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The Wild China
The last hidden world-China
最后的隐世净土-中国
For centuries,travellers to China have told tales of ma gicallandscapesand surprising creatures.
数世纪来旅人传诵着关于这片神奇土地以及那些神奇生物的传说
Chinese civilization is the world's oldest andtodayit'slargest with well over a billion people.中国文明是世界最古老的文明,而如今是最宏博的
Weknow thatChina faces immensesocial andenvironmental problemsbutthere is great beauty here too
那数十亿的人民我们都知道中国面对着着众多社会环境问题,但这里也存在着令人窒息的美丽。
China is home to the world's highest mountains,
vast deserts ranging from fromsearing hot
o mind numbingcold
steaming forests
harboring rare creatures
grassyplains beneath vasthorizons
andrich tropical seas
Now, for thefirsttime ever
we canexplore the whole of this greatcountry
meetsomeofthe surprising and exotic creatures that live here
and considerthe relationship of thepeople andwildlif eofChina
to the remarkable landscapingwhich they live
This is wild China
Forourtroubled butdrop-dead beautiful motherland
中国有着世界最高峰
从无垠的炙热沙漠
到麻木大脑的寒冷地带
以及那蒸笼般的森林中
隐匿的各种珍稀生物
天际下广阔无垠的草原
以及富饶的热带海洋
Laterwinter in southen,Yunnanis abusytimefor local farmers.在南方的云南,晚冬是当地农夫最忙的季节。
As theyprepare the age old paddyfieldsready for the comingspring
他们忙着在春天来临前,为古老的稻田整地,
These hill slopes of the Yuanyang Countypluge nearly 2000metres元阳县的丘陵坡度都很陡,骤降海拔2000米,To the floorof the Red River valley.至下面红河谷底Each contains literally thousands of stacked terraces. 每一个山坡都布满了梯田
Carvedoutbyhandusing basic digging tools. 是人们以简陋的工具用手开拓出来的。
Yunna’s rice terraces are amongthe oldest humanstr ucturesinChina.
云南的稻米梯田是中国最古老的人类遗迹之一。
Stillploughed ,as they always have been,至今仍然沿用。
By domesticated water buffaloes.家畜水牛来耕犁稻田
Whose ancestors originated in these very valleys
就像原先在山谷里,居住的祖先一样
This man-made landscape isone of the most amazing engineeringfeatsof pre-industrial China.
这人造景色是中国在工业化前一项最令人惊讶的工程
It seemsasif every square inchofland has been pr essedinto cultivation. 似乎每一寸土地
This Buddhishtemple near Shanghaihasan ex traordinary storyattachedto it.上海附近的佛寺有个让人惊奇的故事
In May2007,a Wild China camera team filmedthis pe culiarSuinhoe’s turtlein the temple’sfish pond.
2007年5月一组《野性中国》的拍摄小组拍摄了佛寺里一只很奇特的斑鳖
Accordingto the monks, the turtlehadbeen given to the temple duringthe Ming dynasty, over 400 years ago.
据和尚说那斑鳖是400年前明朝朝廷给佛寺的
It was thought tobe the oldest animalon earth是世上最老的动物Soft-shelled turtles areconsidered a gourmet delicacy by manyChinese.and when it wasfilmed鳖对中国人而言是美味佳肴,当它被拍摄时
thiswasone ofjust three Swinhoe’s turtles leftaliveinChina
是中国仅存三只的其中一只
the rest ofits kind havingbeen rounded up and eaten它其他的同伴全被抓起来吃了
Sadly, just a few weeksafter filming,this ancientcreaturedied很不幸的是,拍摄后的几个礼拜这古老生物死了
The remaining individuals of its speciesarecurrently kept in separate zoos剩下的几只分别养在不同的动物园里
andSwinhoe’s turtleisnow reckoned extinct inthewild
现在野生斑鳖被公认绝种了
Infact,most of the 25 types of freshwater turtles inChina 事实上中国25种淡水乌龟,and nowvanishingly ra ce现在消失得很快
Winding between Zhangjiajie’s pesks,crystal clean m ountain streams卷绕着张家界,高峰上晶莹剔透的云雾间,
arehometowhat is perhaps China’s strangest creature.可能是中国最奇怪的生物的家,
Thisbizarre animalisatype ofnewt这异乎寻常的动物是蝾螈的一种the Chinese giant salamander中国大蝾螈
In Chinait is known as thebabyfish俗称娃娃娃鱼becausewhen distressed it makes asoundlike a crying infant
因为当遇到危险时,它会发出像婴儿一样的哭声
Itgrows up to a metre anda half long它能长到一尺半的长度,makingit the worldingit the world’s largest amp hibian
是世界上最大的两栖类,
under natural conditions,a giant salamander may live for decades.在正常的环境下,大蝾螈能活几十年,
But likeso many Chineseanimals it isconside red delicious to eat但就向许多中国的动物,它是种美食,Despitebeingclassedas a protectedspecies尽管被视为保育类动物
giant salamanders are still illegallysoldfor food大蝾螈仍然被非法地当食物出售,
andthe baby fish is nowrare and endangered inthe wild现在的野生的娃娃鱼是稀有和面临绝种的动物
Fortunately, in a few areas like Zhangjiajie幸运地几个向张家界的地方,
giantsalamandersstill surviveunder strict officialprotection大蝾螈能在官方严格的保护下生存,
Like thewhite cranes,many ofsouth China’s uniqueanimals.像白鹤一样,许多在中国南方特有的动物,
face pressure from exploitation and competition with people overspace and rescources面临了和人类对空间及资源的开发与竞争压力
but if China is living proofofanythingit is that wildlife is surprisingly resilient.但如果中国是种见证:那就是野生动物有令人惊讶的恢复力
Given the right help只要得到正确的帮助
Eventhe rarest creatures can return from thebrink 即使是最稀有的生物,也能从濒临绝种的边缘回生
If we show thewill,nature will find the way只要我们有意愿,自然会找到出路。