots of clocks.

但是，很多时钟。

Even the ones that don't seem noisy, if they're manual, you know, tick-tock

即使是那些看起来不吵闹的，如果它们是手动的，你知道的，滴答时钟

clocks, then they have an audible ticker, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick.

，那么它们就会发出滴答声，滴答声，滴答声，滴答声，滴答声，滴答声，滴答声。

And that's not good if you're trying to record things like podcasts.

如果你想录制播客之类的东西，那就不好了。

So, we try to keep track of time throughout the day, especially

因此，我们会尝试全天跟踪时间，尤其

if we have appointments.

是在我们有约会的情况下。

What else do we keep track of?

我们还跟踪什么？

You might need to keep track of your finances because your finances are

您可能需要跟踪您的财务状况，因为您的财务状况会

constantly changing with money coming in, money going out, lots of bills to pay, so

随着资金的流入、流出、大量账单的支付而不断变化，因此

you have to keep track of your finances to make sure that you don't get into debt.

您必须跟踪您的财务状况以确保您不会负债.

We keep track of our weight, of our sleep, of our health.

我们记录自己的体重、睡眠和健康状况。

Some people have to keep track of their blood sugar levels.

有些人必须跟踪他们的血糖水平。

Some people have to keep track of their heart rate.

有些人必须跟踪他们的心率。

What do you keep track of?

你跟踪什么？

So, you see, to keep track of tends to be to keep an eye on something that's

所以，你看，跟踪往往是关注

constantly moving so you know where it is.

不断移动的东西，这样你就知道它在哪里。

So, the idea that they lost track of the remains of a large animal in a place where

所以，他们在一个 我认为物体移动不多的

I don't think objects move that much.

地方失去了对大型动物遗骸的追踪

It's not like a museum is a hustling, bustling, commercial

。 博物馆不像是熙熙攘攘的商业

establishment where, you know, goods are constantly changing hands.

场所，您知道，商品不断易手。

I don't think.

我不认为。

Exhibits don't change that often, do they?

展品不会经常更换，对吗？

I mean, I guess it depends on the actual museum and gallery.

我的意思是，我想这取决于实际的博物馆和画廊。

Anyway, somehow the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery lost track of the remains.

不管怎样，塔斯马尼亚博物馆和美术馆不知何故失去了对遗迹的追踪。

And they believed that the remains had been thrown out.

他们相信遗体已经被扔掉了。

To throw something out.

把东西扔出去。

A very common phrasal verb means to discard something in the bin.

一个非常常见的短语动词意思是丢弃垃圾桶里的东西。

So, you throw it out of the house into the bin, and it goes to the

所以，你把它从屋子里扔进垃圾桶，然后它就会到达尖端

tip or wherever it's going to.

或任何它要去的地方。

So, they thought that someone had just thrown out the body of a Tasmanian tiger.

因此，他们认为有人刚刚抛出了一只塔斯马尼亚虎的尸体。

The very last known Tasmanian tiger.

最后一只已知的塔斯马尼亚虎。

I mean, that's it all seems a bit odd, doesn't it?

我的意思是，这一切看起来有点奇怪，不是吗？

And they considered these remains to be lost for 85 years.

他们认为这些遗骸将丢失 85 年。

Now, here's the good news guys.

现在，这是好消息。

They weren't lost.

他们没有迷路。

They'd been in the museum all along.

他们一直在博物馆里。

If something is found to be somewhere all along or something has been

如果发现某事一直在某个地方或一直在

happening all along, then it means it's the whole time that's been

发生某事，那么这意味着它一直在

happening or that's been present.

发生或一直存在。

So, you might say, I've been searching everywhere for my phone,

所以，你可能会说，我一直在到处寻找我的手机，

but it was here all along, right in front of me and I couldn't see it.

但它一直就在这里，就在我面前，我却看不见。

So, all along means the whole time, all the time.

所以，一直意味着一直，一直。

The remains had been in the museum the whole time.

