《美丽中国》wild China 英语PPT
纪录片美丽中国__中英文解说词分析
纪录片美丽中国__中英文解说词分析美丽中国（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 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 Y unnan 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云南的梯田是中国最古老人类耕作痕迹中Yunnan's rice terraces are among the oldest human structures in China 依旧被耕种使用的土地still ploughed as they always have been正如千百年来的习俗一样by domesticated water buffaloes源自云南河谷的家养水牛承担了耕作的重任whose ancestors originated in these very valleys这片人力开拓的土地是工业化前中国最惊奇宏伟的壮景This man-made landscape is one of the most amazingengineering feats of preindustrial China似乎这里的每一寸土地It seems as if every square inch of land 都被打上了农耕的痕迹has been pressed into cultivation当薄暮降临As evening approaches另一场古老的仪式上演an age-old ritual unfolds现在是交配的季节It's the mating season雄禾田蛙们为了吸引异性而卖力高鸣and male paddy frogs are competing for the attention of females但这并非总能为你吸引来关注的目光But it dosen't always pay to draw too much attention to youself中国池鹭是个饕餮掠食者The Chinese Pond Heron is a crapulous predator就算在耕作过的稻田中央Even in the middle of a ploughed paddy field也会上演喙与爪的血腥剧目nature is red in beak and claw或许这看上去像一场屠杀This may look like a slaughter但每只池鹭一次只能吞噬一只蛙but as each heron can swallow only one frog at a time 此时剩余的多数派得以逃生并获得了明日再度高歌的机会the vast majority will escape to croak another day元阳县这样广泛种植水稻的Terrace paddies like those of YunYang county are found across much of southern China梯田横贯中国南部This whole vast landscape is dominated by rice cultivation苗族人在炎热的贵州发展了高度发达的水稻种植In heated Guizhou province the Miao minority have developed a remarkable rice culture苗族人把木屋建立在陡峭低产的山壁上With every inch of fertile land given over to rice cultivation 用其余每寸丰饶的土地来种植水稻the Miao build their wooden houses on the steepest and least productive hillsides所有东西在中国农村都自有其用处In Chinese rural life everything has a use牛棚里的肥料在太阳下晒干用作煮饭的燃料dried in the sun manure from the cowsheds would be used as cooking fuel中午时分宋家人正饱餐以米和蔬菜为主的中饭It's midday and the Song family are tucking into a lunch of rice and vegetables老祖父宋古永置身于天伦之乐外Oblivious to the domestic chitchat寻思着重要的事情granddad Guyong Song has serious maters on his mind春季是稻禾生长的伊始时节Spring is a start of the rice growing season庄稼的长势决定了来年宋家人的生计the success of the crop will determin how well the family will eat next year因而选择合适的时机进行耕作是至关重要的so planting at the right time is critical时机的选择取决于当年的天气情况The ideal date depends on what the weather will do this year而这些却是永难估料的never easy to predict但是身边就存在着贴心小帮手But there is some surprising help at hand宋家厅堂房梁上的是一对刚从冬季迁徙中归来的金腰燕On the cielling of the Song's living room a pair of red-rumpedswallow newly arrive from their winter migration 他们正在为装潢新一年度的宅邸而忙碌is busy fixing up last year's nest在中国动物们被赋予独特的象征意义并被细心呵护In China animals are valued does much for their symbolic meaning as for many good they may do苗族人笃信成双燕终身相伴不离不弃Miao people believe that swallow pairs remain faithful for life 因此他们的存在被视为so their presence is a favor and a blessing幸福生活与美满婚姻的象征bringing happiness to a marriage and good luck to a home如大多数苗人一样宋家起居室的窗子可以眺望见成片的梯田Like most Miao dwellings, the Song's living room windows look out over the paddy fields从早春起一扇窗子便为了方便燕子往返穿飞而敞开From early spring, one of these windows is always left open to let the swallows come and go freely古老爹知晓每年燕子归来的确切时间Each year granddad Gu knows the exact day the swallows return苗族人坚信这些鸟儿的归来预示着春季的来临Miao people believe the birds arrival predicts the timing of a season ahead然而今年他们姗姗来迟This year, they were late因而古老爹和其他族中长老一致认为今年的插秧应当推迟so Gu and the other community elders have agreed that rice planting should be delayed accordingly当苗族人为了插秧而整备田地时As the Miao prepare theirfields for planting燕子们或搜集修整巢穴用的泥巴the swallows collect mud to repair their nests或穿越新耕的稻田追逐昆虫and chase after insects across the newly ploughed paddies最终经过了几周的准备Finally, after weeks of preparation这个预定种植的时刻来临了the ordained time for planting has arrived首先秧苗必须从苗床上连根拔起but first the seedlings must be uproot from the nursery beds扎成捆移植到高处山地and bundled up ready to be transported to their new paddy那崭新的苗床上higher up the hillside宋家邻里乡亲全员出动帮助移植All the Song's neighbors have turned out to help with the transplanting这是一直来他们的集体协作方式It's how the community has always worked当然一旦时刻来临宋家人也会做出相同行为来报恩when the time comes, the Songs will return the favor当农户们忙碌在田埂间时While the farmers are busy in the fields飞燕们则衔着修整巢穴的材料来来往往the swallows fly back and forth with material for their nest 人多力量大Many hands make light work插秧的整个过程只持续了仅一个多小时planting the new paddy takes a little more than an hour当工作完成农户们得以休息Job done, the villagers can relax至少在明天来临之前at least until tomorrow然而对这些筑巢的飞鸟而言修筑家园的宏大工程But for the nesting swallows, the work of raising a family才刚刚开始has only just begun新耕种的田地里In the newly planted fields白鹭在寻找食物little egrets hunt for foods稻田成了虫鱼蝌蚪的乐园The rice paddy harbor tadpoles fish and insects而白鹭正好以此哺育幼鸟and egrets have chicks to feed重庆自然保护区建立于1996年This colony in Chongqing province is established in 1996当成群的鸟儿安家在阳光村后方的小竹林when a few dozen birds build nests in the bamboo grove behind YanGuang village当地人将其视为幸运的使者Believing they were assigned of luck他们最初小心保护这些白鹭和他们的栖息地local people initially protected the egrets and the colony grove但当村长病重后他们的态度发生了转变But their attitude change when the head of the village fell ill 当政府开始介入保护鸟群时They blame the birds and were all set to destroy their nests他们开始敌视鸟群并着手摧毁巢穴when the local government stepped in to protect them易弯曲的竹子或许并非安家的最佳场所Bendy bamboo may not be the safest nesting place但至少这些小家伙们不会成为捕食者的腹中餐but at least these youngsters won't end up at someone's dinner这些小家伙刚从母亲嘴里分得美食These chicks have just had a meal delivered by their mom对新生的小嘴着实是一大挑战quite a challenge for litter beaks 介于他们的栖息地是受保护的Providing their colonies are protected像白鹭这样的候鸟是少数直接从发达的水稻种植中获益的鸟类wading birds like egrets are among the few wild creatures which benefit directly from intensive rice cultivation水稻生长需要大量的水Growing rice needs lots of water但即便是在多雨的南方有些土地也面临缺水的危机but even in the rainy south, there are landscapes where water is surprisingly scarce相当于法国和西班牙国土加起来那么大This vast area of southwest China的中国西南的广阔土地the size of France and Spain combined 因为宛如被干燥中空的谷地隔离开来的巨大蛋盒般is famous for its clusters of conical hills连绵的锥形山脉而闻名于世like giant upturned egg carton seperated by dry empty valleys这就是喀斯特地貌This is the karst石灰石地貌俨然成为南部中国的标志性特征a limestone terrain which has become the defining image of southern China喀斯特地貌通常以突起的裸岩状态分布Karst landscapes are often studded with rocky outcrops这迫使当地农民只得在破碎的小块土地上耕作forcing local farmers to cultivate tiny fields当地人是中国最贫穷的居民之一The people who live here are among the poorest in China在毗邻的云南省In neighboring Yunnan province遍布着石灰石limestone rocks have taken over entirely这就是著名的石林This is the famous Stone Forest无数年侵蚀作用的产物the product of countless years of erosion造就了无数的狭道与巅峰producing a maze of deep gullets and sharp-edged pinnacles石灰石有一个独性那就是能被雨水分解Limestone has a strange property that is dissolves in rain water在数千年的漫长光阴中水的侵蚀深入到岩床的心脏地带Over many thousands of years, water has corrode its way deep into the heart of the bedrock itself这一自然奇观成为了著名的旅游景点This natural wonder has a famous tourist spot每年的访客数量多达200万人receiving close to 2 million visitors each year中国人特别喜好奇形怪状的岩石The Chinese are fond of curiously shaped rocks并以为嶙峋怪石冠上千奇百怪的名字为乐and many have been given fanciful names但没人来猜测这个块怪石的名字No prices for guessing what this one is called但百闻不如置身这片奇妙山地亲身一见But there is more to this lands cape than meets the eye在中国醒目的喀斯特地貌下China has literally thousands of mysterious caverns 隐匿着无数的神秘洞穴concealed beneath the visible landscape of the karst 这些隐秘世界大多不为世人所知Much of this hidden world has never been seen by human eyes 而现在他们将被展现在世人眼前And it's only just now being explored 奇险洞穴中再现了一场终极的探险For a growing band of intrepid young Chinese explorers 主角是一群日渐成长初生牛犊般的年轻探险家caves represent the ultimate adventure探索一个洞穴犹如一场穿越时空的探险Exploring a cave is like taking the journey through time 常年积水叮咚伴随着无止境般的旅途a journey which endless raindrops would have followed over countless centuries水滴潺潺落下Fed by countless drips and trickles地下河流深切入岩the subterranean river carves ever deeper into the rock 石灰岩河床将洞穴的河道分割成千沟万壑The cave river's course is channeled by the beds of limestone 石灰岩薄弱处被河水冲刷差距的陡坡处水量激增A weakness in the rock can not allow the river to increase its gradient flowrate 为洞穴探险带来相当的挑战providing a real challenge for the cave explorers水流到达地下水位后便停止下流The downward rushes halted when the water table is reached 这里缓缓流动的河流切割出一条圆形隧道Here the slow flowing river carves tunnels with a more rounded profile这静谧的世界是穴居鱼的家This tranquil world is home to specialized cave fishes 比如无目金鲃like the eye-less Golden Barb 中国或许拥有地球上种类最为繁多的China may have unique kinds of cave evolved fishes洞穴进化鱼than anywhere else on Earth在地下水位线Above the water table远古洞穴溢满的河水中充斥着石笋和钟乳石ancient caverns abandoned by the river slowly fill up with stalactites and stalagmites 含有沉积物的水流St alactites form as trickling water deposites tiny quantities of rock 在千万年间“滴水成石”over hundreds or thousands of years含有石灰质的水滴落石床形成石笋Stalagmites grow up where lime laid and drips hit the cave floor 迄今为止被探索发掘的中国洞穴是中国大地上的九牛一毛So far, only a fraction of China's caves have been thoroughly prospected 而被发掘的洞穴不断为我们展现地底奇观and caves are constantly discovering new subterranean marvels许多在后来被开发成了商业景点many of which are subsequently developed into commercial show caves 探索者沿着洞穴河流出山谷的轨迹逃离了黑暗Finally escaping the darkness在远离出发地的河谷the cave river and its human explorers emerge in a valley far from where their journey began 这场冒险拉上了帷幕or now the adventure is over源自洞穴河流Rivers which issue from caves为喀斯特地区提供了生命之泉are the key to survival in the karst country贵州的垂直峡谷This vertical gorge in Guizhou province成为了当地野生动物的密集焦点is a focal point for the region's wildlife这是世界上最珍稀的灵长类之一This is one of the world's rarest primates白颊黑叶猴Francois's langur在中国他们只残存于两个南部省份In China, they survive in just two southern provinces贵州与广西Guizhou and Guangxi多半栖息于崎岖的石灰岩地貌地带always in ragged limestone terrains正如大多数猴子一样他们是社会性生物Like most monkeys,they're social creatures并且他们乐于耗费大把时间为彼此整理仪容and spend a great deal of time grooming each other 叶猴是个不折不扣以嫩芽、嫩叶、水果为食的素食主义者Langurs are essentially vegetarian with a diet of buds, fruits, and tender young leaves 叶猴宝宝裹着姜黄色的毛发出生Babies are born with ginger fur这些毛发随着生长逐渐从尾部开始变成黑色which gradually turns black from the tail end叶猴宝宝虎钳般的爪Young infants have a vise-like grip帮助他们附着在妈妈身上以保证安全used for cling on to mom for dare life随着年龄的增长As they get older他们越发胆大，并开始常识更多刺激they get bolder and take more risks这些是经历诸多冒险后的幸存者Those have survive spend a lot of time travelling尽管经验丰富的成年叶猴深知Yet experienced adults know exactly where to find seasonal food到守备范围内不同区域的哪里去寻觅当季的食物in different parts of their range在如此陡峭的地带In such steep terrain旅途顺利包含了高超的攀爬技巧travel involves a high level of climbing skill这些猴子打会走路起就是卓越的攀岩专家These monkeys are spectacularly good rock climbers from the time they learnt to walk叶猴族群In langur society是母系社会females rule the roost并且是举家迁徙的领队人物and take the lead when the familyis on the move峭壁一侧One section of cliff分泌的水是富含矿物质的woops is a trickle of mineral-rich water这对猴子们而言是不可抗拒的诱惑which the monkeys seem to find irresistible如今麻阳河自然保护区已鲜有危及猴宝宝的捕食者These days there are few predators in the Mayanghe Reserve which might pose a risk to baby monkey然而在过去的数个世纪but in past centuries, this area of south China中国南部的这个地区是豹子巨蟒甚至老虎的家was home to leopards, pythons, and even tigers为了在暗夜潜行者的利爪下存活T o survive dangerous night prowlers叶猴们前往地底the langurs went underground用他们的高超的攀爬技巧爬到洞穴上方寻找庇护所using their rock climbing skills to seek shelter in inaccessible caverns夜视镜在近乎黑暗的坏境下记录下Filmed in near darkness using a night vision camera叶猴一家爬上了the troop clambers along familiar ledges被数代猴族磨蚀光润的石壁的情景worn smooth by generations before them当冬日寒冷来袭During cold winter weather猴子们则冒险潜入the monkeys venture deeper underground 空气相对保持温暖的地下where the air stays comparatively warm旅途的终点At last, journeys end,高悬的庇护所使得最激进的捕食者都束手无策a coated niche beyond the reach of even the most enterprising predator并非只有猴子们在洞穴中寻找遮蔽But it's not just monkeys that find shelter in caves这些孩子们刚放学These children are off to school在中国农村每天早上都意味着一段In rural China, that may mean a long trek each morning穿越一两个洞穴的艰苦跋涉passing through a cave or two on the way然而并非所有孩子都要徒步上学But not all pupils have to walk to school这些孩子是寄宿生These children are boarders当孩子们快要到达学校时As the day pupils near journey's end 住宿生还在做早饭the boarders are still making breakfast校园内仿若被关掉了灯一般黑暗In the school yard, someone seems to have switched the lights off但这里其实并没有正规的操场But this is no ordinary play ground以及正规的学校and no ordinary school只不过是座Its house洞穴中的房屋而已inside a cave天然拱顶阻隔了雨水 A natural vault of rock keeps out the rain 为教室省去了屋顶so there is no need for a roof on the classroom中东洞穴学校由六个班级Zhongdong cave school is made up of 6 classes共200名学生组成with a total of 200 children如同这所学校般这个洞穴住宅区As well as a school, the cave houses 18 families是18户人家和他们牲畜的聚居地together with their livestock 这或许是世界上唯一在洞穴中饲养的牛了This could be the only cave dwelling cows on Earth 放学后是游戏的时间With school work over, it's play time at last在中国南方洞穴不仅用于遮蔽In southern China, caves aren't just used for shelter 他们也能为当地人带来恩惠they can be a source of revenue for the community 数代的人持续受到洞穴的恩泽People have been visiting this cave for generations 洞穴地底覆盖了满满鸟粪The cave floor is covered in guano仅仅十分钟时间就能让农人满载而归so plentiful that 10 minutes' work can fill these farmer's baskets 这是一种宝贵的天然肥料This used as a valuable source of fertilizer鸟粪的源头能听到河水上空的鸟鸣A clue to the source of the guano can be heard above the noise of the river 噪音因为山洞而被放大The sound originates high up in the roof of the cave 入口处聚满了雨燕The entrance is full of swifts他们是社交性动物They are very sociable birds约200000多的共享贵州南部的洞穴more than 200,000 of them share this cave in southern Guizhou province 中国最大的雨燕栖息地The biggest swift colony in China如今中国的家燕多数将巢穴建在建筑物的屋顶These days, Chinese house swifts mostly nest in the roofs of buildings 但其实在房屋被发明出来之前but rock crevasses like these were their original home 这样的岩缝才是他们原本安家的地方long before houses were invented尽管雨燕依靠洞穴遮蔽Though the swifts depend on the cave for shelter他们却必定在日落前归巢they never stray further than the limits of daylight 因为他们的眼睛无法在黑夜中看清事物as their eyes can't see in dark然而洞穴深处However, deep inside the cavern是一群更适应地下are the creatures are better equipped隐秘生活的居民for subterranean