纪录片《恐龙的战争》 完美捕食（1）

In the Cretaceous Period, dinosaurs¹ rarely die of old age.

在白垩纪，恐龙极少自然死亡。

Predators³ rule. Their killers⁴ engineered for one purpose...attack.

弱肉强食。杀手们全副武装只为一个目的——攻击。

Tyrannosaurus Rex was a 10,000-pound, self-propelled, antitank weapon.

雷克斯霸王龙就堪比一部重达4.5吨的自动力的反坦克武器。

Now 65 million years later, cutting-edge imaging technology lets us look deep inside their bodies...

在六千五百万年后的今天，借助尖端成像技术，我们能一窥其体内，

to reveal just how the world's greatest carnivores really work.

探究世上最强大的肉食动物究竟如何捕食。

Dinosaurs arm themselves with the most advanced weaponry nature has ever unleashed⁵,

恐龙用大自然赋予的最先进武器来武装自己，

tools that allowed them to survive for over 100 million years.

正是这些工具让它们生存了一亿多年。

North America, 115 million years ago.

一亿一千五百万年前的北美洲。

Reptilian⁶ creatures have evolved into killing⁷ machines.

爬行动物已进化为杀戮机器。

Death is everywhere. Sweeping⁸ down from the air. Stalking the forest.

死亡无处不在。从天而降。林中潜伏。

And sometimes thundering through the trees in the form of Tyrannosaurus Rex.

有时会有雷克斯霸王龙从树间咆哮而来。

T. Rex was the ultimate predator² in the history of terrestrial animals.

在陆栖生物的历史里，雷克斯霸王龙可谓是终极捕食者。

T. Rex is one of the largest and deadliest animals ever to walk on two legs.

雷克斯霸王龙是所有双足行走的动物中，最庞大最可怕的。

For two million years, it rules the American West.

在两百万年间，它曾一直统治着美洲西部。

Powerful and intelligent, this predator is equipped with the tools to bring down massive and well-armed prey⁹.

力量与智慧兼备，这种捕食者拥有的武器足以降服各种全副武装的大型猎物。

The head, the skull¹⁰, of T. Rex is awesomely¹¹ large. And each tooth is an armor-crushing weapon.

雷克斯霸王龙的头部，颅骨硕大无比。每颗尖牙都是破盾的利器。

1 dinosaurs   

n.恐龙( dinosaur的名词复数 )；守旧落伍的人，过时落后的东西

参考例句：

• The brontosaurus was one of the largest of all dinosaurs. 雷龙是所有恐龙中最大的一种。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Dinosaurs have been extinct for millions of years. 恐龙绝种已有几百万年了。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 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。

3 predators   

n.食肉动物( predator的名词复数 )；奴役他人者（尤指在财务或性关系方面）

参考例句：

• birds and their earthbound predators 鸟和地面上捕食它们的动物
• The eyes of predators are highly sensitive to the slightest movement. 捕食性动物的眼睛能感觉到最细小的动静。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 killers   

凶手( killer的名词复数 )； 消灭…者； 致命物； 极难的事

参考例句：

• He remained steadfast in his determination to bring the killers to justice. 他要将杀人凶手绳之以法的决心一直没有动摇。
• They were professional killers who did in John. 杀死约翰的这些人是职业杀手。

5 unleashed   

v.把（感情、力量等）释放出来，发泄( unleash的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The government's proposals unleashed a storm of protest in the press. 政府的提案引发了新闻界的抗议浪潮。
• The full force of his rage was unleashed against me. 他把所有的怒气都发泄在我身上。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 reptilian   

adj.（像）爬行动物的；（像）爬虫的；卑躬屈节的；卑鄙的n.两栖动物；卑劣的人

参考例句：

• The chick is ugly and almost reptilian in its appearance. 这只小鸡长得很丑，看起来几乎像个爬行动物。 来自辞典例句
• Being from Orion do Zetas contain DNA from the Reptilian race? 齐塔人是从猎户座而来，DNA来自爬虫族吗？ 来自互联网

7 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。

8 sweeping   

adj.范围广大的，一扫无遗的

参考例句：

• The citizens voted for sweeping reforms.公民投票支持全面的改革。
• Can you hear the wind sweeping through the branches?你能听到风掠过树枝的声音吗？

9 prey   

n.被掠食者，牺牲者，掠食；v.捕食，掠夺，折磨

参考例句：

• Stronger animals prey on weaker ones.弱肉强食。
• The lion was hunting for its prey.狮子在寻找猎物。

10 skull   

n.头骨；颅骨

参考例句：

• The skull bones fuse between the ages of fifteen and twenty-five.头骨在15至25岁之间长合。
• He fell out of the window and cracked his skull.他从窗子摔了出去，跌裂了颅骨。

11 awesomely   

赫然

参考例句：

• The land is flat, and the views are awesomely extensive. 这里地势平坦，其视野之开阔令人敬畏。 来自互联网
• Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that's creativity. 让简单事情变复杂是平庸；让复杂事情变简单，惊人地简单，是创造力。 来自互联网