遗体一直在博物馆里。

They'd been in the museum all along.

他们一直在博物馆里。

There were concerns when these remains were considered lost.

当这些遗骸被认为丢失时，有人担心。

There were concerns about the preservation of the remains.

人们对遗体的保存感到担忧。

To preserve something is to keep something in a certain state.

保存某物就是使某物保持某种状态。

You don't want it to degrade in any way.

您不希望它以任何方式退化。

Like paintings, for example.

例如，喜欢绘画。

Paintings can fade and become damaged by sunlight, by exposure to the

绘画会因阳光、暴露在 自然环境中以及人们触摸它们而

elements, by people touching them.

褪色和损坏 。

They have to preserve these items so that they don't degrade over time.

他们必须保存这些物品，以免它们随着时间的推移而退化。

Now, of course, remains, if they're not preserved properly, then

现在，当然，遗骸，如果它们没有妥善保存，那么

they could degrade quite quickly.

它们可能会很快降解。

Flesh and things can rot and, eww, so they have to be preserved in a special way.

肉和东西会腐烂，呃，所以它们必须以特殊的方式保存。

Now, there's a name for the art of preserving animals and

现在，保护动物和尸体的艺术有了一个名称

bodies, and it's called taxidermy.

，叫做动物标本剥制术。

Taxidermy.

So, if you practise taxidermy, then I'm guessing you're a

动物标本剥制术。

所以，如果你练习动物标本剥制术，那么我猜你是一个

taxiderm-, a taxidermist.

动物标本剥制师，一个动物标本剥制师。

A taxidermist.

动物标本剥制师。

Somebody who stuffs, preserves, animal bodies.

填充、保存动物尸体的人。

If a human body's prepared in death, to be perhaps shown in an open coffin

如果一个人的尸体在死亡时已经做好了准备，那么在

before they are buried or cremated.

他们被埋葬或火化之前，

Then they go to a mortician and a mortician will prepare the body,

可能会在打开的棺材中展示 。 然后他们去找殡仪馆，殡仪馆会准备尸体，

but they don't preserve the body long term, I think (human) bodies

但他们不会长期保存尸体，我认为（人类）尸体

are kept on ice to keep them from decomposing, they're placed on ice.

被放在冰上以防止它们分解，它们被放在冰上。

But, a taxidermist will preserve little animals long term.

但是，动物标本剥制师会长期保存小动物。

So, I think they like, oh, this is pretty gory, this is not the good

所以，我认为他们喜欢，哦，这太血腥了，这不是

news piece I was really anticipating.

我真正期待的好消息。

So, they remove their eyes and tongues, their insides, their innards, we call them

所以，他们移除了他们的眼睛和舌头，他们的内脏，他们的内脏，我们称他们为

their innards, you know, their organs.

他们的内脏，你知道，他们的器官。

All those things are removed and then I'm guessing they treat the skin with

所有这些东西都被移除了，然后我猜他们用一些特殊的化学物质处理皮肤

some special chemicals to preserve it.

以保护它。

They put little glass eyes into the animals and then they stuff them

他们将小玻璃眼睛放入动物体内，然后塞满它们，

so that you know, they've taken all the innards out and then they

这样你就知道，他们已经取出所有内脏，然后

stuff them to hold their shape.

塞满它们以保持它们的形状。

And then you have this beautiful piece of taxidermy that you might

然后你就有了这件漂亮的动物标本剥制术，你可能

want to display in your house.

想在家里展示它。

I always find them a little bit creepy.

我总是觉得他们有点令人毛骨悚然。

Actually, that's just reminded me, a long time ago, I stayed for a short time

事实上，这只是提醒我，很久以前，我曾

in this really amazing little house.

在这间非常棒的小房子里 短暂停留过

I say it was a big house.

。 我说那是一所大房子。

It was a big old scary house.

那是一座可怕的大房子。

And we were looking after it for a couple of months.

我们照顾了它几个月。

And in this big old scary house, there was this huge, intricate piece of furniture.