life一群蝙蝠刚刚醒来 A colony of bats is just waking up他们运用超声波在黑夜中确定自己的方位using ultrasonic squeaks to orientate themselves in the darkness 夜晚是狩猎时间Night is the time to go hunting Rickett鼠耳蝠是亚洲蝙蝠中唯一Rickett's mouse-eared bat is the only bat in Asia which specializes in catching fishes 通过在水面依靠声波对涟漪的反射追踪游鱼的蝙蝠种tracking them down from the sound reflection of ripples on the water surface这种非凡的技巧仅在数年前被发现This extraordinary behavior was only discovered in the last couple of years现在首次被记录下来展示给世人and has never been filmed before如果说在黑暗中追捕游鱼是如此的不可思议If catching fish in the dark is impressive想象下倒挂状态下不用爪子吞食滑溜溜的米诺鱼是怎样的神奇场景imagine eating a slippery minnow with no hands while hanging upside down拂晓降临至桂林的喀斯特山地Dawn, over the karst hills of Guilin这些山地的嶙峋奇秀归功于These remarkable hills owe theirpeculiar shapes漓江那弱酸性的水质to the mildly acid waters of the Li River 亿万年的侵蚀褪去了他们的本来面目whose meandering course over eons of time has corrode away their basis只剩下坚硬的河道残留下来until only the rocky course remained漓江是中国最清澈的河流之一Li is one of the cleanest rivers in China是捕鱼者和他们训练有素的鸬鹚最爱的捕获点a favorite spot for fishermen with their trained cormorants这帮七八十岁的男人全部姓黄The men, all called Huang, come from the same village 他们来自同一个村落now in their seventies and eighties他们毕生都以捕鱼卫生they've been fishermen all their lives 在释放鱼鸟之前Before they release the birds他们在鸟的脖子上松松的系一条套索they tie a noose, loosely around the neck以防止鸟儿私自将捕到的鱼吞进肚子里to stop them swallowing any fish they may catch伴随着即兴的舞蹈，黄老汉鼓励着他的鸟儿们跳入水中Chancing and dancing, the Huangs encourage their birds to take the plunge在水下Under water鸬鹚的狩猎本能暴发the cormorant's hunting instinct kicks in 他们化身为水下的游鱼追踪导弹turning them into fish seeking missiles一只鸬鹚小分队搭档合作齐心协力Working together,一早上便能收获颇丰a good cormorant team can catch a couple of dozen decent-sized fish in a morning鸟儿们被训练过只能带着鱼儿回到筏子The birds return to the raft with their fish because they've been trained to do so从出生的那一刻起From the time it first hatched鸬鹚们就开始被训练为忠仆each of these cormorants has been reared to a life of obedience to its master这些鸟儿是高效的奴隶The birds are, in effect, slaves但是它们并不是白痴But they are not stupid据说鸬鹚能够记住它们捕获的鱼的数目It's said the cormorants can key the tally of the fish they catch 至少能记住七条at least up to seven除非它们不时得到打赏当然这不过是收回一点自己的劳动成果罢了So unless they get a reward now and then,they simply withdraw their labor 渔夫理所当然得把最好的鱼留给自己The fishermen of course keep the best fish for themselves 鸬鹚则能享受剩余的部分The cormorants get the leftover tiddlies 项圈摘除后鸟儿们终于能享用它的战利品了With its collar removed，the bird can at last swallow its prize 最美妙的莫过于得到额外的打赏Best of all,when it isn't meant to have...而如今现代捕鱼技术的激烈竞争These days,competition for modern fishing techniques 意味着使黄老汉已不能仅靠鸬鹚捕鱼这一传统的手段谋生了means the Huangs can't make a living from traditional cormorant fishing alone 这一流传了1300多年的传统And this 1300-year old tradition如今只能成为取悦游客的表演is now practiced mostly toentertain tourists但在贵州省附近的草海湖上But on Caohai lake in nearby Guizhou Province一种与众不同的捕鱼业正在蓬勃发展an even more unusual fishing industry is alive and well 庚钟胜正在去为夜间布网的路上Geng Zhongsheng is on his way to set out his net for the night 老庚的怪网是一种一头扎起来的管状装置Geng's net is a strange tubular contraption with a closed off end 上百渔夫依靠这个More than a hundred fishermen make their living from the lake 水质富矿的高产湖泊为生Its mineral-rich waters are highly productive并在此布下天罗地网and there are nets everywhere第二天清早老耿和他的儿子回来收获他们猎物The next morning, Geng returns with his son to collect his catch 乍看之下收获平平At first sight, it looks disappointing 小鱼.虾米.和扭个不停的虫子Tiny fishes, lots of shrimps, and some wriggling bugs 然而老耿看上去来并不那么消沉Geng doesn't seem too down hearted大鱼被保持存活The larger fish are kept alive这是唯一在酷暑下保鲜的办法the only way they'll stay fresh in the heat令人吃惊的是一些虫子也被专门挑捡出来Surprisingly, some of the bugs are also singled out for special treatment 它们是蜻蜓的幼虫They are the young stage of dragonflies以蠕虫和蝌蚪为食的掠食者predators that feed on worms and tadpoles这里是世界上蜻蜓卵收获最丰的地方Nowhere else in the world are dragonfly nymphs harvested like this 回到家后老耿把他的获物在屋顶上摊开晒干Back home, Geng spreads his catch on the roof to dry 在中国，但凡能吃的东西都不会被浪费It's being in China, nothing edible would be wasted在遥远的南方有这样一种说法There is a saying in the far south “长腿的唯桌子不吃"We will eat anything with legs, except a table;长翅膀的独飞机不啃”and anything with wings, except a plane."几个钟头后这些晒干了的昆虫便会被带到市场上卖掉Within a few hours, the dried insects are ready to be backed up and taken to market 其中蜻蜓蛹能卖到最好的价格Its the dragonfly nymphs that fetch the best price幸运的是草海的蜻蜓资源非常丰富且高速再生Fortunately, Caohai's dragonflies are abundant and fast breeding所以老耿和其他的渔民远不会危及它们的数量so Geng and his fellow fishermen have so far had little impact on their numbers 但绝非所有野生动物都这样生机勃勃But not all wildlife is so resilient这所上海附近的佛庙This buddhist temple near Shanghai有一段与之相关的传奇故事has an extraordinary story attached to it2007年5月In May 2007一支狂野中国摄制组在这所寺庙的鱼塘里A Wild China camera team filmed this peculiar Swinhoe's turtle拍摄到了这只罕见的斑龟in the temple's fishpond据寺庙的和尚所说这只龟在明朝期间被赐予寺庙According to the monks, this turtle had been given to the temple during the Ming dynasty至今已有400余年历史了over 400 years ago它被认为是地球上最老的动物It was thought to be the oldest animal on Earth软壳龟被很多从中国人视为神赐的馈赠Soft shell turtles are considerd a god-made delicacy by many Chinese在被记录下的时候and when it was filmed它已是中国仅存的三只斑龟之一this was one of just three Swinhoe's Turtles left alive in China他的同胞们The rest of its kind被当作食物剿杀殆尽having been rounded up and eaten悲痛人心的是在拍摄后的短短几周后Sadly, just a few weeks after filming这只远古的生物与世长辞了this ancient creature died他的其他同类现在被散养在不同动物园保护着The remaining individuals of its species are currently kept in seperate zoos据测算现在斑龟在自然界中已经灭绝了and Swinhoe's Turtle is now reckoned extinct in the wild事实上中国25种淡水龟中In fact, most of the 25 types of fresh water turtles in China多数都已然濒危are now vanishingly rare杜绝物种灭绝的唯一途径The answer to extinction就是加以保护is protection这里有贯穿中国南方的不断壮大的自然保护区网络And there is now a growing network of nature reserves through southern China其中张家界天子山那由沙石构成的高耸的Of these, the Tianzi Mountain Reserve at Zangjiajie is perhaps the most visited by Chinese nature lovers。
纪录片美丽中国__中英文解说词
美丽中国（Wild China）第一集龙之心Heart of the Dragon永波：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现在是交配的季节It's the mating season雄禾田蛙们为了吸引异性而卖力高鸣and male paddy frogs are competing for the attention of females但这并非总能为你吸引来关注的目光But it dosen't always pay to draw too much attention to youself中国池鹭是个饕餮掠食者The Chinese Pond Heron is a crapulous predator就算在耕作过的稻田中央Even in the middle of a ploughed paddy field也会上演喙与爪的血腥剧目nature is red in beak and claw或许这看上去像一场屠杀This may look like a slaughter但每只池鹭一次只能吞噬一只蛙but as each heron can swallow only one frog at a time 此时剩余的多数派得以逃生并获得了明日再度高歌的机会the vast majority will escape to croak another day元阳县这样广泛种植水稻的Terrace paddies like those of Y unYang county are found across much of southern China梯田横贯中国南部This whole vast landscape is dominated by rice cultivation苗族人在炎热的贵州发展了高度发达的水稻种植In hilly Guizhou province the Miao minority have developed a remarkable rice culture苗族人把木屋建立在陡峭低产的山壁上With every inch of fertile land given over to rice cultivation用其余每寸丰饶的土地来种植水稻the Miao build their wooden houses on the steepest and least productive hillsides所有东西在中国农村都自有其用处In Chinese rural life everything has a use牛棚里的肥料在太阳下晒干用作煮饭的燃料dried in the sun manure from the cowsheds would be used as cooking fuel中午时分宋家人正饱餐以米和蔬菜为主的中饭It's midday and the Song family are tucking into a lunch of rice and ve getables老祖父宋古永置身于天伦之乐外Oblivious to the domestic chitchat寻思着重要的事情granddad Guyong xiu has serious maters on his mind春季是稻禾生长的伊始时节Spring is a start of the rice growing season庄稼的长势决定了来年宋家人的生计the success of the crop will determin how wel l the family will eat next year因而选择合适的时机进行耕作是至关重要的so planting at the right time is critical时机的选择取决于当年的天气情况The ideal date depends on what the weather will do this year而这些却是永难估料的never easy to predict但是身边就存在着贴心小帮手But there is some surprising help at hand宋家厅堂房梁上的是一对刚从冬季迁徙中归来的金腰燕On the cielling of the Song's living room a pair of red-rumped swallow, newly arrive from their winter migration他们正在为装潢新一年度的宅邸而忙碌is busy fixing up last year's nest在中国动物们被赋予独特的象征意义并被细心呵护In China , animals are valued as much for their symbolic meaning as for any good they may do苗族人笃信成双燕终身相伴不离不弃Miao people believe that swallow pairs remain faithful for life因此他们的存在被视为so their presence is a favor and a blessing幸福生活与美满婚姻的象征bringing happiness to a marria ge and good luck to a home如大多数苗人一样宋家起居室的窗子可以眺望见成片的梯田Like most Miao dwellings, the Song's living room windows look out over the paddy fields从早春起一扇窗子便为了方便燕子往返穿飞而敞开From early spring, one of these windows is always left open to let the swallows come and go freely古老爹知晓每年燕子归来的确切时间Each year granddad Gu notes the exact day the swallows return苗族人坚信这些鸟儿的归来预示着春季的来临Miao people believe the birds' arrival predicts the timing of the season ahead然而今年他们姗姗来迟This year, they were late因而古老爹和其他族中长老一致认为今年的插秧应当推迟so Gu and the other community elders have agreed that rice planting should be delayed accordingly当苗族人为了插秧而整备田地时As the Miao prepare their fields for planting燕子们或搜集修整巢穴用的泥巴the swallows collect mud to repair their nests相当于法国和西班牙国土加起来那么大This vast area of southwest China的中国西南的广阔土地the size of France and Spain combined因为宛如被干燥中空的谷地隔离开来的巨大蛋盒般is famous for its clusters of conical hills连绵的锥形山脉而闻名于世like giant upturned egg carton seperated b y dry empty valleys这就是喀斯特地貌This is the karst, a limestone terrain石灰石地貌俨然成为南部中国的标志性特征which has become the defining image of southern China喀斯特地貌通常以突起的裸岩状态分布Karst landscapes are often studded with rocky outcrops这迫使当地农民只得在破碎的小块土地上耕作forcing local farmers to cultivate tiny fields当地人是中国最贫穷的居民之一The people who live here are among the poorest in China在毗邻的云南省In neighboring Yunnan province遍布着石灰石limestone rocks have taken over entirely这就是著名的石林This is the famous Stone Forest无数年侵蚀作用的产物the product of countless years of erosion造就了无数的狭道与巅峰producing a maze of deep gullets and sharp-edged pinnacles石灰石有一个独性那就是能被雨水分解Limestone has a strange property that is dissolves in rain water在数千年的漫长光阴中水的侵蚀深入到岩床的心脏地带Over many thousands of years, water has corrode its way deep into the heart of the bedrock itself 这一自然奇观成为了著名的旅游景点This natural wonder has a famous tourist spot每年的访客数量多达200万人receiving close to 2 million visitors each year中国人特别喜好奇形怪状的岩石The Chinese are fond of curiously shaped rocks并以为嶙峋怪石冠上千奇百怪的名字为乐and many have been given fanciful names但没人来猜测这个块怪石的名字No prices for guessing what this one is called但百闻不如置身这片奇妙山地亲身一见But there is more to this landscape than meets the eye在中国醒目的喀斯特地貌下China has literally thousands of mysterious caverns隐匿着无数的神秘洞穴concealed beneath the visible landscape of the karst这些隐秘世界大多不为世人所知Much of this hidden world has never been seen by human eyes 而现在他们将被展现在世人眼前And it's only just now being explored国南方洞穴不仅用于遮蔽In southern China, caves aren't just used for shelter他们也能为当地人带来恩惠they can be a source of revenue for the community 数代的人持续受到洞穴的恩泽People have been visiting this cave for generations 洞穴地底覆盖了满满鸟粪The cave floor is covered in guano仅仅十分钟时间就能让农人满载而归so plentiful that 10 minutes' work can fill these farmer's baskets这是一种宝贵的天然肥料This used as a valuable source of fertilizer鸟粪的源头能听到河水上空的鸟鸣A clue to the source of the guano can be heard above the noise of the river噪音因为山洞而被放大The sound originates high up in the roof of the cave 入口处聚满了雨燕The entrance is full of swifts他们是社交性动物They are very sociable birds约200000多的共享贵州南部的洞穴more than 200,000 of them share this cave in southern Guizhou province中国最大的雨燕栖息地The biggest swift colony in China如今中国的家燕多数将巢穴建在建筑物的屋顶These days, Chinese house swifts mostly nest in the roofs of buildings但其实在房屋被发明出来之前but rock crevasses like these were their original home 这样的岩缝才是他们原本安家的地方long before houses were invented尽管雨燕依靠洞穴遮蔽Though the swifts depend on the cave for shelter他们却必定在日落前归巢they never stray further than the limits of daylight因为他们的眼睛无法在黑夜中看清事物as their eyes can't see in dark然而洞穴深处However, deep inside the cavern是一群更适应地下other creatures are better equipped隐秘生活的居民for subterranean life一群蝙蝠刚刚醒来 A colony of bats is just waking up他们运用超声波在黑夜中确定自己的方位using ultrasonic squeaks to orientate themselves in the darkness夜晚是狩猎时间Night is the time to go huntingRickett鼠耳蝠是亚洲蝙蝠中唯一Rickett's mouse-eared bat is the only bat in Asia which specializes in catching fishes 通过在水面依靠声波对涟漪的反射追踪游鱼的蝙蝠种tracking them down from the sound reflection of ripples on the water surface这种非凡的技巧仅在数年前被发现This extraordinary behavior was only discovered in the last couple of years现在首次被记录下来展示给世人and has never been filmed before志君：蜿蜒在张家界的山峰间清澈见底的溪流Winding between Zhangjiajie's peaks居住着一种中国最奇怪的生物crystal clear mountain streams are home to what is perhaps China's strangest creature 这种奇异的动物This bizarre animal属于蝾螈的一种is a type of newt中国大鲵the Chinese Giant Salamander在中国它被称之为娃娃鱼In China, it is known as the baby fish这名称源自当他悲伤时发出的类似婴儿哭泣的声音because when distressed, it makes a sound like a crying infant成年体长1~1.5米It grows up to a meter and a half long这使它成为世界上最大的两栖类动物making it the world's largest amphibian在自然条件下一只大鲵可以活到十岁Under natural conditions, a Giant Salamander may live decades但是和很多其他中国动物一样But like so many Chinese animals它被视为美味佳肴it is considered delicious to eat尽管被列为国家级保护动物Despite being classed as protected species大鲵仍然被当作食物非法买卖giant salamanders are still illegally sold for food 现在娃娃鱼已经非常稀有and the baby fish is now rare在自然界濒临灭绝了and endangered in the wild幸运的是在像张家界这样的一些地方Fortunately in a few areas like Zhangjiajie,大鲵在政府的严格保护下得以幸存Giant Salamanders still survive under strict official protection通过适当的措施Given the right help即便是最珍稀的生物也能获得救赎even the rarest creatures can return from the brink 只要我们展现意志If we show the will大自然会为我们找到出路nature will find the way.。
《美丽中国》第五集PPT1
The Yellow River
The Yellow River is the second-longest river in Asia, following the Yangtze River, and the sixth-longest in the world at the estimated length of 5,464 km (3,395 mi). Originating in the Bayan Har Mountains(巴颜喀 拉山) in Qinghai province, it flows through nine provinces, and it empties into the Bohai Sea near the city of Dongying in Shandong province. The Yellow River is called "the cradle of Chinese civilization", because its basin was the birthplace of ancient Chinese civilization, and it was the most prosperous region in early Chinese history.
