An aurochs was thundering through Merrett's head. Mother have mercy, he thought. " I brought the gold" .

这下梅里的头颅里犹如有只野牛在横冲直撞。圣母慈悲，他想。" 我把说好的赎金带来了。"

Now aurochs were bred and changed by humans to be more like the cows that we see today.

现在，野牛被人类培育和改造，变得更像我们今天看到的奶牛。

There, a special breeding program attempted to bring back a creature that was like the aurochs, which are the wild ancestor of modern cattle.

这个项目在实施一项特殊的育种计划试图培育一种类似欧洲野牛的动物，它们是现代牛的野生祖先。

If turning aurochs into cattle, wolves into dogs or teosinte into maize sounds like a sideshow compared with transforming the composition of the atmosphere, looting the oceans or destroying the rainforests, consider a few facts.

如果说，与改变大气成分、掠夺海洋或破坏雨林相比，把古代野牛变成家牛、把狼变成狗或者把墨西哥类蜀黍变成玉米这种事听起来无关紧要，请仔细思考几个事实。

Alliser Thorne overheard him. " Lord Snow wants to take my place now. " He sneered. " I'd have an easier time teaching a wolf to juggle than you will training this aurochs. "

艾里沙·索恩爵士听到了这句话。" 哟，雪诺大人这下想抢我的位子啦。" 他冷笑道，" 我看教狼变魔术都比教这些笨牛容易。"

" Gods! You are stubborn as an aurochs, Stark. " The king looked around the council table. " Have the rest of you mislaid your tongues? Will no one talk sense to this frozen-faced fool? "

" 诸神在上！史塔克，你老是这副牛脾气！" 国王环顾议事桌。" 怎么，都哑巴啦？谁来跟这冻糊涂了的傻瓜讲讲道理？"

Eddard Stark had left before dawn, Septa Mordane informed Sansa as they broke their fast. " The king sent for him. Another hunt, I do believe. There are still wild aurochs in these lands, I am told. "

早餐的时候，茉丹修女告诉珊莎，艾德·史塔克大人天亮前就离了营。" 国王找他去的，我想肯定又是去外面打猎。听说这附近还有野牛出没哪。"