欧洲热浪灼人(Heat Wave Strikes Europe)

2003年，热浪席卷全球。特别是欧洲，进入6月以来，意大利气温比常年同期偏高6-10度，瑞士气温创200年来最高，法国高温为150年来所未见。2003年是全球150年来继1998年和2002年之后第三个最热的年份。炎热让人类品尝到的滋味绝不止是汗水。更为可怕的是，全球成千上万的鲜活生命被热魔吞噬......

ANCHOR
Well, Italy is feeling some of its hottest weather for 50 years. You might think that’s good news for the tourism industry, but visitor numbers to major cities around Europe are actually wilting. Paula Hancocks is in Rome with a look at the winners and losers in Italy’s heat wave.

主播
意大利正在感受50年来最炎热的一段天气。你可能会认为这对旅游业是个好消息，但实际上到欧洲各地主要城市的游客人数都在减少。波拉•汉考克斯正在罗马了解意大利热浪的赢家和输家的情况。

CORRESPONDENT
Perfect beach weather, in the middle of the city. As the mercury rises in Rome, the tourists get more hot and bothered.

记者
市中心，是理想的海滩天气。在罗马随着（温度计中）水银柱的上升，旅游者感到越来越热，也越来越烦。

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE
It’s a bit too hot, it wears you out, and become really, really tired very quickly. And by the end of the day all you want to do is sleep.

女被访者
天气太热了，使人精疲力竭，真的很快就疲惫不堪了。到一天结束时，你只想睡觉。

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE
Drinking a lot of water.

女被访者
喝很多水。

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE
Out of the fountains because it’s free.

女被访者
到喷泉那儿去，因为它是免费的。

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE
We like that about Rome.

女被访者
我们喜欢这样的罗马。

CORRESPONDENT
And if it’s your job to entertain the tourists...

记者
如果你的工作是给游客表演节目……

STREET ENTERTAINER
It’s extremely hot in Italy this year. It’s really hot. It feels like you are in Mexico.

街头艺人
今年意大利的天气非常热。天气真的太热了。它让你感到好像是在墨西哥。

CORRESPONDENT
And if it’s your job to make the tourists look good...

记者
如果你的工作是让游客看上去漂亮……

ITALIAN STREET PHOTOGRAPHER
They’re in a mess, very sweaty. I work well in the winter when they’re all dressed up and elegant. Now that they’re just unclean, not so interesting.

意大利街头摄影师
他们浑身是汗，乱哄哄地站在一起。冬天我的工作干得很好，那时他们全都打扮得漂漂亮亮，优雅端庄。现在他们既然不干净，当然就没什么兴趣（照像）。

CORRESPONDENT
But some Italian favorites are adapting to attract the heat beaten tourists, creating cold pizzas and ditching the winter dishes like lasagna. So why not cool down with a gelato? With 70 million more ice-creams than usual being sold in the past two months, you wouldn’t be alone. And if you think that tourists are suffering, spare a thought for the poor animals.

记者
但是一些颇受欢迎的意大利食品正在调整以吸引受热浪袭击的游客，如制作冷比萨饼，而抛弃了冬季佳肴如烤宽面条。为什么不来一份冰淇淋凉快一下呢？在过去的两个月里，比以往多销售了70万份冰淇淋，所以你并不是在独自享用。如果你认为游客在受苦，想一想那些可怜的动物吧。

Even animals that are used to this kind of heat do need to be taken care of. Rome’s zoo has been giving some of its residents some special cooling treats since May. For example, some fruit, fish frozen in ice cubes, or maybe a melon delicacy, snacks lovingly prepared.
即使习惯了这种热天气的动物也的确需要得到照顾。自从五月份以来，罗马动物园就一直在为那里的动物们采取一些特殊的防暑降温措施，如喂一些水果，把鱼冻在冰块内，或许还有瓜果佳肴，做得精细可口的点心等。
KLAUS G. FRIEDRICH, ROME ZOO VETERINARIAN
It’s difficult to know if they like something because they, they can’t say it to you. But you can see their behavior, you know. You can see that they go under the water, they, they steal from one another, each other, the ice-creams, so this is interesting, they, they like...like to play with these things, and they try for hours and hours to get out the food...the pieces of food from these ice blocks.

克劳斯•G•福雷德里奇，罗马动物园兽医
要想知道它们是否喜欢某样东西很难，因为它们无法跟你说。但是你知道，你可以观察它们的行为举止，你能看见它们潜到水下，它们互相偷吃对方的冰淇淋，所以很有趣。它们喜欢玩这些东西，它们会用好几个小时试图从这些冰块里取出食物。

CORRESPONDENT
Frozen fruit hidden in bamboo for that extra challenge. But if frozen food isn’t working, how about a cold shower? Paula Hancocks, CNN, Rome.

记者
为应对罕见酷暑的挑战，而把冷冻水果藏在竹子里。但是如果冷冻食品也无济于事，冲个凉水澡如何？波拉•汉考克斯，CNN，罗马报道。

注释：

1. wilt vi. 萎缩                         2. mercury n. 水银，汞
3. fountain n. 喷泉                      4. elegant adj. 优雅的
5. lasagna n. 烤宽面条(上浇肉末番茄汁)   6. delicacy n. 佳肴；珍食
7. snack n. 零食；点心；小吃