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The giant panda lives in a few mountain ranges in central China, mainly in Sichuan province, but also in the Shaanxi and Gansu provinces. As a result of farming, deforestation and other development, the panda has been driven out of the lowland areas where it once lived. The panda is a conservation reliant endangered species. A 2007 report shows 239 pandas living in captivity inside China and another 27 outside the country. While the dragon has often served as China's national emblem, internationally the panda appears at least as commonly. As such, it is becoming widely used within China in international contexts, for example the five Fuwa mascots of the Beijing Olympics.
《美丽中国》第六集第二部分PPT课件
❖ Reckon： 测算，估计；认为；计算
❖ We reckon him to be the best goalkeeper in the world. ❖ 我们认为他是世界上最好的足球守门员。
❖ entering the Pacific Ocean现在分词短语作定语修饰 pollution
❖ cope with 近义词：manage； deal with ❖ freezing：n. 冰点 ❖ eg: It's 15 degrees below freezing. 温度是零下15度。 ❖ adj. 冰冷的 感觉受冻的 ❖ eg: The cinema was freezing. 电影院里冰冷冰冷的。 ❖ "You must be freezing," she said. “你一定冻坏了吧，”
❖ in preparation for： adv. 为……作准备
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❖ 19. In the next 25 years, well over 300 million people are predicted to move from rural China into cities like Shanghai. 接下来25年有超过3亿 的人口预计将从乡村移居至上海等大城市。
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❖ China's greatest river, the Yangtze, is a new challenge to the migrating birds. And the venue for a very different kind of migration. Each year, millions of tons of cargo travel up and down the river, making this one of the busiest waterways in the world. The entire Yangtze River ecosystem is being poisoned.
(完整版)《美丽中国》wild China 英语PPT
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motif [məʊ'tiːf] n. 主题；动机；主旨；图形；意念 godwit ['gɒdwɪt] n. 【鸟类】塍鹬
scarce [skeəs] adj. 缺乏的，不足的；稀有的adv. 仅仅；几乎不；几乎没有
conical ['kɒnɪk(ə)l] adj. 圆锥的；圆锥形的 pinnacle ['pɪnək(ə)l] n. 高峰；小尖塔；尖峰；极点
vt. 造小尖塔；置于尖顶上；置于高处
intrepid [ɪn'trepɪd] adj. 无畏的；勇敢的；勇猛的 trickle ['trɪk(ə)l] vi. 滴；细细地流；慢慢地移动vt.
egret ['iːgrɪt; 'e-] n. 白鹭n. (Egret)人名；(法)埃格雷
tadpole ['tæ dpəʊl] n. 蝌蚪 chick [tʃɪk] n. 小鸡；小鸟；少妇adj. 胆小的；懦弱
的n. (Chick)人名；(英)奇克
wading bird n. 涉水鸟；[鸟] 涉禽（如苍鹭、鹤等 ）
cultivation [kʌltɪ'veɪʃn] n. 培养；耕作；耕种；教化；文雅
predator ['predətə] n. [动] 捕食者；[动] 食肉动物；掠夺者
croak [krəʊk] vi. 呱呱地叫；发牢骚；死vt. 用嘶哑的声音说； 死亡n. 呱呱叫声；低沉沙哑的说话声
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intact[ɪn'tækt] adj. 完整的；原封不动的；未受损伤的 n.intactness 未受损伤；完整无缺 The money was returned intact by its finder. 钱原封未动地被捡拾者送还。
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2. carve [kɑːv] vt. 雕刻；切开；开创 vi. 切开；做雕刻工作 n. (Carve)人名；(西、瑞典)卡韦 carve out 创业；开拓；雕刻 carve up v. 瓜分；划分 carve out of 从……切出（引伸为修建） Then they began to carve separate letters. 然后他们开始雕刻独立的字体。
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3. monsoon [mɒn'suːn] n. 季风；（印度等地的）雨季；季候风 monsoon climate 季风气候 monsoon season 季风季节
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4. render ['rend以…回报 vi. 给予补偿 n.rendering 翻译；表现；表演；描写；打底；（ 建筑物等）透视图 Lesson six shows you how to render the final report on the catering businessmodel.
本来是春天的第二天，一个温暖的下午， 但是峡谷里的空气变的又冷又湿。
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8. hotplate ['hɑtplet] n. 电炉；扁平烤盘 They cooked on a hotplate in the garag e. 他们只好在车库的电炉上做饭。
美丽中国第二集香格里拉
美丽中国（Wild China）第二集香格里拉Shangri-La翻腾的云海之下Beneath billowing clouds,在中国西南遥远的云南省in China's far southwestern Yunnan province,有一个神秘而又充满传奇的地方lies a place of mystery and legend.这儿有着世界上最久远的雨林以及奔腾的河流Of mighty rivers and some of the oldest jungles in the world.藏匿于此的河谷养育了奇异而又独特的动物Here, hidden valleys nurture strange and unique creatures,同时也孕育了多彩的民族风情and colourful tribal cultures.雨林在远离热带的北部地区是罕见的Jungles are rarely found this far north of the tropics.可是为什么却得以在此茁壮成长So, why do they thrive here?为何整个中国崎岖不平的山地里却蕴藏着富饶多姿的自然财富And how has this rugged landscape come to harbour the greatest natural wealth in all China?在中国西南部的一个偏远的角落里In the remote southwest corner of China,即将举行一场庆典a celebration is about to take place.傣族人为他们一年中最重要的节日收集水Dai people collect water for the most important festival of their year.傣族人也称自己为水之民The Dai call themselves the people of the water.云南的河谷地带是他们的两千多年来繁衍生息的故里Yunnan's river valleys have been their home for over 2,000 years.把河水带到寺庙By bringing the river water to the temple,敬俸傣族人最神圣的两件事物——they honour the two things holiest to them -佛教和他们的家园Buddhism and their home.傣族人感恩养育了傣族文化的河流以及肥沃的土地The Dai give thanks for the rivers and fertile lands which have nurtured their culture. 或许这看上去只是为了打上一场大水仗的借口Though to some it might seem just an excuse for the biggest water fight of all time.随着小镇的发展以及现代化傣族人的生活正发生着改变Dai lives are changing as towns get bigger and modernize泼水节依旧是众所周知的著名的傣族节日but the Water Splashing Festival is still celebrated by all.河流穿越了傣族人生活与习俗的心脏地带The rivers which lie at the heart of Dai life and culture发源于西藏遥远的山脉之中flow from the distant mountains of Tibet,河水向南流经了宏伟的平行峡谷中的云南中部southward through central Yunnan in great parallel gorges.傣族人现在居住在与越南以及老挝接壤的热带地区The Dai now live in the borders of tropical Vietnam and Laos,他们的传说讲述了先辈是怎样来到这儿的but their legends tell of how their ancestors came here从寒冷而又遥远的北方山区顺流而下by following the rivers from mountain lands in the cold far north.头枕着遥远的喜马拉雅山脉东部的末端Lying at the far eastern end of the Himalayas,横断山脉构成了滇北的边界并与西藏相交the Hengduan mountains form Yunnan's northern border with Tibet.卡瓦格博峰是横断山脉之上的王冠也是圣洁朝圣者旅途的一站Kawakarpo, crown of the Hengduan range, is a site of holy pilgrimage. 然而她那令人敬畏的顶点至今未被征服Yet, its formidable peak remains unconquered.云南的山不但遥远而且崎岖Yunnan's mountains are remote, rugged and inaccessible.这里空气稀薄而且气温能骤降至零下四十度Here the air is thin and temperatures can drop below minus 40 degrees. 这里是地球上独一无二的动物This is home to an animal that's found nowhere else on Earth.又称扁鼻黑金丝猴即传说中的雪猴滇金丝猴的家园The Yunnan snub-nosed monkey.只有在极少数与世隔绝的山林中才能看到它们的踪影It's found only in these few isolated mountain forests.在如此高海拔的地区难以寻觅其它灵长类动物的踪迹No other primate lives at such high altitudes.这些是真正的专家but these are true specialists.这些出没在远古深山中的原住民有着一些通灵的传说These ancient mountain dwellers have inspired legends.当地的傈僳族人就把它们当作自己的祖先Local Lisu people consider them their ancestors,并把它们称为：“山中野老”calling them "the wild men of the mountains".在大雪之中即使是这些专家也不能够进食During heavy snowfalls, even these specialists cannot feed.对滇金丝猴来说似乎又来到了一个新奇的地方It seems a strange place for a monkey.在另一场雪到了之前滇金丝猴抓紧时间寻找食物Between snows, the monkeys waste no time in their search for food.在高海拔地区只有少数水果与嫩叶可供食用At this altitude, there are few fruits or tender leaves to eat.百分之九十的日常饮食由不常见的成捆精细干有机物组成90% of their diet is made up of the fine dry wisps of a curious organism.其中一半是真菌另外一半是植物地衣Half fungus, half plant - it's lichen.提起猴子人们通常联想到的是低地雨林How have monkeys, normally associated with lowland jungle,缘何他们选择在偏远的山地繁衍生息呢come to live such a remote mountain existence?它们并非这些孤耸的高峰上唯一醒目的生命This is not the only remarkable animal found within these isolated high peaks.一只中国小熊猫 A Chinese red panda.这位沉默寡言的隐士将自己生命的大部分置于树的顶端Solitary and quiet, it spends much of its time in the tree tops.抛开它的名字Despite its name,让小熊猫与大熊猫扯上亲戚关系是一件非常勉强的事情the red panda is only a very distant relative of the giant panda.它在血缘上更接近臭鼬（小熊猫有时在中文中也称火狐英文中亦有FireFox既是对其的直接译名列在熊科或浣熊科是多年来一直被争论的问题最近经过基因分析认为与美洲大的浣熊亲缘关系最接近应该单独列为小熊科）It's actually more closely related to a skunk.但他却和大熊猫有着共同的口味嗜好——竹子But it does share the giant panda's taste for bamboo.中国西南部的小熊猫因其醒目的面部花纹而著称Southwest China's red pandas are known for their very strong facial markings这些特征将他们与其它在喜马拉雅地区发现的火狐物种区分开来which distinguish them from red pandas found anywhere else in the Himalayas.如同猴类一般它们被隔离在了高远的山林之中Like the monkeys, they were isolated in these high forests山体在巨大的造山运动中被挨个完全抬起when the mountains quite literally rose beneath them近年来的地质学历史已经证明了这一点in the greatest mountain-building event in recent geological history.在过去3000万年间Over the last 30 million years, 印度次大陆持续向北挤压欧亚大陆the Indian subcontinent has been pushing northwards into Eurasia.印度与西藏的交界处On the border between India and Tibet巨大的岩石被推挤至海平面以上8000米处之高the rocks have been raised eight kilometres above sea level,造就了世界最高大宏伟的山脉——喜马拉雅山creating the world's highest mountain range, the Himalayas.对东部来说But to the east,岩石被皱褶进了南北走向的绵延陡峭的山脊the rocks have buckled into a series of steep north-south ridges,同时也切进了云南的心脏地带cutting down through the heart of Yunnan,形成了平行的横断山脉the parallel mountains of the Hengduan Shan.这些天然屏障守护着隔绝在云南These natural barriers serve to isolate Yunnan's plants and animals各自毗邻的河谷中的动植物in each adjacent valley.雪峰与斜坡间的巨大的温差While the huge temperature range between the snowy peaks所创造的足够的优厚条件and the warmer slopes below使得这儿生命彰显无限生机provides a vast array of conditions for life to thrive.春的岁月Through spring,横断山脉的斜坡上上演了中国最为壮绝的自然景致the Hengduan slopes stage one of China's greatest natural spectacles.此处的森林拥有世界上最多样化的植被及物种The forests here are among the most diverse botanical areas in the world.这里生长着超过18000种植物Over 18,000 plant species grow here,其中约3000种植物是这儿特有的of which 3,000 are found nowhere else.直到一个多世纪前这里还是个未为人知的世外桃源Until little more than a century ago, this place was unknown outside China.然而有关这个神奇隐秘的东方世界的传言But then news reached the West却不胫而走传至西方of a mysterious, hidden world of the orient.隐匿在群山中遗落人间的最后天堂——香格里拉Hidden among the mountains, a lost Shangri-la paradise.当时西方上流社会盛行园艺Western high society, in the grip of a gardening craze,渴望获得遥远国度的稀有物种was eager for exotic species from faraway places.这也造就了新物种的探险家This gave rise to a new breed of celebrity adventurers,无畏的植物探索家世称“植物猎人”intrepid botanist-explorers known as "the Plant Hunters".云南成为了他们的圣杯（Holy Grail是Jesus在最后的晚宴上使用的餐具据称有不可思议的神奇力量）Yunnan became their Holy Grail.其中最出名的便是Joseph Rock 真人版的Indiana Jones（电影"迷失方舟的侵入者" 中的英雄）The most famous was Joseph Rock, a real life Indiana Jones.胶片出色的记录了他与随行人员的一系列Remarkable film footage captured his entourage on a series of expeditions,深入云南腹地的探险远征as they pushed into the deepest corners of Yunnan.他发现了千姿百态的植物In glorious colour he recorded the plant life he found并将其记录于特制的玻璃质感光片上on special photographic glass plates.通过将成千上万的标本送回西方Sending thousands of specimens back to the West,植物猎人永远的改变了世界园艺the Plant Hunters changed the gardens of the world forever.Rock的成功源自其不懈的努力Rock's success was born of a massive effort.为了找到他的香格里拉For, to find his Shangri-la,他翻越了无尽连绵的山脉not only had he to traverse endless mountain ranges,征服了世界上最深的峡谷but some of the deepest gorges in the world.怒江之名意为愤怒的河流The Nujiang is called The Angry River. 绵延三百公里的急流如同那些巍峨群山This 300-kilometre stretch of raging rapids成为了保护野生生命的天然屏障is as much a barrier to life as are the mountains above.惊涛拍岸WAVES CRASH植物猎人并非第一个到这里旅行的人But the plant hunters weren't the first people to travel here.怒江之上Along the Nujiang,有二十多座溜索桥供当地人飞越激流less than 30 rope crossings allow locals passage across the torrents.小村落依山而居Tiny hamlets cling to the slopes.今天是赶集的日子This morning, it's market day,一大早人们就从山谷的四处集中drawing people from up and down the valley.猪叫声PIG OINKS山羊咩咩的叫GOAT BLEATS当地人使用这种简易吊索穿越河流Hanging from simple rope slings,已有数百年的历史people have been using the crossings for many hundreds of years.在如此狭窄陡峭的山谷中In such narrow, precipitous gorges这种简易的交通方式显得尤为便捷it's by far the easiest way to get around. 虽然成功抵达彼岸前方崎岖的山路依旧艰辛Once across, the steep sides mean it's still a hike.抵达集市前还需要数小时的艰苦跋涉Many trek for hours by foot before they get to the market.超过十二个以上的族群居住在这片宽阔的河谷之中The immense valley is home to over a dozen ethnic groups.怒族人仅存于此Some, like the Nu people, are found only here.不同族群的山民们在集市上相聚The markets bring the mountain tribes together.为了继续他的征途To continue his expeditions,Rock与他的探险队必须设法越过云南的激流Rock had to get his entire entourage across the giant Yunnan rivers.他定制了用森林藤蔓特制的结实绳索来完成运载He commissioned especially thick ropes made from forest rattan并记录下了整个全程and filmed the entire event.他们用牦牛油润滑了吊索40个人和15头骡子开始渡河With yak butter to smooth the ride, 40 men and 15 mules made the journey.但并非每次都成功抵达了彼岸Not all made it across.在怒江河谷遥远的彼岸On the far side of the great Nujiang gorge,植物猎人们有了惊人的发现the Plant Hunters made a remarkable discovery.尽管远离热带Far from the tropics,他们却似乎进入了一片热气腾腾的热带丛林they seemed to be entering a steamy, vibrant tropical jungle,这就是高黎贡山的森林the forest of Gaoligongshan.这里的植物群落与众不同The flora here is unlike anywhere else in the world.类似亚热带高山植物物种的巨大外形Next to subtropical species, alpine plants grow in giant form.高达30多米的杜鹃花向着苍穹昂首怒放Crowning the canopy, rhododendrons, up to 30 metres high.四五月间它们将苍翠的山林染成一片嫣红In April and May, their flowers turn the forests ruby red,吸引了唯此独有的鸟类attracting bird species found only here. 空气中丰富的水份供养的寄生植物增加了枝条的负载Constant moisture in the air means that the branches are laden with flowering epiphytes,这些山谷中特有的小太阳鸟精心护卫着杜鹃花的枝条fiercely guarded by tiny sunbirds, unique to these valleys.