奇妙岛屿 15-英语听力

[00:00.00]Bright-eyed and bushy-tailed,
眼睛明亮并且尾巴浓密 [00:02.17]the mammals have finally arrived in force.
这些哺乳动物们大批大批地到来 [00:06.31]Australian possums.
澳大利亚负鼠 [00:08.50]Imported for their fur two centuries ago,
二百多年前，它们因自己的皮毛（很有利用价值）而被引进 [00:11.02]they soon reached plague proportions,
不久之后它们就泛滥成灾 [00:14.03]stripping trees of their vegetation.
几乎把树木啃得精光 [00:16.60]A war is being waged against them.
于是，一场冲着它们的战争打响了 [00:19.19]Traps set and poison scattered.
安装抓捕装置，投放毒药 [00:22.01]And yet they are now far more numerous than the kakapo ever were.
然而，它们现在的数量却远远高于鸮鹦鹉数量的峰值 [00:25.64]A staggering 70 million possums overrun New Zealand's forests,
七千万只负鼠，令人咋舌的数字，奔跑在新西兰的森林 [00:29.81]where a bird failed, a mammal has succeeded.
鸟类没能在这存活，而哺乳动物却做到了 [00:33.30]But why?
但这是为什么呢 [00:34.39]The possums were unwitting immigrants,
负鼠只是无意中迁移而来 [00:36.40]while the kakapo have lived here for millennia,
而鸮鹦鹉已经在这生活了上千年 [00:38.67]perfectly adapted to this forest.
可以说完全适应了这片森林（的生态） [00:40.95]It's an irony that is by no means unique to the kakapo and the possum.
这种具有讽刺意味的事绝非仅仅发生在鸮鹦鹉和负鼠之间 [00:44.90]Right across the Pacific, similar scenes have been unfolding.
太平洋对岸，类似的场面正在上演 [00:48.57]Tiny islands off the coast of New Zealand
从新西兰海岸分离出来的小岛 [00:50.72]are the last refuge for a host of animals
现在是一大批动物最后的落脚之地 [00:53.52]now vanished from the two main islands.
而这些动物已经在两个主要的岛屿上消失了 [00:56.16]This is Stephens Island,
这是史蒂文斯岛 [00:58.33]one square mile of rock protruding from the ocean. （
其主体是）海面上露出的一平方英里大的岩石