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Africa.2013-探索非洲
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| Africa. |
非洲 |
| The world's greatest wilderness . |
世上最大的原野 |
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wilderness:n.荒野;(草木丛生的)荒地;荒芜的地方;杂草丛生处;
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| The only place on earth to see the full majesty of nature. |
只有这里可见证大自然的无穷威力 |
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majesty:n.威严;最高权威,王权;雄伟;权威;
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| There's so much more here than we ever imagined. |
奇妙之处,远远超出我们的想像 |
| I'm standing where the equator cuts right across the middle of the continent . |
我正站在 横穿非洲大陆中部的赤道线上 |
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continent:n.大陆,洲,陆地;adj.自制的,克制的;
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| To the north of me, there's an immense desert, the size of the United States of America . |
我的北面,有个大如整个美国的沙漠 |
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immense:adj.巨大的,广大的;无边无际的;非常好的; United States of America:un.美利坚合众国;
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| To the West, a vast rainforest the size of India. |
西方的雨林大如印度 |
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rainforest:n.(热带)雨林;
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| And behind me, for thousands of miles, the most fertile savannahs in the world. |
而我身后连绵数千英里土地 是称冠世界的肥沃大草原 |
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fertile:adj.富饶的,肥沃的;能生育的; savannahs:n.大草原,热带草原(等于savanna);
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| From the roof of Africa... |
从非洲的屋脊... |
| to the deepest jungle ,.. |
到最深处的丛林... |
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jungle:n.密林;尔虞我诈的环境;危险地带;
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| Rarely seen places, and untold stories. |
尽是罕见的风景、未知的奥秘 |
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Rarely:adv.很少地;难得;罕有地; untold:adj.数不清的;未说过的;未透露的;无限的;
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| There is nowhere on earth where wildlife puts on a greater show. |
别处无法找到的伟大生物奇观 |
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nowhere:v.无处; n.无处; adj.不存在的;
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| This is the last place on earth where you can come eye to eye with the greatest animals that walk our planet. |
全世界只剩下这个地方 可以见到地球上最强大的动物 |
| This is Africa! |
这里是非洲! |
| Our journey starts in the far South－West, in the oldest and strangest corner of the continent |
我们的旅程从西南端开始 这是非洲最古老、最奇异的角落 |
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journey:n.旅行;行程;vi.旅行;
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| Here, the thirsty land is covered with thousands upon thousands of circles. |
缺水的土地布满千千万万个圆圈 |
| We still don't know their origins . |
我们仍未弄清楚它们的起源 |
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origins:n.起源; (origin的复数)
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| Poisonous plants, foraging insects and even magnetism have all been suggested, but each ruled out. |
有毒植物、觅食昆虫、甚至磁力 都曾提出来研究,但已一一否定 |
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Poisonous:adj.有毒的;恶毒的;讨厌的; foraging:n.觅食(forage的ing形式);觅食力; magnetism:n.磁性,磁力;磁学;吸引力;
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| The circles don't move and their shape never varies , they're unchanging , much like this part of Africa itself. |
圆圈不移动,形状一成不变 就像非洲这个角落.恒久不变 |
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varies:n.多重复合;v.使不同;改变;违背(vary的三单形式); unchanging:adj.不变的;
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| Ancient and arid , it almost never rains on this land, yet there is water here, hidden away. |
古老、干旱、难得下雨的一片土地 其实暗藏水源 |
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arid:adj.干旱的;不毛的,[农]荒芜的;
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| To survive here, life must use every trick in the book! |
为了保命,生物要各显神通 |
| Winter. |
冬天 |
| Dawn temperatures can fall well below freezing. |
清晨气温可降至零度以下 |
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Dawn:n.黎明;开端;vt.破晓;出现;被领悟;
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| And that's a problem for this drongo , it's too cold for his normal prey , flying insects. |
这只卷尾便有麻烦 天气太冷,它猎食的飞虫都不现身 |
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drongo:n.燕卷尾; prey:n.猎物;受害者;受骗者;v.折磨;掠夺;捕食(on,upon);损害(on,upon);
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| But he has a plan. |
但山人自有妙计 |
| The drongo is the Kalahari's greatest trickster . |
卷尾是喀拉哈里沙漠最大的骗子 |
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trickster:n.骗子;魔术师;
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| And these are his victims. |
这些是它的目标 |
| A family of meerkats , desert specialists. |
这群笔尾獴是沙漠专家 |
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meerkats:n.狐蒙,蒙哥(meerkat的复数形式);
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| After warming up in the morning sun, the Meerkats begin their search for breakfast. |
在晒过早晨日光浴热身后 它们便出动找早餐 |
| The drongo can now begin his tricks. |
于是卷尾开始使诈 |
| But he must first win the confidence of his victims. |
但它首先要赢取目标的信任 |
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confidence:n.信心;信任;秘密;adj.(美)诈骗的;骗得信任的;
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| He spots an eagle on the hunt and sounds a warning. |
它见到有鹰觅食,于是发出警告 |
| One that sends the meerkats grateful scurrying to safety. |
笔尾獴满怀感激地躲起来 |
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scurrying:v.碎步疾跑;(scurry的现在分词)
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| Danger over... |
危机过去了... |
| and now he has their trust. |
现在它赢取了它们的信任 |
| He sounds another warning. |
它再发出一次警告 |
| But this time it's a false alarm . |
但今次却是虚报军情 |
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false alarm:假警报;虚警;
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| Thank you very much. |
老实不客气了 |
| The meerkats fell for it. |
笔尾獴上了大当 |
| This all seems too easy. He tries the same trick again. |
既然轻易得手! 它又重施故技 |
| But the meerkats aren't stupid, they'll only fall for it once. |
但笔尾獴也不笨,上当一次便学乖 |
| The juicy scorpion won't be for him. |
它休想享用这肥美多计的蠍子 |
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scorpion:n.蝎子;蝎尾鞭;心黑的人;
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| Then suddenly, the sound of a sentry 's warning. |
然后,突然哨兵发出警报 |
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sentry:n.哨兵;岗哨;vi.放哨;vt.设岗哨;
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| No meerkat can ignore that. Sentries never lie. |
笔尾獴不可以不理,哨兵不会骗人 |
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ignore:v.驳回诉讼;忽视;不理睬; Sentries:n.哨兵(sentry的复数);v.放哨(sentry的三单形式);
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| But the sentry sees no danger. |
但哨兵其实没见到危机 |
| Guess who! |
猜猜是谁做的好事 |