by Ben Westcott

翻譯：范婕

“英雄父親”熊貓盼盼

“Hero Father” Panda Pan pan

by Ben Westcott

翻譯：范婕

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你知道熊貓盼盼的故事嗎？它可是為熊貓物種的繁衍做出了巨大的貢獻呢！雖然盼盼在去年年底離世了，但我們會一直記得這位可愛又偉大的“英雄父親”。

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），雄性熊貓，1985年出生于四川寶興縣。在過去的20年里，它強大的生育能力給人們帶來了眾多的熊貓子孫。2015年9月21日，盼盼迎來了它的30歲生日，這相當(dāng)于人類的100歲。2016年12月28日，盼盼因病去世，享年31歲。

詞組加油站

hear of聽說

state media官方媒體

in the wild在野外

1 ) father [?fɑ?e?] v.當(dāng)……的父親 2) agile [??d?a?l] adj.敏捷的，靈活的

詞組加油站

have trouble with有……麻煩

stand out突出

full of energy精力充沛

due to由于

medical staff醫(yī)務(wù)人員

rest in peace安息

at present目前，現(xiàn)在

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Bath（巴斯），雌性熊貓，生于1980年11月，素有“美女熊貓”之稱，是世界上現(xiàn)存年齡最大的熊貓。1990年的北京亞運會吉祥物“盼盼”就是以該熊貓作為原型的。

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 [??f?∫l] adj.官方的，正式的 4) breeding [?bri?d??] n.繁殖，生育

5 ) withdraw [w?e?dr??] v.退出 6) deteriorate [d??t??r??re?t] v.惡化，變糟

你或許從沒聽說過有關(guān)于這只熊的故事，但倘若沒有它，你在當(dāng)?shù)氐膭游飯@里可能就看不到熊貓了。

據(jù)中國官方媒體報道，熊貓盼盼一生中育有130多個子孫。從美國加利福尼亞，到泰國清邁，甚至到蘇格蘭的愛丁堡，它的子孫后代如今遍布世界各地的動物園里。

據(jù)說盼盼是在野外被發(fā)現(xiàn)的，這讓它比其他大熊貓更具“野性”。在年少時期，盼盼確實既敏捷又機靈。

中國大熊貓保護研究中心在其官方微博發(fā)布了一篇博文，上面提到在盼盼剛到的時候，整個研究中心在熊貓繁育方面遇到了很大的困難。是盼盼給研究中心帶來了希望，它總是那么引人注目、充滿活力。

研究中心說，在上世紀(jì)九十年代后期，盼盼“發(fā)育成熟、精力充沛”。后來隨著年齡的增長，盼盼才最終不再繁育后代。

2016年9月，有關(guān)方面宣布，隨著熊貓數(shù)量的增加，它已經(jīng)不算是瀕危物種了。

2016年12月28日，研究中心在其官方微博上發(fā)布了盼盼離世的消息，并稱它為多子多孫的“英雄父親”。

聲明中寫道，“盼盼健康狀況急劇惡化，已失去活動與采食能力。經(jīng)醫(yī)護人員竭力搶救無效，永遠離開了我們。愿天堂沒有病痛，愿‘盼爺’安息！”

據(jù)說盼盼生前患上了癌癥，身體狀況很糟糕。在離盼盼去世還有不到兩個月的時間時，38歲的雌性熊貓佳佳在香港離世，它是世上最長壽的熊貓。如今，現(xiàn)存最長壽的熊貓是生活在福建的雌性熊貓巴斯，現(xiàn)年36歲。