The sort of walkway that takes you over a koi pond.

沿着条路可以走到一个锦鲤池。

If you're not in a hurry, I can dig you a koi pond.

不着急的话，我还可以给你们挖个池塘。

Did you know that koi fish live to be 200 years old?

你知道锦鲤能活到200岁吗？

Then there's the blue koi fish one.

然后是蓝色锦鲤。

There are regular competitions to name the top koi.

有定期比赛来级锦鲤。

But the koi pond also had stagnant water.

只是个鲤鱼池里也有死水。

And just like prized dog breeds, Japanese people take koi breeding very seriously.

就像珍贵的犬种一样，日本人非常重视锦鲤养殖。

But when it comes down to it, breeding koi is a lot harder.

但是归根结底， 饲养锦鲤要困难得多。

Each year he visits Japan to shop for koi.

每年他都会去日本购买锦鲤。

A single koi can give birth to hundreds of thousands of baby fish at a time.

一条锦鲤一次可以产下几十万条幼鱼。

The elderly people do tai chi and play chess in quadrangle dwellings and some koi fish swim in the pond.

老人家在四合院里打太极拳下棋， 池塘里有锦鲤游来游去。

I like to think of myself as Dr. Dolittle. We inherited all these koi fish and two turtles, whose names are Thelma and Louise.

- 我喜欢把自己想象成 Dolittle 博士。我们继承了所有些锦鲤和两只乌龟，它们的字分别是 Thelma 和 Louise。

Lydia was wearing an emerald green puffed-sleeve shirt, and her arms displayed three neatly traced Japanese koi carp in orange, jade, and blue.

莉迪亚身穿一件翠绿色的泡泡袖衬衫，手臂上挂着三条纹路整齐的橘色、翡翠色和蓝色的日本锦鲤。

(There is also the occasional exotic pet. A few years ago, doctors removed a fatty tumor from a prized koi fish, running water over its gills during the surgery.) The hospital's layout reflects the evolution of veterinary care.

(偶尔也会出现稀有宠物。几年前，医生们从一条珍贵的锦鲤身上切除了一个脂肪瘤，术中水要流过鱼鳃。)所医院的布局反映了兽医护理的演变发展。