德國廢舊圣誕樹動物園中成佳肴

　　Zoos get teeth into Chistmas tree leftovers

　　德國人每年都會面臨一個關于圣誕樹的難題，那就是數千棵被使用過的或未被售出的圣誕樹到底該如何處理。不過眼下人們已經給這些圣誕樹找到了一個好的“歸宿”——將它們送到當地動物園里去充當動物們的食物。

　　BERLIN (Reuters) - Germans have found a novel way of recycling thousands of used and unsold Christmas trees: give them to the local zoo to feed to the animals.

　　據路透社1月4日報道，柏林動物園發言人萊格納爾·庫埃納在4日接受記者采訪時表示：“全德國的大象們今天都可以享用到一頓由大約5棵圣誕樹組成的豐盛的午餐。”

　　"Elephants around the country will enjoy a delicious lunch today consisting of about five Christmas trees each," Berlin Zoo spokesman Ragnar Kuehne told Reuters on Thursday.

　　他還補充說，駱駝、鹿和羊同樣有機會將那些用剩下的圣誕樹當做自己盤中的美味佳肴，特別是樹里所含的香精油能夠有助于提高它們腸胃的消化功能。

　　Camels, deer and sheep would also be dining on the leftover trees, which could aid digestion because of the essential oils they contained, he added.