美麗中國(guó)字幕

1、美麗中國(guó)中英文字幕美麗中國(guó)( 美麗中國(guó)( Wild China ) )第一集龍之心Heart ofthe Dragon最后的隱世凈土The lasthidden world中國(guó)China數(shù)世紀(jì)來(lái)旅人傳誦著關(guān)于這片神奇土地For centuries, travellers to China have told tales of magical landscapes以及那些神奇生物的傳說and surprisingcreatures中 國(guó) 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

2、it's largest那數(shù)十億的人民with well over a billionpeople現(xiàn)存超過五十個(gè)民族It's home to more than50 distinct ethnic groups 以及各式各樣貼近自然的 and a wide range of traditional life styles傳統(tǒng)生活方式often inclose partnership withnature我們都知道中國(guó)面對(duì)著著眾多社會(huì)環(huán)境問題 We know that China faces immense social and environmental problems但這里

3、也存在著令人窒息的美麗 but thereis great beauty here too中國(guó)有著世界最高峰China is home to theworld's highest mountains, 從無(wú)垠的炙熱沙漠 vast deserts ranging from from searing hot到麻木大腦的寒冷地帶 to mind numbing cold以及那蒸籠般的森林中 steaming forests隱 匿 的 各 種 珍 稀 生 物 harboring rare creatures天 際 下 廣 闊 無(wú) 垠 的 草 原 grassy plains beneath va

4、st horizons以及富饒的熱帶海洋and rich tropical seas現(xiàn)在我們第一次有機(jī)會(huì)Now, for the firsttime ever深入探索這片偉大的土地we can explorethe whole of this great country接觸棲息于此的珍奇生物meet some of thesurprising and exotic creatures that live here目睹中國(guó)這片神奇土地上and consider the relationship of the people and wildlife of China人與野生世界 的 羈絆 to t

5、he remarkable landscaping which they live這就是最原味的中國(guó) This is wild China僅以此獻(xiàn)給我們多災(zāi)多難但美麗依舊的祖國(guó) For our troubled but drop-dead beautiful motherland我們的中國(guó)探索之旅始于南方的亞熱帶Our exploration of China begins in the warm subtropical south漓江的漁人和魚鳥棲坐在竹筏上 On the LiRiver fishermen and birds perch on bamboo rafts這個(gè)組合已延續(xù)千年之久

6、 a partnership thatgoes back more than a thousand years 這景致 已為世人所熟悉 This scenery is known throughout the world那是中國(guó)水墨永恒的主題a recurring motifin Chinese paintings和旅人永遠(yuǎn) 的勝地 and a major tourist attraction中國(guó)南部是片有英國(guó)國(guó)土 The south ofChina is a vast area九倍之大的廣闊土地 eight times larger than Me UK這里 是山雨的國(guó)度 It's

7、a landscape of hills but also of water這里一年之中有 250天在降雨It rains here for up to 250 days a year 到處都是積水 and standing water is everywhere在揚(yáng)子江的澇原In a floodplain of the Yangtse River黑尾鶴在泥濘中尋索著蟲子black-tailedgodwits probe the mud in search of worms 并非只有野生動(dòng)物在這樣的環(huán)境下茁壯成 長(zhǎng) But it isn't just wildlife that thr

8、ive in this environment沼澤般濕潤(rùn)肥沃的土地為作物家族最顯著的成員提供了最理想的環(huán)境the swampground provides ideal conditions for the remarkable member of the grass family這就是稻米rice中國(guó)有著至少8000年的稻米種植史TheChinese have been cultivating rice for at least8 thousand years他們改變了這塊土地It has transformed the landscape對(duì)云南南部的農(nóng)民而言冬末是個(gè)繁忙的季節(jié) Late wi

9、nter in southern Yunnan is a busytime for local farmers因?yàn)樗麄円獮榧磳?lái)臨的春天整頓這片古老的稻田 as they prepare the age-old paddy field ready for the coming spring元陽(yáng)縣的山坡以2000M之勢(shì)These hillslopes of Yuanyang county 斜插于紅河谷地 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創(chuàng)造出的梯田 each contains lit

10、erally thousands of stack terraces carved out by hand using basicdigging tools云南的梯田是中國(guó)最古老人類 耕作痕跡中 Yunnan's rice terraces are amongthe oldest humanstructures in China依舊被耕種使用的土地still ploughed asthey always have been正如千百年來(lái)的習(xí)俗一樣by domesticatedwater buffaloes源自云南河谷的家養(yǎng)水牛承擔(dān)了耕作的重任 whose ancestors origin

