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Grizzly bears once roamed much of the United States.
灰熊曾在美國的很多地區出沒。
But two centuries of hunting and habitat loss have devastated their numbers. Today, less than 1,200 live in the Lower 48.
但是兩世紀的狩獵和棲息地的減少危及到了它們的數量。如今，在美國本土的48個州中僅有不到1200頭灰熊。
If there is a last remaining stronghold for the North American Grizzly, it is in Alaska where estimated 32,000 grizzlies can be found.
如果還剩最后一個北美灰熊大本營的話，那就是在阿拉斯加州了，在這里預計可以找到32000頭灰熊。
Alaska boasts a wide range of habitat in which the grizzly can thrive, from rich coastal areas to barren arctictundra.
阿拉斯加州有大片棲息地，灰熊可在這里繁育，從富饒的沿海地區到貧瘠的北極凍土。
Alaska's grizzlies can weigh up to 1,500 pounds and can consume as much as 35 pounds of food in a day.
阿拉斯加州的灰熊體重可達1500磅，它們一天可吃掉35磅重的食物。
They eat just about anything in sight from flowers to whale carcasses.
它們會吃掉視線里的一切，比如花朵和鯨魚的尸體。
It's their very size that gives grizzlies an aura of invincibility, and in Alaska, it's also what makes them a valuable commodity.
正是它們龐大的體積賦予了它們不可戰勝的光環，在阿拉斯加州，這使得它們成為一種昂貴的商品。
As Joel discovers in downtown Anchorage, the bear business is booming.
因為約珥在安克雷奇市中心的發現，灰熊生意日益興隆。
At Knight's Taxidermy, Russell Knight turns over more than 200 bear rugs and mounts a year.
在Knight's Taxidermy公司，拉塞爾·奈特一年營業量為兩百條毯子。
"We offer you the mounting services or expediting services. Whatever the client wants us to do, we are glad to do it."
“我們可以提供安裝服務或是催貨服務。不論客戶想要什么，我們都很樂意?！?/div>
"How many bears they think there are in Alaska and how many are taken every year, do you know?"
他們認為阿拉斯加州有多少只熊，每年獲取多少只，你知道么？”
"Roughly between 1,000 and 1,500 are taken a year."
“大概每年獲取有一千到一千五百只?！?/div>
But since bears are thriving in Alaska, some biologists believe that taking 1,500 bears a year is sustainable.
但是由于熊在阿拉斯加州繁育增長，一些生物學家認為每年1500只是可以的。
"So there's plenty of bears in Alaska, right?" "Plenty of bears in Alaska."
“所以阿拉斯加州有很多熊，對么？”“是的，有很多。”
Making a bear into a rug takes time. Russell's clients can expect to wait up to a year for their merchandise.
將熊制成小毯子是需要時間的。拉塞爾的客戶可以為了他們的商品等一年。
"So this is the skull. And he's, he's skinned the skull out. So now he's, he's doing the detail work.
“這是腦殼。它被剝了皮?，F在他在處理細節。
He's split the lips, turning the nose inside out. And now he's going to turn the ears inside out.
它的嘴巴被劈開了，將鼻子翻到外邊?，F在他準備將耳朵也翻出來。
They put them over a beam and they're fleshing the fat and meat off skin so that it can dry properly.
他們將它們放下橫梁上，剃掉皮膚上的脂肪和肉，這樣才能干。
He had to have a bear sit in salt for 3 or 4 days. And then after the like the 4th day, if everything is looking good, then we hang them up.
他不得不讓熊在鹽堆里坐上3到4天。在第4天的時候，如果一切順利，就可以把它們掛起來了。
And you kind of look and see that the skin is turning white, which is a, the good sign that it's drying proper.
可以看到這些皮膚有些變白了，這是個好跡象，證明干濕適度。
And once the head is mounted, then we gotta bring it back to the original size.
腦袋按好后，我們就將其變回原來的大小。
We have to rehydrate the skin in water, repair all the holes and then he stretches it for size to get the maximum amount of size out of skin." "They want big?"
我們需要把皮膚泡在水中，修復所有孔洞，然后延展皮膚至最大程度?！薄八麄兿胍蟮模俊?/div>
"They want... everybody wants the biggest thing in it. So we've got a special clay that dries very hard.
“他們...每個人都想要最大的。所以我們有一種特別黏土可以將皮膚烘得非常干。
And, and, and once the, the clay is put on and roughed into shape,
一旦蓋上黏土成型，
then we can come back and mold it and put it on a little details and the creases and we can still shape and move the eyes around and,
我們可以回來，將它塑形并布上一些小細節和褶皺，我們還可以轉動眼珠，
and get the expression that we want."
做成我們想要的表情。”
"We use plastic teeth and fake tongues. That's a black bear tongue, grizzly bear tongue. Now these would be ... this would be a bear eye.
“我們使用塑料牙齒和假舌頭。這是黑熊的舌頭，這是灰熊的舌頭。這些是熊的眼睛。
I'm... I'm a wildlife artist. I work with wildlife, I work with all.... Taxidermy really is an art."
我是野生動物藝術家。我和野生動物一同工作，我....剝制術真的是一門藝術?！?/p>
| 重點單詞 | 查看全部解釋 | |||
| skull | [skʌl] |
想一想再看 n. 頭骨，骷髏頭 |
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| rug | [rʌg] |
想一想再看 n. 毯子，地毯，旅行毯 |
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| whale | [weil] |
想一想再看 n. 鯨 |
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| barren | ['bærən] |
想一想再看 adj. 不育的，貧瘠的 |
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| mold | [məuld] |
想一想再看 n. 模子，模型，類型，模式，雛型，真菌，軟土 |
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| merchandise | ['mə:tʃəndaiz] |
想一想再看 n. 商品，貨物 |
聯想記憶 | |
| plastic | ['plæstik, plɑ:stik] |
想一想再看 adj. 塑料的，可塑的，造型的，整形的，易受影響的 |
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| knight | [nait] |
想一想再看 n. 騎士，爵士，武士 vt. 授以爵位 |
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| devastated | ['devəsteitid] |
想一想再看 adj. 毀壞的；極為震驚的 v. 毀壞；摧毀（deva |
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| clay | [klei] |
想一想再看 n. 粘土，泥土 |
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