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

几天前我们收到了只双冠獾。

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

大民通常下午晚些时候动身，并准备好鱼用的鸬鹚。

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

漓江国最清澈的河流之，鱼者和他们训练有素的鸬鹚最爱的鱼点。

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

但十九世纪叶，种被称为冠鸬鹚的鸟则被公认为世界上最具价值的动物！

In their eyes, cormorants are their closest companions.

他们眼，鸬鹚最亲密的伙伴。

Raising cormorants is not an easy undertaking.

养鸬鹚可不件容易的事。

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

千年前，这里的人们就开始驯养以鱼为生的鸬鹚。

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

其他树尖上，长尾鸬鹚、马达加斯加食蜂鸟和翠鸟栖息着，找食物。

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

鸬鹚也找午餐，但追逐只剌鲀纯属为了好玩。

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获的鱼的数目，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.

德拉努瓦船长驾驶着他的集装箱船驶向沙特乌的船闸，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.

人们脑海的国印象平静湖面上的渔民和他的鸬鹚。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，这个日新月异的时代，渔民与鸬鹚之间的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，现代鱼技术的激烈竞争意味着使黄老汉已不能仅靠鸬鹚鱼这传统的手段谋生了。

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

鸬鹚鱼曾经惯用于国东南部的很多地方，而且该地区有多渔民。

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.

从出生的那刻起，每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的主角，已经观众的注视下就位。

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的需求。