纪录片《非洲》 第56期:好望角（14）

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The turtles that escape the perils¹ of the beach

小海龟们逃脱了海滩上的危机

still have to face pounding surf.

接踵而来的是海浪的重击

But, at last, they're in their element.

但是最终 他们如鱼得水般获救

More than can be said for the crew.

对摄制组而言就没那么幸运了

They're faster than you, aren't they? Yep.

他们比你游得快 对吧 是的

It's a bit embarrassing.

那可有点难堪

Beaten by something that's less than a day old.

被出生还不到一天的小东西打败了

When you see hatchlings get off the beach and going in the white water,

当你看着小海龟离开沙滩 游入白色的海水

you'd think they'd just get obliterated².

你会以为他们被海水吞没了

They just punch through the water; they do get flung around

他们努力划水 不停被水流冲击

but then they just right themselves,

但他们很快调整了姿态

keep on swimming and they're ahead of you,

继续游 并且游在你前面

coming out the back of the wave

最后出现在海浪的背面

and it's amazing.

那太神奇了

You're seeing all these baby turtles getting picked off,

小海龟被海浪冲得失去了方向

left, right and centre, but they just keep going.

左右晃动 但他们从未停止前行

They are just so resilient.

他们迅速就恢复了活力

And that made what happened next so distressing³.

但接下来发生的事着实令人悲痛

1 perils   

极大危险( peril的名词复数 )； 危险的事（或环境）

参考例句：

• The commander bade his men be undaunted in the face of perils. 指挥员命令他的战士要临危不惧。
• With how many more perils and disasters would he load himself? 他还要再冒多少风险和遭受多少灾难？

2 obliterated   

v.除去( obliterate的过去式和过去分词 )；涂去；擦掉；彻底破坏或毁灭

参考例句：

• The building was completely obliterated by the bomb. 炸弹把那座建筑物彻底摧毁了。
• He began to drink, drank himself to intoxication, till he slept obliterated. 他一直喝，喝到他快要迷糊地睡着了。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 distressing   

a.使人痛苦的

参考例句：

• All who saw the distressing scene revolted against it. 所有看到这种悲惨景象的人都对此感到难过。
• It is distressing to see food being wasted like this. 这样浪费粮食令人痛心。