森林飲用水　Forest Drinking Water

一條美麗的小溪流淌過森林，有一只小鹿在溪旁停下來，想喝一口新鮮的水。突然，他猶豫了起來。

“我想起來了，幾年前我在這里喝過水，后來卻得了可怕的腹瀉！”

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.”

我想起來了，我在這里喝過水

I recall having a drink water here

幾年前，這里根本不長任何植物

Years ago,nothing was growing here

一只在樹上上躥下跳的松鼠聽到了小鹿的話，開了口：

“沒錯！幾年前，這里根本不長任何植物。所有人都離開了，因為喝了不好的水，他們都得了病?！?/p>

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.”

“為什么人們不挖井抽水呢？”

“他們或許試過，但是沒有成功。抽水的機器需要有零件和動力，而這些都會出毛病。為此，人們受了不少罪，不是水量不夠，就是水質(zhì)不好?！?/p>

“既然人類的小孩都病得快死了，他們?yōu)槭裁床粡拇蟪鞘腥∷?？”小鹿追問道?/p>

“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.

為什么人們不挖井抽水呢？

Why didn’t people just dig a well and pump up water?

人們搬到城里去住

People went to the city

“噢，那可太貴了。比起把水運到這里來，人們寧愿搬到城里去住，沒有人愿意留下。”

“那現(xiàn)在的水怎么會變得如此干凈又清澈了呢？”

“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?”

“從水重新變干凈開始，我就回到這兒了。有一些好心人開始種樹，接著，一些不可思議的事情發(fā)生了，以前從來沒有的植物和樹木開始在這里生長。”

“那是不可能的！他們?nèi)亲约洪L出來的？那些讓人上吐下瀉的細(xì)菌哪兒去了？它們不見了嗎？”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.

一些好心人開始種樹

Some good people began to plant trees

那些壞家伙不值一提

The bad ones are outnumbered

“讓你肚子痛、讓你生病的細(xì)菌還存在著，但是現(xiàn)在，虧得有了森林，千百萬的其他細(xì)菌占領(lǐng)了這里的土壤，比起它們，那些壞家伙便不值一提了?！?/p>

“那么，你敢保證我在這里喝水不會發(fā)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‘a(chǎn)ccident’ the moment I drink here?”

“當(dāng)然了！我在這里已經(jīng)住了五年，從來沒生過病。這還得感謝那些長在樹木和植物根部的蘑菇?！?/p>

“你一定是弄錯了。蘑菇才不是長在根上，它們長在木頭、稻桿和咖啡樹上?！?/p>

“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.”

還得感謝那些長在樹木和植物根部的蘑菇

Thanks to all these mushrooms that stick to the roots

幫助他們長得健康、強壯

helping them to grow healthy and strong

“嘿，你瞧！有好多不同的細(xì)菌幫助樹木消化他們從土壤里獲得的食物呢，幫助他們長得健康、強壯。這些蘑菇就好像是你嘴里的口水?！彼墒蠼忉尩馈?/p>

“真有趣！樹木也有口水？他們會不會也像動物和淘氣的孩子那樣吐口水呢？”

“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，嚴(yán)肅一點！”松鼠說?！斑@很重要的！托再造森林的福，我們現(xiàn)在有了豐富干凈的天然水。事實上，因為水量足夠多，孩子們都可以在水里嬉戲，還可以聽到動人的鳥叫聲，那些美麗的鳥兒又重新回到森林里生活啦?！?/p>

……這僅僅是開始！……

“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! ...

…… 這僅僅是開始！……

...AND IT’S ONLY JUST BEGUN! ...