We received a double-crested cormorant a few days ago.

几天前我们收到了一只双冠獾。

Damin usually sets off in the late afternoon and gets the cormorants ready for work.

大民通常在下午晚些时候动身，并准备好捕鱼用鸬鹚。

Li is one of the cleanest rivers in China, a favorite spot for fishermen with their trained cormorants.

漓江是国清澈河流之一，是捕鱼者和他们训练有素鸬鹚捕鱼点。

But in the mid-1800s, a bird called the guanay cormorant was considered the most valuable in the world!

但在十九世纪叶，一种被称为冠鸬鹚鸟则被公认为是世界上具价值动物！

In their eyes, cormorants are their closest companions.

在他们眼，鸬鹚是亲密伙伴。

Raising cormorants is not an easy undertaking.

养鸬鹚可不是一件容易事。

Thousands of years ago, the people here began training cormorant birds to fish for a living.

千年前，这里人们就开始驯养以捕鱼为生鸬鹚。

On the tips of other trees, long-tailed cormorants, Madagascan bee-eaters and kingfishers perched, looking for food.

在其他树尖上，长尾鸬鹚、马达加斯加食蜂鸟和翠鸟，寻找食物。

A cormorant may be looking for lunch, but chasing a porcupine puffer fish is all about fun.

鸬鹚也许在寻找午餐，但追逐一只剌鲀纯属是为了好玩。

It's said the cormorants can keep a tally of the fish they catch, at least up to seven.

据说鸬鹚能够记住它们捕获鱼数目，至少能记住七条。

Captain Delannoy navigates his container ship towards the lock at Chatou, past cormorants and swans, houseboats and parks.

德拉努瓦船长驾驶他集装箱船驶向沙特乌船闸，经过鸬鹚和天鹅、船屋和公园。

A stock image of China is a fisherman and his cormorant on a placid lake. The reality is different.

人们脑海国印象是平静湖面上渔民和他鸬鹚。现实却大相径庭。

Yet, in this ever-changing age, the relationship between fishermen and cormorants are no longer that simple.

然而，在这个日新月异时代，渔民与鸬鹚之间关系已不再那么简单。

And the locals no longer rely on cormorant fishing as a means of a living.

而当地人也不再靠鸬鹚捕鱼为生。

These days, competition for modern fishing techniques, means the Huangs can't make a living from traditional cormorant fishing alone.

而如今，现代捕鱼技术激烈竞争意味使黄老汉已不能仅靠鸬鹚捕鱼这一传统手段谋生了。

Cormorant fishing was once practiced in lots of places in South-East China, and there were many fishermen in the area.

鸬鹚捕鱼曾经惯用于国东南部很多地方，而且在该地区有许多渔民。

But every year, a hundred thousand socotra cormorants gather here to breed.

可每年大约有10万只黑喉鸬鹚在这里繁殖。

From the time it first hatched, each of these cormorants has been reared to a life of obedience to its master.

从出生那一刻起，每一个鸬鹚就开始被训练成为忠仆。

His nine cormorants, the unmissable lead actors of every performance, have taken already their positions under the audience's gaze.

他那九只鸬鹚，作为每场演出不可或缺主角，已经在观众注视下就位。

Cormorants don't need to fly away from threats, so selection has removed the need for big wings and breastbones.

鸬鹚不需要飞离威胁，因此自然选择消除了对大翅膀和胸骨需求。