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导读：英国爱丁堡动物园最近传出消息，由于新冠疫情持续肆虐，爱丁堡动物园的经济严重受损。明年，我们的国宝大熊猫“阳光”和“田田”或将返回祖国。

 

Edinburgh Zoo’s giant pandas may have to return to China next year because of financial pressures(财务压力) brought on by COVID-19. It costs £1million a year to lease Yang Guang and Tian Tian from Beijing. But the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland, which runs the zoo, had to close for three months in the summer, leading to a £2million loss for the year.

由于新冠疫情带来的财务压力，爱丁堡动物园的大熊猫明年可能不得不返回中国。从北京租赁阳光和田田每年要花费100万英镑。但负责管理这家动物园的苏格兰皇家动物园学会（Royal Zoological Society of Scotland）在夏天被迫关闭三个月，导致今年亏损200万英镑。

The society’s chief executive, David Field, said the charity would have to seriously consider every possible saving including its giant panda contract. Mr Field said, "We have done all we can to protect our charity by taking a government loan, letting staff have a holiday where possible, reducing jobs where necessary and starting a fundraising activity. The support that we have received from our members and animal lovers has helped to keep our doors open and we are very grateful."

该协会首席执行官大卫•菲尔德（David Field）表示，慈善机构必须认真考虑每一项可能的费用节省，包括其大熊猫合约。菲尔德说：“我们已经尽我们所能来保护我们的慈善机构，通过接受政府贷款，在可能的情况下让员工休假，在必要的情况下减少工作岗位，并发起募捐活动。我们从会员和动物爱好者那里得到的支持帮助我们敞开了大门，我们非常感激。”

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