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印度的蛇雨--大雨过后,蛇鼠横行(2)

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"Rock pythons are rarely found in cities," says Santosh Shinde of Spreading Awareness on Reptiles & Rehabilitation Programme (or SARRP, Sanskrit for snake), the outfit that rescued the reptile in the rickshaw.
“城市里很少见到岩蟒，”桑托什·欣德说，他所在的“传播爬行动物意识和康复项目”(SARRP，梵语中“蛇”的意思)就是在三轮车里救下这条岩蟒的机构。

Nonetheless, he says, "Last year we found 25 pythons in one month."
尽管如此，他说，“去年我们一个月里发现了25条蟒蛇。”

As for venomous snakes, it would be easier to list the parts of Mumbai they are not found.
至于毒蛇，列出孟买没有毒蛇的地方会更容易。

SARRP rescued 130 reptiles in June, when the monsoon starts, up 14% from last year.
今年6月季风开始时，SARRP救援了130只爬行动物，比去年增加了14%。

"In the summer we get a lot of snakes that are dehydrated and in the monsoon displacement is very common," says Madhurita Gupta of the Snake Conservation Trust, another serpent-saving society.
“夏天我们会碰到很多脱水的蛇，在季风中迁徙的蛇是很常见的。”来自另一个蛇保护组织“蛇保护信托”的马胡瑞塔·古普塔说。

"But this year it has become too much." She attributes the increasing number of snake-sightings to three factors:
“但今年的蛇太多了。”她将越来越多的蛇目击事件归因于三个因素：

extreme rainfall driven by climate change, development encroaching on Mumbai's forests and the piles of festering garbage that blight the city.
气候变化导致的极端降雨，孟买的森林不断受到侵蚀，以及摧残着这个城市的成堆的垃圾。

When people see a snake, they "immediately go to pray or throw (an auspicious) red cloth", says Dr Gupta. Or they "try to kill or attack it, and then they get bitten".
古普塔博士说，当人们看到蛇时，他们会“立即祈祷或投掷(吉祥的)红布”，或者“尝试杀死或攻击蛇，然后他们就会被咬”。

Her staff are trying to teach the public to distinguish venomous snakes from others.
她的工作人员正试图教公众区分毒蛇和其他种类的蛇。

So is Mr Shinde, who argues that, just as people know the difference between a Doberman and a Pomeranian, they should be able to tell a harmless rat snake from the deadly "big four": cobras, kraits and two types of viper.
欣德也是如此，他认为，就像人们知道杜宾和博美的区别一样，他们应该能够区分无害的鼠蛇和致命的“四大”蛇：眼镜蛇、金环蛇和两种蝰蛇。

TheWHO reckons 58,000 Indians die every year of snake bites.
据世界卫生组织估计，每年有5.8万印度人死于蛇咬伤。

Official estimates are lower, but still high enough to give India the highest snakebite-mortality rate in the world.
官方估计的数字较低，但仍足以使印度成为世界上毒蛇咬伤死亡率最高的国家。

On August 13th this year, Hindus mark Naag Panchami, a day on which snakes are worshipped.
印度教徒选定8月13日为纳嘉潘查密节，他们会在这一天祭拜蛇神。

The best way to honour the creatures may be to learn a little more about them.
而尊敬这些生物的最好的方式可能就是多了解它们一点。

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1. "Rock pythons are rarely found in cities," says Santosh Shinde of Spreading Awareness on Reptiles & Rehabilitation Programme (or SARRP, Sanskrit for snake), the outfit that rescued the reptile in the rickshaw.

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The Japan Productivity Centre, another research outfit, reckons it could generate 100, 000 jobs.

另一家研究机构日本生产力中心认为，该措施能产生10万个就业岗位B.b16j|N8mZA)。

2. She attributes the increasing number of snake-sightings to three factors:

attribute to 把……归因于

Women tend to attribute their success to external causes such as luck.

女性往往把她们的成功归因于外因，如运气Z=UzL)=y~y5gV。

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tend	[tend]	想一想再看 v. 趋向，易于，照料，护理
nonetheless	[.nʌnðə'les]	想一想再看 adv. 尽管如此(仍然)
conservation	[.kɔnsə:'veiʃən]	想一想再看 n. 保存，防止流失，守恒，保护自然资源	联想记忆 X 单词conservation 联想记忆： con全部，serve（服务，保存）－全部保存－保存
external	[ik'stə:nl]	想一想再看 adj. 外部的，外面的，外来的，表面的 n.
harmless	['hɑ:mlis]	想一想再看 adj. 无害的，无恶意的
distinguish	[dis'tiŋgwiʃ]	想一想再看 vt. 区别，辨认，使显著	联想记忆 X 单词distinguish 联想记忆： dis分开，sting刺－以刺眼的记号明白分开－区分
productivity	[.prɔdʌk'tiviti]	想一想再看 n. 生产率，生产能力	联想记忆 X 单词productivity 联想记忆： product生产+ivity表名词，由-ive+ity组成，“有…能力或特性”→生产力
rehabilitation	[.ri:hə.bili'teiʃən]	想一想再看 n. 复原
awareness	[ə'wɛənis]	想一想再看 n. 认识，意识，了解	联想记忆 X 单词awareness 联想记忆： a+ware注视+ness→意识，知觉
auspicious	[ɔ:'spiʃəs]	想一想再看 adj. 吉兆的，幸运的，有利的	联想记忆 X 单词auspicious 联想记忆： au读：诶哟，spic看－诶哟，快看－一定是好事－吉兆的au诶有，spi＝spider蜘蛛，cious：诶有，蜘蛛，有八只脚，象征着发财－幸运的