Thai Elephant Gets Artificial Leg
泰国大象获得人工义肢
Christine Hong, David Lee
【新闻关键字】
1. finishing touch: n. 最后一笔
2. prosthetic: n. 义肢
3. limb: n. 肢
4. landmine: n. 地雷
Thai doctors add the finishing touches to a new front left prosthetic elephant leg on Sunday, 10 years after she lost her limb by stepping onto a landmine.
在大象穆塔拉因误踩地雷而失去左前腿的10年后，泰国象医们在周日完成最后的程序，把一支新的左前义肢装在大象穆塔拉身上。
【新闻关键字】
5. logging camp: n. 伐木营
6. measurements: n. 测量
7. ensure: v. 确保
8. artificial limb: v. 人工义肢
It has been 10 years since Motala lost her leg while working at a logging camp on the Thai-Burmese border. She is now able to walk on all-fours again, thanks to the Prosthesis Foundation¡¦s efforts to create a limb just for her.
自从穆塔拉在泰缅边界的伐木营工作时失去左腿，已经有10年了。由于义肢基金会的努力，他们为穆塔拉订作了一支腿，现在的穆塔拉能再度用四条腿走路了。
Hundreds of elephants employed in the logging industry along the Thai-Burmese border risk injury from landmines… laid out by Burmese troops fighting ethnic rebels.
沿着泰缅边界，有数百只大象冒着因地雷受伤的风险，替伐木业工作，那里的地雷是缅甸军所设下用来对付叛军的。
Doctors at the Friends of the Asian Elephant’s Hospital in Lampang Province have cared for Motala since she was injured in 1999. They spent an entire day creating the pattern and making measurements to ensure the limb would fit perfectly.
位在泰国南邦省的亚洲大象医院的医生们，自从穆塔拉于1999年受伤后便一直照料她。他们花了整整一天制作象肢模型和丈量，以确保这条义肢能完全适合。
It took the elephant around ten minutes to take her first step, and when that was done, it took an hour to complete a 100 foot track.
穆塔拉花了约十多分钟踩出它的第一步，而花了一个小时走完100步。
[Therdchai Jivacate, Prostheses Foundation Doctor]:
“Motala is an adult elephant. The joint between her leg and artificial limb might get bigger or reduce when she gains or loses weight, so we might need to adjust the prosthesis again."
义肢基金会医生Therdchai Jivacate说：“穆塔拉是一只成年母象。在她的腿与人工义肢之间的接合点，会随着她的体重增减而变大或减小，因此我们可能需再次调整她的义肢。”
Doctors say it might take time for Motala to get used to the prosthesis, but they are encouraged by how she did not reject it
医生们说，穆塔拉可能需要花些时间来习惯这条义肢，但她不拒绝这条义肢，已让医生们受到很大的鼓舞。
本则影音新闻出处：新唐人电视台英语新闻
http://english.ntdtv.com/ntdtv_en/ns_offbeat/2009-08-17/854281918858.html
