The animal oracle predictions for the World Cup have begun, with host nation Brazil getting a vote of confidence from its chosen turtle tipster.
世界杯動物預(yù)言帝的神預(yù)測又要開始啦！海龜預(yù)言帝預(yù)測東道主巴西將取得勝利。

By making a patriotic choice of food, loggerhead turtle Big Head predicted Tuesday that the host nation will beat Croatia in the opening game of the World Cup on Thursday.
周二工作人員把食物掛在不同國家的國旗下，用赤蠵龜“大頭”挑選食物的方式預(yù)測比賽結(jié)果?！按箢^”的預(yù)測表明，主辦國巴西將在周四和克羅地亞的世界杯揭幕戰(zhàn)中勝出。

Big Head is Brazil’s answer to Germany’s Paul the?Octopus, who started the psychic animal craze during the 2010 World Cup and spawned a slew of imitations around the world.
2010年南非世界杯期間，德國的章魚保羅開啟了世界杯戰(zhàn)況動物神預(yù)測的熱潮，隨后世界各地都競相模仿。今年，巴西請海龜“大頭”出馬，擔(dān)任本屆世界杯的預(yù)言帝。

At the Praia do Forte turtle sanctuary north of Salvador, the 25-year-old male sea turtle was given the choice between eating a fish hung from a Brazilian flag or a Croatian flag.
普拉亞多海灘位于巴西港市薩爾瓦多北部，這里是25歲的海龜“大頭” 對本屆世界杯進(jìn)行預(yù)測的地方。工作人員在巴西國旗和克羅地亞國旗下分別放了一條魚，讓“大頭”來選擇。

After attempting to eat the fish hung from a football indicating a draw, Big Head chose the one representing Brazil.?
起先“大頭”在代表平局的足球下的魚那里猶豫了一下，隨后選擇了代表巴西的那條。

The small crowd of onlookers cheered in appreciation of Big Head’s choice.
“大頭”的選擇贏得了在場人的贊賞和歡呼。