袋狼线索和珍贵粪便

ABC，听好了。

ABC, listen.

你好。

Hello there.

我叫艾米莉，你现在收听的是《新闻时间》。

My name's Emily, and you're listening to Newstime.

嗨，艾米莉。

Hey, Emily.

你好。

Hello.

也向我们的传奇听众卢卡问好。

And hello to Newstime listener legend, Luca.

我叫卢卡，来自图翁巴，这片土地属于贾拉·吉布勒人和西瓦卡瓦卡民族。

My name's Luca, and I'm from Toowoomba, from the lands of the Jarawa Gible people and the Western Waka Waka nations.

艾米莉，我特别喜欢听《新闻时间》，等不及下周五再听了。

Emily, I love listening to news time, and I can't wait to hear it next Friday.

很高兴你喜欢《Newstime》，Luca。

Glad you're enjoying news time, Luca.

我觉得你一定会喜欢今天为我们准备的这些故事。

I think you'll love the stories we've lined up for today's countdown.

我们会听到一个整座小镇正在低价出售的消息。

We'll hear about an entire town that's up for sale at a bargain price.

接着我们会去泳池边，看看是什么让那些压力山大的泳者重拾快乐。

Then we'll go poolside to discover what's lifting the spirits of stressed swimmers.

然后在本周的惊人时刻，我们会认识一种本土动物，它的粪便价值连城。

Then in our wow of the week, we'll meet a native animal whose poo is worth millions of dollars.

咱们开始吧。

Let's get going.

别浪费时间了。

There's no time to waste.

第五个故事。

Story number five.

你可能最近听大人们聊过汽油的事。

You might have heard your grown ups talking recently about petrol.

油价一直在涨。

Prices going up.

现在贵得离谱，但我也不太明白为啥。

It's really, really expensive, but I don't know why.

我听说是因为中东那边打仗，所以油价才涨的。

I've heard that the prices of it are going up because there's a war in The Middle East.

大多数汽车都靠燃油驱动，而海外的冲突影响了全球燃油的供应。

Most cars run on fuel, and conflicts overseas are affecting how much fuel is being shared all around the world.

这对澳大利亚来说是个问题，因为我们用的燃油大部分都靠进口。

This is a problem for Australia because most of our fuel comes from overseas.

所以过去几个月，汽油价格涨了不少。

That's meant petrol prices have risen quite a bit over the last couple of months.

实际上，价格几乎翻了一倍。

In fact, the cost has almost doubled.

所以现在，很多人正在寻找开车以外的出行方式。

So right now, a lot of people are figuring out other ways to get around rather than driving.

你觉得呢？

What do you think?

坐公共交通工具。

Catching public transport.

公交车、飞机、潜艇。

Buses, planes, submarines.

走路或者骑自行车去上班。

Walking or riding their bike to get to work.

越来越多的澳大利亚人把尘封已久的自行车从车库里翻了出来。

More and more Aussies are pulling old bikes out of their garages.

他们不仅擦干净了车，还送去车店检查保养。

They've been giving them a dust off and even taking them into bike shops to be checked.

我觉得他们正在修理一些自行车。

I think they are fixing some bikes.

是的。

Yep.

澳大利亚的自行车维修店都说，他们忙得不可开交，因为越来越多的人从开车换成了骑车。

Bike repairers across Australia say they're wheelie, I mean, really busy as people swap driving four wheels for riding too.

挺有意思的。

It's fun.

能锻炼身体，还有好多好处。

It helps you with exercise and stuff like that.

就算你还带着辅助轮，骑车也是出行的好方式。

Even if you're still on training wheels, cycling is a great way to get around.

不过，上路之前一定要戴好头盔。

But, of course, you've got to strap on a helmet before you get going.

我们可以减缓气候变化，因为自行车靠的是我们自己，不是汽油，而汽油会伤害地球。

We can stop climate change because bikes, they're powered by us and not petrol, and petrol harms the earth.

