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The people of Churchill love the polar bears.
丘吉尔镇的居民喜欢北极熊。
They feel honoured to have the bears come through their town.
北极熊从他们的小镇通过，他们感到很荣幸。
And the polar bears help the people of Churchill.
北极熊也帮助了丘吉尔镇的居民。
When visitors come, the town's people can make money.
当游客来的时候，镇上的人们可以赚钱。
That's right. The visitors pay money to eat, sleep, and spend time in the town.
没错。游客在镇上花钱吃饭、睡觉和游玩。
And they pay money to take vehicles out onto the ice.
他们花钱在冰上乘车游览。
When they are on the ice, polar bears will come to say hello.
当他们在冰上时，北极熊会过来和他们打招呼。
They smell the vehicles and look at the people.
北极熊会用鼻子闻闻汽车并看着人们。
Guides make sure that both the people and the polar bears remain safe.
导游确保游客和北极熊的安全。
But, rising temperatures are starting to threaten the lives of the polar bears.
但是，不断上升的气温开始威胁到北极熊的生活。
Because of warmer temperatures, the water is frozen for a shorter amount of time each year.
由于气温升高，每年的冰期缩短了。
The polar bears must spend more time on land.
北极熊必须在陆地上待更多的时间。
They do not have as much time to hunt in the winter.
它们在冬天就没有那么多时间去捕猎了。
Some polar bears try to remain on melting ice.
一些北极熊试图留在正在融化的冰层上。
When the ice melts they are too far away from land. And they drown.
当冰层融化时，它们离陆地就太远了。然后它们就淹死了。
Other polar bears are starting to trouble the people of Churchill.
还有一些北极熊开始给丘吉尔的居民带来麻烦。
The bears are hungry. So, they go into the town looking for food.
北极熊饿了。于是，它们去镇里寻找食物。
Sometimes the bears act aggressively. They attack.
有时北极熊会有攻击性行为。它们会攻击。
The People of Churchill are worried.
丘吉尔镇的居民很担心。
"You know, the earth is warming. And so there are some dangers in climate change...The bears, for instance, how will they survive...?"
“你知道，地球气候正在变暖。因此，气候变化会带来一些危险……例如，北极熊将如何活下去……”
"I am worried. Because the bears are the lives of a lot of people in this town."
“我很担心。因为这个镇上很多人的生活都依赖北极熊。”
"We love this place. We learn to live with what is happening.
“我们爱这个地方。我们要学会接受正在发生的一切。
Except for this warm weather!
除了这温暖的天气！
We just do not understand what the heck is going on!
我们只是不明白到底发生了什么事！
And really I believe it is the big cities down south causing the warmer weather."
我认为其实是南方的大城市使得气候变得越来越暖。”
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