2007.5.29 新聞
Nick Carter of the pop band Backstreet Boys has been appointed as a UN special
ambassador for the Year of the Dolphin.
"I was shocked and happy at the exact same time because I really felt like it
was an honor,'' Carter said.
The Year of the Dolphin campaign is aimed at raising awareness of dolphins in
the wild, the threats they face to their survival and actions that could help
their wild conservation.
The threats to dolphins include increasingly large fisheries which sometimes
catch dolphins by accident. The fisheries also deplete the supply of prey for
dolphins. Chemical pollution, such as raw domestic sewage, also poses a health
risk to dolphins. Habitat loss is an especial worry in the case of river
dolphins.
Carter, who starred on the E! Entertainment reality show House of Carters with
his siblings, said he's still a student of the campaign.
"The issues involved with the dolphins are things that I am learning,'' the 27-
year-old singer said. "I don't want to be this person to come across as saying,
`Why, I know what's going on' and shove it down people's throats. (Because) I
don't know everything.''
Carter said he will expand on the same feelings he expressed in a song he wrote
called Believe in order to write a new anthem about the plight of dolphins.
"I am probably going to go back to the drawing board and try to outdo myself
and write an even better song,'' Carter said.
(Catherine Thomas, staff writer with AP)
流行樂團「新好男孩」成員尼克．卡特已被選派為聯合國國際海豚年特別大使。
卡特說：「我既驚又喜，那著實是項殊榮。」
國際海豚年活動的目的在喚起民眾注意野生海豚及其面臨的生存威脅，還有各項有助海豚
野生保育的行動。
海豚所面臨的威脅包括愈來愈多大型漁場不時誤捕，以及漁場捕撈作業耗減其食物來源。
未經處理的家庭污水這類化學污染同樣危害海豚健康。江豚棲息地的喪失更是令人憂心。
和兄弟姊妹們一起演出E!娛樂頻道「卡特家族」實境秀的卡特表示，對此他還需要學習。
現年二十七歲的尼克說：「我正在學習跟海豚有關的各項議題，我不想給人只會咄咄逼人
地說：『幹嘛，我知道那是怎麼回事』，但其實什麼都不懂的印象。」
卡特表示，他將把自己原創歌曲Believe中所表達的情感加以延伸，創作一首描述海豚困境
的新歌。
卡特說：「我可能要重頭開始，試著超越自我，寫出一首更棒的歌。」
(美聯社∕翻譯：林倩如)
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/lang/archives/2007/05/29/2003363002
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