file;unicode channel;int start;float end;float speaker;unicode speakerType;unicode speakerDialect;unicode transcript;unicode section;int turn;int segment;int sectionType;unicode suType;unicode ;;MM sectionTypes [u'nontrans', u'report', u'filler', u'nontrans', u'report', u'filler', u'nontrans', None] ;;MM sectionBoundaries [0.0, 61.789999999999999, 289.53399999999999, 1104.0550000000001, 1184.4649999999999, 1261.9770000000001, 1498.146, 9999999.0] CCTVNEWS_OBSERVATIONWORLD_CMN_20060327_213001 0 61.790 66.071 speaker#1 male native Good evening, everyone. Welcome to our live broadcast of Observation World. 1 1 1 report statement CCTVNEWS_OBSERVATIONWORLD_CMN_20060327_213001 0 66.071 75.047 speaker#1 male native Today's Observation World, uh, will focus on a war that is perhaps rather different to standard ideas of war, or the chaos of war. 1 1 2 report statement CCTVNEWS_OBSERVATIONWORLD_CMN_20060327_213001 0 75.047 82.200 speaker#1 male native This is a kind of conceptual war which is currently, in these last two days, going on on the distant east coast of Canada. 1 1 3 report statement CCTVNEWS_OBSERVATIONWORLD_CMN_20060327_213001 0 82.200 90.038 speaker#1 male native And, the International Fund for Animal Welfare has released this photograph from the day before yesterday to the entire world. Let's look at it for a moment. 1 1 4 report statement CCTVNEWS_OBSERVATIONWORLD_CMN_20060327_213001 0 90.038 96.829 speaker#1 male native Uh, a seal culler is dragging a seal as he ((pw)) walks towards the culling ship. 1 1 5 report statement CCTVNEWS_OBSERVATIONWORLD_CMN_20060327_213001 0 96.829 104.069 speaker#1 male native And, on the east Canadian coast, a slaughter of seals -- annual, you could say -- has once again begun. 1 1 6 report statement CCTVNEWS_OBSERVATIONWORLD_CMN_20060327_213001 0 104.069 116.548 speaker#1 male native Moreover, with the beginning of the cull, the, uh, cullers, environmentalists and the dead bodies of the ((pw)) seals have all attracted the attention of the international community. 1 1 7 report statement CCTVNEWS_OBSERVATIONWORLD_CMN_20060327_213001 0 116.548 132.770 speaker#1 male native Perhaps many, many of our viewers, uh, would not necessarily immediately lock onto this, this kind of news headline, uh, among the important international news. But in fact, uh, many people, especially animal conservation activists, many are very interested in this kind of ((pw)) news. 1 1 8 report statement CCTVNEWS_OBSERVATIONWORLD_CMN_20060327_213001 0 132.770 142.151 speaker#1 male native At today's Observation World we are also going to focus on, uh, this kind of, some, a slaughter, which is happening right now and is stirring up great controversy. First let's look at a video clip. 1 1 9 report statement CCTVNEWS_OBSERVATIONWORLD_CMN_20060327_213001 0 142.151 148.702 speaker#2 male native Qajaaq is a middle aged Inuit man living in Canada. 1 2 10 report statement CCTVNEWS_OBSERVATIONWORLD_CMN_20060327_213001 0 148.702 160.163 speaker#2 male native On March 25, he and his colleagues took a small boat into St. Lawrence ((pw)) to start their biggest job this year: culling seals. 1 2 11 report statement CCTVNEWS_OBSERVATIONWORLD_CMN_20060327_213001 0 160.163 166.534 speaker#2 male native From this time on, Canadian hunters' annual seal cull starts. 1 2 12 report statement CCTVNEWS_OBSERVATIONWORLD_CMN_20060327_213001 0 166.534 172.583 speaker#2 male native It's said that a hunter like Qajaaq can kill 3,000 seals in three weeks. 