在这个可怕的大房子里，有一件巨大而复杂的家具。

It was like this huge, I wanna say like a cupboard, but it was much

它就像一个巨大的，我想说像一个橱柜，但它

bigger than your average cupboard.

比普通的橱柜大得多。

And it was this big wooden standalone cupboard that was carved from

就是这个用木头雕刻而成的独立大木柜

wood, and it had all these, it was just such a beautiful carving.

，它拥有所有这些，真是一个如此美丽的雕刻。

It was so intricate.

太复杂了。

There was so much patterning and it must have taken someone months and months to

有太多的图案，必须花费数月的时间才能将

whittle all those patterns into this wood.

所有这些图案削成这块木头。

And it was dark wood, almost like a black wood.

而且它是深色的木头，几乎就像是黑色的木头。

It was beautiful and it had lots of doors, and one of the doors

它很漂亮，有很多门，其中一扇门锁

was locked and there was no key.

着，没有钥匙。

And then one day, I was a young child, so I spent a lot of time

然后有一天，我还是个小孩，所以我花了很多时间

rolling around on the floor as you do.

像你一样在地板上滚来滚去。

And one day while rolling around on the floor in this amazing old

有一天，当我在这座令人惊叹的老房子的地板上打滚时

house, I saw that the skirting board had a couple of cuts in it.

，我看到踢脚板上有几处切口。

So there were some lines in the skirting board.

所以踢脚板上有一些线条。

It almost, they were quite close together, almost as if it was a little hatch,

几乎，他们靠得很近，几乎就像是一个小舱口，

a little door in the skirting board.

踢脚板上的一扇小门。

So I went over to investigate and sure enough, the skirting

于是我过去一探究竟，踢脚

board easily pulled away.

板轻而易举就被拉开了。

It was a little door, a little secret door in the skirting board,

那是一扇小门，踢脚板上的一扇暗门，

and in there I found an old key.

我在里面找到了一把旧钥匙。

Oh, what could this be for?

哦，这可能是为了什么？

So, I had a try of a few things around the house and then realised

所以，我在房子周围尝试了一些东西，然后意识到

the cupboard had a door that wouldn't open and it had a hole for a key.

橱柜有一扇打不开的门，上面有一个钥匙孔。

So, I went and put the key in the keyhole and sure enough, it

于是，我去把钥匙插进锁眼，果然，是

was the key for the cupboard.

柜子的钥匙。

And when I opened it, there was a huge fox head that had been stuffed

而打开一看，里面是一个巨大的狐狸脑袋，里面是被塞满装好的

and mounted and it looked terrifying.

，看着就吓人。

It was posed in an angry snarly face.

它摆出一张愤怒的怒吼脸。

It had a snarl, which a snarl is when you pull up your lip.

它发出咆哮声，当你扬起嘴唇时就是咆哮声。

To bear your teeth in an aggressive way.

以咄咄逼人的方式咬牙切齿。

So, it looked like it was about to have a fight.

所以，看样子是要打架了。

It was a very angry piece of taxidermy.

这是一件非常愤怒的动物标本剥制术。

Yeah, I thought that was really odd that someone would lock it in

是的，我觉得有人会把它锁在

a cupboard and then hide the key in a secret hiding place in the house.

橱柜里，然后把钥匙藏在房子的一个秘密藏身处，这真的很奇怪。

Oh, that makes me feel a little bit, oh, what's the word, shivery.

哦，这让我觉得有点，哦，这个词是什么，颤抖。

Yeah, it's a bit spooky.

是的，这有点吓人。

I'm getting goosebumps, literally getting goosebumps thinking about that time.

我开始起鸡皮疙瘩，一想到那段时间我就起鸡皮疙瘩。

I was very scared in that house.

我在那所房子里非常害怕。

Anyway, where were we?

无论如何，我们在哪里？

Taxidermy.

