美丽中国中英文字幕 第01集 龙之心 Heart of the Dragon

美丽中国（Wild China）

第一集龙之心Heart of the Dragon

最后的隐世净土The last hidden world

中国China

数世纪来旅人传诵着关于这片神奇土地

For centuries, travellers to China have told tales of magical landscapes

以及那些神奇生物的传说and surprising creatures

中国文明是世界最古老的文明Chinese civilization is the world's oldest

而如今是最宏博的and today it's largest

那数十亿的人民with well over a billion people

现存超过五十个民族It's home to more than 50 distinct ethnic groups

以及各式各样贴近自然的and a wide range of traditional life styles

传统生活方式often inclose partnership with nature

我们都知道中国面对着着众多社会环境问题

We know that China faces immense social and environmental problems

但这里也存在着令人窒息的美丽but there is great beauty here too

中国有着世界最高峰China is home to the world's highest mountains,

从无垠的炙热沙漠vast deserts ranging from from searing hot 到麻木大脑的寒冷地带to mind numbing cold

以及那蒸笼般的森林中steaming forests

隐匿的各种珍稀生物harboring rare creatures

天际下广阔无垠的草原grassy plains beneath vast horizons

以及富饶的热带海洋and rich tropical seas

现在我们第一次有机会Now, for the first time ever

深入探索这片伟大的土地we can explore the whole of this great country

接触栖息于此的珍奇生物meet some of the surprising and exotic creatures that live here

目睹中国这片神奇土地上and consider the relationship of the people and wildlife of China

人与野生世界的羁绊to the remarkable landscaping which they live

这就是最原味的中国This is wild China

仅以此献给我们多灾多难但美丽依旧的祖国

For our troubled but drop-dead beautiful motherland

我们的中国探索之旅始于南方的亚热带

Our exploration of China begins in the warm subtropical south

漓江的渔人和鱼鸟栖坐在竹筏上

On the Li River fishermen and birds perch on bamboo rafts

这个组合已延续千年之久 a partnership that goes back more than a thousand years

这景致已为世人所熟悉This scenery is known throughout the world 那是中国水墨永恒的主题 a recurring motif in Chinese paintings

和旅人永远的胜地and a major tourist attraction

中国南部是片有英国国土The south of China is a vast area

九倍之大的广阔土地eight times larger than the UK

这里是山雨的国度It's a landscape of hills but also of water

这里一年之中有250天在降雨It rains here for up to 250 days a year

到处都是积水and standing water is everywhere

在扬子江的涝原In a floodplain of the Yangtse River

黑尾鹬在泥泞中寻索着虫子

black-tailed godwits probe the mud in search of worms

并非只有野生动物在这样的环境下茁壮成长

But it isn't just wildlife that thrive in this environment 沼泽般湿润肥沃的土地为作物家族最显著的成员提供了最理想的环境the swampy ground provides ideal conditions for the remarkable member of the grass family

这就是稻米rice

中国有着至少8000年的稻米种植史

The Chinese have been cultivating rice for at least 8 thousand years

他们改变了这块土地It has transformed the landscape

对云南南部的农民而言冬末是个繁忙的季节

Late winter in southern Yunnan is a busy time for local farmers

因为他们要为即将来临的春天整顿这片古老的稻田

as they prepare the age-old paddy field ready for the coming spring

元阳县的山坡以2000M之势These hill slopes of Yuanyang county

斜插于红河谷地的河床plunge nearly 2000m to the floor of the Red River Valley

包含了上千由原始刨掘工具所创造出的梯田

each contains literally thousands of stack terraces carved out by hand using basic digging tools