蜂雀是花蜜的掠食者远古以来就一直生活在热带地区Nectar feeders, these are the humming birds of the Old World tropics.高黎贡山的森林是中国部分珍稀动物的家园The forests of Gaoligongshan are home to some of China's rarest wildlife.这是一只雌性红腹角雉This is a female Temminck's Tragopan.她有着一位绚丽夺目的雄性追求者She has a colourful male admirer.它希望用奇特的躲猫猫游戏来向雌性求爱He's hoping to woo her with his peculiar peekaboo display但她却不想轻易将芳心托付but she's not about to be rushed.它多彩的盘状肉髯比羽毛能更好的反射光线（skin wattle肉髯此系指颈部皮肤上的附属物）His colourful skin wattle reflects more light than feathers do.对雌性来说简直就是黑暗中的霓虹灯To her, this is like a neon sign.是行动的时候了Seeing his chance, the male makes his move.高黎贡山的森林总是保持着湿润的气候Constant moisture in the Gaoligongshan forests这意味着这里终年都出产水果means that throughout the year there are always fruits on the trees.如此丰盛的水果吸引了各式各样原本Such abundance of food encourages a high diversity of fruit eaters仅存于热带地区的“水果派”们more commonly found in the tropics. 大黑松鼠原本只生活在原始雨林中The black giant squirrel is found only in undisturbed rainforest.体长近一米的大黑松鼠是世界上体型最大的松鼠之一At close to a metre in length, it's one of the world's largest squirrels.神奇之处在于这些森林远离热带却依旧繁茂The mystery is that these forests are growing well outside the tropics.要是公正的说雨林及其间的动物本不该存在于此By rights, none of this jungle, or its animals, should be here.这是短尾猕猴These are bear macaques.他们通常只生活在热带亚热带的丛林中They're found only in tropical and sub-tropical jungle.之所以能够在这片方圆千米的袖珍家园生息With a tiny home range of just a few square kilometres,靠的是全年丰足的水果供给they depend on the abundant fruit这种得天独厚的饮食条件足以媲美热带雨林that only true rainforests can provide all year round.对欧洲的植物猎人而言To the European plant hunters,北方的雨林简直是奇幻美妙的失落世界these northern rainforests must have seemed a fantastic and mysterious lost world.然而当他们来到这里却发现了构造美丽的古石道Yet, when they came here, they would have found beautifully constructed ancient stone pathways拜此所赐森林探索得以进行on which the forest could be explored.蜿蜒向西深入山地Winding westwards into the hills,曾一度是亚洲地区的要道these were once some of the most important highways in Asia,西南部的茶马古道(即为西南丝绸之路)the southwestern tea and silk road. 茶马古道源于古代西南边疆的茶马互市兴于唐宋盛于明清Built thousands of years ago,西南茶马古道越过中国的边境迎来了远自罗马的商人与旅者the southwestern tea and silk road gave access to the world beyond China's borders,将这片古老土地与世界相连carrying tradesmen and travellers from as far away as Rome.这条路上曾燃烧过连绵的战火Wars were fought over access to this tiny path,也是出入当时中国的唯一咽喉要道the only sure route in or out of China, 必须要保证全年畅通无阻that was guaranteed to be clear of snow all year round.那么是什么造就了高黎贡山独特的气候So, what causes Gaoligongshan's strange and remarkable climate?五月后旬阵风来临In late May, gusts of wind arrive,带来了解开高黎贡山气候之谜的钥匙bringing with them the key to Gaoligongshan's mystery.热风富含水分The winds are hot and saturated with water.它们完全来自于印度洋They come all the way from the Indian Ocean.受云南独特地形的影响Channelled by Yunnan's unique geography,热带季风带来了充沛的雨量they bring with them the moisture of the tropical monsoon.形成于千百万年前的巨大河谷The giant river valleys, created millions of years ago,如同巨大的漏斗一般act like immense funnels.这些峡谷深邃狭长The gorges are so deep and narrow, 引导湿热气流径直流向滇北that the moist warm air is driven right up into the north of Yunnan.然后就是降雨暴泄的狂流The result is rain, in torrents!近四个月的持续雷雨滋润着茂盛的植物Four months of daily rainstorms sustain luxuriant vegetation.季风的来临The arrival of the monsoon唤醒了森林中最喜好潮湿的居民awakens one of the forest's most extraordinary moisture-loving inhabitants.类鳄蝾螈是此处发现的最为不凡的两栖动物之一The crocodile newt is one of the most unusual of the many amphibian species found here.当雨季来临它们开始求偶繁衍As the rains arrive, they emerge to mate.据说鳄蝾会为其潜在的伴侣留下气味线索The newts are said to leave an odour trail that potential mates can follow.类鳄蝾螈得名于它背上嶙峋的凸起The crocodile newt gets its name from the bumps along its back.这是它们的天然防御These are its defence.一旦被潜在的肉食者捕获If grabbed by a potential predator,肋骨的顶部的隆起物中便会挤压出致命的毒素the tips of its ribs squeeze a deadly poison from the bumps.暴雨唤醒了另外一种森林生物The deluge wakes another forest inhabitant.它那勃发向上的朝气令人叹为观止This one is particularly astounding in its vigour!它一天能够生长一米It can grow up to a metre a day,使其迅速傲视四周fast overtaking the other plants around it.长得愈发高挺长势愈发猛烈The taller it grows, the faster its growth rate,数日间便拔地而起凌驾于灌木丛之上so that in a matter of days it towers above the undergrowth,并且持续向着天际进发and continues reaching for the sky. 对于出身草根的它而言干得还不赖Not bad for what is essentially a grass.它就是竹子It's bamboo.时机成熟Given the chance,竹子将造就出支配整个地域的庞大竹林bamboo will create immense forests, dominating entire areas.竹林的踪迹遍及整个中国的西南部Bamboo forests occur across southwest China,一路向东直至上海都能看到它的身影all the way to Shanghai.或许世界上最高耸挺拔的竹子But probably the highest diversity of bamboos in the world却悠然生长在云南的山谷之中is found on the hills and valleys of Yunnan.尽管外表坚硬竹子的腹中却空无一物Though incredibly strong, bamboos have hollow stems,为一切能够寻径而入的生命创造了天然完美的庇护所a perfect shelter for any creatures which can find a way in.这是甲虫开凿的一个入口This entrance hole was made by a beetle但却为完全不同的生物做了嫁衣but it's being used by a very different animal.竹节蝙蝠 A bamboo bat.它是世界上最小的哺乳动物体型和大黄蜂差不多一样大The size of a bumblebee, it's one of the tiniest mammals in the world.整个聚居地内里多达25只竹节蝙蝠The entire colony, up to 25 bats,挤在比一个茶杯的空间还要狭小的竹节里fits into a single section of bamboo stem, smaller than a tea cup.这简直就是挤油渣It's quite a squeeze!竹节内一半的空间属于竹蝠宝宝Half the colony are babies.尽管只有一周大而已他们的体型却长得和妈妈一般大小了Though barely a week old, they are already almost as big as their mums.喂养这帮疯长的小家伙实在是件苦差事Feeding such a fast-growing brood is hard work.蝙蝠母亲们只在每晚薄暮降临后外出寻觅食物The mums leave to hunt just after dusk each night.小家伙们被留下来看家Back in the roost, the young are left on their own.翅膀上独特的肉趾帮助他们攀爬竹壁Special pads on their wings help them to grip on the bamboo walls -绝大多数时候most of the time.小竹蝠们在剩下的空间里用伸展腰肢整理翅膀The young bats use the extra space to prepare for a life on the wing为日后的飞行早做准备by preening and stretching.就像罐头里的沙丁鱼挤得满满的将成为容易被蛇攻击的目标Packed in like sardines, they would make an easy target for a snake.但是蛇却没有收获的机会But the snake has no chance of getting in.入口的宽度比铅笔还要细The entrance is thinner than the width of a pencil.当蝙蝠妈妈回来时When the mothers return,穿过狭窄的入口必须要依靠它们与众不同的扁平颅骨they can push through the narow entrance only because of their unusually flattened skulls.同样还是需要用力才能挤进去But it's still a squeeze.另一个深林的原住民在竹子的采集与使用方面独辟蹊径Bamboos are exploited in a very different way by another forest dweller.新鲜的竹笋是重要的深林作物Fresh bamboo shoots are an important forest crop.哈尼族有一个聚居地叫哀牢Ai Lao Xiang is of the Hani tribe,坐落于今西双版纳州勐海县的勐宋乡from the mountain village of Mengsong.他采集的嫩竹笋将会被烤成一道美味的菜肴Roasted, the tender shoots he gathers will make a tasty dish.哈尼族不仅从树林中采集竹子也种植各个品种竹子以供不同的用途The Hani have many uses for the different bamboos they grow and find in the forest around.尽管竹子足够柔韧以至于可以用来穿戴Though flexible enough to be woven, 但竹子却拥有比钢还要好的抗张强度bamboo has a higher tensile strength than steel.嫩竹子富含水分Succulent when young,成材的竹子制成的桌子坚固耐用in maturity it's tough and durable, ideal for making a table用竹子做成的水烟筒甚至可以用上一辈子and strong enough for a pipe to last a lifetime.中国西南部的人民The people of southwest China找到了很多种方法来利用这种用途异常广泛的植物have found an extraordinary number of ways to exploit this most versatile of plants.他们正使用方言谈话THEY SPEAK IN NATIVE LANGUAGE竹子非凡成功中的一部分原因是Part of bamboo's phenomenal success因为它足够坚硬以至于只有很少的动物能够食用is that it's so tough that few animals can tackle it.看竹子确实正在遭到攻击Yet, bamboo does come under attack. 一只竹鼬 A bamboo rat.吃的差不多全是竹子Feeding almost exclusively on bamboo, 它们一辈子都生活在树林之下的地道之中they live their entire lives in tunnels beneath the forest.细小的竹子很容易被拖进坑道中The thinner species of bamboo are easy to attack and pull below.她拥有极其出色的嗅觉She has a fantastic sense of smell能够透过土壤嗅到新鲜的生长物and can sniff out the fresh growth through the soil.竹子的根一直往地下延伸Bamboo spreads along underground stems.非常有利于竹鼬顺根找到新鲜的竹枝By following these, new shoots are found.一旦竹枝被发现Once a shoot is detected,竹鼬咬断之后把竹枝拖回到她的地洞里she snips it free and drags it down into her burrow.这只雌性竹鼬拥有着一个家庭This female has a family.小竹鼬出世才只有几个星期At just a few weeks old,小竹鼬已经能够应付最硬的竹枝了the youngsters can already tackle the hardest bamboo stems它们是如此的渴望咬上几口and are eager to try.竹子坚硬的名声是如此的显赫Bamboo's tough reputation is such,另一个食竹高手被认为是中国的“攻坚专家”that another bamboo specialist was known by the Chinese as, "The Iron Eating Animal".大熊猫以其独特的日常饮食而闻名于世The giant panda is famous for its exclusive diet.大熊猫被认为在几百万年前起源于中国的西南部Giant pandas are thought to have originated in southwest China, millions of years ago,大熊猫现在已经在云南绝迹but they are no longer found in Yunnan.近年来，恐怖的结果降临到了大熊猫钟爱的食物上Recently, their specialised diet has had dire consequences.竹子有着难以预测的生命周期Bamboo has a bizarre life cycle,不常见的花季，有时在百年之内竹子才会开一次花flowering infrequently, sometimes only once every hundred years or so.一旦竹子的花季来临，就会影响到可观数量的竹子But when flowering does occur, it's on a massive scale,所有的植株都将追随死神的召唤and it's followed by the death of all of the plants.有时，整片竹林都可能随之消亡Sometimes an entire bamboo forest may die.在没有受到干扰的栖息地中熊猫往往只是迁移到另外一片区域而已In undisturbed habitat, pandas simply move to another area未受开花影响的不同品种的竹子依旧生机勃勃where a different bamboo species grows.人类的活动已经破坏了熊猫生存区域的连续性But as human activity has fragmented their forest home,大熊猫所面临的生存环境日益窘迫pandas find it increasingly hard to find large enough areas in which to survive.野生大熊猫现在仅存活于中国中部的森林里Wild pandas are now found only in the forests of Central China,远离东部far to the east.在隐秘的云南南部热带的小型低地丛林里But in the hidden pockets of lowland jungle in Yunnan's tropical south,居住着中国最神秘的野生动物之一live one of China's best-kept wildlife secrets.深沉的咆哮DEEP BELLOW亚洲野象The wild Asian elephant.亚洲野象的一次迁徙可以走到中国北方的北京那么远Elephants once roamed across China as far north as Beijing.但是它们仅仅存活于云南的隐秘的山谷之中But it's only in the hidden valleys of Yunnan that they have survived.大象是森林的建筑师Elephants are the architects of the forest.竹子和草是大象最喜爱的食物Bamboos and grasses are their favourite food吃一些盘旋的藤蔓植物树苗以及树叶也无所谓but saplings, tree leaves and twisted lianas are all taken, with little care.当它们穿越森林As they move through the forest,大象开辟出了小块的林中空地为森林中的地面带来了阳光the elephants open up clearings, bringing light to the forest floor.这对它们的家园有着较大的影响This has a major impact on their home.富足的森林正为那些偶尔经历改变所熟知The richest forests are now known to be those which from time to time experience change.基诺族对于森林的知识博学得让人难以置信The Jinou people are incredibly knowledgeable about their forests他们声称能够利用在这儿找到的大多数植物and claim to have uses for most of the plants that they find there.所有的植物都被基诺族人命名They have names for them all,那些吃起来应该不错有的植物甚至还有很高的药用价值those good for eating and some which even have strong medicinal qualities.通过在这儿劳动基诺族人扮演了一个与大象相似的角色By working here, the Jinou play a similar role to the elephants,开发森林拓展空间带来了阳光与多样化opening up the forest, bringing space, light and diversity.生长迅速的绿色植物有很强的竞争优势Green, fast growing species are encouraged.这儿的昆虫资源也极其富足Insects are in high abundance here, 以昆虫为食的动物也不少together with the animals that feed on them.基诺族人掌握的关于森林的知识使他们能够找到植物之外的Knowledge of the forest enables the Jinou to find not just plants,其它美味可口的森林食品but other tasty forest food too.丛林地蟹在这儿很常见它们以充足的废叶为食Forest crabs are common here, feeding on the abundant leaf litter.晚餐又多了一道美味可口的菜肴This will be a tasty addition to the evening meal.流经云南南部的山谷Flowing through Yunnan's southern valleys,怒江的水量正是充沛的时候the once angry rivers are now swollen,缓慢流动河水有些温暖their waters slow and warm.这些富饶的低地河谷是傣族人的家园These fertile lowland valleys are the home of the Dai.水之民The "People of the Water"山环水抱沿河而居live along streams which originate in the surrounding hills.每一个家庭都拥有一个菜园子Each family keeps a kitchen garden仿照森林环境中的多层结构modelled on the multi-layered structure of the surrounding forests,傣族人对森林满怀敬重which the Dai hold sacred.套种不同的作物能够显著提高产量The gardens are made more productive by inter-planting different crops.高大向阳的作物为阴地植物提供了遮阳伞Tall, sun-loving species give shelter to plants which thrive in the shade.作为伙伴，大家都得以茁壮成长As companions, the plants grow better.云南的森林里有十二种以上不同品种的野生香蕉Yunnan's forests are home to more than a dozen wild banana species多数傣族人的菜园里的香蕉都长势良好and banana crops grow well in most Dai gardens.尽管富含花蜜的硕大香蕉树花一天只绽放两个小时The huge banana flowers are rich in nectar for only two hours a day,却足以吸引周围森林中的昆虫前来采吸大黄蜂当然也不甘落后but it's enough to attract a range of forest insects, including hornets.用它们剃刀般锋利的下颚骨With their razor sharp mandibles, 很容易就能够采集到花蜜they find it easy to rob the flowers of their nectar.捕食者大黄蜂也是肉食动物But hornets are predators too.它们捕食其它的昆虫并带回蜂巢They hunt other insects and carry them back to their nest.一个理想的目标An ideal target,但是这只蚱蜢并非免费的盘中餐but this grasshopper is no easy meal.也许要为之付出一定的代价There may be a price to pay.。
《美丽中国》第三集 part 3
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15. mythical ['mɪθ ɪkəl] Adj. 神话的；虚构的 n.myth 神话；虚构的人，虚构的事 mythology 神话；神话学；神话集 We put a mythical world economy before our own economy.