Oh, yes, the museum were concerned about whether or not these remains

动物标本剥制术。

哦，是的，博物馆担心这些遗骸是否

had been preserved or not, because 85 years is a long time to have

被保存下来，因为85年是

misplaced the remains of an animal.

一个动物遗骸放错地方的时间很长。

If they haven't been preserved, then there's not going to be very much left.

如果它们没有被保存下来，那么就不会剩下多少了。

But luckily, when they finally found these remains in the museum, they

但幸运的是，当他们最终在博物馆中找到这些遗骸时，他们

realised they had been preserved.

意识到它们已经被保存下来了。

They just hadn't been catalogued.

他们只是没有被编目。

So to catalogue something is to mark it down in an organised

因此，对某物进行分类就是将其标记在有组织的

list of things in categories.

类别列表中。

So, you categorise saying, I have this preserved animal, these

所以，你分类说，我有这个保存完好的动物，这些

animal remains, they must go in the natural history category.

动物遗骸，它们必须归入自然历史类别。

And you give lots of details and you organise your data of everything

你提供了很多细节，你组织了

you've got in your catalogue.

你目录中所有东西的数据。

So, you have a catalogue of everything that you have.

所以，你有一个你拥有的一切的目录。

When I was younger, I had an obsession with cuddly toys, with stuffed animals.

当我年轻的时候，我痴迷于可爱的玩具，毛绒玩具。

And I'm not talking about the taxidermy style, I'm talking about teddy

我不是在谈论动物标本剥制术的风格，我是在谈论泰迪熊

bears or teddies, soft toy animals.

或泰迪熊，毛绒玩具动物。

So we call them stuffed animals, but they're not real, they're toy ones.

所以我们称它们为毛绒动物，但它们不是真的，它们是玩具。

So, I had lots of stuffed animals and I was also quite obsessed with being

所以，我有很多毛绒玩具，而且我也非常痴迷于被

organised, and so as a young girl, I'm talking, you know, 13 years old, I liked

组织起来，所以作为一个年轻女孩，我说的是，你知道，13 岁，我喜欢把

to catalogue all of my soft toys, all of my stuffed animals, they all had a name.

我所有的毛绒玩具分类，我所有的毛绒玩具，它们都有一个名字。

So, I'd draw up a table and I'd write the stuffed animal description, the colour,

所以，我会画一张表，然后写下毛绒玩具的描述、颜色，

and you know, generally what they looked like, what type of animal they were.

你知道，一般来说它们长什么样，它们是什么类型的动物。

And then I'd write their name, and then I'd write where in the

然后我会写下他们的名字，然后我会写下

bedroom they belonged, normally.

他们在卧室里的哪个位置，通常情况下。

Where would they sit?

他们会坐在哪里？

Were they my favourite?

他们是我的最爱吗？

Did they belong on my bed?

它们属于我的床吗？

Did they sit on top of the wardrobe in the corner of the room?

他们坐在房间角落的衣柜顶上吗？

Yeah, it's a really strange thing for a child to really want

是的，一个孩子真的很想

to do, to catalogue your toys.

做，给你的玩具分类，这真的很奇怪。

Anyway, so, the museum had preserved the remains of the Tasmanian tiger, but

无论如何，博物馆保存了塔斯马尼亚虎的遗骸，但

they hadn't catalogued them, and that's how they lost track of these remains.

他们没有对它们进行分类，这就是他们失去这些遗骸的原因。

They actually found the remains, and I'm quoting this from the article

他们实际上找到了遗体，我是从

I read, stashed in a cupboard.

我读过的文章中引用的，藏在一个橱柜里。

Now, this really struck me as being an unusual word to choose because to stash

现在，这真的让我觉得这是一个不寻常的词，因为藏

something is normally, I always relate it to someone who's stolen some goods.

东西是正常的，我总是把它与偷了一些东西的人联系起来。

They then have to stash those goods.

然后他们必须把这些货物藏起来。

They stash them in a secret hiding place.

他们把它们藏在一个秘密的藏身处。

So to stash something is to store something in a place

所以 stash something 就是把东西存放在一个

that's hidden or secret.

