失而复得的图书馆藏书与奇怪的蜗牛

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Hi.

你好，艾米丽。

Hello, Emily.

这期节目真的什么都有，适合所有人。

Today's episode really has something for everyone.

一本神秘的书，因为逾期被扣了几千块的罚款；一只特别神奇的蜗牛，繁殖方式超级奇特；还有来自澳大利亚最佳选手的体育成功故事。

A mysterious library book racking up thousands in fines, a splendid snail who gives birth in a super strange way, and sporting success from Australia's Best.

所以，你准备好了吗？

So are you ready?

我准备好了。

I'm ready.

现在是新闻时间。

This is news time.

你有没有过图书馆的书还晚了的时候？

Have you ever been late to return a library book?

我图书馆的书还晚过，怎么说呢，好几百次了。

I've returned a library book late, like, hundreds of times.

也许晚个两天，或者一周？

Maybe a couple of days late, a week perhaps?

嗯，最近，新南威尔士州南海岸的基亚马图书馆，有一本书还回来了，晚了整整一百五十年。

Well, recently, Kiama Library on the South Coast Of New South Wales had a book returned that was a hundred and fifty years late.

这本书叫《雅典古迹》，从十九世纪七十年代起就从基亚马图书馆的书架上不见了。

The book was called The Antiquities of Athens, and it had been missing from the shelves of Kiama Library since the eighteen seventies.

这，这怎么可能？

Like, Like, how?

我觉得这真的很奇怪。

I think it's really weird.

也许它可能被装在一个时间胶囊里藏了一百五十年。

And maybe it was in a time capsule for, like, a hundred and fifty years.

这本书在新南威尔士州南海岸的凯马图书馆被归还，迟了一百五十年。

The book was found hidden in the wall of a home nearby.

这本书是在附近一户人家的墙壁里发现的。

The new owners of this house were renovating, which is making changes to the place they live.

这栋房子的新主人正在装修，也就是对居住的地方进行改造。

And when they knocked down part of the fireplace, they found a box nestled behind the bricks.

当他们拆掉壁炉的一部分时，发现了一个藏在砖块后面，里面放着这个盒子。

And in that box, this long lost book.

也许是因为他们就是不喜欢这本书脱落的砖块，然后他们决定，嘿，吃砖吧。

Maybe because they just didn't like the book and they just decided, here, eat bricks.

比如说，一本图书馆的书。

Like, a library book.

你想被图书管理员找你麻烦吗？

Do you wanna be in trouble from the librarian?

因为这本书被藏起来，这本书其实保存得很好。

Because it was hidden away, the book is actually in pretty good condition.

打开封面，你会看到凯马图书馆的印章、图书馆开放时间信息，以及逾期还书的罚款规定。

If you look inside the cover, you'll see the Kiama library stamp, information about the library's opening hours, and information about fines for books returned late.

一百五十年前，凯马图书馆的规定是，书每逾期一周罚款3便士。

A hundred and fifty years ago, the rules at Kiama Library were that you were charged 3p per week a book is late.

我们现在在澳大利亚已经完全不用便士了。

We don't even use pence in Australia anymore.

我们用的是澳元和分。

We use dollars and cents.

把所有罚款全部算下来，折算成现代货币和价值，这笔超期超了这么久的图书罚款高达两万八千澳元。

So adding up all those fines and changing them into modern day money and value, the fine on this very late book was $28,000.

这也太离谱了吧。

That is absurd.

这太离谱了。

It's absurd.

那他们现在是不是变穷了？

Are they poor now?

别担心。

Don't worry.

图书馆其实并没有让还书的人真的交这笔罚款。

The library didn't actually make the people who returned the book pay the fine.

现在都不收这种罚款了。

They don't charge like fines anymore.

再说，那样也不太公平。

And anyway, that wouldn't really be fair.

那些人一开始就没借过这本书。

Those people didn't borrow it in the first place.

事实上，以后也没人能把这本书还回来了。

In fact, no one will be able to return this book again.

图书馆把这本书从书架上拿下来，放在一个特别的展柜里供参观者观赏。

The library is keeping it off the shelves and instead in a special display for visitors to look at.

这也算是个贴心的提醒，提醒爱书的人，提醒爱书的人，提醒爱书的人提醒爱书的人，提醒大家，提醒你了，

It'll be a handy reminder to library lovers to check under their beds and behind their lounges for any lost library books.

那那本书，这本书，还有那，那那，的，那那，那那，没的。

Another story, please.

那的，那的，那的。

The Commonwealth Games are officially over, and hundreds of Aussie athletes will be coming home with something extra shiny and a little bit heavy in their luggage.