这样你就能做点实事，而不是整天盯着屏幕，眼睛都快贴上去了。

So that you can practice something and you don't just take up all your time watching a screen and go, oh, head on screen.

我打算去骑会儿自行车，那先走了。

I might go ride a bike, so bye bye.

空气更干净，身体更健康，还能多晒太阳。

Cleaner air, better fitness, and time outdoors.

听起来真不错。

That sounds pretty good.

我是不是也该把车库里的自行车拿出来骑一骑了。

Maybe I should get my bike out of the garage too.

特别感谢那些辛勤工作的自行车维修师傅们。

And a big shout out to all those bike repairers going the extra mile.

希望你别太累。

I hope you don't get too tired.

懂了吧？

Get it?

太累了吗？

Too tired?

第四个故事。

Story number four.

想象一下，你负责管理整个小镇。

Imagine for a moment that you were in charge of a whole town.

你会做些什么呢？

What sorts of things would you do?

我会说，每个星期五我们都种一棵树。

I would say that every Friday, we plant a tree.

我还会在那儿建个旅舍。

I would put a hostel ball in there.

我会努力让这个地方变得更好，问问大家希望小镇有什么。

I'd try to make it a better place and ask people what they want in the town.

朋友们，你们的梦想可能就要实现了。

Well, my friends, your dreams might be about to come true.

在昆士兰州，有一个完整的小镇正在出售，而且价格便宜。

In the state of Queensland, there's a whole town for sale, and it's going cheap.

这个小镇的价格还不到城市一套公寓的零头。

This town costs much less than the price of a city apartment.

我简直不敢相信。

I am shocked.

可能地方特别小。

It might be very small.

库拉迪镇非常小。

The town of Cooladdi is tiny.

它是澳大利亚最小的、拥有独立邮政编码的小镇。

It's the smallest town in Australia with its own postcode.

现在那儿只有两个人住着，他们正是要卖房的主人。

Only two people live there, and they're the ones selling up.

这两个人一定很孤单。

These two people must be lonely.

真孤单啊。

Lonely.

库拉迪不仅小，而且特别偏僻。

Cooladdi isn't just small, but it's also very remote.

它在昆士兰内陆，离布里斯班开车得九个小时。

It's in Outback Queensland, about a nine hour drive from Brisbane.

虽然那儿只有寥寥几人住着，却有不少人开车经过。

And even though only a couple of people live there, lots of people drive through.

看起来是个挺温馨的地方，人也挺友善的。

It looks like a very cozy place and nice and friendly.

据所有人的说法，确实如此。

From all reports, it is.

不过得提醒你，买下一座小镇意味着巨大的责任。

But be warned, with owning a town comes great responsibility.

你得送邮件、经营酒吧、照看小镇的汽车旅馆、在餐厅端饭、还要打理镇上的杂货店。

You'll have to deliver the mail, run the pub, look after the town's motel, serve food at the restaurant, and run the town shop.

那还有谁想买下库拉迪吗？

So who's still up for buying Cooladdi?

不行。

No.

因为一天之内根本忙不过来。

Because it's too much to do in one day.

绝对不行，到时候抱怨声肯定没完。

No way because there would be so many complaints.

比如，这根本行不通。

Like, this isn't working.

我可以一项一项来。

I could do one at a time.

库拉迪以前有270人居住。

Cooladdi once had a population of 270 people.

所以谁也说不准。

So you never know.

只要新主人好好宣传，人口说不定就能涨上去。

With a bit of advertising magic from the town's new owner, numbers could grow.

来加入库拉迪吧。

Come and join Cooladdi.

我们缺人手。

We need more people.

像库拉迪这样的地方，确实需要你这样的人。

Well, a place called Cooladdi sure does need some cool people

就像你这样。

just like you.

说得太准了。

Nailed it.

第三个故事。

Story number three.

季节更替，意味着今年的学校游泳运动会又结束了。

The seasons are changing, and that means the school swimming carnivals are done and dusted for another year.

