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Some of the tallest trees in the world are under threat from poachers. Parts of the redwood forest park have been closed off after a 400-year old tree was cut down. More and bigger burls are being taken near former logging towns where the economy has collapsed 1.

世界上一些最高的树木因偷猎者的砍伐而受到威胁。前一段时间，一棵400年历史的古树被砍倒，红杉树森林公园因此部分关闭。以前以伐木为生的小镇附近有更多大的树瘤正在被偷取，这些小镇的经济已经崩溃。

They are the tallest trees on the planet. Some are 2000 years old. We've come looking for stolen burls. When cut into slabs 2 and then polished up, they can produce a very seriking piece of wood. And that's how these things are cut off. So by removing a burl, you are taking away that tree's ability to repopulate, to regenerate 3.

他们是全球最高的树木。其中一些已经有两千年的历史。我们来这里寻找被偷砍的树瘤。树瘤被裁成平板，经过打磨，就能成为上佳的木料。这就是树瘤砍伐的过程。没了树瘤，这棵树就失去了再生的能力。

People cutting down trees for burl, yeah, that's stupid.

人们为获取树瘤砍倒树木，这是愚蠢的行为。

People are out to strive. And if there is a burl on a tree, and they don't care whose property it's on, they are gonna get it themselves.

人们要生存。如果树上有树瘤，他们也不管树的主人是谁，就动手砍伐。

In front of me is one of the biggest burls to be recovered by the national park service. It's a spherical 4 block. It was taken from a 400-year old tree which was cut down by the poachers in order to get access to it. While the theft of burls has been going on for years, recently they become more frequently and more brazen 5.

我面前是国家公园管理局要修复的最大树瘤之一。该树瘤呈球体，是从偷猎者砍伐的一棵400年古树上摘取的。树瘤偷窃行为多年来都有，然而最近却变得更加频繁和猖狂。

Well, this is the tree where that burl came from. And we are looking now at the burl cut from that burl that we saw just a few minutes ago.

这就是长树瘤的那棵树。我们现在观察刚才看到的树瘤的切口。

The end of logging hit the town hard, but there is a bigger picture.

砍伐禁止令对城镇来说是个不小的打击，但是我们必须得考虑大局。

There were two million acres of redwood forest. In the last 150 years, more that 95% of that original primeval redwood forest has been logged. And that's why parks are here to protect that original forest.

曾经这里有两百万英亩的红杉林。150年来，原始红杉林中95%的树木被砍倒，所以这里成立了保护原始森林的公园。

Well, I mean, we got to preserve some, of course. But the problem of international park is they don't know how to coincide with locals. That's always been a problem with the international park. It's not just here.

我们确实保护了一些树木。但国际公园的问题在于，他们不懂得因地制宜。这不是个例，而是国际公园普遍存在的问题。

Vitiligo is a medical condition that causes the loss of skin color in blotches 6. It can dramatically alter a person's appearance. But Chantelle Brown-Young who's lost the pigment 7 around her nose, mouth, chin as well as other parts of her body sees it no obstacle to her bid to win US television show America's Next Top Model.

白癜风是一种皮肤色素脱失病，导致身体部位出现白斑，能够极大改变一个人的容貌。尚特勒布朗杨也是白癜风患者中的一员，她的鼻、口和下巴以及身体其他一些部位都没有色素。然而，这并没有成为她争取赢得电视节目《全美超模大赛》冠军的绊脚石。

The people who are, you know, thinking that they can't do what they want to do because of the little things that they have, the little flaws. You know, you can definitely do it. And I'm here to prove it. What makes me unique compared to the other contestants 8 is that I have something that's very profound about the way that I look. A lot of people have a story and a background but mine is printed on my body.

有些人因为有一些小的缺陷和瑕疵就认为自己不能心想事成。其实他们完全可以做到。我来这儿就是为了证明这一点。和其他选手相比，我的不同在于我独一无二的相貌。很多人都有来头，有背景，而我的优势恰恰通过我身上的斑点体现出来。