最后的目击
Last Chance to See
Douglas Adams、Mark Carwardine · 初版 1990 年
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为什么值得读
- 以生动幽默的笔触记录探寻濒危物种历程
- 包含鸮鹦鹉求偶等令人捧腹的趣味细节
- 作者道格拉斯·亚当斯唯一的非虚构作品
一次对作者环球寻访濒危物种之旅的互动多媒体探索。内含图书 Last chance to see 的完整未删节文本、由 Douglas Adams 全程朗读的有声内容，以及 800 多张全屏彩色照片。用户既可阅读也可聆听本书，任意挑选章节，并探索书中大量的边栏资料——其中不仅提供了关于动物的科学信息，还讲述了作者周游世界时的亲身经历与轶事。
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已故的道格拉斯·亚当斯（Douglas Adams）我最喜欢他写的一本书是《最后一眼》（Last Chance to See），这是一个非虚构项目，他花了一年时间环游世界去寻找各种濒危物种。里面讲一种叫鸮鹦鹉（kakapo）的胖鹦鹉的那一章，聊到了保护……的各种挑战。
My favorite book by the late Douglas Adams is "Last Chance to See," a nonfiction project where he travelled around the world for a year looking for various endangered species. The chapter about a fat sort of parrot called the kakapo talks about the challenges of keeping…
道格拉斯·亚当斯的《最后一眼》（Last Chance to See）第三章“豹纹药盒帽”（Leopard-skin Pillbox Hat）里讨论了北白犀迫在眉睫的灭绝危机。没错，就是那个道格拉斯·亚当斯。这是他唯一的非虚构作品。书中提到，犀牛角的主要用途是做首饰。早些年北白犀还有好几千头……
The impending extinction of the Northern White Rhinos is discussed in chapter three "Leopard-skin Pillbox Hat" of the book Last Chance to See by Douglas Adams. Yes, that Douglas Adams. It's his only non-fiction. According to the book, the primary use for the horns is to make jewelery. There were thousands of Northern White Rhinos in the early…
我完全没想到那个鹦鹉 emoji 居然是以鸮鹦鹉试图跟 Mark Carwadine 交配为原型的！那个视频也特别搞笑。我对那部电视剧感觉一般，但道格拉斯·亚当斯的《最后一眼》原著是我最喜欢的书之一——强烈推荐。
I had no idea that the parrot emoji was based on the Kakapo attempting to mate with Mark Carwadine! That's a really funny video, too. I wasn't so impressed by the TV series, but the original book of Last Chance to See by Douglas Adams is one of my favourite books ever - highly recommended.
……有史以来最好的。如果你跟我一样，你绝对得看看他 2001 年在加州大学圣巴巴拉分校（UC Santa Barbara）做的那场长达一小时的演讲 [0]，题目叫《鹦鹉、宇宙与一切》（Parrots, the Universe, and Everything）。震撼至极。他的最后一本书《最后一眼》[1] 讲的就是濒危物种，跟那场演讲紧密相关。我最近才知道，道格拉斯·亚当斯当年居然有机会在 Pink Floyd 1994 年 10 月 28 日于伯爵宫（Earls Court）的演唱会上同台演奏……
…ever. If you are like me, you absolutely have to watch this hour-long presentation he gave at UC Santa Barbara in 2001 [0], titled "Parrots, the Universe, and Everything". Mind blowing. His last book, "Last chance to see" [1], which is about endangered species, is heavily related to that talk. I recently learned that Douglas Adams had a chance to play on stage at Pink Floyd's 28 October 1994 concert at Earls Court in…
道格拉斯·亚当斯的作品一向极佳，但他关于濒危物种的文字（以及他如今留下的演讲）是我的最爱。如果你能搞到一本《最后一眼》，绝对非常值得一读。
Douglas Adams is always excellent, but his writing (and his speaking, now) related to endangered species is my favorite. If you can find a copy of Last Chance to See, it's well worth reading.
……但有些极好的书，却极其少见且很难买到，比如这四本：* 《网络岛》（Islands in the Net，布鲁斯·斯特林）* 《漫步月球的人》（The man who walked to the Moon，霍华德·麦考德）* 《最后一眼》（Last Chance to See，道格拉斯·亚当斯）* 《文学机器》（Literary Machines，泰德·尼尔森）前三本我都买了二手书，最后一本还在找价格合适的。这类书就算只是摆在墙上我也很享受，哪怕……
…But there are some great books, that are unjustifiably rare, and hard to get hold of -- four examples: * Islands in the Net (Bruce Sterling) * The man who walked to the Moon (Howard McCord) * Last Chance to See (Douglas Adams) * Literary Machines (Ted Nelson) The three first I've bought second hand, still looking for a reasonably priced version of the last one. Such books I enjoy having on my wall, if for…