树熊似乎打定主意让我掐死在水里。
The koala seemed determined to die under water with my fingers around its neck.
玛丽∙安∙罗彻的外形很象一只树熊。
Mary Anne Locher was rather like a koala herself in appearance.
树熊一旦抓住什么，你就不可能让它松开。
'You can't dislodge a koala once it's got a hold on something.
最可恶的是，我曾经被一只树熊恶搞了一场。
On top of all that, a koala once tried to do me a very nasty mischief.
树熊在树顶的枝丫上舒舒服服地歇息。
They were all nestled in forked branches at the tops of the trees.
树熊一旦挂在野狗的下方，野狗的嘴就够不着它了。
Once the koala is dinging to the dog's underside, the dog can't get at it with its jaws.
树熊睁开两眼，眼圈红红的，恶狠狠地朝下看了看我。
The koala opened both its red-rimmed eyes and looked down on me malevolently.
那只树熊显然觉得逃走无望，决定用对付野狗的招儿。
The koala evidently gave up all hope of escape and decided on the anti-dingo defense.
我跄跄踉踉地穿过蕨丛，猛地撞向一棵树，把树熊撞向树。
I floundered through the ferns and tried barging into a tree, koala first.
树枝突然断了，树枝、树熊还有我一起掉到下面厚厚的蕨丛里。
The branch broke. Branch, koala and I dropped abruptly into the thick ferns below.
那些树只有三、四米高，我们的长柄捕网轻易够得着这些树熊。
But the trees were only three or four metres high, so the koalas were well within reach of our long-handled nets.
事实上她正跑到蕨丛的另一侧，准备着树熊一跑出来就逮住它。
In fact she was running around to the other side of the patch of ferns to catch the koala when it came out.
最后，玛丽∙安和我抓住小岛上的所有树熊并放生到塔斯马尼亚岛上。
Mary Anne and I eventually caught all the koalas on the island and set them free on the mainland, but I didn't carry out the task with good grace.
玛丽∙安正好回来。她很惊讶树熊已经放开我，还问我为什么浑身透湿。
Mary Anne came back and expressed surprise that the koala had let go and asked why I was all wet.
我寻思在这种情形下，树熊早已准备好要挂在那直到野狗受不了倒下为止。
I gather that in these circumstances the koala is quite prepared to hang on until the dingo collapses.
这时我离地不超过我的身高，一伸手摸得到离我头顶不远的树熊。
I wasn't much more than my own height above the ground, and I could have reached out and touched the koala, which was not far from my head.
她举起捕网，网口在树熊的正下方，然后稳稳地站着等树熊跳下来。
She raised her net so that the mouth was just under the koala and stood poised, waiting to see which way the koala would jump.
我充满希望地发出一声怪叫，急促向前，深吸了一口气，然后扑通一声，连人带树熊一起投进了水塘。
With a manic cry of hope I scuttled forward, took a deep breath and flung myself in, complete with koala.
玛丽∙安总是穿着褐色的工装裤，加上她那圆钮扣似的鼻子和明亮的褐眼珠，看上去就更象一只树熊了。
She always wore brown overalls and these, aided by the effect of her button nose and bright brown eyes, increased her similarity to a koala.
“好吧，我们先抓那只，”玛丽∙安轻声地说，手指着一只体型较大、歇在我伸手可及的树杈上的树熊。
'OK, we'll try that fellow first,' said Mary Anne briskly, pointing to a largeish koala nestling in a fork not much higher than I could reach.
例如，全世界大部分人都知道袋鼠和树熊，但知道为什么这些动物只长在澳大利亚的人并不多。
For example, most people throughout the world know of the kangaroo and the koala but not many people know why these animals only exist in Australia.
当时尽管身上痛楚万分，我还是非常担心树熊死了也不会松手，那我是不是要动手术才能和这恶毒的家伙分开？
Then, even through my pain, I had the terrible worry that a dead koala might not loosen its grip. Would I need surgery to detach me from this malign beast?
从理论上说，我和玛丽∙安要做的就是让树熊离开桉树，然后用捕网套住它们，再装到木条笼子运走。
All Mary Anne and I had to do was get them loose, catch them in our nets, then transfer them to the wooden-slatted cages. In theory.
我不知道树熊在水下可以闭气多久，我只知道如果它不放开我，我们就会一直呆在水下，最后一同溺毙。
I didn't know how long a koala could hold its breath but as far as I was concerned we were both staying down until the koala let go or we both drowned.
我不知道树熊在水下可以闭气多久，我只知道如果它不放开我，我们就会一直呆在水下，最后一同溺毙。
I didn't know how long a koala could hold its breath but as far as I was concerned we were both staying down until the koala let go or we both drowned.
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