爱马仕的鳄鱼养殖计划

2021-04-26吉林王庆华

疯狂英语·新读写 2021年4期

关键词：心有灵犀鳄鱼皮接受者

吉林王庆华

在众人纷纷赞叹爱马仕的精致工艺时，一些动物保护者站出来，揭露了其背后隐藏的血腥。三张鳄鱼皮制作的一个爱马仕包，你会购买吗？

难词探意

1.breed/briːd/v.繁殖；饲养；培育

2.contend/kən'tend/v.声称；主张

3.zoonotic/,zəʊə'nəʊtɪk/adj.动物传染病的

4.unconscionable/ʌn'kɒnʃənəbl/adj.昧着良心的

Hermès is one of the biggest names in high-end fashion,and could soon be operating one of the biggest crocodile farms in Australia.The brand wants to house up to 50,000 saltwater crocodiles at the facility,The Guardianreports.Each of them will bebredand killed for their skins,which will be turned into handbags and shoes.

Several other crocodile farms are in operation in Australia's Northern Territory,now known as a global supplier of crocodile skins.Burns,a noted investor in these farms,is working to turn a former fruit farm into Hermès crocodile breeding ground.According to the local Environmental Protection Authority,Hermès'farm would start with a staff of 30,overseeing 4,000 crocodiles,which they would breed to produce the planned 50,000 in 5 years.

With approval of the local government in hand,construction is right around the corner,but animal advocates are fighting back.Nicola Beynon,of Humane Society International,contendsthat many fashion brands like Chanel,Mulberry,Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger already avoid materials made from exotic animals'skins as per updated animal welfare policies.“Consumers and fashion houses are walking away from animal cruelty as fast as they can,”Beynon said.“It seems foolish to invest in an industry that is no longer fashionable.”

Wildlife experts warn that the international trade in the skins of exotic animals for luxury fashion promotes the spread ofzoonoticdiseases,increasing the risk of more pandemics like the current one.Given the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic has had on the Northern Territory's valuable tourism industry,it'sunconscionablethat the territory's government would approve plans for this crocodile farm and risk becoming home to the next potential disease outbreak.

“每一阵风过，我们都互相致意，但没有人，听懂我们的言语。”是对上句的进一步抒写。风吹幡动，实乃仁者心动也；而风吹树枝婆娑摇曳，实乃男女动情心生情思也。“互相致意”更提醒接受者这份情意应建立在相互尊重的基础之上。“但没有人，听懂我们的言语。”“没有人”意味着男女双方身体与心灵互为所属，是男性与女性之间情有独钟，一往情深的体现。“我们的言语”更说明两人心灵的高度契合，心有灵犀、心心相印。

According to ABC,the 2018/2019 season saw over 24,600 crocodile skins exported from the Northern Territory.The crocodile farming industry is worth an estimated $26.7 million to the Northern Territory economy,according to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources(DENR).However,a 2017 report commissioned from Ernst & Young by the Northern Territory government placed a much higher number on the industry,estimating its worth at $106 million.