HOLIDAYS in the DANGER ZONE
Central Asia, once part of the Soviet Union. 中亚，曾是苏联的一部分
It’s a region dominated by oil, Islam and enough radioactive waste to terrify the West. 这片土地上遍布着石油、穆斯林以及足以震慑西方的放射性废料
China, Russia and America are all vying for power here. 中国、俄罗斯与美国都对这里虎视眈眈
The countries are strategically vital. 中亚各国的战略地位十分重要
And they’re all called Stan. 它们的名字里都有“斯坦”
MEET the STANS 斯坦国之旅
KAZAKHSTAN 哈萨克斯坦
This is Kazakhstan, the largest of the central Asian countries collectively known as the Stans. 这里是哈萨克斯坦，中亚各“斯坦”国中最大的一个
It’s not a part of the world that really makes headlines in the west very often. 西方世界对于这里的关注并不多
But if all the predictions about this region come true 但是如果有关这里的所有预言都成真的话
- it soon will. 这里很快就会成为西方世界瞩目的焦点
Our guide in Kazakhstan was Bayan. 巴彦是我们哈萨克斯坦之行的向导
Almaty is really a safe place to live, it was very comfortable, it is very comfortable, beautiful… 阿拉木图真的很安全、舒适，它很舒适、很美丽
But this was to be no typical package holiday. 但是这场旅行可不是传统的跟团游
Our first stop in the main city, Almaty, was to potentially one of the most dangerous places in the world. 我们在阿拉木图的第一站可能将成为世界上最危险的地方之一
This used to be a secret Soviet biological weapons factory. 这里曾是苏联的秘密工厂，用来制造生物武器
The Kazakhs were in no hurry to close it down. （冷战结束后）哈萨克人倒不急着把它关掉
Now it’s a plague research centre. 如今这里是个瘟疫研究中心
So where are we going now? 那我们现在要去哪？
Museum of the life culture. 生命文化博物馆
The museum of life culture. 生命文化博物馆
OK and this is where you keep your stocks. 所以这就是你们放袜子的地方吧
Anthrax? 炭疽？
There. 那儿
And these? 这些是？
Plague. 鼠疫
Plague; this is plague in here. 鼠疫，这里是鼠疫
Plague, plague, plague, plague, plague, plague. 鼠疫，鼠疫，鼠疫，鼠疫，鼠疫，鼠疫
That’s a lot of plague. 好多鼠疫啊
Yes. 是的
Ok. 好吧
Hold your breath everybody. 大家做好准备
So this is er, this is Anthrax in these four canisters here. 这四个罐子里是，呃，炭疽病毒
So that’s Anthrax and what do we have there, this has just been… 这就是炭疽病毒了，这里是什么……
No, no, no, no… 别，别，别，别
Did you try and touch the anthrax there Simon? 西蒙你刚刚想摸那些炭疽病毒吗？
Certainly not. 当然没有
What is this? 这是什么？
Have we heard of that? 我们听说过这个吗？
I haven’t heard of that. 我没听说过
What is it? Is that a, is that a nasty disease? 这是什么？是什么讨厌的疾病吗？
The plague’s little sister. 这是鼠疫的小妹妹
A lovely description you have for it. Did you say it’s much more attractive? Was that what they… 你把它说得真可爱。你是说它更讨人喜欢吗？是不是说……
No she didn’t say that. 不，她可没这么说
You made that up. 你编的吧
In the next room one of the hundred types of bubonic plague they keep here was being tested on a guinea pig. 下面这个房间里有成百种腺鼠疫病毒，它们用一只豚鼠试验其中的一种
So how quickly will that take to act on the animal? 病毒在它身上要多久才能生效？
In three days it will be very ill and in five days it will be dead. 三天内它就会生重病，五天内必死无疑
Presumably umm the little raised platform there is to stop anything escaping. 我猜那个小小的高台是用来防止实验品逃跑的
I’m not entirely confident about that. 但我不是很确定
It’s extraordinary to think about that we’re not actually not that far from Afghanistan, 事实上我们离阿富汗并不远，一想到这个就感觉很诡异
we’re not that far from places where er terrorist groups, extremist people linked to Al-Qaeda umm are living quite, relatively openly 就在离我们不远的地方，恐怖组织、极端分子明目张胆地行动，他们同基地组织联系密切
and it’s quite clear that there’s a risk to this type of institute from those sort of individuals. 显然，我所在的这种研究机构有一定的风险会被恐怖主义的魔掌所染指
They would love to break in here, they would love to get hold of this stuff 他们非常想入侵这里，掌控这里的病毒
umm and frankly the security, although it’s been improved, it’s still pretty lax. 说实话，虽然这里的安保已经有所提高，但仍旧是十分薄弱的