德国废旧圣诞树动物园中成佳肴

　　Zoos get teeth into Chistmas tree leftovers

　　德国人每年都会面临一个关于圣诞树的难题，那就是数千棵被使用过的或未被售出的圣诞树到底该如何处理。不过眼下人们已经给这些圣诞树找到了一个好的“归宿”——将它们送到当地动物园里去充当动物们的食物。

　　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.

　　据路透社1月4日报道，柏林动物园发言人莱格纳尔·库埃纳在4日接受记者采访时表示：“全德国的大象们今天都可以享用到一顿由大约5棵圣诞树组成的丰盛的午餐。”

　　"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.

　　他还补充说，骆驼、鹿和羊同样有机会将那些用剩下的圣诞树当做自己盘中的美味佳肴，特别是树里所含的香精油能够有助于提高它们肠胃的消化功能。

　　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.