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Conquest.of.the.Skies.2015-征服天空
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| The ability to move through the air in any direction you wish, to cross continents and oceans, to range over forests and deserts and mountains, all this birds have been able to do for 150 millions years. |
拥有随心所欲穿越天空的能力 得以横跨大陆与海洋 越过森林,沙漠和高山 鸟类能做到这些已经有1亿5千万年了 |
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continents:n.[地理]大陆,大洲(continent复数);
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| But they won't the first or indeed the last in the skies. |
但它们不是最先或最后飞上天空的生物 |
| We are setting out to explore one of the most astonishing stories in the natural world. |
我们要出发探索自然界最令人赞叹的故事 |
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explore:v.探索:探测:探险: astonishing:adj.令人十分惊讶的;v.使十分惊讶;使吃惊;(astonish的现在分词)
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| The way in which animals manages to rise up from the surface of the Earth, and colonise the air. |
了解动物如何从地面跃升而起 占据空中领地 |
| From the dazzling aerobatics of the insects... |
从令人眼花缭乱的昆虫飞行特技 |
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dazzling:adj.耀眼的; v.(强光等)使目眩; (dazzle的现在分词) aerobatics:n.特技飞行;[航]特技飞行术;
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| to the majesty of ancient winged reptiles . |
到体形庞大的古老有翅爬虫类 |
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majesty:n.威严;最高权威,王权;雄伟;权威; reptiles:n.爬行动物(reptile的复数);[脊椎]爬行类;爬虫类;
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| The splendor and agility of birds... |
华丽与灵巧兼具的鸟类 |
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splendor:n.光彩;壮丽;显赫; agility:n.敏捷;灵活;机敏;
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| and the sonar guided precision of night flying bats. |
以声纳精准导航的夜行蝙蝠 |
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sonar:n.声纳;声波定位仪(等于asdic); precision:n.精度,[数]精密度;精确;adj.精密的,精确的;
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| Flight has been the key to the success of some of our Planet most remarkable inhabitants . |
飞行能力是某些 最卓越的地球生物的成功关键 |
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remarkable:adj.卓越的;非凡的;值得注意的; inhabitants:n.居民(inhabitant的复数);
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| To analyze theirs spectacular skills, we will use the latest technology . |
为了分析它们的精湛技巧,我们将使用最新科技 |
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analyze:v.对…进行分析,分解(等于analyse); spectacular:adj.壮观的;壮丽的;令人惊叹的;n.壮观的场面;精彩的表演; technology:n.技术;工艺;术语;
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| And we will travel around the world. |
并走遍全世界 |
| From the jungles of Borneo to the fossils filled rocks of China. |
从婆罗洲丛林到藏有丰富化石的中国岩层 |
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fossils:n.[古生]化石(fossil复数形式);
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| And the Cloud Forest of Ecuador . |
以及厄瓜多尔森林的云雾林 |
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Ecuador:n.厄瓜多尔(位于拉丁美洲);
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| We will take you into the air... |
我们将带你登上天空 |
| and travel with animals as they fly. |
跟着动物一起飞行前进 |
| ~ Conquest Of The Skies ~ |
征服天空 |
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Conquest:n.征服;占领;占领(或征服)的地区;(爱情或性方面)被俘虏的人;
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| THE FIRST TO FLY |
飞行始祖 |
| Evidence for the very beginning of this astonishing story could be found coast to home in The Fens of Cambridgeshire. |
这个惊人故事起点的证据 在自家的剑桥沼泽里就能找到 |
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Evidence:n.证据,证明;迹象;明显;v.证明;
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| Here live creatures that have ancestry stretching back millions of years. |
这里生物的祖先可回溯至数百万年前 |
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creatures:n.生物;动物;(具有某种特征的)人(creature的复数) ancestry:n.祖先;血统; stretching:v.拉长;撑大;有弹性;拉紧;拉直;(stretch的现在分词)
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| never we know exactly how the first flying animals in the world evolve , but there are creatures alive today, that can take us back to those far distance remarkable times, and they live surprisingly under water. |
