The story of the red-crowned crane
丹頂鶴的故事
Have you ever heard of the song “The story of the red-crowned crane”? It is about a girl called Xu Xiujuan.
你有沒有聽過“丹頂鶴的故事”這首歌?它與一位叫徐秀娟的女孩有關。
Xiujuan was born in Zhalong, Heilongjiang Province in 1964.
秀娟 1964 年出生在黑龍江省扎龍(自然保護區),
Her father's job was to look after red-crowned cranes. Xiujuan started helping her father when she was young.
她父親的工作是看護丹頂鶴。秀娟從小就幫她父親(一起看護它們)。
She soon showed a great love for these white birds. She became good at raising them.
她對這些白色的鳥兒付出了很多愛,很擅于幫助它們。
When Xiujuan was 21, she got a job at a nature reserve in Jiangsu Province.
當秀娟 21 歲時,她在江蘇省的一個自然保護區找到了份工作。
She enjoyed taking care of the baby cranes.
她一心投入到照顧小鶴寶寶(的工作中)。
If a bird became sick, she took good care of it and stayed with it every day until it was strong enough to fly again.
如果一只鳥生病了,她會每天與它呆在一起,給它悉心照顧,直到它強壯起來能夠再飛起來。
In September 1987, one of the birds went missing.
1987 年 9 月,有只鳥失蹤了。
The workers in the nature reserve looked everywhere, but no one could find it.
自然保護區的工作人員到處尋找,但沒有人能找到它。
Xiujuan was very worried. She looked for it day and night for two days.
秀娟很是擔心,她連續兩天夜以繼日地尋找它。
On the second night, while she was looking for the missing bird, she fell into a river and died. She was only 23.
第二天晚上,當她正在尋找失蹤的鳥時,滑進河里犧牲了,享年 23 歲。
Later, a song was written in memory of Xiujuan.
后來,(人們)寫了一首歌來紀念徐秀娟。
Though Xiujuan died young, people always remember her when they hear the song or see a red-crowned crane.
雖然秀娟英年早逝,當人們聽到這首歌或看到丹頂鶴,總能想起她。