【原】纽约红鸭，再度光临

New Yorkers can stop grousing. 

纽约人们不停地抱怨。

The duck is back.

鸭子又回来啦。
Quit quacking and explain.

别再嘎嘎叫啦，赶紧解释一下。

An exotic creature with an orange face and spectacular plumage has been spotted in Central Park.

在中央公园出现了一只异域的生物，它有着橙色的面部和耀眼的羽毛。
I assume you’re not referring to the obvious person.

我想你说的肯定不是那个人吧。

No.

不是啦。

 A mandarin duck has been a recent sensation in the park.

一只鸳鸯最近成为了公园的一大景观。

 The species is rarely seen in North America and crowds have flocked to the pond to get a view. 

该品种在北美很少见，人们蜂拥而至，到池塘边围观。

Then it disappeared, causing dismay. 

后来它不见了，让人们沮丧不已。

Now it has been seen again and everyone is very happy. 

如今它又能看见啦，群众们喜大普奔。

He has been called the “hot duck” and “New York’s most eligible bachelor”.

它被叫做“红鸭”以及“纽约黄金单身汉”。
Where did he come from?

它到底来自何方呢？

He certainly hasn’t escaped from the park’s zoo, but he may have been privately owned. 

它肯定不是从这个公园的动物园里逃出来的，而是私人所有的。

He has a band on one leg and arrived early last month.

它的腿上有一个环，是上个月初出现的。

 New Yorkers had better not get too attached to him because the parks department warned that he was likely to migrate to warmer climes at some point. 

纽约人们最好不要太喜欢它，因为公园管理部门提醒说它很可能在某个时间就会迁徙到气候更温暖的地方去了。

I’ve seen mandarin ducks in Richmond Park.

我曾经在里奇蒙公园见过鸳鸯。

 But I suppose if you live in the concrete jungle, it is exciting to see any wildlife at all.

但我想假如你住在钢筋水泥森林中，能看到任何野生动物都会很兴奋吧。

New York isn’t short of wildlife! 

纽约是不缺野生动物的！

There are red-tailed hawks around Central Park, including Pale Male, who nested on a Fifth Avenue balcony with Woody Allen as a neighbour.

中央公园里有红尾鵟，包括红尾鹰，他们在第五大道的阳台上筑巢，跟伍迪.艾伦做邻居。

“Hot duck” should probably keep an eye out for him.

“红鸭”也许应该防着点儿它。

Then there was “pizza rat”. 

然后呢，还有“披萨鼠”。
Aren’t all rats in New York pizza rats?

难道纽约所有的老鼠不都是披萨鼠吗？

This one earned the nickname after a clip of him determinedly dragging a slice of pizza down some steps went viral. 

这只鼠的名号是来自于一段它坚定地拖着一片披萨下台阶的录像的爆红。
Do rats count as wildlife?

那么老鼠算不算野生动物呢？

OK, there are also coyotes.

好吧，还有土狼呢。

 Creatures from the prairies now prowling the five boroughs. 

这种来自草原的生物如今在五大区徘徊。

The first one was spotted in Central Park in 1999.

第一只土狼是在1999年在中央公园发现的。
I bet they like mandarin duck.

我猜它们肯定喜欢吃鸳鸯。

 If I were “hot duck”, I’d head south. 

假如我是“红鸭”的话，我就会往南飞。

Perhaps to the Serengeti during the great migration. 

也许是在大迁徙期间到达塞伦盖蒂。

Should be quieter.

那边会安静得多。

对于这只纽约红鸭，朋友们有什么看法呢？欢迎给amber留言哦！

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