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Catia与蜂鸟的相互温暖与治愈
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Catia Lattouf de Arida has been using her apartment in Mexico City as a hospital and shelter for injured and abandoned hummingbirds for the last 11 years.
过去11年来,Catia Lattouf de Arida 把她在墨西哥城的公寓用作伤病和被遗弃蜂鸟的医院及庇护所。
Hummingbirds are a very important part of Mexico's ecosystem, but because of the ever-expanding urban landscape, they face all sorts of serious threats. That's where 73-year-old Catia comes in.
蜂鸟是墨西哥生态系统非常重要的一部分,但由于不断扩张的城市景观,蜂鸟面临着各种严重的威胁。这正是73岁的Catia所着手/介入的地方。
As a self-taught hummingbird caretaker, she devotes most of her free time and resources to nursing the tiny birds back to health. She has been doing it for over a decade and her home in Mexico City has become known as a hummingbird hospital.
作为一名自学成才的蜂鸟护理者,她将大部分空闲时间和资源用于照料这些小鸟的康复。她这样做已经超过十年了,她在墨西哥城的家已经成为了远近闻名的蜂鸟医院。
Catia's story as a hummingbird nurse began in 2011, at a very difficult moment in her life. She had lost her husband two years prior and she herself was battling cancer.
Catia护理蜂鸟的故事始于2011年,那是她生活中一个非常艰难的时刻。她在两年前失去了丈夫,而她自己也在与癌症作斗争。
She was walking on the street one day when she noticed a hummingbird that had suffered a serious eye injury. The kindhearted woman took it home, but she knew nothing about taking care of a bird, let alone such a tiny one.
一天,她在街上走着,发现一只眼睛受伤的蜂鸟。她把蜂鸟带回家,但她对如何照顾鸟类一无所知,更不用说这样一只小小鸟了。
However, a veterinarian friend encouraged her to look after the hummingbird, and that led to a life devoted to rescuing hundreds of tiny birds.
然而,一个兽医朋友不断鼓励她去照顾这只蜂鸟,最终导致了她投身于拯救数百只小鸟。
"It wrote me a new life,” Catia recently said about Gucci, the first hummingbird she ever cared for.
“它谱写了我生命中新的一段篇章,” Catia 最近谈到她所照料的第一只蜂鸟Gucci时说道。
Catia managed to nurse Gucci back to health, but she claims it was the tiny bird that saved her.
Catia设法让Gucci恢复健康,但她却说是这只小鸟拯救了她。
She had sold her five high-end boutiques in the city to focus on her battle with cancer and had fallen into a depression, but the hummingbird managed to pull her out of th