我们将神话般的世界经济置于我们自身经济 之前。
本来是春天的第二天，一个温暖的下午， 但是峡谷里的空气变的又冷又湿。
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8. hotplate ['hɑtplet] n. 电炉；扁平烤盘 They cooked on a hotplate in the garag e. 他们只好在车库的电炉上做饭。
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intact[ɪn'tækt] adj. 完整的；原封不动的；未受损伤的 n.intactness 未受损伤；完整无缺 The money was returned intact by its finder. 钱原封未动地被捡拾者送还。
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2. carve [kɑːv] vt. 雕刻；切开；开创 vi. 切开；做雕刻工作 n. (Carve)人名；(西、瑞典)卡韦 carve out 创业；开拓；雕刻 carve up v. 瓜分；划分 carve out of 从……切出（引伸为修建） Then they began to carve separate letters. 然后他们开始雕刻独立的字体。
您必须为各种情况选择恰当的包装纸，并且 决定如何排列。
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13. uncanny [ʌn'kænɪ] adj. 神秘的；离奇的；可怕的 Well, blind humans sometimes seem to have an uncanny sense of obstacles i ntheir path.
《美丽中国》第六集第一部分
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Seaweed-thatched cottages
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dazzling
reserve stubble
['dæzlɪŋ] adj. 耀眼的；眼花缭乱的
[rɪ'zɝv] n. 自然保护区 [‘stʌb (ə) l] n. 残株；发茬，须茬
beak
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['həuliŋ] n. [交] 牵引；搬运；拖运 jellyfish ['dʒelɪfɪʃ] n. 水母； [无脊椎] 海蜇； 软弱无能的人 plankton ['plæŋktən] n. 浮游生物（总称） crane [kreɪn] n. 鹤, 吊车，起重机；
accessory
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frond
[frɒnd] n. （蕨类等的）叶，复叶；叶
状体 armada [ɑ:'mɑ: də] n. 舰队 viper ['vaɪpə] n. 毒蛇；毒如蛇蝎的人，阴险 的人 sinister ['sɪnɪstə] adj. 阴险的；凶兆的；灾难 性的； reptile ['reptaɪl] n. 爬行动物
reed
[rid] n. [作物] 芦苇；簧片
[ri'viə] vt. 尊敬，尊重；崇敬
rever
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petroglyphs
[‘petrə (ʊ) glɪf] n. 岩石雕刻；岩
石画 totem ['təʊtəm] n. 图腾；崇拜物 peninsula [pɪ'nɪnsjʊlə] n. 半岛 affinity [ə'fɪnɪtɪ] n. 密切关系；吸引力；姻亲 关系；类同 seaweed-thatched cottage 海藻茅草屋
《美丽中国》Wild-China第四集-part1PPT课件
Stonechats['stəuntʃæt] [鸟类]黑喉石
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Key Points
1.They called these people barbarians and their lands were considered barren and uninhabitable. 当时把这些游牧民族称为戎狄并且认为他们的土地贫瘠 且不适宜人类生息。 barren and uninhabitale贫瘠且不适宜人类生存，形容词 短语作consider的间接宾语，用来修饰lands。
2.But it is far from lifeless with colorful places, surprising creatures, amazing people and strange landscapes. 但是这块多彩多姿的土地却充满了勃勃生机，有着令人 惊讶生物、奇风异俗的人民以及独特的景致。 be far from：远离；远非；完全不。比如：But the debate is far from over.但是这场争论远未结束。
breed[bri:d] vi. 繁殖；饲养；产生 vt. 繁殖；饲养； 养育，教育；引起 n. [生物] 品种；种类，类型 n. (Breed)人名；(英)布里德
enclosure[ɪn'kləʊʒə] n. 附件；围墙；围场
reindeer['reɪndɪə] n. [脊椎][畜牧] 驯鹿
concrete['kɒŋkri:t] n. 具体物；凝结物 adj. 混凝土 的；实在的，具体的；有形的 vt. 使凝固；用 混凝土修筑 vi. 凝结
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• trivially [tri'væli] n. 鲹 • plunder ['plʌndə] 掠夺；抢劫；侵吞 • fabulous ['fæbjʊləs] adj. 难以置信的；传说的，寓 言中的；极好的 • resourcefulness [rɪ'sɔrsfəlnɪs] n. 足智多谋 • sedimentation [sedɪmən'teɪʃən] n. [矿业][物化] 沉 降，[化学] 沉淀 • dynamite ['daɪnəmaɪt] n. 炸药； • cyanide ['saɪənaɪd] n. [无化] 氰化物 • glutinous ['gluːtɪnəs] adj. 粘的；粘性的；胶状的 • calligraphy [kə'lɪgrəfɪ] n.书法；书写；笔迹 • macaque [mə'kɑk] n. [脊椎] 猕猴，恒河猴；短尾 猿
Wild China (Tasting Notes)
South of Shanghai
Tides of Change
Part 3
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Warming Up
• Do you like tea? Do you know the name of the following tea? Why is it called this name?
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sluice [sluːs] n. 水闸；蓄水；洗矿槽 heron [„her (ə) n] n. 鹭，苍鹭；深紫灰 egret ['iːgrɪt; 'e-] n. 白鹭 cormorant ['kɔːm(ə)r(ə)nt] n. 鸬鹚；贪婪的人 mud-skipper ['mʌdskɪpə] n. 泥猴；跳跳鱼；弹涂 鱼 smorgasbord ['smɔrgəs'bɔrd] 大杂烩 synchronized ['sɪŋkrənaɪz] vi. 同步；同时发生 aerial ['eərɪəl] adj. 空中的，航空的；空气的；空 想的 resilient [rɪ'zɪlɪənt] adj. 弹回的，有弹力的 squid [skwɪd] n. 鱿鱼；乌贼；枪乌贼
《美丽中国》第五集PPT2
Cantonese Cuisine(广东菜)
Cantonese Cuisine, one of Chinese eight major cuisines, has a long history and is popular all around the world. It originates in Guangdong and Guangxi, and is famous for its various ingredients and diverse cooking techniques. It is said that Cantonese will eat anything on 4 legs, except a table and anything with wings, except a flight.
Some people think that once a couple of Mandarin Ducks get together, they will accompany with each other all their life, even one of them dies, the other one will spend its rest life all alone.
TCM's view of the body places little emphasis on anatomical(解剖的) structures, but is mainly concerned with the identification of functional entities (which regulate digestion, breathing, aging etc.). While health is perceived as harmonious interaction of these entities and the outside world, disease is interpreted as a disharmony in interaction. TCM diagnosis aims to trace symptoms to patterns of an underlying disharmony, by measuring the pulse, inspecting the tongue, skin, and eyes, and looking at the eating and sleeping habits of the patient as well as many other things. In traditional Chinese herbal medicine, plant elements are by far the most commonly, but not solely, used substances; animal, human, and mineral products are also utilized.
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the golden takin(秦岭羚牛)
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golden pheasant(锦鸡)
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golden snub-nosed monkey (川金丝猴，仰鼻猴)
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Temminck's tragopan (红腹角雉)
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crested ibis(朱鹮)
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II. Cultural Tips
1. Qinling Mountains 2. Mount E'mei 3. Jiuzhaigou 4. the Temple of Heaven 5. The Chinese New Year-- Spring Festival
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Qinling Mountains
They are home to the Qinling pandas, a sub-species of the giant panda. Between 250 to 280 giant pandas live in the region, estimated at around a fifth of the entire wild giant panda population. The mountains are also home to the golden takin(秦岭羚牛), golden pheasant(锦鸡), golden snub-nosed monkey(川金丝猴，仰鼻猴), Temminck's tragopan(红腹角雉), crested ibis(朱鹮), golden eagle( 金雕), blackthroat(黑喉歌鸲) and clouded leopard(云豹).
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NARRATOR: The Great Wall of China was built by the Han Chineseto keep out the nomadic tribes from the north.They called these people barbarians,and their lands were considered barren and uninhabitable.Northern China is indeed a harsh place of terrible winters,ferocious summers,parched deserts.But it is far from lifeless.With colourful places,surprising creatures,amazing peopleand strange landscapes.The further we travel, the more extreme it becomes.So how do people and wildlife cope with the hardships and challenges of life beyond the Wall?The northern limits of Ancient China were defined by the Great Wall which meanders for nearly 5,000 kilometres from east to west.The settled Han people of the Chinese heartland were invaded many timesby warlike tribes from the north.The Great Wall was built to protect the Han Chinese from invasion.To meet those fearsome northerners and the wild creatureswho share their world, we must leave the shelter of the Walland travel into the unknown.Northeast China was known historically as Manchuria.Its upper reaches are on the same latitude as Parisbut in winter it is one of the coldest, most hostile places on the planet. Bitter winds from Siberia regularly bring temperaturesof 40 degrees below zero.Dense forests of evergreen trees cover these lands.And the rugged terrain is made even more difficult by impenetrable ravines.We start our journey on a frozen riversnaking between China's northeasternmost corner and Siberia.The Chinese call it the Black Dragon River.The people who live here aren't exactly fearsome warriors.They're too busy coping with the harsh winter conditionsand they respond to the challenge in some creative ways.(TYRES SQUEAKING)The Black Dragon River is home to one of the smallest ethnic groups in China.The Hezhe People.It's not just bicycles that seem out of place in this icy world.Fishing boats and nets lie abandoned, a long way from open water.(CHATTERING)Underneath a metre of solid ice swim a huge variety of fish, including 500-pound sturgeon,enough to feed a family of Hezhe for weeks.But how can they catch their quarry?First they must chisel a hole through the ice to reach the water below. (SPLASHING)Then they need to set their fishing net under the ice,a real challenge.A second hole is made, 20 metres away from the firstand a weighted string is dropped in.Then, a long bamboo pole is used to hook the stringand pull the net into position beneath the ice.After a few days, the nets are checked.These days, almost nobody catches a rare giant sturgeon.The Black Dragon River has been overfished like so many others. But even these smaller fish are a welcome catch.Frozen within seconds, the fish are guaranteed to stay freshfor the wobbly cycle ride home.The forests that lie south of the Black Dragon Riverare bound up in snow for more than half the year.It's deathly silent.Most of the animals here are either hibernatingor have migrated south for the winter.But there is an exception.Wild boars roam the forests of the northeast.Like the Hezhe people, the boars find it difficult to gather food in winter.To survive, they follow their noses,among the keenest in the animal kingdom.(GRUNTING)They will eat almost anything they unearth.But one energy-rich food source is particularly valued.Walnuts.When a lucky boar finds a walnut, there's bound to be trouble. (SQUEALING)But despite the squabbles, wild boars are social animalsand gather together in groups.Staying close together may help them to keep warm in the extreme cold.But there is another reason for group living.More ears to listen out for danger.Siberian tigers also live in these forests.But these days, only in captivity.There may be less than a dozen wild Siberian tigers left in China. Though there are many more in breeding centres.This enclosure at Hengdaohezi started breeding tigers in 1986to supply bones and body parts for the Chinese medicine market. Trade in tiger parts was banned in China in the 1990sand the breeding centre is now just a tourist attraction.The forests of the northeast stretch to where the Chinese, Russian and Mongolian borders meet.Here, a surprising herd of animals is on the move.The reindeer were introduced to China hundreds of years agoby the nomadic Ewenki people who came here from Siberia. (WOMAN CALLING)(BELL DINGING)(CALLING)It's late April, and the women are calling in their reindeer,which are semi-wild, and have spent all winter away in the forest. This is a very special relationship.Each reindeer has its own nameand many were hand-reared by these women.Finally reunited after months apart,they will now remain together until autumn.(SPEAKING CHINESE)The Ewenki women are anxious to check the condition of their animals and to see which of the reindeer might be pregnant. (LAUGHING)(WOMAN SINGING)(SINGING)Eighty-one-year-old Maliya Suo is one of only 30 Ewenki peoplestill living the nomadic life in these cold northern lands.Almost all her fellow Ewenki have given up the forest lifeto settle in concrete houses in modern cities.The reindeer herders are now almost as rare as wild Siberian tigers. There's about to be a new addition to the family.The women act as midwives to the newborn calves,helping to nurture them through their first precious minutes of life.But the world around them is changing fast.This could be the last generation this ancient partnership will endure. This is hardly the image of the dangerous tribal peoplethat the Great Wall was built to keep at bay.Along China's border with North Korea is this region's most famous mountain,Changbaishan.Its name means Ever-White,and it harbours the world's highest volcanic lake.Even in mid-May there is still ice everywhere.But there are signs that the seasons are changing.Warmer winds arrive from the south, and within a few short weeks Changbai Mountain is transformed.Water begins to flow down the mountainside once more, replenishing the landscape.It's June, and insects emerge to take advantage of the abundance of flowers.The warm weather sees the arrival of migrant birds.Stonechats that have spent the winter in the south of Chinareturn here to raise their chicks.With so many insects around, the stonechats may have several broods. Heading west from Changbai Mountain,the forests give way to rolling grasslands.The Great Wall stretches off into the distance,defining the southern limits of the vast Mongolian Steppe.North of the Wall are huge areas of grasslandbut one place on our journey is particularly significant.In the tall grass, a family of red foxes is raising its cubs.Today they have this meadow pretty much to themselves.(HORSE SNORTING)But it wasn't always the case.Eight centuries ago, this place would have been teeming with people. Now these ruins in a field a short distance from Beijingare all that remains of the great city of Xanadu,once the summer capital of China.Within these walls it is said that the leader of the Mongolians,the mighty Kublai Khan, welcomed Marco Polo to China. Mongolian warriors established the greatest empire in history, stretching to the borders of Europe.Fear of this warrior tribe is the main reasonthe Han Chinese built the Great Wall.The cornerstone of the Mongolian's supremacywas their relationship with horses.This is what brought them such success in war.The Mongolian raiders travelled light, and rode with spare horsesso they could move huge distances,strike and then retreat quicker than their opponents.At the heart of Mongolian culture is horse racing.The annual Nadam Festival, held each July,is a chance for young Mongolians to show off their horsemanship.It's said that Mongolian people are born in the saddle.Even as children, they are consummate riders.(PEOPLE CHEERING)(CHATTERING EXCITEDLY)Horsemanship was the core of the Mongolians' successas warriors in the past,and is central to their lives as nomads today.(SHOUTING)In an area of grassland known as Bayanbulak,families of nomadic Mongolians are gathering. (BLEATING)The name Bayanbulak means "rich headwaters"and they've come here to set up temporary homesto graze their livestock on the lush summer pastures.The search for fresh fodder for their animals keeps them on the go and being able to move home so easily is a real advantage. (COWS MOOING)It takes only a few minutes for the Mongolian familyto set up their yurts.But the Mongolians don't have this place all to themselves.The rich resources also attract a huge variety of birds. Demoiselle cranes,wading birds and waterfowl migrate here from all over Asia, drawn to the rivers and wetlands fed by glacial meltwaterfrom nearby mountains.