隐藏或秘密的地方。

So, I often talk about having a secret stash of chocolate in the house.

所以，我经常谈论在家里秘密藏巧克力。

We hide our chocolate and eat it secretly because as soon as the boys

我们把巧克力藏起来偷偷吃掉，因为一旦男孩们

catch wind of us eating chocolate or catch wind of where the chocolate is

听到我们吃巧克力的风声，或者听到巧克力藏在哪里的风声

stashed, then they will not stop until they gain access to the chocolate.

，他们就不会停下来，直到他们拿到巧克力为止。

To catch wind of something is to become aware of it.

抓住某事的风就是意识到它。

Almost as if you are smelling something on the wind.

几乎就像你在风中闻到什么一样。

What's that smell?

那是什么味道？

Something's going on.

出事了。

Yeah.

So, to catch wind of something, we use it metaphorically to say that

是的。

所以，为了捕捉某事的风声，我们用它来比喻说

you've become aware of something.

你已经意识到某事。

So, they stashed the remains in a cupboard.

所以，他们把遗体藏在橱柜里。

Now, what had actually happened, they did discover that they were stashed

现在，实际发生的事情是，他们确实发现他们被藏

in a cupboard in the educational department, and they found that

在教育部门的一个橱柜里，他们发现

actually the remains were being taken out as part of a travelling exhibit.

实际上遗体被作为巡回展览的一部分被取出。

They used that Tasmanian tiger because it was the best skin in

他们使用了那只塔斯马尼亚虎，因为它是 他们在博物馆收藏的

their collection that they had at the museum, so, "oh, that's nice.

最好的皮 ，所以，“哦，那很好。

That's quite a nice skin.

那皮真不错。

Let's take that on the travelling exhibit.

让我们把它带到巡回展览上。

Let's show it around.

让我们四处看看。

Let's move it about".

让我们移动关于”。

They were completely unaware that actually this Tasmanian tiger that

他们完全不知道他们拥有的这只塔斯马尼亚虎实际上

they had was the last of its kind.

是同类中的最后一只。

And that actually it needed to be protected, and not just moved around the

事实上，它需要受到保护，而不仅仅是在全国范围内移动

country and, and stashed in a cupboard.

，然后藏在橱柜里。

It was the last thylacine.

这是最后一个袋狼。

Now, this word is new to me.

现在，这个词对我来说是新的。

Thylacine.

袋狼。

I've never heard this before.

我以前从没听说过这个。

So, a thylacine is a dog-like carnivorous, marsupial with stripes

因此，袋狼是一种类似狗的肉食性有袋动物，

across the rump, found only in Tasmania.

臀部有条纹，仅在塔斯马尼亚岛发现。

Okay, so a carnivore, someone is carnivorous.

好吧，食肉动物，有人是食肉动物。

They are a carnivore.

他们是食肉动物。

It means they eat meat.

这意味着他们吃肉。

Okay, so it's a dog-like, carnivorous, marsupial.

好吧，它是一种像狗一样的肉食性有袋动物。

A marsupial is a mammal that's born underdeveloped, it's not

有袋动物是一种出生时发育不全的哺乳动物，它 出生时还

fully grown to a point where it can survive outside when it's born.

没有 完全发育到可以在外面生存的程度。

So, then it goes into a pouch on the mummy's tummy.

所以，然后它会进入木乃伊肚子上的一个袋子里。

Can you think of what animal is the typical marsupial?

你能想到典型的有袋动物是什么动物吗？

It's a kangaroo.

这是一只袋鼠。

A kangaroo.

一只袋鼠。

So, the baby is, oh, it's amazing.

所以，宝宝是，哦，太棒了。

Have you ever seen a kangaroo being born?

你见过袋鼠出生吗？

It's unbelievable.

这太不可思议了。

It's teeny tiny.

它很小很小。

So, the mum just pops out the little teeny tiny baby kangaroo, and it's this thing.

