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World's first surviving panda triplets bornin Chinese zoo
世界唯一存活熊貓三胞胎在中國動物園誕生
A Chinese zoo has unveiled newborn pandatriplets billed as the world's first known surviving trio, in what it hailed asa miracle given the animal's famously low reproductive rate.
中國一個動物園公布了新生的熊貓三胞胎，它們被稱為是世界上首例存活的熊貓三胞胎。由于熊貓的低繁殖率眾所周知，此案例獲贊奇跡。
The mother, named Juxiao, which means"chrysanthemum smile", delivered the triplets at Guangzhou's Chimelong safari park in theearly hours of 29 July, but was too exhausted to take care of them afterwards.
熊貓三胞胎的母親叫菊笑，這個名字是“菊花微笑”的意思。7月29號早些時候，她在廣州市長隆野生動物園產下了三胞胎，但生產后她已無力照顧幾只熊貓寶寶。
Her cubs were initially put in toincubators while Juxiao regained her strength, but they have now been broughtback to their mother for nursing and were being attended to by around-the-clock team of feeders, the zoo said on Tuesday.
動物園周二稱，在菊笑恢復體力期間，她的幼仔先被放在了保育器中，不過，它們現在已經被交回給母親養育，還有飼養員團隊全天候照顧它們。
"It was a miracle for us and [thebirths] exceeded our expectations," the safari park's general manager,Dong Guixin, said.
野生動物園總經理董貴信（DongGuixin）說，“這對我們來說是奇跡，出生的熊貓數量出乎我們的預料。”
"It's been 15 days. They have livedlonger than any other triplets so far."
“15天已經過去了。就目前來說，它們存活的天數已經超過了其他的熊貓三胞胎”。
An official from Sichuan Wolong nationalnature reserve, considered the foremost authority on pandas, said the trio weretoo young to be officially recognised as surviving, but that they were the onlyknown panda triplets alive.
四川臥龍自然保護區一名被認為在熊貓研究方面最具權威的官方人士說，三胞胎還沒有長到足以正式確認它們已經存活下來了的程度，但它們是目前所知的僅存的熊貓三胞胎。
"We can only say they are survivingonce they reach six months. For now they are indeed the only survivingtriplets," said an official from the centre.
工作中心的一名公務人員說，“只有等他們長到6個月大的時候，我們才能說他們存活下來了。但就目前來說，他們的確是僅存的熊貓三胞胎”。
Pictures taken earlier this month showedthe cubs inside an incubator with their eyes closed and bodies thinly coveredwith white fur.
我們可以從本月早些時候拍攝的照片中看到，保育器中的幼仔閉著眼睛，身上稀疏地蓋著白色毛發。
The zoo said they weighed between 83 and124 grams (2.9 and 4.4 ounces) and were smaller than the size of a human palmat birth.
動物園方面表示，三胞胎的體重在83克到124克之間（即2.9盎司和4.4盎司之間），出生時，它們還沒有人的手掌大。
