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

几天前我们收到了一只双冠獾。

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

大通常在下午晚些时候动身，并准备好捕鱼用的鸬鹚。

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

漓江是中国最清澈的河流之一，是捕鱼者和他们训练有素的鸬鹚最爱的捕鱼点。

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捕获的鱼的数目，至少能记住七条。

A stock image of China is a fisherman and his cormorant on a placid lake. The reality is different.

人们脑海中的中国印象是平静湖面上的和他的鸬鹚。现实却大相径庭。

These days, competition for modern fishing techniques, means the Huangs can't make a living from traditional cormorant fishing alone.

而如今，现代捕鱼技术的激烈竞争意味着使黄老汉已不能仅靠鸬鹚捕鱼这一传统的手段谋生了。

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

鸬鹚捕鱼曾经惯用于中国东南部的很地方，而且在该地区有许。

From the time it first hatched, each of these cormorants has been reared to a life of obedience to its master.

从出生的那一刻起，每一个鸬鹚就开始被训练成为忠仆。

The cormorants bring the fish back to the boat. The fish are then taken and thrown into a big basket by Damin.

鸬鹚把鱼带回到船上。鱼被取出来，扔进大的一个大筐里。

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

但在十九世纪中叶，一种被称为冠鸬鹚的鸟则被公认为是世界上最具价值的动物！

A few decades later, Peru started protecting the remaining cormorants — it's one of the first examples of a government stepping in to protect a natural resource.

又过了数十年，秘鲁开始保护剩余的冠鸬鹚——这是政府涉足保护自然资源的先例之一。

But while the guano boom was great for agriculture, it was bad news for the guanay cormorant and other seabirds that called the islands home.

虽然鸟粪为农业生产带来了巨大的收益，但对于居住在这些岛屿上的冠鸬鹚及其它海鸟来说，这却是一个坏消息。

He flew across the beach in his usual untidy, lopsided fashion, shrieking a few insults along the way at any cormorants that looked smaller than him.

他像往常一样凌乱、不平衡地飞过海滩，沿途对任何看起来比他小的獾尖叫了几声。