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For as long as I can remember, I have felt a very deep connection to animals and to the ocean.
印象中，我一直覺(jué)得自己與動(dòng)物和海洋有著千絲萬(wàn)縷的聯(lián)系。
And at this age, my personal idol was Flipper the dolphin.
在我這般大的時(shí)候，我的偶像便是海豚Flipper。(譯者注：Flipper是六十年代美國(guó)電視節(jié)目《Flipper》中主演的海豚的名字。)
And when I first learned about endangered species, I was truly distressed to know that every day, animals were being wiped off the face of this Earth forever.
而當(dāng)我開(kāi)始了解瀕危物種時(shí)，我真正沉痛地意識(shí)到，每一天都有一些動(dòng)物被逼上絕路，永遠(yuǎn)地與地球告別了。
And I wanted to do something to help, but I always wondered: What could one person possibly do to make a difference?
于是我就想盡一份力量來(lái)改善這種狀況，但又時(shí)常疑慮，單憑一個(gè)人的力量又能改變什么呢？
And it would be 30 years, but I would eventually get the answer to that question.
這個(gè)問(wèn)題縈繞了我30年，但最終我還是找到了答案。
When these heartbreaking images of oiled birds finally began to emerge from the Gulf of Mexico last year during the horrific BP oil spill,
這張圖片中的鳥(niǎo)兒泡在油污中，慘不忍睹，在去年墨西哥海灣那場(chǎng)可怕的英國(guó)石油公司(BP)漏油事件之后，這批圖片最終被曝光，
a German biologist by the name of Silvia Gaus was quoted as saying, "We should just euthanize all oiled birds,
當(dāng)時(shí)一位名叫希爾維亞·高斯(Silvia Gaus)的德國(guó)生物學(xué)家這樣說(shuō)，“我們應(yīng)當(dāng)為所有這些沾染油污的鳥(niǎo)兒施以安樂(lè)死，
because studies have shown that fewer than one percent of them survive after being released." And I could not disagree more.
因?yàn)橛醒芯勘砻鳎鼈冎兄挥胁坏桨俜种坏男疫\(yùn)兒，能在正常治療后存活下來(lái)。”而我則不敢茍同這一觀點(diǎn)。
In addition, I believe that every oiled animal deserves a second chance at life. And I want to tell you why I feel so strongly about this.
此外，我認(rèn)為每一個(gè)被油漬侵染的動(dòng)物都理應(yīng)獲得重生的機(jī)會(huì)。現(xiàn)在就讓我來(lái)告訴你們，為何我對(duì)此深信不疑。
On June 23, 2000, a ship named the Treasure sank off the coast of Cape Town, South Africa, spilling 1,300 tons of fuel,
2000年6月23日，一艘名為“寶藏(Treasure)”號(hào)的油輪在南非開(kāi)普敦(Capetown)海岸線附近沉沒(méi)，造成1300噸燃油外泄，
which polluted the habitats of nearly half the entire world population of African penguins.
從而導(dǎo)致全世界近乎一半的非洲企鵝的棲息地遭到污染。
Now, the ship sank between Robben Island to the south, and Dassen Island to the north -- two of the penguins' main breeding islands.
目前這艘沉沒(méi)的油輪夾在南部的羅本島(Robben Island)與北部的達(dá)森島(Dassen Island)之間。而這兩個(gè)島正是企鵝們繁衍生息的主要據(jù)點(diǎn)。
And exactly six years and three days earlier, on June 20, 1994, a ship named the Apollo Sea sank near Dassen Island, oiling 10,000 penguins, half of which died.
而就在據(jù)事故發(fā)生六年零三天前的一天，也就是1994年6月20日，一艘名為“阿波羅海(Apollo Sea)”的油輪在達(dá)森島(Dassen Island)附近沉沒(méi)，致使一萬(wàn)只企鵝受到油污染 —— 其中半數(shù)的企鵝死亡。