我得去游泳，但可以自己选想游的项目。

I had to swim, but I could choose which strokes I wanted to do.

我就游了仰泳。

I just did backstroke.

游的时候紧张得不得了。

I felt really, really, really, really nervous when I did that.

虽然又兴奋又紧张，但我还是拿了一条奖带。

I felt really excited and nervous, but I still won a ribbon.

真棒。

Nice one.

赛前紧张太正常了。

It's totally normal to feel nervous before a swimming race.

就连专业运动员下水前也会有压力。

Even professional athletes feel stressed before they dive in.

所以最近在黄金海岸举行的全国游泳锦标赛上，澳大利亚游泳协会就在泳池边设了个地方，帮选手们转移注意力，缓解焦虑。

That's why recently during the national swimming championships on the Gold Coast, Swimming Australia brought something poolside to distract the athletes from their worries.

比如一个放松室，或者能帮人平复情绪的心理咨询师。

Like a chilling out room or, like, a therapist that can help you calm down.

一支大家都喜欢的乐队，演奏的都是人人爱听的歌。

A band that most people liked, and they played the songs that everyone loves.

可能是一只毛茸茸的大狗。

It could be a big fluffy dog.

没错。

You got it.

三只名叫 Clover、Elton 和 Ellie 的寻回犬，摇着尾巴在泳池边闲逛。

Three retrievers named Clover, Elton, and Ellie were wandering around the pool with their tails wagging.

它们的任务很重要，就是当运动员们的情绪支持犬。

They had an important job, to be support dogs for the athletes.

大声叫唤来加油助威。

Bark loudly to cheer.

它们得是出色的游泳健将，才能教别人游泳。

They would be great swimmers so they can teach other people.

它们可不是来提供这种帮助的。

They weren't there to provide that kind of support.

他们的任务是待在水外，给参赛选手一种亲切的陪伴感。

Their job was to stay out of the water and be a friendly presence to competitors.

当然，他们也很欢迎被人摸摸抱抱。

And, of course, they welcomed pats and cuddles.

这是一只小猫。

Here's a kitty.

小小小小。

Weeny weeny.

在下水之前，选手们可以摸摸这些狗，这样能让他们更放松。

Before they get in, they can pat the dogs, and that will help them feel more calm.

他们知道该怎么帮忙。

They could know how to help.

科学研究表明，摸狗能让人脑中分泌一种叫催产素的激素，有助于缓解压力。

Science tells us patting dogs can raise the level of hormones called oxytocin in our brains, and that reduces stress.

人们都在猜测，两年后的下一届奥运会会不会出现四条腿的小伙伴。

People are wondering if the next Olympics in two years' time might feature four legged friends.

你希望在哪些地方也能看到助犬呢？

Where else would you like to see support dogs?

学校和养老院都可以有。

At a school and at nursing homes.

超市里也可以安排。

They could be at a supermarket.

看医生打针前，也可以有。

At the doctor's before you get a needle.

这话说得真有道理。

What a good point.

第二个故事。

Story number two.

最近，在北领地的阿纳姆地，研究人员和当地原住民一起研究了一些据信有千年历史的岩画。

Recently, in Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory, researchers and traditional owners got together to examine some rock paintings that are thought to be about a thousand years old.

这些画作以前从未被记录过，但描绘了一种典型的澳大利亚动物。

These paintings have never been documented before but feature a distinct Australian animal.

等一下。

Wait.

哪个部分是动物？

Which bit is the animal?

我觉得可能是鲨鱼。

I think it might be a shark.

巨型动物？

Mega fauna?

这些岩画描绘的是袋狼，也就是大家更熟悉的塔斯马尼亚虎。

The rock paintings are of the Thylacine, which might be better known as the Tasmanian Tiger.

你可能听说过它。

You've probably heard of it.

它们是橙色的，身上有像老虎一样的黑色条纹，样子像狼。

They are orange, and they have black stripes like tigers, and they look like wolves.

