【BBC南太平洋】奇妙岛屿 20
全文听写（以音频为准），英式拼写Hints:
Jackson's
shama
northern cardinal
leiothrix
white-eye
Hawaii
mongoose
翻译：嗒然（对译文有疑问请站短当期节目的翻译君，谢谢合作）
http://t1.g.hjfile.cn/listen/201306/201306030245459688280.mp3In the lowlands, there are lush coastal rainforests teeming with life. But not indigenous life. None of the plants or animals you see here is actually native. Jackson's chameleons were brought from East Africa as exotic pets. The white-rumped shama from India and the northern cardinal from North America were both introduced to supplement the native bird life, while the red-billed leiothrix was a cage bird imported from China. And the Japanese white-eye was imported in an attempt to control insect pests. Before humans, only one new species reached Hawaii every 35,000 years. Now up to 50 new species turn up every year. Invaders are everywhere, and some have had a significant impact. In an attempt to control introduced rats, humans brought the Indian mongoose to Hawaii. Unfortunately, no one considered the fact that rats are nocturnal, while the mongoose hunts by day, so the hungry mongoose turned its attention to decimating the island's unique bird life instead.在低地有郁郁葱葱的沿海雨林，其中充满着各种生命。但不是本土的生物。你在这里看到的任何植物和动物都不是真正意义上的本地生物。杰克逊的变色龙就是从东非带过来的当做珍奇宠物。来自印度的白腰鹊鸲和来自北美的北部红衣主教都是为了补充本地鸟类而引进的，而红嘴相思鸟就是从中国引进的一种笼养鸟。来自日本的绣眼鸟是为了控制害虫而引进的。在人类到来之前，每35,000年只有一种新物种来到夏威夷。现在每年多达50种新物种来到夏威夷。入侵者到处都是，有些已经给该地造成了显著的影响。为了控制曾经引进的老鼠的数量，人类把印度猫鼬引入了夏威夷。不幸的是，没有一个人注意到一个事实，就是老鼠是夜行性的，但猫鼬一般在白天捕食，因此饥肠辘辘的猫鼬便将注意力转移到岛上特有的鸟类上，对它们进行大肆捕杀。
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