11、ated in these very valleys這片人力開拓的土地是工業(yè)化前中國(guó)最驚奇宏偉的壯景 This man-made landscape is one of the most amazing engineering feats of preindustrial China似乎這里的每一寸土地It seems as if everysquare inch of land都被打上了農(nóng)耕的痕跡has been pressedinto cultivation當(dāng)薄暮降臨 As evening approaches另一場(chǎng)古老的儀式上演an age-old ritualunfolds現(xiàn)在是交配的

12、季節(jié)It's the mating season雄禾田蛙們?yōu)榱宋愋远u力高鳴andmale paddy frogs are competing for the attention of females但這并非總能為你吸引來(lái)關(guān)注的目光 But it dosen't always pay to draw too much attention to youself中國(guó)池鷺是個(gè)饕餮掠食者The Chinese PondHeron is a crapulous predator就算在耕作 過 的 稻 田 中 央 Even in the middle of a ploughed pad

13、dy field 也會(huì)上演喙與爪的血腥劇目 nature is red in beak and claw或許這看上去像一場(chǎng)屠殺 This may look like a slaughter但每只池鷺一次只能吞噬一只蛙but aseach heron can swallow only one frog at a time此時(shí)剩余的多數(shù)派得以逃生并獲得了明日再 度 高 歌 的 機(jī) 會(huì) the vast majority will escape to croak another day元陽(yáng)縣這樣廣泛種植水稻的 Terrace paddies like those of YunYang county

14、are found across much of southern China梯 田 橫 貫 中 國(guó) 南 部 This whole vast landscape is dominated by rice cultivation苗族人在炎熱的貴州發(fā)展了高度發(fā)達(dá)的水稻種植 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產(chǎn)的山壁上With every inch of fertile land given over to rice cultivation

15、用其余每寸豐饒的土地來(lái)種植水稻 the Miao build their wooden houses on the steepest and least productive hillsides 所有東西在中國(guó)農(nóng)村都 自有其用處 In Chinese rural life everything has a use 牛棚里的肥料在太陽(yáng)下曬干用作煮飯的燃料 dried in the sun manure from the cowsheds would be used as cooking fuel 中午時(shí)分 宋家人正飽餐以米和蔬菜為主的中飯 It's midday and the Song

16、 family are tucking into a lunch of rice and vegetables 老祖父宋古永置身于天倫之樂外 Oblivious to the domestic chitchat 尋思著重要的事情granddad Guyong Song has serious maters on his mind春季是稻禾生長(zhǎng)的伊始時(shí)節(jié) Spring is a startof the rice growing season 莊稼的長(zhǎng)勢(shì)決定了來(lái)年宋家人的生計(jì)the success of the cropwill determin how well the family will

17、eat next year因而選擇合適的時(shí)機(jī)進(jìn)行耕作是至關(guān)重要的 so planting at the right time is critical時(shí)機(jī)的選擇取決于當(dāng)年的天氣情況 The ideal date depends on what the weather will do this year而這些卻是永難估料的 never easy to predict 但是身邊就存在著貼心小幫手 But there is some surprising help at hand 宋家廳堂房梁上的是一對(duì)剛從冬季遷徙中歸來(lái)的金腰燕 On the cielling of the Song's li

18、ving room a pair of red-rumpedswallow newly arrive from their winter migration他們正在為裝潢新一年度的宅邸而忙碌isbusy fixing up last year's nest 在中國(guó) 動(dòng)物們被賦予獨(dú)特的象征意義并被細(xì)心呵護(hù) In China animals are valued does much for their symbolic meaning as for manygood they may do苗族人篤信成雙燕終身相伴不離不棄 Miao people believe that swallow p

19、airs remain faithful for life因此他們的存在被視為 so their presence isa favor and a blessing幸 福 生活 與 美 滿婚 姻 的 象 征 bringing happiness to a marriage and good luck to a home如大多數(shù)苗人一樣宋家起居室的窗子可以 眺望 見 成 片 的 梯 田 Like most Miao dwellings, the Song's living room windows look out over the paddy fields 從早春起 一扇窗子便為了方便