它们已经灭绝了。

They're extinct.

可惜，确实如此。

Sadly, that's true.

最后一只袋狼于九十年前在霍巴特动物园去世，这意味着这个物种已经灭绝了。

The last thylacine died ninety years ago at Hobart Zoo, meaning the species is extinct.

但这种生物对原住民来说显然意义重大，而澳大利亚北部发现的这些岩画，提供了更多关于它的信息。

But this creature was clearly important to traditional owners, and this rock art found at the top of Australia reveals more information about it.

我觉得这说明袋狼以前不仅生活在塔斯马尼亚，还遍布澳大利亚其他地区。

I think that tells us that Tasmanian tigers used to not just live in Tasmania, but also other parts of Australia.

你别叫它们塔斯马尼亚虎了，其实它们曾经遍布整个澳大利亚。

You shouldn't call them Tasmanian Tiger because they actually lived all across Australia.

没错。

That's right.

确实如此。

They did.

虽然人们一直以为袋狼在三千年前就从澳洲大陆消失了，但这些岩画的年代却只有大约一千年。

And while it's been thought the thylacine died out on Mainland Australia three thousand years ago, this rock art has been dated at 1,000 years old.

所以，袋狼可能在澳洲大陆上存活的时间比我们想象的要长得多。

So maybe the thylacine was around the mainland much longer than we realized.

这说明其实有些人是很喜欢袋狼的。

It tells us that some people actually like Thylacines.

是的。

Yeah.

在阿纳姆地的岩画中，袋狼经常和彩虹蛇一起出现，你可能知道，彩虹蛇是原住民梦世纪故事里的一个重要形象。

In Arnhem Land rock art, the Thylacine often appears alongside the rainbow serpent, who you might know as an important figure in Aboriginal dreamtime stories.

像这样的传统绘画，还有很多值得我们去发现的东西。

There's still plenty to be learned from traditional paintings like these ones.

因为这些画非常古老，而且特别脆弱，却能帮我们更深入了解这些动物。

Because it's ancient and, like, it's really fragile, and it helps us get more knowledge of the animals.

好了，朋友们。

Alright, friends.

该到我们

It's time for our

哇，小东西。

Wow of the Wee.

小东西。

The Wee.

小东西。

The Wee.

小东西。

The Wee.

小东西。

Wee.

那小东西。

The The Wee.

这故事真让我惊讶，居然为一堆粪便花这么多钱。

Story made me go wow because so much money for some poop.

每天晚上，澳大利亚的天空上都有翅膀拍打的尖叫声，还有粪便往下掉。

Every night in the skies above Australia, there's some noisy screeching wings flapping and, poop dropping.

这都是蝙蝠干的。

It's all the work of bats.

它们是夜行性的，也是我最喜欢的动物。

They are nocturnal, and they are my favorite animal.

它们靠回声定位。

They use echolocation.

就是它们发出叫声，虽然看不太清，但靠这个来导航。

It's where I think they let out a call and they can't really see and they use it to, like, travel around.

比如前面有棵树，声音弹回来，蝙蝠就知道该躲开了。

For example, if there was a tree in front of it, the sound would bounce back to the bat, and then it would know to get out of the way of the tree.

它们倒挂着睡觉时，可能会用翅膀把自己裹起来。

When they hang upside down, they might, like, cover themselves with their wings to sleep or something like that.

听你这么说，你简直是蝙蝠迷啊。

Sounds to me that you're all batty about bats.

给你个你可能不知道的事实，跟它们的粪便有关。

Well, here's a fact that you might not know, and it's about their poo.

这价值可能高达数亿美元。

It could be worth hundreds of millions of dollars.

什么？

What?

这简直就是粪金子。

It's like poo gold.

在你打算去收集一些拿去银行换钱之前，我先给你解释一下。

Now before you try to track some down and cash it in the bank, let me explain.