1 2 13 report statement CCTVNEWS_OBSERVATIONWORLD_CMN_20060327_213001 0 172.583 179.654 speaker#2 male native As in previous years, this year's seal cull attracted strenuous protests from international animal conservation organizations as soon as it started. 1 2 14 report statement CCTVNEWS_OBSERVATIONWORLD_CMN_20060327_213001 0 179.654 187.819 speaker#2 male native They have shot films of the hunters killing seals and published them on the Internet, calling on everyone to protest against this action. 1 2 15 report statement CCTVNEWS_OBSERVATIONWORLD_CMN_20060327_213001 0 187.819 199.635 speaker#2 male native In recent years the numbers of people hunting seals has been increasing, but the Canadian government believes that limited culls of seals will not bring them close to extinction, and that they stimulate the local economy 1 2 16 report statement CCTVNEWS_OBSERVATIONWORLD_CMN_20060327_213001 0 199.635 203.897 speaker#2 male native This year, 325,000 baby seals will die at the hands of the hunters. 1 2 17 report statement CCTVNEWS_OBSERVATIONWORLD_CMN_20060327_213001 0 203.897 207.424 speaker#2 male native This is the hunting quota published by the Canadian government this year. 1 2 18 report statement CCTVNEWS_OBSERVATIONWORLD_CMN_20060327_213001 0 207.424 215.448 speaker#2 male native Despite the limits imposed by the Canadian government, the cries of those opposed to the seal cull grow ever louder. 1 2 19 report statement CCTVNEWS_OBSERVATIONWORLD_CMN_20060327_213001 0 215.448 220.622 speaker#2 male native Huge commercial profits have prevented the seal cull from ending. 1 2 20 report statement CCTVNEWS_OBSERVATIONWORLD_CMN_20060327_213001 0 220.622 226.368 speaker#2 male native It is said that last year's seal cull alone brought 8.3 million pounds sterling of income to Canada. 1 2 21 report statement CCTVNEWS_OBSERVATIONWORLD_CMN_20060327_213001 0 226.368 233.727 speaker#2 male native And for the Qajaaqs who rely on the bounty of the seal cull to supplement their income, this is just the first of this year's culls. 1 2 22 report statement CCTVNEWS_OBSERVATIONWORLD_CMN_20060327_213001 0 233.727 240.431 speaker#2 male native The second, even larger cull, will start on April 4th in Newfoundland. 1 2 23 report statement CCTVNEWS_OBSERVATIONWORLD_CMN_20060327_213001 0 240.431 246.685 speaker#1 male native Okay, to discuss this topic today, we've invited two guests. 1 3 24 report statement CCTVNEWS_OBSERVATIONWORLD_CMN_20060327_213001 0 246.685 248.659 speaker#1 male native One is our news observer Zhang Xun. 1 3 25 report statement CCTVNEWS_OBSERVATIONWORLD_CMN_20060327_213001 0 248.659 261.857 speaker#1 male native The other, uh, I will properly introduce to everyone: uh, Xi Zhinong, one of China, also our country's quite famous environmental activists. Of course his main title is chief filmmaker of Wild China Film. 1 3 26 report statement CCTVNEWS_OBSERVATIONWORLD_CMN_20060327_213001 0 261.857 264.037 speaker#1 male native Zhinong, um, we were once colleagues, ah. 1 3 27 report statement CCTVNEWS_OBSERVATIONWORLD_CMN_20060327_213001 0 264.037 272.953 speaker#1 male native Uh, I want to first ask you, as someone who upholds the idea of environmental protection, I want to first ask you a rather direct question, ah. 1 3 28 report statement CCTVNEWS_OBSERVATIONWORLD_CMN_20060327_213001 0 272.953 289.534 speaker#1 male native Uh, this does not represent my own opinion. After seeing so many of these bloody images, uh, but also hearing many dissenting opinions: ah, for example, businesses; for example, their numbers are very high; these -- should these seals really not be killed, in your opinion? 