20、燕子往返穿飛而敞開From early spring, one of thesewindows is always left open to let the swallows come and go freely古老爹知曉每年燕子歸來(lái)的確切時(shí)間 Each year granddad Gu knows the exact day the swallows return 苗族人堅(jiān)信這些鳥兒的歸來(lái)預(yù)示著春季的來(lái)臨 Miao people believe the birds arrivalpredicts the timing of a season ahead然而今年他們姍姍來(lái)遲This year,

21、 theywere late 因而古老爹和其他族中長(zhǎng)老一致認(rèn)為今年的插秧應(yīng)當(dāng)推遲so Gu and the other community elders have agreed that rice planting should be delayed accordingly當(dāng)苗族人為了插秧而整備田地時(shí) As theMiao prepare their fields for planting燕子 們 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蟲 and chase after ins

22、ects across the newly ploughed paddies最終經(jīng)過了幾周的準(zhǔn)備Finally, after weeksof preparation這個(gè)預(yù)定種植的時(shí)刻來(lái)臨了 the ordainedtime for planting has arrived 首先 秧苗必須從苗床上連根拔起but first the seedlingsmust be uproot from the nursery beds扎成捆移植到高處山地 and bundled up ready to be transported to their new paddy那嶄新的苗床上 higher up the

23、 hillside宋家鄰里鄉(xiāng)親全員出動(dòng)幫助移植All theSong's neighbors have turned out to help with the transplanting這是一直來(lái)他們的集體協(xié)作方式 It's howthe community has always worked當(dāng)然一旦時(shí)刻來(lái)臨 宋家人也會(huì)做出相同行為來(lái)報(bào)恩 when the time comes, the Songs will return the favor當(dāng)農(nóng)戶們忙碌在田埂間時(shí) While the farmersare busy in the fields飛燕們則銜著修整巢穴的材料來(lái)來(lái)往往t

24、heswallows fly back and forth with material for their nest人多力量大Many hands make light work插秧的整個(gè)過程只持續(xù)了僅一個(gè)多小時(shí)planting the new paddy takes a little more than an hour當(dāng)工作完成 農(nóng)戶們得以休息 Job done, the villagers can relax至少在明天來(lái)臨之前 at least until tomorrow然而對(duì)這些筑巢的飛鳥而言 修筑家園的宏大工程 But for the nesting swallows, the wo

25、rk of raising a family才剛剛開始 has only just begun新耕種的田地里In the newly planted fields白鷺在尋找食物 little egrets hunt for foods稻田成了蟲魚蝌蚪的樂園The rice paddyharbor tadpoles fish and insects而白鷺正好以此哺育幼鳥and egrets havechicks to feed重 慶 自 然 保 護(hù) 區(qū) 建 立 于 1996 年 This colony in Chongqing province is established in 1996當(dāng)成群

26、的鳥兒安家在陽(yáng)光村后方的小竹林when a few dozen birds build nests in the bamboo grove behind YanGuang village當(dāng)?shù)厝藢⑵湟暈樾疫\(yùn)的使者Believing theywere assigned of luck他們最初小心保護(hù)這些白鷺和他們的棲息地 local people initially protected the egrets and the colony grove但當(dāng)村長(zhǎng)病重后他們的態(tài)度發(fā)生了轉(zhuǎn)變But their attitude change when the head of thevillage fell

27、ill當(dāng)政府開始介入保護(hù)鳥群時(shí) They blame thebirds and were all set to destroy their nests他們開始敵視鳥群并著手摧毀巢穴 whenthe local government stepped in to protect them易彎曲的竹子或許并非安家的最佳場(chǎng)所Bendy bamboo may not be the safest nesting place但至少這些小家伙們不會(huì)成為捕食者的腹中餐 but at least these youngsters won't end up at someone's dinner這些

28、小家伙剛從母親嘴里分得美食 Thesechicks have just had a meal delivered by their mom對(duì)新生 的小 嘴著實(shí)是一大挑 戰(zhàn) quite a challenge for litter beaks介于他們的棲息地是受保護(hù)的 Providingtheir colonies are protected 像白鷺這樣的候鳥是少數(shù)直接從發(fā)達(dá)的水稻種植中獲益的鳥類 wading birds like egrets are among the few wild creatures which benefit directly fromintensive rice cultivation水稻生長(zhǎng)需要大量的水Growing rice needslots of water但即便是在多雨的南方有些土地也面臨缺水的危機(jī) but even in the rainy south, there are landscapes where water is s