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Nine-year-old British boy wins European screeching competition 九歲英國(guó)男孩模仿海鷗叫聲得冠軍
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Nine-year-old British boy wins European screeching competition 九歲英國(guó)男孩模仿海鷗叫聲得冠軍
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He's a champion seagull impersonator. As an intrigued crowd of Belgian seagull enthusiasts watch on from outside, the judges give nine-year-old Cooper nearly top marks, which saw him win the junior category in the European Gull Screeching competition.
他是模仿海鷗叫聲的冠軍。在一群來(lái)自比利時(shí)的海鷗迷的注視下，評(píng)委們給九歲的庫(kù)珀打出了近滿分的高分，他以此成績(jī)贏得了歐洲海鷗叫聲模仿比賽青少年組的冠軍。
He's now a seaside sensation, doing the media rounds about his ornithological status on TV and radio.
庫(kù)珀現(xiàn)在在海邊引起了轟動(dòng)，他參加各類電視和廣播節(jié)目，講述他在 “鳥(niǎo)類學(xué)” 領(lǐng)域獲得的榮譽(yù)。
Danny Savage, BBC reporter
"How special does it feel to be a gold medal winner for the UK?"
丹尼·薩維奇???? BBC通訊員
“為英國(guó)贏得一枚金牌，感覺(jué)怎么樣？”
Cooper, Seagull impersonator
"It feels amazing, and it reminds me of the Olympics, and now I'm like, 'Yeah, I brought back gold for England!' "
庫(kù)珀???? 海鷗叫聲模仿者
“感覺(jué)好極了，這讓我想起了奧運(yùn)會(huì)，我現(xiàn)在也可以像奧運(yùn)冠軍一樣說(shuō)：我為英格蘭摘得了金牌！”
Danny Savage, BBC reporter
"When he first developed this talent, what did you think?"
丹尼·薩維奇???? BBC通訊員
“庫(kù)珀的模仿才能初露鋒芒時(shí)，你是怎么想的？”
Lauren Wallace, Mother
"Great, another noise. He's not the quietest child. So, it started off as a bit of an another annoying sound from Cooper, and we kept encouraging him to stop. Then once we heard about the competition, it was encouraging him to practise, much to the neighbours' annoyance. Sorry, neighbours."
勞倫·華萊士???? 庫(kù)珀的母親
“當(dāng)時(shí)我想：好么，他又發(fā)出了一種怪聲！他是個(gè)活潑好動(dòng)的孩子。一開(kāi)始，我們尋思庫(kù)珀又出怪聲了，所以一直勸他消停點(diǎn)。但在聽(tīng)說(shuō)有這個(gè)海鷗叫聲模仿比賽后，我們就開(kāi)始鼓勵(lì)他多加練習(xí)，干擾了街坊四鄰。對(duì)不起，鄰居們?！?/p>
There is a serious point to the competition – to put seagulls in a more positive light. They can be seen as annoying scavengers.
這場(chǎng)看似輕松詼諧的比賽背后其實(shí)有一個(gè)嚴(yán)肅的意義，那就是消除人類對(duì)海鷗的偏見(jiàn)。有些人認(rèn)為海鷗是一種討厭的食腐動(dòng)物。
But we all like to see a gold medal winning Brit. Add to the list – the boy from landlocked Chesterfield who can perfectly mimic a seabird.
但英國(guó)人都希望看到同胞奪金。金牌榜上再添新成員 —— 來(lái)自內(nèi)陸城鎮(zhèn)切斯特菲爾德的男孩庫(kù)珀，他能惟妙惟肖地模仿海鳥(niǎo)的叫聲。