1 3 29 report question CCTVNEWS_OBSERVATIONWORLD_CMN_20060327_213001 0 289.534 293.696 Xi_Zhi_Nong male native They really shouldn't be, why -- 2 4 30 filler statement CCTVNEWS_OBSERVATIONWORLD_CMN_20060327_213001 0 289.534 293.696 speaker#1 male native Why? 2 4 31 filler question CCTVNEWS_OBSERVATIONWORLD_CMN_20060327_213001 0 293.696 313.121 Xi_Zhi_Nong male native In those vast expanses of ice they certainly don't threaten your life, nor are they affecting your, humans' interests. They are not competing with, with people, and they are not competing with the world. So their slaughter is one hundred percent motivated by humans' financial gain. 2 4 32 filler statement CCTVNEWS_OBSERVATIONWORLD_CMN_20060327_213001 0 293.696 313.121 speaker#1 male native Uh-huh, uh-huh. 2 4 33 filler statement CCTVNEWS_OBSERVATIONWORLD_CMN_20060327_213001 0 313.121 324.012 speaker#1 male native As an environmentalist, what is the main reason in your opinion for opposition to this cull by, for example, many environmental organizations, environmental protection, um, environmentalists in the environmentalist world? 2 5 34 filler question CCTVNEWS_OBSERVATIONWORLD_CMN_20060327_213001 0 324.012 330.084 speaker#1 male native Is it because it's very cruel? Or should we say these animals should not be killed at all? 2 5 35 filler question CCTVNEWS_OBSERVATIONWORLD_CMN_20060327_213001 0 330.084 333.647 Xi_Zhi_Nong male native I think it's definitely that point, that they should not be killed in the first place. 2 6 36 filler statement CCTVNEWS_OBSERVATIONWORLD_CMN_20060327_213001 0 333.647 346.605 Xi_Zhi_Nong male native Because we do not now need the pelts of seals to make clothes; because we use, have too many things we can -- there's cotton -- there are also many many things that can ((pw)) cover our bodies. 2 7 37 filler statement CCTVNEWS_OBSERVATIONWORLD_CMN_20060327_213001 0 333.647 346.605 speaker#1 male native Uh-huh. 2 7 38 filler statement CCTVNEWS_OBSERVATIONWORLD_CMN_20060327_213001 0 346.605 350.821 Xi_Zhi_Nong male native And we don't need the seal meat to fill our stomachs, do we? 2 7 39 filler statement CCTVNEWS_OBSERVATIONWORLD_CMN_20060327_213001 0 346.605 350.821 speaker#1 male native Uh-huh, mm. 2 7 40 filler statement CCTVNEWS_OBSERVATIONWORLD_CMN_20060327_213001 0 350.821 355.755 Xi_Zhi_Nong male native So looking at it in this way, why must we slaughter these seals in such great numbers? 2 8 41 filler statement CCTVNEWS_OBSERVATIONWORLD_CMN_20060327_213001 0 355.755 358.653 speaker#1 male native Mm, okay, this position of yours is quite ((pw)) clear, ah. 2 9 42 filler statement CCTVNEWS_OBSERVATIONWORLD_CMN_20060327_213001 0 358.653 370.294 speaker#1 male native Uh, let's ask our observer. As an observer, you have seen many of these before and have read a lot of materials. So I'm sure you may know, uh, a position opposed to, different from Zhinong's. 2 9 43 filler statement CCTVNEWS_OBSERVATIONWORLD_CMN_20060327_213001 0 370.294 373.402 speaker#1 male native That is to say, what's the position of the Canadian government or the cullers, for example? 2 9 44 filler question CCTVNEWS_OBSERVATIONWORLD_CMN_20060327_213001 0 373.402 377.402 Zhang_Xun male native From the perspective of animal conservation, my opinion is the same as Zhinong's. 2 10 45 filler statement CCTVNEWS_OBSERVATIONWORLD_CMN_20060327_213001 0 373.402 377.402 speaker#1 male native Uh-huh. 2 10 46 filler statement CCTVNEWS_OBSERVATIONWORLD_CMN_20060327_213001 0 377.402 385.659 Zhang_Xun male native And I should also, but -- but I'm just, I just think that the whole -- ((pw)) because currently there are many news reports saying, this event is extremely controversial. 2 10 47 filler statement