Reindeer Petting 慶圣誕之撫摸馴鹿
Reindeer Petting 慶圣誕之撫摸馴鹿
The script of the programme 本節目臺詞
Nicole with her reindeer Jingle and Bell in Covent Garden.
Wang Fei: 大家好，歡迎收聽《都市掠影》節目。我是王飛。
Alice: And I'm Alice.
Wang Fei: Alice, I've got something new for you. 在圣誕節前夕，人們可以在倫敦市中心的著名旅游景點 Covent Garden, 看到并且可以撫摸可愛的馴鹿。
Alice: Yes people can pet and stroke real reindeer! Let's hear what the reindeers' names are and why they are there.
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收聽與下載
Hello, this is Jingle and this is Bell. They're six years old. They're two sisters, they were born in Lapland, at Santa's home. The idea came from my boss, who thought it'd be lovely for the children, and get them in the Christmas spirit. And need more hands-on experience with animals. And it helps the children to get in the festive mood and the feeling that Santa's around.
Wang Fei: 剛才說話的是 Nicole Bailey, 她是倫敦一個動物表演公司 Animal Dramatics 的職員。
Alice: She said there are two reindeer; one is called Jingle and can you guess what the other one is? It's Bell!
Wang Fei: Bell, yes, Jingle bell 兩個詞合在一起就是圣誕雪橇鈴鐺的意思。 很喜慶的名字，是不是？
Alice: Did you hear what their hometown is? It's Lapland, where Santa – or Father Christmas - lives.
Wang Fei: Lapland 是芬蘭北部的拉普蘭省，傳說圣誕老人住在那里。
Alice: Nicole's boss thinks it's a good idea for children to get hands-on experience with animals and feel the festive mood.
Wang Fei: Hands-on experience, 親身參與的體驗。Feel the festive mood, 感覺節日氛圍。那人們可以怎樣和馴鹿近距離接觸呢？
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They get to, obviously, see the animals, which a lot of children don't get the opportunities to see the reindeer. And when they're with us they get to feed the reindeer lichen and stroke the animals. A lot of the visitors are children but obviously they come with their parents and their grandparents. And it is actually a real nice family atmosphere.
I really like how it's like an early Christmas and it makes me feel really excited.
Ella from Chiswick
Alice: Visitors, especially the children, can see the reindeer, feed the reindeer and stroke them.
Wang Fei: 孩子們可以看馴鹿、喂馴鹿并且撫摸馴鹿。
Alice: Nicole says they feed the reindeer lichen. Lichen can also be pronounced as /laik?n/.
Wang Fei: Lichen 就是地衣。是馴鹿喜歡吃的一種植物。
Alice: The kids usually come to visit the reindeer with their families, so Nicole said it's a really nice family atmosphere.
Wang Fei: A really nice family atmosphere 非常具有家庭氣氛的。
Alice: Ella is from Chiswick in West London. She's come to see the reindeer with her parents. Let's hear from Ella.
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I really like how it's like an early Christmas and it makes me feel really excited and lots of their fur is very brushy and giving them food and stroking them. It's very exciting.
This is lichen... they think it's chocolate really, they love it!
Nicole Bailey, Animal Dramatics
Alice: She likes the atmosphere of an early Christmas.
Wang Fei: 她喜歡圣誕前的氣氛。
Alice: And she said the fur of the reindeer is very brushy.
Wang Fei: Brushy, 像毛刷一樣的。當然 Ella 也有很多關于馴鹿的問題要問 Nicole.
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Ella: What type of food do you give them?
Nicole: This is lichen. It's a special type of moss they will dig down for in the wild. They think it's chocolate really, they love it!
Alice: Nicole explained that lichen is a type of moss.
Wang Fei: 地衣是一種苔蘚類植物。
Alice: Reindeer love lichen as much as people love chocolate.
It's beautiful for us to work with the reindeer and to see the look on the children's faces.
Nicole Bailey, Animal Dramatics
Wang Fei: Lichen 也就是馴鹿的“巧克力”了。下面我們聽一聽 Ella 的父母是怎么說的。
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Father: It's a lovely start to Christmas. It's a really festive thing around here. There's a good atmosphere, good atmosphere.
Mother: It's just lovely to see the girls enjoying stroking the reindeers and getting excited about Christmas. And my little one, Esme, said "Mummy, they're real!" She couldn't believe they were real, because obviously you don't typically see reindeer. So very special, a nice touch.
Alice: Ella's father said it is a really festive thing.
Wang Fei: Festive thing, 具有節日氣氛的東西。
Alice: And Ella's mother thinks it's a nice touch, because their daughters can stroke a real reindeer.
Wang Fei: A nice touch, 一份特殊的小禮物、新體驗。看到大家對馴鹿如此喜歡，我們聽一聽馴鹿馴養員 Nicole 有什么感想？
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It's beautiful for us to work with the reindeer and to see the look on the children's faces, just to be able to see Father Christmas' reindeer. It lights up their day.
Alice: She said it lights up their day.
Wang Fei: Light up 點亮。It lights up their day. 讓他們一整天都 感覺開心。如果你也想加入撫摸馴鹿的活動，圣誕節前的每個周六你可以來 Covent Garden.
Alice: We hope it will light up your day.
Wang Fei: 謝謝收聽我們的節目，我們下次節目再會。Bye for now.
Alice: Bye!
Song
The snow may fall but I don't mind at all,
Because you keep me winter warm.
It's cold and wet but I won't get upset,
With you I'm always winter warm.