所以，妈妈刚从小袋鼠宝宝中弹出，就是这个东西。

It's got no hair, it's all pink, it's tiny, and it climbs up the mum's fur,

它没有毛，全是粉红色，很小，它爬上妈妈的皮毛，

it climbs all the way up the pouch, and then pops itself inside the pouch.

一路爬上育儿袋，然后自己跳进育儿袋里。

The mum doesn't do it.

妈妈不做。

The baby does it.

宝宝做到了。

I think that's amazing.

我认为这太棒了。

And then they sit in the pouch for a long time, suckling the mummy's milk

然后他们在育儿袋里坐了很长时间，吮吸着妈妈的奶水，

until they grow and they're big enough to survive in the outside world, and

直到他们长大，长大到可以在外面的世界生存，然后

then they pop their heads out and say, hey, let's have a bounce around.

他们探出头说，嘿，我们来蹦蹦跳跳吧。

Anyway, so this Tasmanian tiger is a dog-like carnivorous, marsupial,

无论如何，所以这只塔斯马尼亚虎是一种像狗一样的肉食性有袋类动物，

and it has stripes across the rump.

它的臀部有条纹。

When I think of the word rump, I generally think of meat.

当我想到臀部这个词时，我通常会想到肉。

So, it's the way we describe steak, which is meat that comes from the bottom.

所以，这就是我们描述牛排的方式，牛排是来自底部的肉。

So, it has stripes across the rump, meaning it has stripes across, its lower

所以，它的臀部有条纹，这意味着它

back or across its bottom, basically.

基本上有条纹，它的下背部或底部。

All right.

好的。

And it's only found in Tasmania.

而且它只在塔斯马尼亚发现。

You'll be very pleased to hear that now they've rediscovered these

你会很高兴听到他们现在重新发现了这些

remains stashed in a cupboard.

藏在橱柜里的遗骸。

They've taken it out of the cupboard, they've catalogued it, and it

他们把它从柜子里拿出来，编了目录，

is now on display in the museum.

现在在博物馆里展出。

It's very safe, hopefully.

非常安全，希望如此。

That got me thinking about the fact that we always laugh when my mum

这让我想到了这样一个事实：当我妈妈

says "I've put it in a safe place".

说“我把它放在安全的地方了”时，我们总是会笑。

Growing up, my mum would often tidy things away, put things in a safe place,

从小到大，我妈妈经常收拾东西，把东西放在安全的地方，

and as soon as she said she'd put things in a safe place, you just knew you

一旦她说她会把东西放在安全的地方，你就知道你

were never gonna see that thing again.

再也不会看到那个东西了。

My mum had this habit of tidying up in a way, that you just couldn't find anything.

我妈妈有这种整理的习惯，你就是找不到任何东西。

Maybe it would turn up like a decade later.

也许它会在十年后出现。

So, yeah, my mum's safe place is a never to be found again place, or

所以，是的，我妈妈的安全之所是一个再也找不到的地方，或者

at least you'll never find it during the time that you need it, or a time

至少你永远不会在你需要它的时候找到它，或者在

when it's actually important to you.

它对你真正重要的时候找到它。

It was usually things like cards or letters or things like that.

通常是卡片或信件之类的东西。

She'd be like, "oh, I've got a nice birthday card for you.

她会说，“哦，我给你准备了一张漂亮的生日贺卡。

I've written it and then put it in the envelope and everything.

我写好了，然后把它放在信封里什么的。

But I've put it in the safe place.

但我把它放在安全的地方了。

I don't know where it is."

我不知道它在哪里。”

And to be honest, I am kind of the same when it comes to cards, so I tend

老实说，说到卡片，我也有点一样，所以我倾向于

to see things when I'm out and about.

在外出时看到一些东西。

I'll see a card or something and I'll think, oh, that's perfect for my

我会看到一张卡片或其他东西，然后我会想，哦，这对我叔叔来说是完美的

uncle, or that's perfect for my son.

，或者对我儿子来说是完美的。

They would love that card.

