VOA常速英语:Climate Change Changing Winter Plans For Thousands of Birds

In Israel’s Hula Valley, thousands of cranes are now making the wetlands their temporary winter home rather than continuing their annual voyage to the African plains.The reason, environmental experts blame climate change.Shay Agmon is the avian coordinator of the wetlands park of Agamon Hula where workers are monitoring and feeding the birds.He says increasing drought conditions across Africa are drawing multiple species to the parks cooler, more lush climate.
在以色列的呼啦谷，成千上万的鹤正在把湿地作为他们的临时冬季家园，而不是继续他们每年的非洲之行。究其原因，环境专家把气候变化归咎于气候变化。Shay是艾格蒙呼啦湿地公园的鸟类协调员，该园的工人正在监测和喂食鸟类。他说，非洲各地干旱状况的加剧，使许多物种来到了更凉爽、气候更加适宜的园地。

Every bird species’ trying to get from the Northwest from central and Eastern Europe and Western Asia to Africa had to cross over here and use the stop here just for short stopover to gain weights, to gain food, to gain strengths.Today the deserts are just way longer, way bigger than it used to be.
每一个试图从西北部，从中欧东欧和西亚到从非洲中部迁徙的鸟类都必须在这里飞渡。它们在这里停留，只是短暂的中途停留，为的是能增重、获得食物和重获力气。如今沙漠地带比以前要广了很多。

Zoology professor Yossi Leshem of Tel Aviv University says this change in migration directly impacts farmers.
特拉维夫大学的Yossi Leshem教授说，这种变化在动物迁移中直接对农民造成影响。

This small birds they go into fields in Europe and they eat the insects which are making damage to the agriculture.If they are not there, they have to use more pesticides.You use more pesticide, you pay more money and then we are not only killing the pest, you are killing the people.
这种小鸟会飞到欧洲的田地里，吃掉那些对农业造成破坏的昆虫。如果他们不在那里，他们就必须使用更多的杀虫剂。你用了更多的杀虫剂，你付了更多的钱，然后我们说是杀了害虫，其实就是在杀人。

Shay Agmon says the birds increasingly northern migration means a more crucial role for humans.From now on, almost every aspect of nature conservation would be always in the hands of human beings,will have to deal with it all the time, will be in charge of the health and wellness of every species around us.Agmon says since the 1950s, the number of birds that have preferred to stay in Israel until late March has risen substantially.
Shay Agmon说，鸟越北迁移意味着人类将扮演一个更重要的角色。从现在起，自然保护的每一个方面都将永远掌握在人类手中，人们将不得不花时间处理，并将对我们周围每一个物种的生命健康负责。Agmon说，自上世纪50年代，那些选择留在以色列直到3月下旬的鸟的数量大幅上升。

Robert Raffaele, VOA News.
Robert Raffaele，美国之音新闻。