纪录片《非洲》 第30期:刚果雨林（2）

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Down here there are animals, too, that seek out the sunlight.

在这下面也有些动物 是喜光的

The forest's largest predator¹.

森林中最大的掠食者

A female rock python.

一条雌岩蟒

Her body is five metres long,

她的身体长达5米

weighs 100 kilos and has 4,000 muscles

重达100公斤 有着4000块肌肉

that she uses to crush the life out of her victims.

用来碾碎她的猎物

But right now, her need is not for food. It's for warmth.

但是现在 她需要的不是食物而是温暖

She finds a rare patch

她发现了一小块地

where a shaft² of sunlight strikes the ground

只见一缕阳光撒到地面上

and she begins to bask³.

她开始晒日光浴了

She's cold-blooded,

蛇是冷血动物

so this is the only way she can raise the temperature of her body.

所以这是她提高体温的唯一方法

But now she's becoming very warm indeed,

可是现在 她的身体已经非常暖和了

more than ten degrees hotter than usual.

甚至比平常高出十几度

At 40 degrees centigrade, she's in danger of killing⁴ herself.

如果体温达到40度 就有死亡的危险

Just in time, she moves off.

于是她及时离开了

1 predator   

n.捕食其它动物的动物；捕食者

参考例句：

• The final part of this chapter was devoted to a brief summary of predator species.本章最后部分简要总结了食肉动物。
• Komodo dragon is the largest living lizard and a fearsome predator.科摩多龙是目前存在的最大蜥蜴，它是一种令人恐惧的捕食性动物。

2 shaft   

n.(工具的)柄，杆状物

参考例句：

• He was wounded by a shaft.他被箭击中受伤。
• This is the shaft of a steam engine.这是一个蒸汽机主轴。

3 bask   

vt.取暖，晒太阳，沐浴于

参考例句：

• Turtles like to bask in the sun.海龟喜欢曝于阳光中。
• In winter afternoons,he likes to bask in the sun in his courtyard.冬日的午后，他喜欢坐在院子晒太阳。

4 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。