A family is facing a ban from every zoo in the country - after their children “harassed” a cockerel to death.
因孩子“騷擾”小公雞致死，一家人正面臨英國(guó)每所動(dòng)物園的禁令。

The children’s parents watched on laughing as they chased treasure Jake the cockerel around Tropical Wings Zoo in Essex.
這家人的孩子們?cè)谟?guó)埃塞克斯郡（Essex）的熱帶羽翼動(dòng)物園（Tropical Wings Zoo）追趕小公雞寶貝杰克（Jake），而他們的父母卻大笑著旁觀。

Eyewitnesses said the terrified bird ran into a tree and collapsed dead in front of other horrified families.
目擊者說(shuō)，受到驚嚇的小公雞撞到了一棵樹(shù)上，就這么在其他震驚的家庭面前死掉了。

Zoo bosses watched the drama unfold on CCTV and raced to the scene, but the family had fled.
動(dòng)物園管理人員在閉路電視上看到了這一幕，然后立即奔赴現(xiàn)場(chǎng)，但是這家人已經(jīng)逃走了。

Other visitors handed over photographs of the parents and they are being circulated to zoos across the UK.
其他游客提供了這家父母的照片，全英國(guó)的動(dòng)物園正在傳閱這些照片。

Manager Jay Wood said: “Some kids were behaving incredibly badly and harassed the cockerel so much that he ran into hiding.
管理員杰伊?伍德（Jay Wood）說(shuō)：“有些小孩的行為極其糟糕。不斷地騷擾小公雞以致小公雞到處躲藏。”

“Sadly while doing that, he ran into a tree and unfortunately passed away.
“可是就在小公雞躲藏的時(shí)候，它撞到了樹(shù)上，很不幸就這么死了?！?/p>

“It’s very upsetting to see and hear about such behaviour in our zoo.
“耳聽(tīng)眼見(jiàn)這些行為發(fā)生在我們動(dòng)物園，真是很讓人不爽?！?/p>

“We don’t tolerate that behaviour to our animals, staff or other guests. It’s sad to think that anybody thinks its okay to come into our zoo and generally behave that way.
“我們不能容忍這樣的行為發(fā)生在我們的動(dòng)物、員工或其他顧客身上。如果每個(gè)人進(jìn)了我們的動(dòng)物園都認(rèn)為這種行為無(wú)所謂，都這樣做，想想就讓人難過(guò)?！?/p>

“The children’s behaviour is one thing, but the parent’s behaviour is another. It’s just very upsetting.”
“孩子們的行為是一回事，但家長(zhǎng)們的行為又是另一回事?？傊?，這件事非常讓人不爽?！?/p>

Vocabulary

cockerel：小公雞

CCTV：閉路電視（closed-circuit television）

英文來(lái)源：鏡報(bào)

譯者：王琳BISTU

審校&編輯：劉明