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Dog rescue with a drone 無(wú)人機(jī)協(xié)助尋找走失寵物狗

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How many dogs have been found with the help of Erica’s drone?

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Meet Chester. He’s now safely back home with his owner, but a few months ago he went missing for three nights.

這是切斯特。它現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)安全回家和主人在一起了，但幾個(gè)月前，它卻失蹤了三個(gè)晚上。

Lea Williams, dog owner
I went for a walk up to a local beauty spot and Chester [was] running about – out of nowhere, two lurchers appeared, attacked him. He got scared and ran off in an unfamiliar direction. I can only speak for myself, it’s like losing a family member, I would say. My daughter – she didn’t sleep for three days. She just thought her pet was gone.

李·威廉姆斯       狗主人
“我去當(dāng)?shù)氐囊粋€(gè)風(fēng)景區(qū)散步，切斯特在四處跑，不知從哪兒冒出來(lái)兩條大獵狗，襲擊了它。它嚇了一跳，朝不熟悉的方向逃跑了。我只能談自己的感受，那就像失去了親人一樣。我女兒當(dāng)時(shí)三天沒(méi)睡覺(jué)。她以為再也見(jiàn)不到自己的寵物狗了。”

The family had almost lost hope until Erica decided to offer her services. She uses a drone, worth almost 7,000 pounds, to help find lost dogs by using thermal imaging technology.

就在這家人幾乎失去希望的時(shí)候，艾麗卡決定助他們一臂之力。她用一架價(jià)值近7000英鎊的無(wú)人機(jī)，通過(guò)熱成像技術(shù)幫人尋找失犬。

Jacob Tomlinson, BBC correspondent
The drone is equipped with a hi-tech thermal imaging camera which can detect heat signatures from up to 250 feet [76 metres] in the air. Therefore, when Erica is asked to help out in a search for a dog, she simply turns up to the dog’s last known location, sets up the drone and up it goes. Having found more than 160 dogs, it’s proved pretty successful.

雅各布·湯姆林森       BBC通訊員
“無(wú)人機(jī)配備了高科技熱成像攝像頭，可以在250英尺（76米）的高空探測(cè)到地面的熱信號(hào)。因此，當(dāng)艾麗卡被問(wèn)到能否幫忙尋犬時(shí)，她只需要去這條狗的最后已知位置，準(zhǔn)備好無(wú)人機(jī)，讓它飛上天空即可。在找到了160多條失犬后，事實(shí)證明這個(gè)方法相當(dāng)有成效。”

And it’s easy to see why. Can you spot Chester running around these woods? To the naked eye or even a normal drone, it’s virtually impossible, but pop the thermal image up and he jumps out, allowing his owner to bring him safely back home.

我們不難看出其中的原因。你能發(fā)現(xiàn)在林間奔跑的切斯特嗎？對(duì)肉眼甚至普通的無(wú)人機(jī)來(lái)說(shuō)，這幾乎是不可能的，但一旦開(kāi)啟熱成像功能，切斯特就清晰可見(jiàn)了，這得以讓主人把它安全地帶回家。

Having saved hundreds of dogs, the method is clearly working. Erica doesn’t charge for her services and instead does it for the pleasure of seeing the owners reunited.

這個(gè)方法拯救了數(shù)百條狗，顯然是可行的。艾麗卡不為她所提供的幫助收取費(fèi)用，能看到狗主人與愛(ài)寵團(tuán)聚就讓她感到心滿意足了。

Erica Hart, drone owner
I’ve seen it first-hand what it does to people when they lose dogs, and I know how much it must hurt to them, losing that loved one. It’s like winning [the] lottery – it’s… it is absolutely priceless.

艾麗卡·哈特       無(wú)人機(jī)的主人
“我親眼目睹過(guò)人們丟失愛(ài)犬時(shí)有多么傷心，所以知道失去心愛(ài)的家中一員的感覺(jué)有多么痛苦。能找到走失的愛(ài)寵就像中了彩票一樣，我覺(jué)得這絕對(duì)是無(wú)價(jià)的。”

Erica’s drone has helped create countless happy endings and is sure to make many more in the future.

艾麗卡的無(wú)人機(jī)已經(jīng)幫助創(chuàng)造了無(wú)數(shù)的大團(tuán)圓結(jié)局，今后也一定會(huì)給更多人帶來(lái)美滿的結(jié)局。

詞匯

thermal imaging 熱成像技術(shù)

heat signatures 熱信號(hào)，熱標(biāo)記

spot 看見(jiàn)，發(fā)現(xiàn)

the naked eye 肉眼

jumps out 容易引起注意

問(wèn)題答案

More than 160 dogs.