他们会喜欢那张卡片。

They would love that present, but it's not their birthday yet.

他们会喜欢那份礼物，但现在还不是他们的生日。

And so, you buy the thing and you put it in a safe place.

所以，你买了东西，然后把它放在安全的地方。

You stash it somewhere in the house and this time, I really mean stash it.

你把它藏在房子的某个地方，这次，我的意思是把它藏起来。

I want to hide it somewhere that's secret and hidden.

我想把它藏在秘密和隐藏的地方。

So, you stash the thing somewhere safe where they won't

所以，你把东西藏在安全的地方，他们不会

find it, but then you forget.

找到它，但后来你忘记了。

You forget that you have something stashed, the birthday comes around or the

您忘记了藏东西，生日快到了或

event comes around and then you think, oh, it's their birthday, or it's the

活动快到了，然后您想，哦，这是他们的生日，或者是迎婴

baby shower, or it's the wedding now.

派对，或者现在是婚礼。

I should buy them something.

我应该给他们买点东西。

I should get them a card, completely forgetting that you already got

我应该给他们一张卡片，完全忘记你已经得到了

something or you might remember "I'm sure I got them something, but I've

一些东西，或者你可能会记得“我确定我给他们买了一些东西，但我不知道

got no idea where I stashed it, so, I'll just get them something else."

我把它藏在哪里了，所以，我会再给他们一些别的东西”

And then it's frustrating because you find the thing you stashed away, and

然后这很令人沮丧，因为你找到了你藏起来的东西，而

it's not relevant to anybody else.

它与其他任何人都无关。

Like for example, I bought a 70th birthday card for a family member, and I don't have

例如，我为一位家庭成员买了一张 70 岁生日贺卡，我身边没有

anyone else who's turning 70 anytime soon.

其他人很快就要 70 岁了。

I forgot where the card was, I had to buy another one, and now I've got this

我忘记了卡片在哪里，我不得不再买一张，现在我得到了这张

70th birthday card that's not relevant for anybody right now and won't be for

70 岁生日卡片，现在与任何人都无关，而且

about six years, it's very frustrating.

大约六年 内不会 ，这非常令人沮丧。

Sometimes I will forget that something's special and I want to feng shui my house.

有时我会忘记一些特别的东西，我想为我的房子风水。

I want to bring down the clutter.

我想减少混乱。

And so I'll think, "oh, do I really need this?

所以我会想，“哦，我真的需要这个吗？

No, I don't need this.

不，我不需要这个。

I'll get rid of it".

我会摆脱它”。

And I'll forget that something's actually got some special meaning

我会忘记某些东西实际上有一些特殊的意义

to me or that I was saving something for a special occasion.

对我来说，或者我正在为特殊场合保存一些东西。

For example, I used to collect theatre programmes.

例如，我以前收集戏剧节目。

If you've been following me for a long time, you'll know my

如果你长期关注我，你就会知道我的

background is in the theatre.

背景是在剧院里。

I love the theatre.

我喜欢剧院。

I particularly love Shakespeare and classical theatre.

我特别喜欢莎士比亚和古典戏剧。

I made a habit of collecting a theatre programme.

我养成了收集戏剧节目单的习惯。

You have to pay for a programme when you go to the theatre, it's very rare

当你去剧院时，你必须为节目付费，很少

that they are given out for free, 'cause they have printing costs.

有免费的，因为它们有印刷成本。

So, you buy a programme, they're normally about five pounds.

所以，你买一个节目，它们通常是五磅左右。

It's not cheap.

它并不便宜。

And I was buying these when I was a student, so I didn't have much money.

而且这些都是我学生时代买的，所以没多少钱。

But for me, they were valuable, they were important.

但对我来说，它们很有价值，很重要。

I wanted to keep every programme of every play I ever went to see,

我想把我看过的每部戏的每一个节目都保留下来，

and I kept them in this huge box.

我把它们放在这个大盒子里。

And after moving 5,000 times, I was always moving a lot when I was younger.

