美机场造世界首个宠物航站楼

 　　Jet-setting stallions and high-flying hounds at New York’s Kennedy airport can look forward to a new luxury terminal that will handle the more than 70,000 animals flying in and out every year.

　　纽约肯尼迪机场（Kennedy airport ）里搭乘飞机的种马和猎犬可以期待搬入一座全新的豪华航站楼了，这一航站楼每年可接待7万多只动物“飞”进“飞”出。
　　The ARK at JFK, its name inspired by Noah’s biblical vessel 1, will more than measure up to terminals for humans: horses and cows will occupy sleek 2, climate-controlled stalls with showers, and dogs will lounge in hotel suites 3 featuring flat-screen TVs. A special space for penguins 4 will allow them mating privacy.
　　肯尼迪机场的这座动物航站楼名为“方舟”，灵感来自《圣经》中诺亚（Noah）所造的船，规格远超普通航站楼标准：马厩和牛棚十分豪华，气候可控，还可以淋浴；狗狗则居住在配有平板电视（flat-screen TV）的酒店套间里；对于企鹅，还设有特殊空间保障它们亲密接触的隐私。
　　The ARK is billed as the world’s first air terminal for animals.
　　“方舟”号称是世界上第一个动物航站楼。
　　Set to open next year, the $48m, 178,000-square-foot (16,500-square-meter) shelter and quarantine facility will take in every kind of animal imaginable — even an occasional sloth 5 or aardvark. From The ARK, they’ll head to barns, cages, racetracks, shows and competition venues 6 in the United States and abroad.
　　“方舟”造价4800万美元，占地17.8万平方英尺（16500平方米），预计2016年对外开放。这座集栖息处和检疫为一体的设施可容纳你能想象得到的任何动物，即便是偶尔来只树懒或非洲食蚁兽也毫无问题。它们将从“方舟”启程前往美国及海外的畜棚、兽笼、赛马场、展览以及比赛场馆。
　　美机场造世界首个宠物航站楼
　　Many arriving animals are quarantined for a period of time (for horses, it’s normally about three days) to make sure they’re not carrying contagious 7 diseases. And The ARK is designed to make their stay as pleasant as possible, with hay-lined stalls for up to 70 horses and 180 head of cattle, plus an aviary 8 and holding pens for goats, pigs and sheep.
　　很多来到这里的动物需进行一段时间的隔离，以确保它们不携带任何传染性疾病，马匹的隔离期约为三天。“方舟”的设计使动物们尽可能舒适地居住。舍棚中的干草可供应70匹马和180只牛。另外还有大型鸟舍以及猪圈和羊圈。
　　For dog owners, The ARK will offer a 20,000-sqf (1,860-sqm) luxury “resort” run by the company Paradise 4 Paws, complete with bone-shaped splashing pools, massage 9 therapy and “pawdicures with colored nail pawlish.” Dogs can watch flat-screen TVs and their owners can check in on them via webcam.
　　“方舟”会给宠物犬提供由Paradise 4 Paws公司运作的占地20000平方英尺（1860平方米）的奢华“度假胜地”，这里有骨头形状的戏水池，按摩以及“美爪修爪”的服务。狗狗们可以在这里看平板电视，它们的主人则可以通过网络摄像头查看它们的情况。
　　Cats will have their own trees to climb. And all animals will have access to a 24-hour clinic run by Cornell University’s veterinary college.
　　猫咪们则有供攀爬的树。所有的动物都可以在康奈尔大学（Cornell University）兽医学院管理的24小时无休诊所接受治疗。
　　Even animals that don’t need to be quarantined — a huge dog that can’t fit in the cabin and has to travel as cargo 11, for example — will be held at thefacility until departure or pickup 12 by its owner.
　　即便是无需隔离的动物，比如说一只无法装入客舱、需要放在货舱内的大型犬，也可以在动身或主人领取前待在“方舟”航站楼里。
　　“A lot of our design making is in collaboration 13 with veterinarians and consultants 14 to help minimize the amount of stress placed on the animal,” said Cliff Bollmann, a leading airport architect working on The ARK for the San Francisco-based architecture firm Gensler.
　　“方舟”的主设计师克里夫·伯尔曼（Cliff Bollmann）说：“我们的很多设计是与兽医和顾问合作完成的，目的是将动物承受的压力降到最低。”克里夫·伯尔曼是总部位于圣弗朗西斯科的晋思建筑（Gensler）的机场设计师。
　　When completed, the facility is subject to approval by the US Department of Agriculture. Animals will be charged fees — still being determined 15 depending on services — that will help fund the terminal. High-end dog “suites” could top $100 per night.
　　“方舟”建成后需通过美国农业部批准。动物们会被收取相应费用，费用将根据服务来收取，具体金额尚未确定。这些资金将用来帮助航站楼运营。高端的狗狗“套房”收费可能超过每晚100美元。
　　Transporting animals by air is not aimed at low-income owners. A flight to London for a dog can cost about $1,000, plus a crate 16, airport fees and vet 10 certifications. And moving a horse can add up to at least $10,000.
　　动物空运并不面向低收入宠物主人。一只宠物犬“飞”到伦敦需要花费约1000美元，外加一个货箱，机场费以及兽医许可。而空运一只马前前后后则至少需要10000美元。
　　Vocabulary
　　stallion：种马
　　stall：(马厩或牛棚里圈养一个动物的)小隔间
　　sloth：树懒
　　aardvark：非洲食蚁兽
　　aviary：大型鸟舍