英联邦运动会正式结束，的的的的，的的的的的的的的的

What are the countries in?

的的的的的的的。

The Commonwealth Games is for countries that belong to the Commonwealth.

的的的。

That's a group of 56 countries and territories that used to be part of the British Empire.

的的的的的的。

Australia is one of them, so is Jamaica, New Zealand, Canada, India, Kenya, and Singapore, just to name a few.

运动员们从世界各地赶来，代表自己的国家，和顶尖高手一决高下。

Athletes traveled from all over to represent their countries and compete against the best of the best.

我觉得他们压力肯定很大，但同时也会非常享受。

I think they would be, like, pressured, but, like, absolutely loving it at the same time.

就像，我能为国家而战。

Like, I get to do it for my country.

这项体育赛事每四年举办一次，澳大利亚通常表现不错。

The sporting event happens once every four years, and Australia usually does pretty well.

我们通常在游泳项目上占优势，田径和自行车也表现不俗。

We tend to dominate at swimming events, and we do well in athletics and cycling too.

今年，澳大利亚在奖牌榜上名列第一。

This year, Australia topped the medal tally.

哇。

Woo.

澳大利亚运动员把奖牌安全地放在行李里带回家，包括70枚金牌、45枚银牌和56枚铜牌。

Safely stored in their luggage, Aussie athletes are bringing home 70 gold medals, 45 silver medals, and 56 bronze.

这比排名第二的英格兰多了一倍还多。

That's more than double the number of gold medals as the country that ranked second, England.

哇。

Wow.

太棒了。

Winning.

虽然赢的感觉确实很好，但英联邦运动会远不止于此。

And while winning is a nice feeling, the Commonwealth Games are about so much more than that.

当76岁的攀岩运动员路易丝成为澳大利亚史上最年长的金牌得主时，我们明白了永远不要放弃梦想的重要性。

When 76 year old paraboulder Louise became Australia's oldest ever gold medalist, we learned how important it is to never give up on your dreams.

当澳大利亚男子队在五十多年来首次赢得4x100米接力赛冠军时，我们体会到了团队合作和坚持不懈的力量。

When the Aussie men won the four by 100 meter race for the first time in more than fifty years, we learned about teamwork and perseverance.

而当我们的女子无挡板篮球队‘澳洲钻石队’在半决赛中失利，却依然拿下铜牌时，我们懂得了什么是韧性，即使事情不如预期也要全力以赴。

And when the Aussie Diamonds, our women's netball team, lost in the semifinals but managed to win a bronze medal anyway, we learnt about resilience, trying hard even when things don't go your way.

因为如果你赢了，那当然很棒。

Because if you win, that's great.

但只要你全力以赴，那就更好了。

But if you just give it your best shot, even better.

英联邦运动会要再过四年才举办。

The Commonwealth Games won't happen again for another four years.

唉。

Ugh.

我已经开始想念它了。

I miss it already.

恭喜澳大利亚队。

Congratulations, Aussies.

表现太精彩了。

What a performance.

再来一次吧。

Let's have another.

再来一次吧。

Let's have another.

坎贝尔龙骨玻璃蜗牛是一种濒危物种。

The Campbell's keeled glass snail is an endangered species.

我们一度以为它们一度差点绝迹了。

We actually thought that they were extinct for a time.

这种蜗牛以其独特的金字塔形壳，它以独特的金字塔形壳。

The snail is known for its distinctive pyramid shaped shell.

哦，它们通过脖子生下活的小蜗牛。

Oh, and they give birth to live baby snails through their neck.

那倒不坏。

That's not That's bad.

可爱。

Cute.

小蜗牛就这样出生了。

Baby snail became alive.

对。

Yeah.

如果你想看坎贝尔龙骨玻璃蜗牛从脖子里生出小宝宝，就让你的大人带你去ABC儿童收听网站的新闻时间页面看看。

If you'd like to see Campbell's killed glass snail give birth through its neck, ask your grown ups to head to the News Time page on the ABC Kids Listen website.

想象一下，如果小宝宝没有完全出来，你脖子上挂着一个宝宝。

Imagine if the baby doesn't come fully back out and you have a baby hanging from your neck.

哎呀。

Yikes.

不过话说回来，回到好消息。

But anyway, back to the good news.

这种特殊的蜗牛曾濒临灭绝。

This special snail was on the brink of extinction.

它们已经三十多年没在野外被发现了。

They hadn't been spotted in the wild for more than thirty years.