(HONKING)This place is known in China as Swan Lake.It's the world's most important breeding site for whooper swans,and arguably, mosquitoes as well.The pastures at Swan Lake provide endless amounts of lush grassfor birds to nest in and for livestock to eat.It would seem there's plenty for everybody.But occasionally they can get too close for comfort.Eight hundred years ago,the Mongolians were the most feared people on earth.But they have a spiritual side as well.The birds of Swan Lake have little cause to worry.The Mongolians protect the swans, and venerate them,calling them Birds of God.The Great Wall's journey through northern China continues westward bisecting a landscape that becomes increasingly parched.Our journey has brought us halfway across northern Chinaand the grasslands are becoming hot, dry and desolate.Wandering these wastes are creatures that look more African than Asian.These are goitered gazelles, skittish and easily startled.When threatened by danger, they're as fast as a racehorse.But in this intense heat, they favour a gentler pace.There's little standing water here,but the gazelles have a remarkable abilityto extract moisture from dry grass.Although finding enough worth eating keeps them constantly on the move.Even out here in the semi-deserts, the Wall continues its long march. Here, it's made of little more than compacted earth.But with hardly any rain falling,it's suffered very little erosion over the centuries.Hundreds of thousands of people lost their lives building it.Yet it seems hard to believe that anyone feltthat these distant wastelands needed protecting.But the Wall still has one final surprise.This is Jiayuguan, the mighty fortress in the desert.Built in the Ming dynasty over 600 years ago,legend says that the construction of the fortress was so meticulously plannedthat 100,000 bricks were specially madeand only one brick was left unused.This fortress marks the end of the Great Wall of China.The greatest man-made barrier on earth.But ahead lies an even more formidable barrier.A vast no-man's land of deserts that stretch westwardto the borders of Central Asia.Jiayuguan Fortress was consideredto be the last outpost of Chinese civilisation.Beyond this point lay utter desolation.China's largest desert, the Taklamakan, lies out here.Its name has been translated as "You go in, and you never come out." This is a place of intense heat,abrasive wind-blown sand totally hostile to life.Yet there was a route through the desert.For those brave enough to risk their lives for it.People were lured into the horrors of the desertsbecause the Chinese had a secret so powerfulthat it changed the course of history.The key to that secret lies in the distant past.Legend has it that around 5,000 years ago,a princess was walking in her gardenwhen something unusual fell into her tea cup.A magical thread was extractedand it became more prized than gold or jade.The thread was silk.Incredibly, such a beautiful substance and all the history behind it comes from a humble little insect.The silkworm.Silk moths lay several hundred eggs, and the tiny caterpillars that emergeeat nothing but mulberry leaves.After 50 days of gluttonythey've grown 10,000 times heavier.By this stage, 25% of their body massis made up of silk glands.In the process of turning into adult moths, they spin a cocoonfrom a single strand of silk which can be over 1,000 metres long.It was the legendary strength and brightness of silk fibresthat made it so sought after.For over 5,000 years, people built great fortunesand mighty kingdoms on these delicate threads.And the desert routes those ancient traders tookbecame the fabled Silk Road.The principle of extracting raw silk hasn't changed since its discovery. Harvested cocoons are dropped into boiling waterwhich unravels the long filaments.These are then gathered and spun into raw silk thread.Here at Hotan, on the ancient Silk Road,silk weaving is still a cottage industry,done the old-fashioned way on wooden looms.For the ancient Silk Road traders,the problem was still how to get the valuable silkfrom the fortress at Jiayuguanthrough the deserts to the markets of Central Asia and beyond. (CAMELS GRUNTING)Those early travellers heading west on the Silk Roadwere setting off on the worst voyage imaginablethrough some of the most terrible places on earth.Starting with the world's tallest sand dunes.Strong winds whipping in from the west blow the sand into ever higher dunes.Over millennia, mega-dunes build up.Walls of sand soaring to over 500 metres tall.Camels are the only beasts of burden that can tackle these monstrous dunes.Their feet are wide and splay outwards to stop them sinking in loose sand.(MAN CALLING)(CAMEL GRUNTING)The wind that whips the sand into duneshas created other bizarre shapes in China's western deserts. Mysterious giant structures, known as Yardangs,were sculpted by flying sand.(WIND WHOOSHING)The wind brought other hazards to travellers in these deserts. Marco Polo wrote,"Sometimes the stray travellers will hear the tramp and hum"of a great cavalcade of people away from the real line of march "and taking this to be their own company they will follow the sound. "And when day breaks, they find that a cheat has been put on them. "And that they are in an ill plight."(HUMMING)To this day, no one knows what causes the sandsin some parts of the desert to sing.(HUMMING CONTINUES)No wonder travellers call this place Fury of Godand Sea of Death.But the most severe problem was lack of water.The reason this place is so intensely drycan best be appreciated from a satellite view.China's deserts are the farthest place on earth from any ocean.This lack of water is what created the Taklamakan.An area the size of Germany, covered in sand dunes,through which the Silk Road traversed,this is the world's largest shifting sand desert.Most living creatures would die here.But the camel is uniquely equipped for desert survival.Its nose humidifies the dry desert air as it breathes in,then dehumidifies it on the way out, conserving precious water. The camel's thick fur keeps it warm at nightwhile reflecting sunlight by dayand its body temperature can rise by six degrees Celsius before it even begins to sweat.With these adaptations, it can go for days without drinking. For the camel trains, travel through the desert is about moving between one lifesaving oasis and the next.When they finally do reach a drinking hole,camels can drink up to 60 litres of water in 10 minutes. Without oases, life in the Taklamakan couldn't existand travel would be impossible.But nothing is permanent in the desert.The shifting sands and the extreme climate meanthat these precious water sources can disappear.This is exactly what happened at Aydingkol Lake.The lake bed is the second-lowest place on earthat 154 metres below sea level.It's the hottest place in Chinawith air temperatures recorded as high as 50 degrees Celsiusand ground temperatures up to 80 degrees.Yet not far from Aydingkol is a surprise.A thriving human settlement in the desert.This is Turpan oasis.And it's famous in China for an unexpected product.Grapes.But how on earth can a water-hungry crop grow in such abundance in a desert?The secret lies below ground.A subterranean network of canals known as karezis used to channel water around Turpan's streets and into the vineyards. But where does the water come from?The clue lies on the desert floor in these lines of holes which markthe course of the subterranean waterways.Over two millennia ago, local people carvedmore than 3,000 kilometres of these canalsbeneath the desert, diverting water from the distant mountains.Channelling the flow undergroundmeans that less water is lost to evaporation in the desert heat. (PEOPLE CHATTERING)In August, the grapes are harvested.(MEN SHOUTING)This rich bounty does not go unnoticed.In the lush vineyards of Turpan, one animal is thriving.Red-tailed gerbils are hardy desert creatures,but those in Turpan have never had it so good.(MAN SPEAKING CHINESE)Once the grapes have been picked, some are sold in the market. But most are hung up to dry in special drying houses.This place is far too tempting for any rodent to resist.Red-tailed gerbils are excellent climbers.But why bother when there's plenty of bounty lying aroundon the ground, unguarded?Rather than suffering the extreme environment in which they live, the wildlife and people of Turpan have foundinnovative ways to cope with conditions beyond the Wall.But not all desert communities were as resourceful as Turpan. Between here and China's western borders,lie the ruins of many great cities.In their day they were vibrant, thriving places.But in the 5th century, the Silk Road's fortunestook a turn for the worse.Once again a princess was involved.She smuggled silkworm eggs out of China.The secret of silk was a secret no more.And China's stranglehold on this lucrative trade was over.Even when Marco Polo passed along the Silk Road in the 13th century, many of these cities had been dead for over 500 years.But the Silk Road's most famous city managed to survive.Where the desert ends beneath vast mountain ranges,China's westernmost point is only a stone's throw from the borders of five Central Asian countries.This is Kashgar, where east meets west.The silk that travelled along the Silk Road ended up herewhere it's still traded today.NARRATOR: Kashgar is famous for selling everything under the sun. The local Sunday market is one of Asia's largest and most exuberant gatherings.But looking around the market,it's hard to believe you're actually in China.Kashgar is a melting pot of non-Chinese ethnic people.Uyghurs, Tajiks, Kyrgyz, Uzbeks, and many others.Here, our journey heads northwards into one of China's wildest places. Leaving Kashgar and the Silk Road behind we travel into the Tian Shan,or Heavenly Mountains.This great mountain range defines the border betweenChina's most north-western provinceand neighbouring Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan.Its majestic peaks are nearly as high as the Himalayasforming a natural great wall.For much of the year it's bound up in ice.But the glacial meltwater allows evergreen forests to grow.A far cry from the deserts south of here.These mountains are the gateway to some of China'smost surprising people and places.In the upland valleys, a family of Kazakhshas been grazing their livestock all summeron the lush alpine meadows.It's autumn, in a few weeks' timewinter snows will seal the mountain passes.So the Kazakhs have decided to break camp,and move while they still can.Turning their backs on the mountain pastures,they have many long weeks of travel ahead of themalong well-worn trails.Their destination could hardly be more differentfrom the Heavenly Mountains' lush pastures.(MAN WHISTLING)These paths head into one of China's wildest and least known places. This is the Junggar Basin.An arid land that liesat the westernmost edge of the great Gobi Desert.The most northerly desert in the world.The Junggar is a place of surprises.This bizarre landscape is called the Five Coloured Hills.And though very little lives here now,the ancestors of Tyrannosaurus Rex once roamed these hills,their fossils only discovered in 2006.But the Junggar is not entirely lifeless.In the darkness, a little Roborovski's Hamsteremerges to search for food.They're the world's smallest hamsters, the size of a Ping-Pong ball. And they live in family groups of around 10.Unlike the Kazakhs, hamsters can't migrate to avoid the severity ofwinter.They have to prepare for difficult times by storing up provisionsto spend the season underground.Anyone who has kept a pet hamsterknows what an energetic little creature it can be.In a single night, a hamster may cover the equivalentof four human marathons.But foraging far and wide creates a problem.How to carry the harvest back to its nest.Here the hamster's famous flexible cheek pouches come into play. They can be stuffed full of seeds for carrying back to the burrow. Underground, the family has special food chambers to store the bounty. This supply will have to last them through the lean and cold times ahead.Winter is on its way.Within a few short weeks, the Five Coloured Hillsare blanketed in snow, driven by icy winds from Siberia.Despite being at the same latitude as Venice,Asia's northern deserts have no nearby sea to warm themand so suffer bitterly cold winters.When it melts next spring,the snow will provide moisture for grassesand other plants to grow.Like almost everywhere beyond the Wall, the harsh conditionsforce people and wildlife to keep moving to find enough to survive. (WOMAN SPEAKING CHINESE)The Kazakhs have arrived from the Tian Shan mountainsto graze their animals on the meagre pickings in the Junggar.But the Kazakhs don't have this place all to themselves.Their winter migration routes take them past a fenced enclosure in the desert.The horses on this side of the fencearen't domestic animals like those belonging to the Mongolians and Kazakhs.These are the last wild horses on earth.Millions of them once ranged all the way to Europe.But now they barely number in the hundreds.For part of the winter the wild horses are quarantinedto stop them mating with the Kazakhs' horses.That way the gene pool of the rare wild animals can be kept pure. There is a bigger problem, however.The livestock and the wild horses compete for the same food.Many Kazakh families and their flocks will pass through here over the winter.By the time the wild horses can be released from the pen,much of the best forage will be gone.When there's so little to go round in the first place,it doesn't take much for the situation to turn critical.Even in the least inhabited parts of China,wildlife and people come into conflict in the struggle to survive.Yet in this barren landscape, a remarkable association betweenpeople and wildlife persists.(CHIRPING)A tradition harking back almost 6,000 years.Eighty-two-year-old Ziya carries on a tradition that has made the Kazakhsfamous throughout China.Every winter for most of his life, Ziya has gone huntingwith a golden eagle.This eagle is around five years old.It was taken from the wild as a chick and raised by Ziyawho trained it to return to him after each flight.He will keep this bird for a total of 10 seasons before setting it free. Foxes were once the favourite quarry for eagle hunters.These days they almost never catch anything.As in many parts of China,wildlife is far scarcer here than it used to be.When Ziya finally releases this eagle,it will be the end of his hunting days.Many of the younger generation of China's nomadsare moving to modern cities and leaving their traditions behind,their lives no longer ruled by the changing of the seasons.Back in the northeast, in mid-winter,the Great Wall still dominates the landscape.Originally built to keep out dangerous warriors,today it is little more than a curiosity.The Han Chinese, whose ancestors built the wall,now live in great cities like Harbin, far to the north.Each year, the artists of Harbin get ready for a special winter celebration.Giant blocks of ice from nearby rivers undergo a magical transformation.Tourists flock to Harbin from all over Chinato see the spectacular carvings,and the ice city that has sprung up all around.(SCREAMING GLEEFULLY)It takes 10,000 people 18 days to construct this icy wonderland.It's impressive enough by day.But the magic of this place only becomes apparent once the sun goes down.Northern China can be a harsh place, but also a place of great beauty. The Harbin Ice Festival shows how attitudes have changedsince the Great Wall was built.No longer are the extremes of life beyond the Wall merely to be feared. (WOMEN LAUGHING)Now it is possible to celebrate them, too.。
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第二集 香格里拉 Shangri-La Part 1 Shangrຫໍສະໝຸດ -la, the Paradise
I. Oral Work