而且搬了5000次以后，小时候总是搬很多。

And moving all these boxes.

并移动所有这些箱子。

I used to have so many books.

我以前有很多书。

Books and scripts and theatre programmes, and I just had so much

书籍、剧本和戏剧节目，我有太多的

paper that eventually I said, "oh, I have to get rid of some of this paper.

纸，最后我说，“哦，我必须摆脱一些纸。

I can't keep storing all this paper.

我不能一直储存所有这些纸。

I never really get it out".

我从来没有真正把它拿出来” .

So, I looked at what I had and I was like, "okay, I can get rid of some books.

所以，我看了看我拥有的东西，我想，“好吧，我可以扔掉一些书。

I can get rid of some sheet music.

我可以扔掉一些乐谱。

I can get rid of some of my lesson teaching material.

我可以扔掉一些课程教材。

I can digitalise this.

我可以把它数字化。

Theatre programmes, what are we gonna do with those?

戏剧节目，我们要用那些做什么？

Well, do I really need them?

好吧，我真的需要它们吗？

Do they really mean that much to me?

它们对我来说真的那么重要吗？

No.

So what did I do?"

不

。那我做了什么？”

I threw them out.

我把它们扔了出去。

I got rid of them, put them in the recycling.

我摆脱了它们，将它们放入回收站。

And then about three months later I remembered, that one of my most

大约三个月后，我想起来，我最难忘的剧院之旅之一

memorable theatre trips was to go and see the Merry Wives of Windsor in

是去

Stratford-upon-Avon to see one of my favorite actresses, Judy Dench, she's

埃文河畔斯特拉特福看温莎的风流娘儿们，去看我最喜欢的女演员之一朱迪丹奇，她

now Dame Judy Dench, on the stage.

现在是朱迪丹奇夫人，在舞台上。

And afterwards I waited at the stage door and she came out and we had a

然后我在舞台门口等着，她出来了，我们聊了

conversation and I took a photograph with her and she signed my programme.

聊，我和她合影，她在我的节目单上签名。

And I threw that programme out.

我把那个程序扔掉了。

Absolutely devastated.

彻底崩溃了。

You know, of all the programmes, that was the one that had meaning to me.

你知道，在所有节目中，那是对我有意义的节目。

That was the one that represented a time when I met someone I truly admired and

那是一个代表我遇到我真正钦佩和

respected, and she wrote my name and she signed her name in this programme, and

尊重的人的时代，她写下了我的名字，并在这个节目中签下了她的名字，

I was so upset when I realised what I'd done, because obviously I didn't take the

当我意识到我所做的事情时，我非常难过，因为显然我没有花时间

time to go through all the programmes.

完成所有程序。

I just chucked them.

我只是扔掉了它们。

So, to chuck out is a slang way of saying throw out.

所以，chuck out 是 throw out 的俚语。

To chuck it out.

把它扔掉。

I chucked it out.

我把它扔掉了。

So, I chucked them all out without thinking and lost one of the most

所以，我想都没想就把它们全部扔掉了，失去了我曾经拥有的最有价值的程序之一

valuable programmes I ever had.

。

Anyway, you know, you can't cry over spilled milk.

无论如何，你知道的，你不能为打翻的牛奶哭泣。

That's a proverb.

那是一句谚语。

Don't cry over spilled milk.

不要为打翻的牛奶哭泣。

Meaning don't get upset and waste your energy on things that can't be changed.

意思是不要沮丧，不要把精力浪费在无法改变的事情上。

This has been a bit of a ramble.

这有点漫无边际。

I do hope you found today interesting.

我希望你觉得今天很有趣。

If you did and you're still here, thank you so much.

如果你做到了并且你还在这里，非常感谢你。

Perhaps you could give this some sort of rating, a like, or a

也许你可以给它某种评级、点赞、评论

comment or whatever it is you'd do.

或任何你会做的事情。

Otherwise take care and goodbye.

否则保重，再见。

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