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Hostile.Planet.2019-水深火热的星球
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| BEAR: A snow leopard . |
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leopard:n.豹;美洲豹;
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| He hasn't eaten in days. |
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| This may be his last chance. |
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| (theme music plays). |
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| I'm two miles above sea level here, and it is brutal . |
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sea level:海平面; brutal:adj.残忍的;野蛮的,不讲理的;
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| Cold, desolate , hard to breathe. |
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desolate:adj.荒凉的;无人烟的;vt.使荒凉;使孤寂;
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| But, for some, this is home. |
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| Mountains are one of the most hostile environments on our planet. |
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hostile:adj.敌意的; n.敌对分子;
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| Now, with the rise in global temperatures, life is even tougher. |
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global:adj.全球的;总体的;球形的;
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| The relentless search for food. |
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relentless:adj.无情的;残酷的;不间断的;
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| Intense competition . |
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Intense:adj.强烈的;紧张的;非常的;热情的; competition:n.竞争;比赛,竞赛;
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| Unpredictable weather. |
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Unpredictable:adj.不可预知的;不定的;出乎意料的;n.不可预言的事;
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| Mountain animals are pushed to the edge of existence. |
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| The Arctic Circle . |
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Arctic Circle:n.北极圈;
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| Nowhere is the planet warming faster. |
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Nowhere:v.无处; n.无处; adj.不存在的;
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| Spring has arrived here early. |
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| And that's bad news for the barnacle geese that breed in these mountains. |
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barnacle:n.[无脊椎]藤壶;茗荷介;难以摆脱的人;黑雁; breed:v.繁殖;孕育;培育(动植物);导致;以…方式教育;n.品种;
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| Many nests have failed... |
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| but not this one. |
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| Three chicks. |
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| They're lucky to have made it. |
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| Forced by the early spring, the parents rush to their migration . |
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migration:n.迁移;迁徙;转移;移居;
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| They arrived exhausted . |
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exhausted:adj.筋疲力尽的; v.使筋疲力尽; (exhaust的过去分词和过去式)
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| The female sat on the eggs for 25 days. |
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female:adj.女性的;雌性的;柔弱的,柔和的;n.女人;[动]雌性动物;
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| She's lost 30% of her body weight. |
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| But for this family, the greatest challenge is still to come. |
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| The parents chose to nest on this 400 foot pinnacle . |
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pinnacle:n.高峰;小尖塔;尖峰;极点;vt.造小尖塔;置于尖顶上;置于高处;
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| It's the only way to evade predators . |
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evade:vt.逃避;躲避;逃脱;回避;想不出 predators:n.捕食性动物;实行弱肉强食的人(或机构);掠夺者;(predator的复数)
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| Just one problem... |
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| the grass they eat is a mile away, by the river. |
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| And barnacle geese can't feed their young in the nest. |
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| If the chicks don't feed within 36 hours, they'll starve. |
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| And these chicks won't be able to fly for another month. |
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| The parents are living proof there is a solution . |
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proof:n.证据;证实;adj.能抵御;可防护; solution:n.解决方案;溶液;溶解;解答;
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| Just not an easy one. |
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| Dad leads the way. |
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| But the chicks are instinctively bonded to mum. |
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instinctively:adv.本能地;
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| Where she goes they follow. |
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| (peeping). |
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| Incredibly , it survived. |
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Incredibly:adv.难以置信地;非常地;
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| But it's stunned . |
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stunned:adj.震惊的; v.使昏迷; (stun的过去分词和过去式)
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| And now dangerously exposed . |
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dangerously:adv.危险地;不安全; exposed:adj.无遮蔽的; v.暴露; (expose的过去分词和过去式)
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| (honking, cawing). |
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| One chick gone. |
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| Now hope rests with the other two. |
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| The back of the spire is a shorter drop. |
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spire:n.[建]尖顶;尖塔;螺旋;vi.螺旋形上升;vt.给…加塔尖;
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| But it's much harder to avoid the rocks. |
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