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Wildlife moves in
人類隔離數日后野生動物開始現身城市
As human beings retreat into their homes as the novel coronavirus pandemic expands across the world, nature seems to be taking back urban areas.
新冠肺炎疫情全球蔓延，人們都待在家中的同時，大自然似乎開始收回城市失地了。
According to The Straits Times, many wild animals have recently skipped onto empty streets in many cities.
據《海峽時報》報道，近期，許多野生動物都在不少城市空曠的街道上現身。
In Spain, a wild boar climbed down the hills and wandered around Barcelona. Sika deer nosed their way around the deserted metro stations of Nara in Japan. A stag scampered in the capital of the northern state of Uttarakhand in India.
在西班牙，一頭野豬跑下山來，在巴塞羅那市區閑逛。梅花鹿群在無人的日本奈良地鐵站周圍四下窺探。一頭雄鹿在印度北部的北阿坎德邦首府奔跑。
"It is certainly great news for species," Marcelo Giagnoni, the head of Chile's agricultural and livestock service, told AFP. "This is the habitat they once had and that we've taken away from them."
“對于生物們來說，這的確是個好消息，”智利農業和畜牧局局長馬塞洛·賈戈諾尼在接受法新社采訪時如此表示。“這是它們曾經的棲息地，卻被我們奪走了。”
Hundreds of years ago, people lived in harmony with wildlife. They shared natural resources from sunlight to water and from forests to land. But as human beings evolved and formed their own civilizations, they jostled with animals for more space and resources. Gradually, human beings came to lose connection with nature. More skyscrapers have been built to meet the needs of the flock of people in the cities, which drove away many wild animals from their habitats. Now in the cities and suburbs, unmowed lawns will be a source of "bounty for bees, bumble bees and butterflies", said Romain Julliard, head of research at the French Natural History Museum.
數百年前，人們與野生動物和諧共存。大家共享陽光、水源、森林、土地等自然資源。但隨著人類不斷進步，形成了各自的文明，人類便與動物們爭奪起了更多的空間和資源。漸漸地，人類與大自然失去了聯系。為了滿足城市居民的需求，一座座摩天大樓拔地而起，卻將許多野生動物趕出了它們的棲息地。在如今的城市和郊區中，未曾修整的草地成了“給蜜蜂、黃蜂以及蝴蝶的饋贈”，法國國家自然歷史博物館研究主管羅曼·朱利亞如此表示。
However, the recent lockdown of cities amid the pandemic gives a chance of "freeing a space for other animals" and reflecting on our relationship with nature, according to AFP.
但據法新社報道，近期疫情期間的封城給予了“其他動物自由的空間”，也讓人們反思起了與自然的關系。
Stuck indoors, with their worlds reduced to a few square meters, urban people have suddenly become avid birdwatchers.
待在家中，只有幾平方米活動空間的城市人突然之間都成了狂熱的觀鳥愛好者。
British ornithologist David Lindo, who is known as the "urban birder", has been posting and livestreaming birds he spots from the roof of the building in Spain where he has been quarantined.
英國鳥類學家大衛·林多被稱為“城市觀鳥者”，正在西班牙隔離的他最近一直從樓上屋頂記錄或直播自己發現的鳥類。
"The sky is a great arena, anything can fly past and, at the very least, it will give you peace. My message is simple: keep looking up," he told CTV News.
“天空是個允許世間萬物飛越的大舞臺，至少，它能讓你平靜下來。我想要傳遞的信息很簡單：向上看，”他在接受加拿大電視臺采訪時如此表示。
Just as AFP noted, right now "the most important phenomenon perhaps is our relationship with nature is changing – with people locked up in their homes realizing how much they miss nature".
正如法新社報道所指出的那樣，如今“最重要的現象或許是我們與大自然的關系正在發生改變——人們關在家中才意識到他們有多想念大自然”。
Though the lockdown may be temporary, it's time for us to reflect upon our relationship with the environment. As AFP put it, "people should always have a need of nature". By missing nature, humans may come to respect – and live in harmony with – nature once again.
盡管封城措施或許是暫時的，但我們是時候該反思與環境的關系了。正如法新社所言，“人們向來都離不開大自然”。想念大自然的人們或許能夠再一次尊重自然，并與之和諧共存。
