RSPCA: 200 years of helping animals | BBC Newsround

You've probably heard of the RSPCA. If an animal is in need then they try to help however they can. I'm here at the RSPCA Newbrook Farm to find out a bit more about the history of the RSPCA and all the important work it does. I sat down with Boris. He is an RSPCA inspector and also a bit of an expert on the history of the organisation.
你可能听说过皇家防止虐待动物协会。如果动物需要帮助，他们会尽自己所能去帮助。我来到皇家防止虐待动物协会纽布鲁克农场，来了解更多关于皇家防止虐待动物协会的历史和它所做的重要工作。我和鲍里斯坐了下来。他是皇家防止虐待动物协会的检查员，也是该组织历史方面的专家。

It's been 200 years since the start of the RSPCA. How did it get started? --Well, we're very fortunate that we're the oldest animal welfare charity in the world. And we started back in 1824. We actually even predated the Metropolitan Police, which was only created five years later. So that's why the Brethren Broom paid for this inspector. He was called Charles Wheeler. To go out to the markets and the slaughterhouses and prosecute anyone who was being cruel to their animals.
皇家防止虐待动物协会成立已有200年了。它是如何开始的?——嗯，我们很幸运，我们是世界上历史最悠久的动物福利慈善机构。我们从1824年开始。我们甚至比伦敦警察厅还早，它是在我们成立5年后才成立的。所以兄弟会的布鲁姆才雇了这个检查员。他叫查尔斯·惠勒。去市场和屠宰场起诉那些虐待动物的人。

A lot of the animals that the RSPCA brings to its centres need medical help. (So this is the hospital side of the centre.) Amanda is a veterinary nurse. She works with sick and injured animals in the hospital here at RSPCA Newbrook Farm.
皇家防止虐待动物协会带到中心的许多动物都需要医疗帮助。(这是中心的医院一侧。)阿曼达是一名兽医护士。她在皇家防止虐待动物协会纽布鲁克农场的医院里照顾生病和受伤的动物。

There's lots of cats in here, but it's not just cats you treat, is it? --No, not just cats. We see dogs, rabbits, guinea pigs, small rodents, birds, all sorts, and wildlife as well. --I bet it's really rewarding when they feel better. That's the best thing, is making them better, actually to the point where we can get them to that next stage where they go to a new home, and that's the lovely, rewarding side of the job.
这里有很多猫，但你治疗的不只是猫，对吧?——不，不只是猫。我们看到狗、兔子、豚鼠、小型啮齿动物、鸟类，各种各样的，还有野生动物。——我敢打赌，当他们感觉更好的时候，这真的很值得。这是最好的事情，让他们变得更好，实际上，我们可以让他们进入下一个阶段，他们去一个新的家，这是工作中迷人的，有意义的一面。

The RSPCA cares for and rehomes thousands of animals a year. You might have even got your family pet from the RSPCA. This is Rob. He runs educational sessions with young people.
皇家防止虐待动物协会每年要照顾和安置数千只动物。你甚至可能从皇家防止虐待动物协会那里得到你的家庭宠物。这是罗布。他为年轻人举办教育课程。

We have a role now to inspire young people to recognise the impact that they can have on the animals that we share this world with. And we have Almost a celebrity now in our midst of the Young Photographers Award.
我们现在的职责是激励年轻人认识到他们可以对与我们共同生活在这个世界上的动物产生的影响。我们现在几乎有一位入选了青年摄影奖的名人。

When did you start taking photos? --So I started taking photos when I was six. What I like to do is help people protect and fall in love with nature. I mean I take photos of wildlife, pets, I don't really mind what I take photos of but I just love to inspire people and children in particular to love nature and protect it because it's a very precious thing.
你什么时候开始拍照的?——我六岁的时候就开始拍照了。我喜欢做的是帮助人们保护自然，爱上自然。我拍野生动物和宠物的照片，我并不介意我拍的是什么，我只是喜欢激励人们，尤其是孩子们热爱自然，保护自然，因为这是非常珍贵的东西。

词汇表
RSPCA （英国）皇家防止虐待动物协会 (Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals)
Newbrook Farm 纽布鲁克农场（动物福利中心）
inspector 检查员，督察员
welfare charity 福利慈善机构
predate 在日期上早于（先于）
Metropolitan Police 伦敦警察厅
Brethren 弟兄会
slaughterhouse 屠宰场
prosecute 告发，检举，起诉
veterinary nurse 兽医护士
guinea pig 豚鼠
rodent 啮齿动物（如老鼠等）
rewarding 值得做的，有意义的
rehome 为（狗、猫等宠物）找新家
educational session 教育课程，教育会议
role 职责，功能
in the midst of  在…之中

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