有人在诺福克岛——一个海洋中的小岛——发现了一些这种蜗牛。

Someone on Norfolk Island, a tiny little island in the middle of the ocean, spotted some of the snails.

他们知道自己找到了珍贵的东西。

They knew they'd found something precious.

科学家们飞到岛上进行确认，然后把几只带回了悉尼的塔龙加动物园。

Scientists flew out to the island to confirm, and then brought a couple of them back to Taronga Zoo in Sydney.

动物园的保育员们努力尝试安全地繁殖这些蜗牛。

Conservationists at the zoo worked hard to breed the snails safely.

起初的过程挺艰难的。

It was tough going at first.

他们也不太确定该怎么让蜗牛吃东西。

They weren't quite sure how to get the snails to eat.

那我得去跟《格布雷之书》里的格布雷学学怎么讲蜗牛语了。

So I'm gonna learn how to speak snail from gebre from the gebrech book of gebrech.

学习

Learning

说实话，要是能学会说蜗牛语确实挺有用的，不过我觉得科学家们目前还没达到那个水平。

to speak snail really would have been helpful, I suppose, but I don't think scientists are quite there yet.

经过反复尝试和摸索，保护人员成功繁育出了一千只蜗牛。

After a lot of trial and error, the conservationists managed to breed 1,000 snails.

现在，经过这么多努力，很多蜗牛正在被放归诺福克岛的野外。

And now, after all that effort, many of them are being released back into the wild at Norfolk Island.

你可以把它们松开，放到叶子下面。

You can get loose and put them underneath the leaves.

团队深入岛上的山谷，把蜗牛放在安全的远离捕食者的地方。

The team trekked deep into the valley on the island to leave the snails somewhere safe away from predators.

蜗牛物种灭绝的数量比其他任何动物物种都多，所以坎贝尔龙骨玻璃蜗牛的胜利是个大事件，给所有蜗牛物种带来了希望。

More snail species have gone extinct than specific species of any other animal, so this win for Campbell's keeled glass snail is a big deal, and it brings hope to the snail species everywhere.

好了。

Alrighty.

抓紧你们的帽子。

Hold on to your hats.

现在是问答时间。

It's quiz time.

第一个问题。

Question one.

那本图书馆的书罚款是多少？

How much was the fine for the library book?

两万八千美元，但他们一分钱都不用付。

$28,000, but they didn't have to pay any of it.

第二题。

Question two.

澳大利亚在奖牌榜上排第几？

Where did Australia finish on the medal tally?

第一名，位列榜首。

Number one, top of the table.

第三题，这种蜗牛是通过身体的哪个部位分娩的？

Question three, through which part of the body does this snail give birth?

它的脖子。

Its neck.

还有你的新“斯努德勒，你的新斯努德勒。

And your new Snoodler.

你能想象那本书为什么会被封在那栋房子里吗？

Can you imagine why that book might have been bricked up in that house?

它是怎么到那儿的呢？

What could have happened for it to get there?

那我们的节目就到这里了。

And that's us done.

谢谢，朋友们。

Thanks, friends.

再见，艾米丽。

Bye, Emily.

谢谢你，艾米丽。

Thanks, Emily.

不客气。

You're welcome.

周五见。

Catch you on Friday.

《新闻时间》是ABC儿童听播客的一档节目。

News Time is an ABC Kids Listen podcast.

如果想听更多精彩的播客、跟着音乐律动，或者睡前听故事和配乐，可以去ABC Listen应用里的儿童专区看看。

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.

你可以从应用商店免费下载它。

It's free from your App Store.

你好。

Hello.

我是阿拉·斯普拉特，是《弗莱迪·巴恩斯》、《保姆皮皮格斯》和《捣蛋鬼小孩》系列儿童图书的作者。

I'm Ara Spratt, the children's author behind the Friday Barnes, Nanny Piggins, and Pesky Kids series.

我非常兴奋能把我的播客节目《阿拉·斯普拉特的睡前故事》带到ABC Listen平台。

And I'm super excited to bring my podcast, bedtime stories with Ara Spratt to ABC Listen.

所以，快加入我和世界上最迷人的会飞的猪——保姆皮皮格斯，让我们一起带你进入一个充满冒险、混乱和巧克力的奇妙世界吧。

So join me and Nanny Piggins, the world's most glamorous flying pig, and let us transport you to a world of adventure, mayhem, and chocolate.

在ABC Listen应用的“儿童”标签页里搜索《阿拉·斯普拉特的睡前故事》，就能找到它啦。

Find bedtime stories with RA Spratt on the kids tab of the ABC Listen app.