研究表明，一种叫灰头果蝠的蝙蝠发挥着重要作用，每年帮助催生约九千万棵新树，足以支持森林的再生。

Research has shown that the bat known as the gray headed flying fox does valuable work, contributing about 90,000,000 new trees every year, which is enough for forest regeneration.

蝙蝠粪便怎么能长出这么漂亮的树来？

How can bat poo turn into magnificent trees?

我觉得是因为它帮植物传播了种子。

I think it's because it helps spread plants around.

说对了。

Bullseye.

蝙蝠停在树上，吃水果，连种子一起吞下去。

The bats hang out in trees and chow down on fruit, swallowing the seeds as they go.

然后种子经过它们体内，被排出来的时候，它们正飞在天上呢。

Then the seeds go, ahem, through them and are pooped out while they zoom their way around the sky.

种子长成树，就这样，森林就有了。

The seeds grow into trees and then, voila, forest.

有点奇怪，蝙蝠吃了水果，种子居然直接从粪便里排出来。

It's kinda weird that if a bat eats fruit, then all the seeds just go through its butt with poop.

我觉得这对环境特别特别好。

I think that that's really, really good for the environment.

这说明蝙蝠在帮助整个生态系统。

It means that bats help the ecosystem.

蝙蝠能为环境做的还不止这些。

That's not all the bats can do to help the environment.

微蝙蝠特别爱吃飞蛾，这样就能阻止飞蛾啃食棉花等作物。

Microbats love to eat moths, and that stops moths eating crops like cotton.

这帮农民省下了数百万美元的作物损失。

And that saves farmers from millions of dollars of ruined crops.

我从来没想过蝙蝠这么重要。

I never knew that bats were so special.

我觉得我们真该好好保护它们。

I think that we should be looking after them a lot.

澳大利亚的蝙蝠们，谢谢你们。

Bats of Australia, we thank you.

我是说，谢谢你们干了这么脏的活儿。

I mean, thank you for your messy work.

这倒计时过得真快啊。

Well, hasn't this countdown flown?

希望你们刚才听得很认真，因为现在该做今天的测验了。

I hope you've been listening very carefully because it's time for today's quiz.

第一题。

Question one.

现在越来越多的人在使用哪种交通工具出行？

More people have been traveling around on what mode of transport?

自行车。

Bicycles.

第二题，库拉迪镇上有多少人居住？

Question two, how many people live in the town of Cooladdi?

两个人，但还能再住更多。

Two, but there's room for more.

第三题，澳大利亚游泳协会推出了什么来帮助运动员赛前放松？

Question three, what did Swimming Australia introduce to help athletes calm down before racing?

陪伴犬。

Support dogs.

第四题。

Question four.

通常被称为塔斯马尼亚虎的动物，它的正式名称是什么？

What's the name of the creature more commonly known as the Tasmanian Tiger?

袋狼。

The Thylacine.

第五题。

Question five.

蝙蝠是怎么种树的？

How do bats plant trees?

它们通过排便传播种子。

They poop out seeds.

如果你想成为像卢卡那样的《新闻时间》听友传奇，就请你的大人去ABC儿童听播网站上的《新闻时间》页面看看。

If you'd like to be a News Time listener legend like Luca, ask your grown ups to head to the News Time page on ABC Kids Listen website.

再见，艾米丽。

Bye, Emily.

谢谢。

Thank you.

不客气。

You're welcome.

我现在要去后院装个蝙蝠屋。

Now I'm gonna go set up a bat house in my backyard.

我周围要是再多点树就好了。

I could do with some more trees around.

《新闻时间》是ABC儿童收听平台的播客。

News Time is an ABC Kids Listen podcast.

想听更多精彩的播客、跟着音乐动起来，或者找睡前故事和背景音效，就去ABC收听App的儿童专区吧。

For other awesome podcasts to play, music to move to, and stories and soundtracks for sleep, head to the Kids tab on the ABC Listen app.

在App Store上免费下载。

It's free from your App Store.