“英雄父亲”熊猫盼盼

by Ben Westcott

翻译：范婕

“英雄父亲”熊猫盼盼

“Hero Father” Panda Pan pan

by Ben Westcott

翻译：范婕

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你知道熊猫盼盼的故事吗？它可是为熊猫物种的繁衍做出了巨大的贡献呢！虽然盼盼在去年年底离世了，但我们会一直记得这位可爱又伟大的“英雄父亲”。

You may never haveheard ofhim, but without this bear, you might never have seen a panda in your local zoo.

During his life,Pan pan1)fatheredmore than 130 children and grandchildren, according to Chinesestate media.His family is now living in zoos across the world, from California in the United States to Chiang Mai in Thailand, and even all the way in Edinburgh, Scotland.

It is said that Pan pan had been foundin the wild, which makes him “wilder” than other pandas.Pan pan was really fast and2)agilewhen he was young.

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Pan pan（盼盼），雄性熊猫，1985年出生于四川宝兴县。在过去的20年里，它强大的生育能力给人们带来了众多的熊猫子孙。2015年9月21日，盼盼迎来了它的30岁生日，这相当于人类的100岁。2016年12月28日，盼盼因病去世，享年31岁。

词组加油站

hear of听说

state media官方媒体

in the wild在野外

1 ) father [΄fɑːðə] v.当……的父亲 2) agile [΄ædʒaɪl] adj.敏捷的，灵活的

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have trouble with有……麻烦

stand out突出

full of energy精力充沛

due to由于

medical staff医务人员

rest in peace安息

at present目前，现在

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Bath（巴斯），雌性熊猫，生于1980年11月，素有“美女熊猫”之称，是世界上现存年龄最大的熊猫。1990年的北京亚运会吉祥物“盼盼”就是以该熊猫作为原型的。

In a post on their3)officialWeibo, the China Panda Protection and Research Center said the whole center had beenhaving trouble withpanda4)breedingwhen Pan pan arrived.Pan pan brought hope to the center.Pan panstood out.He was alwaysfull of energy.

The Center said Pan pan had been in “full blossom”in the late 1990s, before eventually5)withdrawingfrom breedingdue tohis age.

In September, 2016, it was announced that giant pandas were no longer officially endangered as numbers increased.

The center’s offcial Weibo account announced Pan pan’s death on December 28th, 2016.It described the panda as a “hero father” of many.

“Pan pan’s health fastly6)deteriorated.He lost his ability to move and hunt.Themedical stafftried to rescue him but had no luck,” the statement said.“Hopefully he doesn’t suffer from pain in heaven.May ‘Grand Pan’rest in peace!”

It is said that Pan pan had been living with cancer and his health had deteriorated.His death comes less than two months after the world’s oldest panda, a female named Jia jia, passed away in Hong Kong at the age of 38.Now the oldest living panda isBath.Bath is a female bear in Fujian, who is 36at present.

3 ) offcial [ə΄fɪ∫l] adj.官方的，正式的 4) breeding [΄briːdɪŋ] n.繁殖，生育

5 ) withdraw [wɪð΄drɔː] v.退出 6) deteriorate [dɪ΄tɪərɪəreɪt] v.恶化，变糟

你或许从没听说过有关于这只熊的故事，但倘若没有它，你在当地的动物园里可能就看不到熊猫了。

据中国官方媒体报道，熊猫盼盼一生中育有130多个子孙。从美国加利福尼亚，到泰国清迈，甚至到苏格兰的爱丁堡，它的子孙后代如今遍布世界各地的动物园里。

据说盼盼是在野外被发现的，这让它比其他大熊猫更具“野性”。在年少时期，盼盼确实既敏捷又机灵。

中国大熊猫保护研究中心在其官方微博发布了一篇博文，上面提到在盼盼刚到的时候，整个研究中心在熊猫繁育方面遇到了很大的困难。是盼盼给研究中心带来了希望，它总是那么引人注目、充满活力。

研究中心说，在上世纪九十年代后期，盼盼“发育成熟、精力充沛”。后来随着年龄的增长，盼盼才最终不再繁育后代。

2016年9月，有关方面宣布，随着熊猫数量的增加，它已经不算是濒危物种了。

2016年12月28日，研究中心在其官方微博上发布了盼盼离世的消息，并称它为多子多孙的“英雄父亲”。

声明中写道，“盼盼健康状况急剧恶化，已失去活动与采食能力。经医护人员竭力抢救无效，永远离开了我们。愿天堂没有病痛，愿‘盼爷’安息！”

据说盼盼生前患上了癌症，身体状况很糟糕。在离盼盼去世还有不到两个月的时间时，38岁的雌性熊猫佳佳在香港离世，它是世上最长寿的熊猫。如今，现存最长寿的熊猫是生活在福建的雌性熊猫巴斯，现年36岁。