没人能确认世上第一个飞行动物是怎么演化而成的 但现在有些生物能带我们回到 那个遥远的神奇年代 让人意外的是,它们生活在水里 |
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evolve:v.(使)逐渐形成;进化;进化形成; surprisingly:adv.令人惊讶地;出乎意料地
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| Looking down through the surface to the riverbed , is like traveling back in time over 320 million years. |
穿越水面看着下方的河床 就像回到三亿两千多万年前的过去 |
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riverbed:n.河床;
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| It was then, in an age long before even the dinosaurs evolved , that creatures like this first appeared in the waters of the Earth. |
那个远早于恐龙出现的年代 像这样的生物首次出现在地球的水域 |
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evolved:v.(使)逐渐形成;进化;进化形成;(evolve的过去分词和过去式)
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| It's an insect. |
这是一种昆虫 |
| A ferocious predator with jaws like a mechanical grab . |
这种凶恶掠食动物的下颚有如挖土机抓斗 |
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ferocious:adj.残忍的;惊人的; predator:n.[动]捕食者;[动]食肉动物;掠夺者; mechanical:adj.机械的;力学的;呆板的;无意识的;手工操作的; grab:v.攫取;霸占;将…深深吸引;n.攫取;霸占;夺取之物;
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| It seems unlikely that this animal ancestors were among the first creatures ever to fly. |
虽看似不可能的这种动物祖先 却是最早能飞行的生物之一 |
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unlikely:adj.不大可能发生的;非心目中的;非想象的;难以相信的;
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| But this one is not yet adult, it's a larva , and it doesn't spend all his life in the water. |
但这只昆虫还没成年,它是幼虫 且它不会在水里度过一生 |
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larva:n.[水产]幼体,[昆]幼虫;
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| It has another life and another body above the surface. |
它在水面上有另一种生活和另一副身体 |
| Early one morning it climbs up a reed . |
某天清晨,它爬上一根芦苇 |
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reed:n.芦笛;[植]芦苇;芦苇杆;[乐]舌簧;
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| A split appears in its skin, and a very different looking creature begins to emerge . |
它的表皮出现一条裂缝,一个长相完全不同的生物开始冒出来 |
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split:v.分离;使分离;劈开;离开;分解;n.劈开;裂缝;adj.劈开的; emerge:v.浮现;显现;暴露;露出真相;
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| It has four lumps on its back, that might perhaps ancestry have become either gills or protective armor plates. |
它的背部有四处隆起,那或许是因为 它的祖先有鳃或是保护性硬壳 |
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lumps:n.肿块(lump的复数); v.结块; gills:n.鱼鳃(gill的复数); v.除去鱼的鳃和内脏; protective:adj.防护的;关切保护的;保护贸易的; armor:n.[军]装甲;盔甲;v.为…装甲;
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| But now they develop into something very different. |
但现在它们演变成很不一样的东西 |
| Wings. |
翅膀 |
| It has two pairs of them. |
它们有两对翅膀 |
| Liquid from its body is pumped out along veins to stretch them tight. |
它的体液沿着翅脉流入把翅膀撑开 |
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pumped:adj.紧张的; v.用泵输送; (pump的过去分词和过去式) veins:n.[解剖]静脉(vein的复数); v.使有脉络;
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| As they dry in the sun, they harden . |
等到被太阳晒干后,翅膀就变硬 |
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harden:v.硬化;(使声音、面孔等)更严肃;(使)更坚定;使变得无情;n.哈登;
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| The watering dragon has become the Dragonfly . |
这只水趸已经变成蜻蜓 |
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Dragonfly:蜻蜓
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| And the four wing depurates that he uses to get into the air, is the earliest that we know. |
它用来飞行的四片翅膀 是我们所知最古老的飞行器官 |
| Imprints of such wings, have been found in rocks that was lay-down on the bottom of ancient lakes and streams. |
在古老湖泊和溪流的底部 都曾找到这种翅膀的化石 |
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Imprints:[法]痕迹;
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| This specimen is about 150 million years old. |
这个化石有一亿五千万年历史 |
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specimen:n.标本;样品;样本;(尤指动植物的)单一实例;
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