森林饮用水 Forest Drinking Water
一条美丽的小溪流淌过森林，有一只小鹿在溪旁停下来，想喝一口新鲜的水。突然，他犹豫了起来。
“我想起来了，几年前我在这里喝过水，后来却得了可怕的腹泻！”
A deer stops by a wonderful little creek flowing through the forest to take a sip of fresh water.Suddenly he stops.
“I recall having a drinking water here years ago but I was struck with terrible diarrhea afterwards.”
我想起来了，我在这里喝过水
I recall having a drink water here
几年前，这里根本不长任何植物
Years ago,nothing was growing here
一只在树上上蹿下跳的松鼠听到了小鹿的话，开了口：
“没错！几年前，这里根本不长任何植物。所有人都离开了，因为喝了不好的水，他们都得了病。”
A squirrel was jumping around in the trees above and heard the deer’s comment and said:“You’re right! Years ago,nothing grew here and everyone left because they got sick from the bad water.”
“为什么人们不挖井抽水呢？”
“他们或许试过，但是没有成功。抽水的机器需要有零件和动力，而这些都会出毛病。为此，人们受了不少罪，不是水量不够，就是水质不好。”
“既然人类的小孩都病得快死了，他们为什么不从大城市取水呢？”小鹿追问道。
“Why didn’t people just dig a well and pump up water?”
“They may have tried,but it never worked.Pumps need parts and energy and they break down.So the people suffered a lot from not enough water as well as bad water.”
“And if their children were sick and dying,why didn’t they get water from the big city?” asked the deer.
为什么人们不挖井抽水呢？
Why didn’t people just dig a well and pump up water?
人们搬到城里去住
People went to the city
“噢，那可太贵了。比起把水运到这里来，人们宁愿搬到城里去住，没有人愿意留下。”
“那现在的水怎么会变得如此干净又清澈了呢？”
“Oh,that was too expensive.Instead of sending the water here,people went to the city.No one stayed behind.”
“But how can it be so healthy and crystalline now?”
“从水重新变干净开始，我就回到这儿了。有一些好心人开始种树，接着，一些不可思议的事情发生了，以前从来没有的植物和树木开始在这里生长。”
“那是不可能的！他们全是自己长出来的？那些让人上吐下泻的细菌哪儿去了？它们不见了吗？”小鹿喊道。
“I was here when it all started to become healthy again.Some good people began to plant trees.And then some incredible things began to happen; more plants and trees which had never been here before began to grow.”
“That’s not possible! All are on their own? What about the bacteria that caused the digestion problems? Are they gone?” asked the deer.
一些好心人开始种树
Some good people began to plant trees
那些坏家伙不值一提
The bad ones are outnumbered
“让你肚子痛、让你生病的细菌还存在着，但是现在，亏得有了森林，千百万的其他细菌占领了这里的土壤，比起它们，那些坏家伙便不值一提了。”
“那么，你敢保证我在这里喝水不会发生意外？”
“The ones that caused stomachaches and made you sick are still here,but now,thanks to the forest,there are millions of other bacteria which have colonized the soil.The bad ones are outnumbered.”
“So,you are sure I am not going to have an‘accident’ the moment I drink here?”
“当然了！我在这里已经住了五年，从来没生过病。这还得感谢那些长在树木和植物根部的蘑菇。”
“你一定是弄错了。蘑菇才不是长在根上，它们长在木头、稻杆和咖啡树上。”
“Absolutely not! I have been living here for five years and never had a problem.That thanks to all these mushrooms that stick to the roots of the trees and plants.”
“You must be making a mistake.Mushrooms do not grow on roots.They grow on wood,straw,and coffee.”
还得感谢那些长在树木和植物根部的蘑菇
Thanks to all these mushrooms that stick to the roots
帮助他们长得健康、强壮
helping them to grow healthy and strong
“嘿，你瞧！有好多不同的细菌帮助树木消化他们从土壤里获得的食物呢，帮助他们长得健康、强壮。这些蘑菇就好像是你嘴里的口水。”松鼠解释道。
“真有趣！树木也有口水？他们会不会也像动物和淘气的孩子那样吐口水呢？”
“Ah,you see there are other varieties that exist to help trees digest the food they take from the ground,helping them to grow healthy and strong.These mushrooms act like the saliva in your mouth,” explained the squirrel.
“Fascinating! Trees have saliva? And do they spit like animals and naughty children?”
“哦，严肃一点！”松鼠说。“这很重要的！托再造森林的福，我们现在有了丰富干净的天然水。事实上，因为水量足够多，孩子们都可以在水里嬉戏，还可以听到动人的鸟叫声，那些美丽的鸟儿又重新回到森林里生活啦。”
……这仅仅是开始！……
“Now,let’s get serious here,” said the squirrel.“The important thing is that thanks to the reforestation,we now have natural pure water in abundance.In fact,there is so much water,that the children can play in it and listen to the beautiful song birds that have come back to live in the forest.”
...AND IT HAS ONLY JUST BEGUN! ...
…… 这仅仅是开始！……
...AND IT’S ONLY JUST BEGUN! ...
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