出生于美国的大熊猫云子在中国开始新的生活

Eats shoots and leaves: US-bornpanda Yun Zi starts new life in China

吃竹笋和竹叶：美国出生的大熊猫云子在中国开始新的生活

A U.S.-born pandareturns to Chinaas part of an effort to save the endangered species. NBC News' Ian Williamsreports.

作为拯救这一濒危物种所做的部分努力，一只在美国出生的大熊猫回到了中国。NBC新闻Ian Williams报道。

CHENGDU, China -- Yun Zi was nervously exploringhis new Chinese home Sunday, pacing back and forth and peeping over the top ofgrass verge at the curious staff who'll now be looking after was a little jet-lagged, perhaps, after twodays travel half way around the world from his birthplace in Southern four-and-a-half-year-old giant panda wasborn in San Diego Zoo, where he's been something of a star. But unlike withpeople, pandas born in Americadon't have the right to only are all adult pandas in American zoosowned by Chinaand leased at a hefty fee, but any cubs have to be returned.

中国，成都。星期日，云子正在紧张地探索着他在中国的新家，前后踱来踱去，并越过草丛偷窥它那好奇的新饲养员。它可能有点不适用时差，因为它刚刚经历了两天的旅行，跨越半个世界从出生地南加州来到这里。这只四岁半的大熊猫出生在圣地亚哥动物园。在那里它可是个明星。然而和人不同，出生在美国的熊猫没有权利留在美国。不仅仅所有美国动物园的成年熊猫都属于中国且要付巨额租金，就连熊猫宝宝也要归还中国。

First point of call for Yun Zi (which means"Son of Cloud") was a new Giant Panda Conservation and Disease ControlCenter in Dujiangyan, near Chengdu, the capital of China'sSichuanprovince. He'll be quarantined here for a month."It can take quite a long time toadapt," says Wei Rongping, the center's director. From the food to thecooler temperature to the keepers -- its all different. Even the language."How would Americans pronounce hisname?" asked Yang Haidi, who'll be looking after him on a day-to-daybasis, and was trying, without much success, to get Yun Zi's attention.

云子（意为“白云的儿子”）的第一站是一座新的大熊猫研究与疾控中心，位于都江堰，靠近中国四川省省会成都。他将接受为期一个月的隔离检疫。“适应期可能会很长。”中心主任魏荣平（音译）说。从食物到较低的气温到饲养员—一切都是不同的。就连语言也不一样。“美国人会怎么念它的名字呢？”即将每天照顾它的杨海迪（音译）问道。他试着引起云子的注意，但效果不佳。

Yun Zi walksnervously around the perimeter of his new compound in Chengdu, China,on Sunday.

云子紧张地在新家的墙边走来走去，中国成都，星期天。

Four U.S. zoos lease pandas, which arecritically endangered, and very popular new Dujiangyan center will soon be home to30 pandas -- mostly sick or injured and in need of rehab. There are also someyoungsters between six months and one and a half years, as they are mostvulnerable to of Yun Zi's neighbors is 28-year-old QianQian, who was found in the wild with two broken a used to give pandas as gifts. Since the mid-1980s they are only allowedto be leased, though the granting of leases frequently mirrors China'sdiplomatic y are currently out on rent, and rentalshave been estimated at $1 million per panda per year. A cub incurs an extracost, and can be recalled at any time once they turn can seem like an exercise in soft power(everybody seems gaga about pandas) and hard cash, though China insistsits all about about 1,600 pandas are believed to be inleft in the wild in Yun Zi isn't the only giant panda to arrivein Chengdu inrecent days with a certain American pedigree.

共有四家美国动物园租借了濒危但很受欢迎的熊猫。都江堰的新中心将会成为30只熊猫的家—它们大多是生病或受伤，需要康复的大熊猫。这里还有一些年龄约为6个月至一岁半的幼年大熊猫，因为它们最易受到疾病侵袭。28岁的倩倩是云子的邻居之一，她在野外被发现时两条腿已经断了。中国曾经将熊猫作为礼物赠送。自19时机80年代中期以来，熊猫只能被租借。大熊猫的租借许可常常反映了中国的外交利益。现在约有四十只熊猫被租借，每只熊猫每年的租金达到100万美元。一只幼崽需要额外的花费，而且一旦超过三岁就可能被随时召回。这看起来就像用来提升软实力（似乎每个人都对熊猫痴迷不已）和创汇，虽然中国坚称一切都是为了保护大熊猫。据信中国的野生大熊猫只剩下约1600只。而且云子不是最近唯一一个抵达成都的、拥有一定美国背景的大熊猫。

Denver-basedartist Lawrence Argent's work "I am here" weighs 13 tons.

丹佛的艺术家LawrenceArgent的作品“我在这儿”重达13吨

A massive art work of a climbing panda, 50 feettall and weighing 13 tons, now clings to the side of Chengdu's newInternational Finance Square, a massive office, retail and hotel complex, thatopens this ’s the creation of Denver-based artistLawrence Argent, whose previous works include a giant blue bear looking into aDenver convention center, and a giant red leaping rabbit at Sacramento Airport."I think it can ignite something,"said Argent, who is in Chengduthis week. "Art can be a vehicle to raise awareness and make peopleconscious of the plight of the Panda and the need to protect them."His artwork, called "I am here," ismade of stainless steel and is part of a charity project to raise funds forpanda e who'll miss Yun Zi will soon be able tomonitor his progress online, as the research cameras in Dujiangyan will soon beaccessible via the Internet, and if all goes well this youngster from San Diegowill soon join China's panda breeding program.

一只巨大的爬行着的熊猫艺术品，高50英尺，重13吨，附着在新落成的成都国际金融广场—一座聚集了写字楼、零售点和酒店的大型综合设施上。它来自丹佛艺术家Lawrence Argent，他之前的作品还包括一只窥探丹佛会议中心的巨大蓝熊，以及位于萨克拉门托机场的一只巨大的蹦跳的红兔子。“我觉得它可以激起某种情感，”Argent说，他这周正在成都。“艺术可以作为一种唤醒意识的媒介，让人们认识到熊猫的处境以及保护它们的必要性。”想念云子的人马上就能透过显示器在线观看他的日常生活了，因为都江堰的研究摄像机马上就会和互联网接通，如果一切顺利这只幼年大熊猫将会很快加入中国的大熊猫繁育工程。