众所周知，新西兰与大陆分离，从而使许多原始的动植物得以在孤立的环境中存活和演化，被称为罕见鸟类的天堂。馆长开篇就为我们介绍了许多新西兰的珍奇鸟类，像是被誉为新西兰标志的奇异鸟；全世界最大的濒临灭绝的鸮鹦鹉；又像是可以进行长时间长距离不间断飞行的斑尾塍鹬......各种具有不同特征的鸟类让人心生喜爱又眼花缭乱，而其中令我印象深刻的是馆长介绍斑尾塍鹬的时候提及到的一番话。这种鸟类现如今也成为了濒危动物，面临着灭绝的可能性。而正因为它成为了近危动物，所以中国政府和新西兰政府现如今也在一起开始携手保护这些濒危动物。
的确，在环保面前，在这些濒危动物动物面前，或是说在生命面前，是没有国界的。当面临共同的难题之时，每一个国家都一样的。为了保护这个世界所共有的美丽，国家和政府都会尽自己的一份力或者是携手一起努力，又何况是我们呢？那些你以为的微小举动，说不定也正是整个国家前进的动力和能源呢。
接下来馆长又用图片等向我们介绍了新西兰的海洋生物。从巨型章鱼到海马又到琵琶鱼，这一系列的图片都展现了海洋生物的多样性。然而正是由于海洋生物的多样性，分类与记录也显得尤为重要。我仍记得馆长当时提及的那个例子，讲述的是一种在1895年左右就再无发现的海雁，然而后来在2003年时，在一个小岛上人们又重新发现了多达一千多只这种海雁。在这一百多年的时间里，为什么人们没有发现它们还任然存在，仍在偷偷的繁衍生息呢？作为人类，一定要知道身边有多少物种，哪些物种，千万不要将那些仍然存在的物种轻易地就归入灭绝物种或是错误归类。记录下身边地生物，记住他们，感受他们，欣赏他们。正如馆长地一句话，“it’s very easy to destroy the things thatare unknown.”,若都不曾注意到地存在，又怎会意识到它地悄然消逝呢？
如今新西兰的政府正在尽其所能保护它们地鸟类资源，他们将一些鸟类栖息地岛屿进行隔离，尽可能的杀死了威胁到他们地老鼠或其他的哺乳动物从而有效保护了许多濒临灭绝地鸟类，同时新西兰政府预计在2050年他们将移除岛屿上地所有哺乳动物。
馆长说，也许许多人会说现在已经晚了，但是我们还是“必须”做，因为我们不能再让更多的罕见动物减少，正是因为晚了，才要越快越好，越及时越好，越尽力越好。其实环保并不是什么遥不可及，很难去做的事情，它就在你触手可及地地方，关键不在于你拿起它以后能有多大的成就，多宏伟地目标，而是在于你有没有这份勇气，有没有这份担当拿起它。“to protect the environment, the first thing we have to do is todiscover the amazing variety of wild animals. each generation must pass it on,this isn’t a temporary project.”环保不只是说说而已，环保也不只是一段时间尝试尝试而已，而是一个发现，探索地同时守护地过程，是一个需要代代传承地过程。
讲座的最后阶段,是馆长与听众间的互动时间,我校教师王永宏,9年级学生左承恩等都积极参与了互动，提出了问题,馆长也给出了详细解释。由于时间有限，许多来不及提问的孩子在讲座结束后，把馆长围了个水泄不通，高涨的热情着实让馆长“受宠若惊”。
地球只有一个，而他的住户---人类，确是一代接一代，生生不息。对地球自然环境的保护，不只是环保人士，科学家，政府部门的职责，每一代人，每一个地球公民都有义务和责任去珍惜，保护我们的家---地球。爱护环境，保护地球，从我做起！
let the birds soarin the “middle-earth”
as the shanghai international environmentalconservation week has come again, all of the students in the internationaldepartment of our school has come to the shanghai museum of natural history onoctober 28th. we attended a lecture given by dale bailey, the curator of thenew zealand national museum. the curator’s lecture involved the endangeredspecies, the environmental pollution, the biodiversity, the ecologicalcivilization and many other sections, and it aimed to promote and spread theconcept of “pursuing harmonious coexistence between human and nature”. althoughmost of the students are not familiar with the english lectures, we have learntmore or less through the simultaneous interpretation. through this lecture, wehave had deeper understanding of ecological system and the awareness ofenvironmental protection.
as we all know, new zealand is separated fromthe mainland. the isolated geographical feature makes it has many unique plantsand animals. there are various creatures in this island nation which dubbedthis country “the paradise of the world”. dale bailey began his speech withintroducing the exotic birds in new zealand, for example, the “kiwi” is knownas the symbol of the new zealand; “kakapo” is the only kind of parrot thatcouldn’t fly; “godwit” could fly for long distance without rest... thesevarious birds with different characteristics appealed to all of the audiences.what actually impressed me was the current situation of godwit. this kind ofbird has now becoming one kind of endangered species and facing the probabilityof extinction.
i also remembered the example the curator hasmentioned-- a story about a kind of petrel that once existed around 1895. laterin 2003, more than a hundred years later, the same kind of petrel was foundonce again in a small island and there were more than one thousand of them. weshould make sure we know all kinds of species around us and try to provide themsuitable environment. we’d better remember them, feel them, appreciate them andrecord them. as dale bailey said, it’s very easy to destroy the thingsthat are unknown.” if you have not even noticed the existence of these species,how will it be possible for us to realize that they have wore off?
after that, the curator showed us somepictures to introduce the marine organisms in new zealand to us, such as thegiant octopus, to the seahorses, and to the different kinds of fishes. thesepictures illustrated us the diversity of marine life. due to the diversity ofmarine life, the classification and recording become crucial.
in order to protect the beauty of the world,the governments will carry their weight or and work together. some small andquiet acts which seem unimportant are actually the powerful force for the wholebusiness. every little deed can make a big difference. when facing theprotection of endangered animals and environment, there is no national boundarybetween countries. now the new zealand government is doing all that they can doto protect these birds. they killed the animals that may threaten the birdslike rats or other mammals and built a conservation area to protect manyendangered birds effectively. at the same time, the new zealand governmentannounced that they are planning to remove all the mammals out of theconservation area by 2050. the new zealand government and the chinesegovernment is now working together to protect these endangered animals.
the last part of the lecture is q&a.katherine zuo from grade 9 and biology-teacher mr. wang asked some questionsand had specific explanations from dale bailey. after the lecture, he wassurrounded by the passionate students who haven’t had the chance to askquestions. this situation made the curator felt flattered.
we have only one earth. the residents, humanbeings live here generation by generation. the responsibility of protecting theenvironment is not only for scientists, environmentalists or governments, butfor each generation, each person.
十一（1）杨嘉伊（文）/ written by yang jiayi
裴怡珺（译）/ translated by pei yijun
十一（1）岡野谷燕(摄)/ photographed by okanoya tsubame
2016-12-19