纪录片美丽中国__中英文解说词.pdf

1 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 2 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 amazing engineering 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 3 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 eas。