qi miao dao yu 15

Song 奇妙岛屿 15
Artist 英语听力
Album BBC南太平洋

Lyrics

[00:00.00] Bright-eyed and bushy-tailed,
[00:02.17] the mammals have finally arrived in force.
[00:06.31] Australian possums.
[00:08.50] Imported for their fur two centuries ago,
[00:11.02] they soon reached plague proportions,
[00:14.03] stripping trees of their vegetation.
[00:16.60] A war is being waged against them.
[00:19.19] Traps set and poison scattered.
[00:22.01] And yet they are now far more numerous than the kakapo ever were.
[00:25.64] A staggering 70 million possums overrun New Zealand's forests,
[00:29.81] where a bird failed, a mammal has succeeded.
[00:33.30] But why?
[00:34.39] The possums were unwitting immigrants,
[00:36.40] while the kakapo have lived here for millennia,
[00:38.67] perfectly adapted to this forest.
[00:40.95] It's an irony that is by no means unique to the kakapo and the possum.
[00:44.90] Right across the Pacific, similar scenes have been unfolding.
[00:48.57] Tiny islands off the coast of New Zealand
[00:50.72] are the last refuge for a host of animals
[00:53.52] now vanished from the two main islands.
[00:56.16] This is Stephens Island,
[00:58.33] one square mile of rock protruding from the ocean. (

Pinyin

[00:00.00] Brighteyed and bushytailed,
[00:02.17] the mammals have finally arrived in force.
[00:06.31] Australian possums.
[00:08.50] Imported for their fur two centuries ago,
[00:11.02] they soon reached plague proportions,
[00:14.03] stripping trees of their vegetation.
[00:16.60] A war is being waged against them.
[00:19.19] Traps set and poison scattered.
[00:22.01] And yet they are now far more numerous than the kakapo ever were.
[00:25.64] A staggering 70 million possums overrun New Zealand' s forests,
[00:29.81] where a bird failed, a mammal has succeeded.
[00:33.30] But why?
[00:34.39] The possums were unwitting immigrants,
[00:36.40] while the kakapo have lived here for millennia,
[00:38.67] perfectly adapted to this forest.
[00:40.95] It' s an irony that is by no means unique to the kakapo and the possum.
[00:44.90] Right across the Pacific, similar scenes have been unfolding.
[00:48.57] Tiny islands off the coast of New Zealand
[00:50.72] are the last refuge for a host of animals
[00:53.52] now vanished from the two main islands.
[00:56.16] This is Stephens Island,
[00:58.33] one square mile of rock protruding from the ocean.