論保暖的重要性 天鵝凍住嘴險餓死

Rescuers were forced to save a swan after ice formed around its beak when it fell asleep in a Chinese river where temperatures fell as low as minus eight.
在中國，一隻天鵝在零下八度的氣溫下在河裏睡着了，結果它的喙上結了一層冰，人們不得不對其進行救助。

Stunned locals snapped the bizarre sight after spotting the bird swimming around in the water with ducks in the city of Korla in north western China's Xinjiang province.
在中國西北部的新疆庫爾勒市 ，當地人發現這隻嘴被凍住的天鵝和一羣鴨子一起游水，人們驚訝的目瞪口呆，拍下了這幅詭異的景象。

Yong Hsieh who went to feed the ducks with his wife spotted the swan after throwing bread in the water and realising it couldn't open its beak.
勇謝和他的妻子去給河裏的鴨子餵食的時候發現了這隻天鵝，他們把麪包渣投入水中，天鵝卻沒有來吃，他們這才意識到它的喙被凍住了。

Worried that the bird would starve to death, Mr Yong called city officials who sent in a team from the Swan Guard.
勇先生擔心這隻天鵝會餓死，就給市管理當局去了一個電話，管理當局派來了一隻天鵝監管隊。

The Swan Guard are responsible for the feeding of hundreds of swans, which migrate to the Kongque River in Korla every winter from the Bayanbulak region, 250 miles away.
這隻天鵝監管隊的職責就是餵養這數百隻天鵝，這些天鵝每年冬天都會從250公里之外的巴音布魯克地區遷徙到庫爾勒的孔雀河。

Swan Guard Sheng Liang added: 'I have been caring for swans for years and I admit that this is the first time I have every come across anything like this.
天鵝監管隊的成員盛良補充說：“我看管這些天鵝已經有幾年了，不過我承認，這還是我第一次遇到這種情況。”

'We think it must have happened when she fell asleep with a wet beak.'
“我們覺得事情的起因可能是，它睡着的時候喙上沾了水。”

'We managed to lure her towards us with some food and then took her to our swan house where we care for injured or sick there, we put her in a warm room and waited for the ice to melt.'
“我們用食物設法把它引誘到了我們身邊，然後把它帶到了我們的天鵝監管室裏。一到那裏，我們就把它放進了暖房，等着它喙上的冰自然融化掉。”

'Its lucky that we were informed because in these temperatures it's very unlikely that the ice would have melted if she had stayed she could open her beak again we gave her a special treat of fish before taking her back to the river.'
“幸運的是有人向我們報告了此事，因爲在這樣的氣溫下，如果它一直呆在室外，喙上的冰是不可能融化的。當它能張開喙的時候，我們餵了它許多魚、讓它美餐一頓，然後把它放回到河裏去了。”

Temperatures have fallen so low in northern China lately even the sea has frozen, in some places up to 20 miles out from the shore.
在中國的北方地區，氣溫已經低到不可思議的地步，以至於連海水都結冰了，有的地方，結冰的海域遠及離岸二十公里的地區。