• 1. What do you think is the most beautiful place in China? And why? • 2. Have you travelled somewhere which is breath-taking? Please share with us one of your most unforgettable experiences. • 3. If you were given a chance to visit a place, where could it be?
New words & Expressions
8. formidable [‘fɔ:midəbl] adj. 强大的；可怕的；令人敬畏的 艰难的 eg: Brazil has also been building up a formidable research effort. 巴西也在科研方面进行着卓著努力。 9. primate [‘praimeit, -mit] n. 大主教；灵长类的动物；首领 adj. 灵长目动物的；首要的 eg: Many of man's primate relatives in Africa harbour similar viruses. 许多在非洲的类人猿都携带类似的病毒。 10. dwellers ['dwɛlɚ] n. 居民，居住者 eg: How unfortunate the modern city dweller is ! 现在都市的居民多不幸 ！
美丽中国(wild china)第一集 龙之心
100:00:04,280 --> 00:00:06,700最后的隐世净土The last hidden world200:00:07,900 --> 00:00:09,500中国China300:00:11,700 --> 00:00:16,300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 landscapes400:00:18,980 --> 00:00:24,800以及那些神奇生物的传说and surprising creatures500:00:26,100 --> 00:00:29,300中国文明是世界最古老的文明Chinese civilization is the world's oldest600:00:30,000 --> 00:00:32,400而如今是最宏博的and today it's largest700:00:32,800 --> 00:00:34,600那数十亿的人民with well over a billion people800:00:36,600 --> 00:00:40,700现存超过五十个民族It's home to more than 50 distinct ethnic groups900:00:40,740 --> 00:00:43,400 以及各式各样贴近自然的and a wide range of traditional life styles1000:00:43,800 --> 00:00:48,700传统生活方式often inclose partnership with nature1100:00:52,500 --> 00:00:58,400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 problems1200:00:59,700 --> 00:01:03,000但这里也存在着令人窒息的美丽but there is great beauty here too1300:01:05,600 --> 00:01:08,400中国有着世界最高峰China is home to the world's highest mountains,1400:01:09,800 --> 00:01:13,200从无垠的炙热沙漠vast deserts ranging from from searing hot1500:01:13,500 --> 00:01:16,400到麻木大脑的寒冷地带to mind numbing cold1600:01:17,400 --> 00:01:18,600以及那蒸笼般的森林中steaming forests1700:01:18,900 --> 00:01:20,800隐匿的各种珍稀生物harboring rare creatures1800:01:24,000 --> 00:01:27,400天际下广阔无垠的草原grassy plains beneath vast horizons1900:01:28,990 --> 00:01:32,000以及富饶的热带海洋and rich tropical seas2000:01:35,400 --> 00:01:37,400现在我们第一次有机会Now, for the first time ever2100:01:37,999 --> 00:01:41,000深入探索这片伟大的土地we can explore the whole of this great country2200:01:43,300 --> 00:01:48,300接触栖息于此的珍奇生物meet some of the surprising and exotic creatures that live here2300:01:50,600 --> 00:01:55,400目睹中国这片神奇土地上and consider the relationship of the people and wildlife of China2400:01:56,000 --> 00:01:59,500人与野生世界的羁绊to the remarkable landscaping which they live2500:02:04,000 --> 00:02:08,400这就是最原味的中国This is wild China 2600:02:10,000 --> 00:02:23,000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 motherland2600:02:38,980 --> 00:02:43,400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 south2700:02:45,600 --> 00:02:49,800漓江的渔人和鱼鸟栖坐在竹筏上On the Li River fishermen and birds perch on bamboo rafts2800:02:50,200 --> 00:02:53,400这个组合已延续千年之久a partnership that goes back more than a thousand years2900:03:09,000 --> 00:03:11,600这景致已为世人所熟悉This scenery is known throughout the world3000:03:12,600 --> 00:03:16,400那是中国水墨永恒的主题a recurring motif in Chinese paintings3100:03:18,600 --> 00:03:21,900和旅人永远的胜地and a major tourist attraction3200:03:24,500 --> 00:03:27,400中国南部有一个广大的地区The south of China is a vast area3300:03:27,700 --> 00:03:30,200九倍之大的广阔土地eight times larger than the UK3400:03:32,000 --> 00:03:34,000这里It's a landscape of hills3500:03:34,800 --> 00:03:36,400是山雨的国度but also of water3600:03:44,500 --> 00:03:47,900这里一年之中有250天在降雨It rains here for up to 250 days a year3700:03:48,600 --> 00:03:50,600到处都是积水and standing water is everywhere3800:03:55,800 --> 00:03:57,900在扬子江的涝原In a floodplain of the Yangtse River3900:03:58,600 --> 00:04:02,400黑尾鹬在泥泞中寻索着虫子black-tailed godwits probe the mud in search of worms4000:04:03,400 --> 00:04:06,900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 4100:04:07,500 --> 00:04:13,500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 family4200:04:14,500 --> 00:04:15,500这就是稻米rice4300:04:18,500 --> 00:04:22,400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 years4400:04:25,200 --> 00:04:28,400他们改变了这块土地It has transformed the landscape4500:04:31,300 --> 00:04:35,500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 farmers4600:04:35,700 --> 00:04:39,800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 fieldready for the coming spring4700:04:49,300 --> 00:04:52,000元阳县的山坡以2000M之势These hill slopes of Yuanyang county4800:04:52,100 --> 00:04:56,400斜插于红河谷地的河床plunge nearly 2000m to the floor of the Red River Valley4900:04:58,000 --> 00:05:05,000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 tools5000:05:07,400 --> 00:05:12,000云南的梯田是中国最古老人类耕作痕迹中Yunnan's rice terraces are among the oldest human structures in China5100:05:13,000 --> 00:05:15,400依旧被耕种使用的土地still ploughed as they always have been5200:05:15,800 --> 00:05:18,300正如千百年来的习俗一样by domesticated water buffaloes5300:05:18,400 --> 00:05:23,700源自云南河谷的家养水牛承担了耕作的重任whose ancestors originated in these very valleys5400:05:53,000 --> 00:05:58,900这片人力开拓的土地是工业化前中国最惊奇宏伟的壮景This man-made landscape is one of the most amazing engineering feats of preindustrial China 5500:06:00,000 --> 00:06:02,800似乎这里的每一寸土地It seems as if every square inch of land5600:06:03,200 --> 00:06:05,400都被打上了农耕的痕迹has been pressed into cultivation5700:06:21,400 --> 00:06:22,800当薄暮降临As evening approaches5800:06:23,300 --> 00:06:26,300另一场古老的仪式上演an age-old ritual unfolds5900:06:28,300 --> 00:06:29,600现在是交配的季节It's the mating season6000:06:30,000 --> 00:06:34,000雄禾田蛙们为了吸引异性而卖力高鸣and male paddy frogs are competing for the attention of females6100:06:43,000 --> 00:06:46,400但这并非总能为你吸引来关注的目光But it dosen't always pay to draw too much attention to youself6200:06:49,600 --> 00:06:52,600中国池鹭是个饕餮掠食者The Chinese Pond Heron is a crapulous predator6300:06:58,700 --> 00:07:01,100就算在耕作过的稻田中央Even in the middle of a ploughed paddy field6400:07:01,400 --> 00:07:04,300也会上演喙与爪的血腥剧目<i>nature is red in beak and claw6500:07:15,550 --> 00:07:17,300或许这看上去像一场屠杀This may look like a slaughter6600:07:17,800 --> 00:07:20,900但每只池鹭一次只能吞噬一只蛙but as each heron can swallow only one frog at a time6700:07:21,200 --> 00:07:24,500此时剩余的多数派得以逃生并获得了明日再度高歌的机会the vast majority will escape to croak another day6800:07:29,900 --> 00:07:35,000元阳县这样广泛种植水稻的Terrace paddies like those of YunYang county are found across much of southern China6900:07:36,900 --> 00:07:40,500梯田横贯中国南部This whole vast landscape is dominated by rice cultivation7000:07:45,300 --> 00:07:51,000苗族人在炎热的贵州发展了高度发达的水稻种植In heated Guizhou province the Miao minority have developed a remarkable rice culture7100:07:53,700 --> 00:07:57,200苗族人把木屋建立在陡峭低产的山壁上With every inch of fertile land given over to rice cultivation7200:07:58,300 --> 00:08:03,400用其余每寸丰饶的土地来种植水稻the Miao build their wooden houses on the steepest and least productive hillsides7300:08:06,500 --> 00:08:09,200所有东西在中国农村都自有其用处In Chinese rural life everything has a use7400:08:09,600 --> 00:08:13,500牛棚里的肥料在太阳下晒干用作煮饭的燃料dried in the sun manure from the cowsheds would be used as cooking fuel7500:08:24,800 --> 00:08:29,990中午时分宋家人正饱餐以米和蔬菜为主的中饭It's midday and the Song family aretucking into a lunch of rice and vegetables7600:08:37,999 --> 00:08:40,400老祖父宋古永置身于天伦之乐外Oblivious to the domestic chitchat7700:08:40,600 --> 00:08:44,600寻思着重要的事情granddad Guyong Song has serious maters on his mind7800:08:45,800 --> 00:08:48,600春季是稻禾生长的伊始时节Spring is a start of the rice growing season7900:08:49,100 --> 00:08:53,000庄稼的长势决定了来年宋家人的生计the success of the crop will determin how well the family will eat next year8000:08:53,400 --> 00:08:56,100因而选择合适的时机进行耕作是至关重要的so planting at the right time is critical8100:08:57,000 --> 00:09:00,300时机的选择取决于当年的天气情况The ideal date depends on what the weather will do this year8200:09:00,990 --> 00:09:02,400而这些却是永难估料的never easy to predict8300:09:03,000 --> 00:09:05,700但是身边就存在着贴心小帮手But there is some surprising help at hand8400:09:08,000 --> 00:09:14,200宋家厅堂房梁上的是一对刚从冬季迁徙中归来的金腰燕On the cielling of the Song's living rooma pair of red-rumped swallow newly arrive from their winter migration8500:09:14,400 --> 00:09:16,600 他们正在为装潢新一年度的宅邸而忙碌is busy fixing up last year's nest8600:09:20,000 --> 00:09:26,300在中国动物们被赋予独特的象征意义并被细心呵护In China animals are valued does much for their symbolic meaning as for many good they may do8700:09:30,000 --> 00:09:33,700苗族人笃信成双燕终身相伴不离不弃Miao people believe that swallow pairs remain faithful for life8800:09:34,000 --> 00:09:36,800因此他们的存在被视为so their presence is a favor and a blessing8900:09:37,300 --> 00:09:41,000幸福生活与美满婚姻的象征bringing happiness to a marriage and good luck to a home9000:09:42,890 --> 00:09:47,600如大多数苗人一样宋家起居室的窗子可以眺望见成片的梯田Like most Miao dwellings, the Song's living room windows look out over the paddy fields9100:09:48,400 --> 00:09:54,000从早春起一扇窗子便为了方便燕子往返穿飞而敞开From early spring, one of these windows is always left open to let the swallows come and go freely9200:09:57,700 --> 00:10:02,400古老爹知晓每年燕子归来的确切时间Each year granddad Gu knows the exact day the swallows return9300:10:04,000 --> 00:10:08,400苗族人坚信这些鸟儿的归来预示着春季的来临Miao people believe the birds arrival predicts the timing of a season ahead9400:10:09,200 --> 00:10:10,500然而今年他们姗姗来迟This year, they were late9500:10:11,700 --> 00:10:18,900因而古老爹和其他族中长老一致认为今年的插秧应当推迟so Gu and the other community elders have agreed that rice planting should be delayed accordingly9600:10:28,900 --> 00:10:31,400当苗族人为了插秧而整备田地时As the Miao prepare their fields for planting9700:10:31,990 --> 00:10:34,900燕子们或搜集修整巢穴用的泥巴the swallows collect mud to repair their nests9800:10:35,500 --> 00:10:38,400或穿越新耕的稻田追逐昆虫and chase after insects across the newly ploughed paddies9900:11:10,300 --> 00:11:12,300最终经过了几周的准备Finally, after weeks of preparation10000:11:12,700 --> 00:11:15,400这个预定种植的时刻来临了the ordained time for planting has arrived10100:11:16,400 --> 00:11:19,600首先秧苗必须从苗床上连根拔起but first the seedlings must be uproot from the nursery beds10200:11:20,100 --> 00:11:23,400扎成捆移植到高处山地and bundled up ready to be transported to their new paddy10300:11:23,500 --> 00:11:24,900那崭新的苗床上higher up the hillside10400:11:26,200 --> 00:11:29,400宋家邻里乡亲全员出动帮助移植All the Song's neighbors have turned out to help with the transplanting10500:11:30,000 --> 00:11:32,200这是一直来他们的集体协作方式It's how the community has always worked10600:11:32,400 --> 00:11:35,600当然一旦时刻来临宋家人也会做出相同行为来报恩when the time comes, the Songs will return the favor10700:11:40,800 --> 00:11:43,000当农户们忙碌在田埂间时While the farmers are busy in the fields10800:11:43,200 --> 00:11:46,700飞燕们则衔着修整巢穴的材料来来往往the swallows fly back and forth with material for their nest10900:12:09,700 --> 00:12:11,400人多力量大Many hands make light work11000:12:12,500 --> 00:12:15,300插秧的整个过程只持续了仅一个多小时planting the new paddy takes a little more than an hour11100:12:33,000 --> 00:12:36,000当工作完成农户们得以休息Job done, the villagers can relax11200:12:37,000 --> 00:12:39,600至少在明天来临之前at least until tomorrow11300:12:40,400 --> 00:12:43,300然而对这些筑巢的飞鸟而言修筑家园的宏大工程But for the nesting swallows, the work of raising a family11400:12:44,000 --> 00:12:46,500才刚刚开始has only just begun11500:12:55,000 --> 00:12:57,000 新耕种的田地里In the newly planted fields11600:12:57,200 --> 00:12:59,400白鹭在寻找食物little egrets hunt for foods11700:13:01,700 --> 00:13:04,800稻田成了虫鱼蝌蚪的乐园The rice paddy harbor tadpoles fish and insects11800:13:05,200 --> 00:13:07,400而白鹭正好以此哺育幼鸟and egrets have chicks to feed11900:13:09,700 --> 00:13:13,600重庆自然保护区建立于1996年This colony in Chongqing province is established in 199612000:13:14,500 --> 00:13:19,000当成群的鸟儿安家在阳光村后方的小竹林when a few dozen birds build nests in the bamboo grove behind YanGuang village12100:13:20,990 --> 00:13:22,400当地人将其视为幸运的使者Believing they were assigned of luck12200:13:22,700 --> 00:13:27,100他们最初小心保护这些白鹭和他们的栖息地local people initially protected the egrets and the colony grove12300:13:29,400 --> 00:13:32,500但当村长病重后他们的态度发生了转变But their attitude change when the head of the village fell ill12400:13:34,700 --> 00:13:38,300当政府开始介入保护鸟群时They blame the birds and were all set to destroy their nests12500:13:38,800 --> 00:13:41,000他们开始敌视鸟群并着手摧毁巢穴when the local government stepped in to protect them12600:13:51,700 --> 00:13:55,000易弯曲的竹子或许并非安家的最佳场所Bendy bamboo may not be the safest nesting place12700:13:56,300 --> 00:13:59,400但至少这些小家伙们不会成为捕食者的腹中餐but at least these youngsters won't end up at someone's dinner12800:14:11,700 --> 00:14:15,000这些小家伙刚从母亲嘴里分得美食These chicks have just had a meal delivered by their mom12900:14:15,700 --> 00:14:17,700对新生的小嘴着实是一大挑战quite a challenge for litter beaks13000:14:30,000 --> 00:14:32,000介于他们的栖息地是受保护的Providing their colonies are protected13100:14:32,200 --> 00:14:38,400像白鹭这样的候鸟是少数直接从发达的水稻种植中获益的鸟类wading birds like egrets are among the few wild creatures which benefit directly from intensive rice cultivation13200:14:42,000 --> 00:14:44,000水稻生长需要大量的水Growing rice needs lots of water13300:14:44,600 --> 00:14:50,400但即便是在多雨的南方有些土地也面临缺水的危机but even in the rainy south, there are landscapes where water is surprisingly scarce13400:14:55,700 --> 00:14:58,000相当于法国和西班牙国土加起来那么大This vast area of southwest China13500:14:58,200 --> 00:15:00,600的中国西南的广阔土地the size of France and Spain combined13600:15:00,900 --> 00:15:03,500因为宛如被干燥中空的谷地隔离开来的巨大蛋盒般is famous for its clusters of conical hills13700:15:03,990 --> 00:15:10,000连绵的锥形山脉而闻名于世like giant upturned egg cartonseperated by dry empty valleys13800:15:13,990 --> 00:15:15,400这就是喀斯特地貌This is the karst13900:15:16,000 --> 00:15:22,400石灰石地貌俨然成为南部中国的标志性特征a limestone terrain which has become the defining image of southern China14000:15:24,000 --> 00:15:29,000喀斯特地貌通常以突起的裸岩状态分布Karst landscapes are oftenstudded with rocky outcrops14100:15:29,300 --> 00:15:32,200这迫使当地农民只得在破碎的小块土地上耕作forcing local farmers to cultivate tiny fields14200:15:38,400 --> 00:15:41,500当地人是中国最贫穷的居民之一The people who live hereare among the poorest in China14300:15:44,400 --> 00:15:46,000在毗邻的云南省In neighboring Yunnan province14400:15:46,200 --> 00:15:49,000遍布着石灰石limestone rocks have taken over entirely14500:16:00,000 --> 00:16:02,300这就是著名的石林This is the famous Stone Forest 14600:16:02,600 --> 00:16:05,200无数年侵蚀作用的产物the product of countless years of erosion14700:16:05,500 --> 00:16:09,000造就了无数的狭道与巅峰producing a maze of deep gullets and sharp-edged pinnacles14800:16:14,300 --> 00:16:18,000石灰石有一个独性那就是能被雨水分解Limestone has a strange property that is dissolves in rain water14900:16:20,500 --> 00:16:26,000在数千年的漫长光阴中水的侵蚀深入到岩床的心脏地带Over many thousands of years, water has corrode its way deep into the heart of the bedrock itself15000:16:35,700 --> 00:16:38,500这一自然奇观成为了著名的旅游景点This natural wonder has a famous tourist spot15100:16:39,200 --> 00:16:43,400每年的访客数量多达200万人receiving close to 2 million visitors each year15200:16:45,400 --> 00:16:48,000中国人特别喜好奇形怪状的岩石The Chinese are fond of curiously shaped rocks15300:16:48,300 --> 00:16:51,600并以为嶙峋怪石冠上千奇百怪的名字为乐and many have been given fanciful names15400:16:51,750 --> 00:16:54,300但没人来猜测这个块怪石的名字No prices for guessing what this one is called15500:16:57,900 --> 00:17:00,400但百闻不如置身这片奇妙山地亲身一见But there is more to this landscapethan meets the eye15600:17:00,990 --> 00:17:04,500在中国醒目的喀斯特地貌下China has literally thousands of mysterious caverns15700:17:04,800 --> 00:17:07,600隐匿着无数的神秘洞穴concealed beneath the visible landscape of the karst15800:17:08,700 --> 00:17:12,400这些隐秘世界大多不为世人所知Much of this hidden world has never been seen by human eyes15900:17:12,700 --> 00:17:16,000而现在他们将被展现在世人眼前And it's only just now being explored16000:17:24,100 --> 00:17:27,000奇险洞穴中再现了一场终极的探险For