This is What's Trending Today. 這裡是《今日熱點》節目。
Do you know you can find the profile of Sudan, the world's only male northern white rhinoceros on Tinder? 你知道嗎？世界上最後一隻雄性北部白犀牛蘇丹（Sudan）也開始在Tinder上「約妹」了。
Tinder is a smartphone app people use to find a date. Tinder是一款智慧型手機交友軟體。
Sudan's profile says "the fate of the species depends on me," and he enjoys travel and the outdoors. 蘇丹的簡歷中寫著：「我肩負著北部白犀牛繁衍的重任，」以及愛好旅行和戶外活動等信息。
Since rhinos cannot use smartphones, who wrote the profile? 當然，犀牛不會使用智慧型手機，那麼誰寫下的這些簡歷呢？
Sudan lives in a wildlife conservancy in Kenya called Ol Pejeta. 蘇丹現居住在肯亞一處名為「Ol Pejeta」的野生自然保護區內。
The conservancy created the profile to draw attention to the endangered species. 保護協會創建這份簡歷的目的是希望社會關注瀕危動物。
There are only three northern white rhinos alive. 現存的北部白犀牛隻剩下三隻。
Many were killed by poachers who took their horns to sell. 為了盜取犀牛角，偷獵者殺害了大批北部白犀牛。
In some cultures, the horns are used as special medicine. 在一些文化中，犀牛角被視為特殊藥材。
That is why they can be worth up to $50,000 per kilogram. 因此，犀牛角的價格飛漲至每公斤50000美元。
The two female northern white rhinos are named Fatu and Najin. 剩下的兩隻雌性北部白犀牛分別是法圖（Fatu）和納金（Najin）。
Conservationists said they have tried to get him to mate with the female rhinos. 自然資源保護人士稱，他們嘗試讓蘇丹和兩隻雌性白犀牛交配。
But neither of them has gotten pregnant. 但是，兩隻雌性白犀牛都沒有成功受孕。
Animal experts are worried that the northern white rhino might become extinct. 動物專家擔心，北部白犀牛可能會滅絕。
Sudan is 43 years old and may not live long. Most northern white rhinos only live between 40 and 50 years. 43歲的蘇丹已然時日無多。多數北部白犀牛的壽命大約在40歲到50歲。
That is why Ol Pejeta is working with Tinder to raise money for what are called Assisted Reproductive Techniques. 這也正是Ol Pejeta保護區利用Tinder為輔助生殖技術籌款的原因。
One of these well-known techniques is in-vitro fertilization. 其中一項技術就包括體外受精。
That is where the egg of a female rhino is fertilized by the sperm of a male rhino. 就是讓雌性犀牛的卵子與雄性犀牛的精子完成受精過程。
It becomes an embryo and then is implanted into a female's uterus. 等胚胎形成後再將其植入雌性犀牛的子宮內。
In this case, they are hoping to use the more common southern white rhino to carry the embryo and hopefully give birth to a baby rhino. 在這種情況下，他們希望通過更為常見的南部白犀牛進行胚胎移植繁育後代。
When people see Sudan's profile on Tinder, they can give money to support the project. 網友可以通過Tinder上蘇丹的簡歷捐款助力這一項目。
The conservancy hopes to raise $9 million for the project and to have 10 northern white rhinos in five years. 該保護協會希望為這一項目籌集900萬美元，並在未來五年內繁衍10頭北部白犀牛。
Richard Vigne is the head Ol Pejeta. He says the eventual goal of the program is to introduce northern white rhinos back into the wild. 理察·維涅（Richard Vigne）是Ol Pejeta保護區的負責人。他表示，該計劃的最終目標是讓北部白犀牛重回野外生活。
And that's What's Trending Today. 以上為《今日熱點》。
I'm Dan Friedell. 丹·費裡德爾為您播報。
詞彙解析：
1.depends on 取決於；依賴於
The development of the food industry depends onthat of agriculture.
食品工業的發展有賴於農業的發展。
2.raise money 籌集資金
From what I could gather, he was trying to raise money by organising festivals.
據我所知，他想通過舉辦節慶活動來籌款。
3.endangered species 瀕危物種
Pandas are an endangered species.
熊貓屬於瀕危物種。
4.in-vitro fertilization 體外受精
The 42-year-old singer got pregnant with twins after many rounds of in-vitro fertilization.
這位四十二歲的女歌手誕下的這對男嬰是多次嘗試體外受孕後的結果。
內容解析：
1.In this case, they are hoping to use the morecommon southern white rhino to carry theembryo and hopefully give birth to a baby rhino.
In this case 在這種情況下；既然如此
In this case it is necessary to cancel the Partyplanned for june16th.
既然如此，那就必須取消原定於6月16日舉行的聚會。
In this case, this worker may not need to do a formal impact analysis.
在這種情況下，該工作人員可能不需要做正式的影響分析。
2.In this case, they are hoping to use the more common southern white rhino to carrythe embryo and hopefully give birth to a baby rhino.
give birth to 生育；生產（懷孕）
These women will give birth to God-knows-how-many girls until they have a boy.
這些女人不知道生了多少女孩，直到生了個男孩才罷休。
I wanted to teach and give birth to my own set of scientific children.
我要去教書，培育我自己在科學上的後代。
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