中英对照读新闻》Extremely rare white alligator is born at a Florida reptile park 极为罕见的白色短吻鳄诞生于佛罗里达爬行动物公园
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超罕见的白变鳄鱼在美国一座鳄鱼公园孵化。（美联社）(photo:LTN)◎陈成良
An extremely rare white leucistic alligator has been born at a Florida reptile park.
一只极为罕见的白色「白变」种短吻鳄，在佛罗里达州爬行动物公园出生。
The 19.2-inch (49 cm) female slithered out of its shell and into the history books as one of a few known leucistic alligators, Gatorland Orlando said Thursday.
奥兰多鳄鱼乐园週四称，这只体长19.2英寸（49公分）的雌性鳄鱼从壳里爬了出来，做为少数已知的白变种鳄鱼之一载入史册。
The park is asking for the public’s help in the naming the alligator, which is descended from a nest of leucistic alligators discovered in the swamps of Louisiana in 1987. The blue-eyed newborn is the first solid white alligator ever recorded to have descended from those original alligators.
园方正请求公众帮助为这只短吻鳄命名，这只短吻鳄是1987年在路易斯安那州沼泽中发现的一窝白变短吻鳄的后代。这只蓝眼睛的新生儿，是有史以来第一只纯白色短吻鳄的后代。
Leucistic alligators are the rarest genetic variation in the American alligator. They differ from albino alligators, which have pink eyes and a complete loss of pigment, according to Gatorland.
白变吻鳄是美洲短吻鳄最罕见的遗传变异。据（奥兰多）鳄鱼乐园称，牠们与白化鳄鱼不同，白化鳄鱼有粉红色的眼睛，色素完全丧失。
新闻辞典
slither：动词，滑行；爬行。例句：We slithered down the bank to get near the river.（我们滑下堤岸靠近河流。）
descend from：片语，起源于；是…的后裔。例句︰She is descended from a distinguished family.（她系出名门。）