a growing band of intrepid young Chinese explorers161 00:17:27,300 --> 00:17:32,000主角是一群日渐成长初生牛犊般的年轻探险家caves represent the ultimate adventure16200:17:34,300 --> 00:17:37,400探索一个洞穴犹如一场穿越时空的探险Exploring a cave is like taking the journey through time16300:17:37,800 --> 00:17:42,400常年积水叮咚伴随着无止境般的旅途a journey which endless raindrops would have followed over countless centuries16400:17:53,400 --> 00:17:55,600水滴潺潺落下Fed by countless drips and trickles16500:17:56,000 --> 00:17:59,500地下河流深切入岩the subterranean river carves ever deeper into the rock16600:18:09,600 --> 00:18:13,000石灰岩河床将洞穴的河道分割成千沟万壑The cave river's course is channeled by the beds of limestone16700:18:13,600 --> 00:18:18,000石灰岩薄弱处被河水冲刷差距的陡坡处水量激增A weakness in the rock can not allow the river to increase its gradient flowrate16800:18:18,160 --> 00:18:22,600为洞穴探险带来相当的挑战providing a real challenge for the cave explorers16900:19:02,400 --> 00:19:05,600水流到达地下水位后便停止下流The downward rushes halted when the water table is reached17000:19:06,600 --> 00:19:10,800这里缓缓流动的河流切割出一条圆形隧道Here the slow flowing river carves tunnels with a more rounded profile17100:19:15,800 --> 00:19:19,600这静谧的世界是穴居鱼的家This tranquil world is home to specialized cave fishes17200:19:20,400 --> 00:19:22,700比如无目金鲃like the eye-less Golden Barb17300:19:24,000 --> 00:19:27,600中国或许拥有地球上种类最为繁多的China may have unique kinds of cave evolved fishes17400:19:27,900 --> 00:19:30,700洞穴进化鱼than anywhere else on Earth17500:19:35,400 --> 00:19:36,900在地下水位线Above the water table17600:19:37,200 --> 00:19:43,500 远古洞穴溢满的河水中充斥着石笋和钟乳石ancient caverns abandoned by the river slowly fill up with stalactites and stalagmites17700:19:48,120 --> 00:19:52,700含有沉积物的水流Stalactites form as trickling water deposites tiny quantities of rock17800:19:52,980 --> 00:19:55,400在千万年间“滴水成石”over hundreds or thousands of years17900:19:56,700 --> 00:20:01,500含有石灰质的水滴落石床形成石笋Stalagmites grow up where lime laid and drips hit the cave floor18000:20:22,400 --> 00:20:27,000迄今为止被探索发掘的中国洞穴是中国大地上的九牛一毛So far, only a fraction of China's caves have been thoroughly prospected18100:20:27,200 --> 00:20:30,600而被发掘的洞穴不断为我们展现地底奇观and caves are constantly discovering new subterranean marvels18200:20:30,800 --> 00:20:36,200许多在后来被开发成了商业景点many of which are subsequently developed into commercial show caves18300:20:44,250 --> 00:20:46,300探索者沿着洞穴河流出山谷的轨迹逃离了黑暗Finally escaping the darkness18400:20:46,700 --> 00:20:52,700在远离出发地的河谷the cave river and its human explorers emerge in a valley far from where their journey began18500:20:53,600 --> 00:20:56,300这场冒险拉上了帷幕or now the adventure is over18600:20:60,290 --> 00:21:02,000源自洞穴河流Rivers which issue from caves18700:21:02,100 --> 00:21:04,400为喀斯特地区提供了生命之泉are the key to survival in the karst country18800:21:04,990 --> 00:21:07,200贵州的垂直峡谷This vertical gorge in Guizhou province18900:21:07,500 --> 00:21:12,200成为了当地野生动物的密集焦点is a focal point for the region's wildlife19000:21:26,150 --> 00:21:28,400这是世界上最珍稀的灵长类之一This is one of the world's rarest primates19100:21:29,600 --> 00:21:31,700白颊黑叶猴Francois's langur 19200:21:33,000 --> 00:21:36,200在中国他们只残存于两个南部省份In China, they survive in just two southern provinces19300:21:36,700 --> 00:21:38,600贵州与广西Guizhou and Guangxi19400:21:39,220 --> 00:21:42,500多半栖息于崎岖的石灰岩地貌地带always in ragged limestone terrains19500:21:44,400 --> 00:21:46,700正如大多数猴子一样他们是社会性生物Like most monkeys, they're social creatures19600:21:47,400 --> 00:21:50,300并且他们乐于耗费大把时间为彼此整理仪容and spend a great deal of time grooming each other19700:21:59,300 --> 00:22:05,300叶猴是个不折不扣以嫩芽、嫩叶、水果为食的素食主义者Langurs are essentially vegetarian with a diet of buds, fruits, and tender young leaves19800:22:17,190 --> 00:22:19,200叶猴宝宝裹着姜黄色的毛发出生Babies are born with ginger fur19900:22:19,500 --> 00:22:22,400这些毛发随着生长逐渐从尾部开始变成黑色which gradually turns black from the tail end20000:22:29,400 --> 00:22:31,800叶猴宝宝虎钳般的爪Young infants have a vise-like grip20100:22:31,990 --> 00:22:34,200帮助他们附着在妈妈身上以保证安全used for cling on to mom for dare life20200:22:36,800 --> 00:22:37,700随着年龄的增长As they get older20300:22:37,980 --> 00:22:40,500他们越发胆大，并开始常识更多刺激they get bolder and take more risks20400:22:45,000 --> 00:22:47,600这些是经历诸多冒险后的幸存者Those have survive spend a lot of time travelling20500:22:48,280 --> 00:22:52,300尽管经验丰富的成年叶猴深知Yet experienced adults know exactly where to find seasonal food20600:22:52,500 --> 00:22:56,400到守备范围内不同区域的哪里去寻觅当季的食物in different parts of their range20700:22:58,600 --> 00:23:00,000在如此陡峭的地带In such steep terrain 20800:23:00,600 --> 00:23:03,400旅途顺利包含了高超的攀爬技巧travel involves a high level of climbing skill20900:23:03,900 --> 00:23:12,200这些猴子打会走路起就是卓越的攀岩专家These monkeys are spectacularly good rock climbers from the time they learnt to walk21000:23:19,900 --> 00:23:21,300叶猴族群In langur society21100:23:21,500 --> 00:23:23,200是母系社会females rule the roost21200:23:23,500 --> 00:23:26,400并且是举家迁徙的领队人物and take the lead when the family is on the move21300:23:52,500 --> 00:23:53,600峭壁一侧One section of cliff21400:23:53,980 --> 00:23:56,400分泌的水是富含矿物质的woops is a trickle of mineral-rich water21500:23:56,900 --> 00:23:59,600这对猴子们而言是不可抗拒的诱惑which the monkeys seem to find irresistible 21600:24:14,600 --> 00:24:20,400如今麻阳河自然保护区已鲜有危及猴宝宝的捕食者These days there are few predators in the Mayanghe Reserve which might pose a risk to baby monkey21700:24:20,880 --> 00:24:23,200然而在过去的数个世纪but in past centuries, this area of south China21800:24:23,700 --> 00:24:27,200中国南部的这个地区是豹子巨蟒甚至老虎的家was home to leopards, pythons, and even tigers21900:24:30,000 --> 00:24:32,500为了在暗夜潜行者的利爪下存活To survive dangerous night prowlers22000:24:32,800 --> 00:24:34,400叶猴们前往地底the langurs went underground22100:24:35,200 --> 00:24:40,000用他们的高超的攀爬技巧爬到洞穴上方寻找庇护所using their rock climbing skills to seek shelter in inaccessible caverns22200:24:55,200 --> 00:24:58,300夜视镜在近乎黑暗的坏境下记录下Filmed in near darkness using a night vision camera22300:24:59,200 --> 00:25:02,300 叶猴一家爬上了the troop clambers along familiar ledges22400:25:02,600 --> 00:25:05,200被数代猴族磨蚀光润的石壁的情景worn smooth by generations before them22500:25:12,700 --> 00:25:14,400当冬日寒冷来袭During cold winter weather22600:25:14,880 --> 00:25:17,400猴子们则冒险潜入the monkeys venture deeper underground22700:25:17,600 --> 00:25:20,400空气相对保持温暖的地下where the air stays comparatively warm22800:25:37,400 --> 00:25:39,200旅途的终点At last, journeys end,22900:25:39,600 --> 00:25:43,999高悬的庇护所使得最激进的捕食者都束手无策a coated niche beyond the reach of even the most enterprising predator23000:25:47,800 --> 00:25:50,600并非只有猴子们在洞穴中寻找遮蔽But it's not just monkeys that find shelter in caves23100:25:51,000 --> 00:25:53,000这些孩子们刚放学These children are off to school23200:25:54,400 --> 00:25:58,000在中国农村每天早上都意味着一段In rural China, that may mean a long trek each morning23300:25:58,200 --> 00:26:00,400穿越一两个洞穴的艰苦跋涉passing through a cave or two on the way23400:26:02,600 --> 00:26:05,000然而并非所有孩子都要徒步上学But not all pupils have to walk to school23500:26:06,200 --> 00:26:08,300这些孩子是寄宿生These children are boarders23600:26:11,400 --> 00:26:13,600当孩子们快要到达学校时As the day pupils near journey's end23700:26:14,500 --> 00:26:16,600住宿生还在做早饭the boarders are still making breakfast23800:26:20,900 --> 00:26:24,600校园内仿若被关掉了灯一般黑暗In the school yard, someone seems to have switched the lights off23900:26:28,200 --> 00:26:30,000但这里其实并没有正规的操场But this is no ordinary play ground 24000:26:30,900 --> 00:26:32,500以及正规的学校and no ordinary school24100:26:36,880 --> 00:26:37,880只不过是座Its house24200:26:38,700 --> 00:26:40,000洞穴中的房屋而已inside a cave24300:26:43,500 --> 00:26:46,200天然拱顶阻隔了雨水A natural vault of rock keeps out the rain24400:26:46,500 --> 00:26:49,200为教室省去了屋顶so there is no need for a roof on the classroom24500:27:01,000 --> 00:27:04,400中东洞穴学校由六个班级Zhongdong cave school is made up of 6 classes24600:27:04,600 --> 00:27:06,900共200名学生组成with a total of 200 children24700:27:09,400 --> 00:27:13,400如同这所学校般这个洞穴住宅区As well as a school, the cave houses 18 families24800:27:14,400 --> 00:27:16,200是18户人家和他们牲畜的聚居地together with their livestock24900:27:18,500 --> 00:27:22,000这或许是世界上唯一在洞穴中饲养的牛了This could be the only cave dwelling cows on Earth25000:27:27,500 --> 00:27:30,300放学后是游戏的时间With school work over, it's play time at last25100:27:43,000 --> 00:27:46,000在中国南方洞穴不仅用于遮蔽In southern China, caves aren't just used for shelter25200:27:46,400 --> 00:27:49,300他们也能为当地人带来恩惠they can be a source of revenue for the community25300:28:22,600 --> 00:28:25,600数代的人持续受到洞穴的恩泽People have been visiting this cave for generations25400:28:25,900 --> 00:28:28,300洞穴地底覆盖了满满鸟粪The cave floor is covered in guano25500:28:28,700 --> 00:28:32,500仅仅十分钟时间就能让农人满载而归so plentiful that 10 minutes' work can fill these farmer's baskets256 00:28:33,650 --> 00:28:36,200这是一种宝贵的天然肥料This used as a valuable source of fertilizer25700:28:45,000 --> 00:28:50,500鸟粪的源头能听到河水上空的鸟鸣A clue to the source of the guano can be heard above the noise of the river25800:28:51,300 --> 00:28:54,000噪音因为山洞而被放大The sound originates high up in the roof of the cave25900:28:57,000 --> 00:28:59,800入口处聚满了雨燕The entrance is full of swifts26000:29:02,600 --> 00:29:04,500他们是社交性动物They are very sociable birds26100:29:04,900 --> 00:29:09,500约200000多的共享贵州南部的洞穴more than 200,000 of them share this cave in southern Guizhou province26200:29:09,800 --> 00:29:12,200中国最大的雨燕栖息地The biggest swift colony in China26300:29:13,000 --> 00:29:18,200如今中国的家燕多数将巢穴建在建筑物的屋顶These days, Chinese house swiftsmostly nest in the roofs of buildings。
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6、黄金时代是在我们的前面，而不在 我们的 后面。
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11、越是没有本领的就越加自命不凡。——邓拓 12、越是无能的人，越喜欢挑剔别人的错儿。——爱尔兰 13、知人者智，自知者明。胜人者有力，自胜者强。——老子 14、意志坚强的人能把世界放在手中像泥块一样任意揉捏。——歌德 15、最具挑战性的挑战莫过于提升自我。——迈克尔·F·斯特利
WildChina【美丽中国】解说词01
WildChina【美丽中国】解说词01The last hidden world-ChinaFor centuries, travellers to China have told tales of magical landscapesand surprising creaturesChinese civilization is the world's oldestand today it's largestwith well over a billion peopleIt's home to more than 50 distinct ethnic groupsand a wide range of traditional life stylesoften inclose partnership with natureWe know that China faces immense social and environmental problemsbut there is great beauty here tooChina is home to the world's highest mountains,vast deserts ranging from from searing hotto mind numbing coldsteaming forestsharboring rare creaturesgrassy plains beneath vast horizonsand rich tropical seasNow, for the first time everwe can explore the whole of this great countrymeet some of the surprising and exotic creatures that live hereand consider the relationship of the people and wildlife of Chinato the remarkable landscaping which they liveThis is wild ChinaFor our troubled but drop-dead beautiful motherland最后的隐世净土-中国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中国文明是世界最古老的文明而如今是最宏博的那数十亿的人民现存超过五十个民族以及各式各样贴近自然的传统生活方式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现在我们第一次有机会深入探索这片伟大的土地接触栖息于此的珍奇生物目睹中国这片神奇土地上人与野生世界的羁绊这就是最原味的中国谨以此献给我们多灾多难但美丽依旧的祖国。
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motif [məʊ'tiːf] n. 主题；动机；主旨；图形；意念 godwit ['gɒdwɪt] n. 【鸟类】塍鹬
A stalactite (UK /ˈstæləktaɪt/, US /stəˈlæktaɪt/; from the Greek stalasso, (σταλάσσω), "to drip", and meaning "that which drips") is a type of formation that hangs from the ceiling of caves, hot springs, or manmade structures such as bridges and mines. Any material which is soluble, can be deposited as a colloid, or is in suspension, or is capable of being melted, may form a stalactite. Stalactites may be composed of amberat, lava, minerals, mud, peat, pitch, sand, and sinter.A stalactite is not necessarily a speleothem, though speleothems are the most common form of stalactite because of the abundance of limestone caves.
egret ['iːgrɪt; 'e-] n. 白鹭n. (Egret)人名；(法)埃格雷
tadpole ['tæ dpəʊl] n. 蝌蚪 chick [tʃɪk] n. 小鸡；小鸟；少妇adj. 胆小的；懦弱
的n. (Chick)人名；(英)奇克
wading bird n. 涉水鸟；[鸟] 涉禽（如苍鹭、鹤等 ）
ethnic [ˈeθnɪk] adj.种族的，部落的；某文化群体的n.少数 民族的成员复数：ethnics
immense [ɪˈmens] adj.极大的，巨大的；浩瀚的，无边际的 ；〈口〉非常好的；弘道
searing ['sɪərɪŋ] adj. 灼热的v. 使枯萎（sear的ing形式）n. (Searing)人名；(英)西林
使…滴；使…淌；使…细细地流n. 滴，淌；细流 gradient ['greɪdɪənt] n. [数][物] 梯度；坡度；倾
斜度adj. 倾斜的；步行的 tranquil ['træŋkwɪl]adj. 安静的，平静的；安宁的
；稳定的 Stalactite ['stæ ləktaɪt] n. [地质] 钟乳石 stagmalite ['stæ gmə,lait] n. 钟乳石；石笋，滴水
manure [mə'njʊə] 美 [mə'nʊr] vt. 施肥于；耕种n. 肥料；粪 肥
oblivious [ə'blɪvɪəs]adj. 遗忘的；健忘的；不注意的；不知道 的
dwelling ['dwelɪŋ] n. 住处；寓所v. 居住（dwell的现在分词）
seedling ['siːdlɪŋ] 美 ['sidlɪŋ] n. 秧苗，幼苗；树苗
terrace ['terəs] n. 平台；梯田；阳台vt. 使成梯田，使成阶 地；使有平台屋顶vi. 成阶地；成梯田；筑成坛adj. （女服） 叠层式的n. (Terrace)人名；(英)特勒斯
domesticated [də'mestɪkeɪtɪd] adj. 家养的；驯服的；喜欢家庭 生活的v. 驯养（domesticate的过去分词）；使习惯于家庭生 活
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Karst topography岩溶地形is a geological formation shaped by the dissolution of a layer or layers of soluble bedrock基岩；根底, usually carbonate rock 碳酸盐岩such as limestone石灰岩 or dolomite 白 云 岩 ,but also in gypsum 石 膏 . It has also been documented for weathering-resistant rocks, such as quartzite石英 岩, given the right conditions.
The Miao (Chinese: 苗; pinyin: Miáo; Vietnamese: Mèo or H'Mông; Thai: แมว้ (Maew) or มง้ (Mong); Burmese: mun lu-myo) is an ethnic group recognized by the government of the People's Republic of China (PRC) as one of the 55 official minority groups. Miao is a Chinese term and does not reflect the self-designations of the component nations of people, which include (with some variant spellings) Hmong, Hmu, A Hmao, and Kho (Qho) Xiong. The Chinese government has grouped these people and other nonMiao peoples together as one group, whose members may not necessarily be either linguistically or culturally related. For this reason, many Miao peoples cannot communicate with each other, and have different histories and cultures. Some groups designated as Miao by the PRC do not even agree that they belong to the ethnic group.
Subterranean地下的 drainage排水系统；污水 may limit surface water with few to no rivers or lakes. Many karst regions display distinctive surface features, with cenotes天然井 and sinkholes 排 水口(also called dolines落水洞) being the most common. However, distinctive karst surface features may be completely absent where the soluble rock is mantled披着斗篷的, such as by glacial 冰冷的；冰河时代的debris残骸, or confined by one or more superimposed叠加的 non-soluble rock strata地层. Some karst regions include thousands of caves, although evidence of caves large enough for human exploration is not a required characteristic of karst.
cultivation [kʌltɪ'veɪʃn] n. 培养；耕作；耕种；教化；文雅
predator ['predətə] n. [动] 捕食者；[动] 食肉动物；掠夺者
croak [krəʊk] vi. 呱呱地叫；发牢骚；死vt. 用嘶哑的声音说； 死亡n. 呱呱叫声；低沉沙哑的说话声
plunge [plʌn(d)ʒ] n. 投入；跳进vi. 突然地下降；投入；陷 入；跳进vt. 使陷入；使投入；使插入
stacked [stæ kt] adj. 妖艳的；（女人）身材丰满匀称的v. 堆放（stack的过去分词）
stack [stæ k] n. 堆；堆叠vt. 使堆叠；把…堆积起来vi. 堆积 ，堆叠n. (Stack)人名；(英)斯塔克；(德)施塔克
The Stone Forest or Shilin (Chinese: 石林; pinyin: Shílín) is
a notable set of limestone formations located in Shilin Yi Autonomous County, Yunnan Province, People's Republic of China, near Shilin approximately 120 km (75 mile) from the provincial capital Kunming. The tall rocks seem to emanate发出；散发；发源 from the ground in the manner of stalagmites石笋；石笋状, with many looking like petrified 惊 呆的；目瞪口呆的 trees thereby creating the illusion of a forest made of stone. Since 2007, two parts of the site, the Naigu Stone Forest (乃古石林) and Suogeyi Village (所各邑 村 ), have been UNESCO联合国教科文组织 World Heritage Sites as part of the South China Karst. The site is classified as a AAAAA-class tourist site.