The world's oldest captive panda has died in China aged 37.Basi, a household name in her native country, lived the equivalent of more than 100 human years.
世界上最長(zhǎng)壽的圈養(yǎng)大熊貓已離世，巴斯是他在中國(guó)的名字。37歲的“巴斯”比它的所有同類都長(zhǎng)壽，相當(dāng)于人類的100多歲。

She died at the Strait Panda Research and Exchange Centre in Fuzhou, capital of Fujian province in eastern China.
她在海峽大熊貓研究交流中心去世。該交流中心位于中國(guó)東部福州，福建的省會(huì)城市

Basi was born in the wild and at the age of four survived a brush with death after falling into an icy river.
巴斯出生于野外，在4歲的時(shí)候調(diào)入凍河后被人救起。

She took her name from the Basi valley, where she was rescued by villagers in south-west China's Sichuan province, according to the Xinhua news agency.
根據(jù)新華社的報(bào)道，她被救起的那條河叫“巴斯河”，位于中國(guó)的西南四川省。隨后因此得名。

Locals handed her over to the centre, where she lived the rest of her life.
當(dāng)?shù)厝税阉鼛チ舜笮茇堁芯拷涣髦行?，隨后它在那里度過了余生。

The bear found fame after she was chosen as the model for Pan Pan, the mascot of the 1990 Asian Games in Beijing.
巴斯作為1990年北京亞運(yùn)吉祥物“盼盼”的原型而聲名遠(yuǎn)播。

She never bred but overcame several severe illnesses to live for more than twice the 15-year life expectancy of wild pandas.
它終生未育，但是卻戰(zhàn)勝了各種急癥活了很久。普通大熊貓平均壽命15年，巴斯活的是它們的2倍還多。

Captive pandas tend to live longer due to better nutrition and living conditions.
究其原因應(yīng)該是圈養(yǎng)的熊貓吃的更營(yíng)養(yǎng)，生活環(huán)境更好。

Basi was confirmed to be the world's oldest captive panda by Guinness World Records in August.
今年八月吉尼斯世界紀(jì)錄機(jī)構(gòu)確認(rèn)“巴斯”為“現(xiàn)存年齡最大的圈養(yǎng)大熊貓”。

"With a heavy heart, we solemnly announce today that giant panda star Basi died at 8:50am at the age of 37," said the Straits Giant Panda Research and Exchange Centre in a statement.
大熊貓研究交流中心發(fā)訃告：“我們懷著沉重的心情莊嚴(yán)的宣布，明星大熊貓巴斯，在今天8：50分去世，享年37歲?！?/div>

The bear died of multiple illnesses including lever cirrhosis and renal failure, it said
報(bào)道說，“巴斯”因?yàn)槟昀象w衰、肝臟硬化、腎功能衰竭等離世。

Basi's body will be kept in a new museum constructed in her name.
“巴斯”的標(biāo)本將會(huì)被安放在正在籌建中的“巴斯博物館”里。

She died a year after the death of her long-term keeper, Shi Feining, who had cared her Basi for 27 years.
施鳳惠是照顧大熊貓最長(zhǎng)的管理員，長(zhǎng)達(dá)27年，一年前去世，現(xiàn)在巴斯也走了。

（翻譯：林潯鷗）