纪录片《南太平洋》 第12期 大洋小岛（12）

For animal castaways, finding new land in this vast ocean was a chance in a million.

对于漂流动物而言，在汪洋大海中找到新陆地的机会十分渺小

To beat the odds¹, luck was needed,

想战胜困难需要运气

And this sometimes came from an unlikely source... cyclones².

有时运气来自意外的因素，飓风

Each year, these powerful tropical storms form over the huge ocean.

在广阔的海洋上空，每年都会产生强劲的热带风暴

The largest can span more than 600 miles.

直径最大的飓风横跨900公里

Cyclones are one of the most destructive forces in the South Pacific.

飓风是南太平洋中最毁灭性的力量之一

Yet surprisingly, they have played a critical role in spreading life to the loneliest islands.

然而，令人惊讶的是，它在生命传播到孤岛的过程中扮演着重要的角色

And few islands are more remote than these.

很少有岛屿会比这里更偏僻

Two thousand miles from the nearest continent,

夏威夷离最近的大陆有3000公里远

Hawaii is the world's most isolated³ archipelago.

是世界上最偏远的群岛

It is so far flung that less than 500 kinds of animal settled here in 30 million years.

由于太过偏远，3000万年以来只有不到500种动物在这里定居

Remarkably⁴, many of these colonisers were carried to Hawaii on the back of cyclones.

显然多数移民都是被飓风带到这里的

1 odds   

n.让步，机率，可能性，比率；胜败优劣之别

参考例句：

• The odds are 5 to 1 that she will win.她获胜的机会是五比一。
• Do you know the odds of winning the lottery once?你知道赢得一次彩票的几率多大吗？

2 cyclones   

n.气旋( cyclone的名词复数 )；旋风；飓风；暴风

参考例句：

• The pricipal objective in designing cyclones is to create a vortex. 设计旋风除尘器的主要目的在于造成涡旋运动。 来自辞典例句
• Middle-latitude cyclones originate at the popar front. 中纬度地区的气旋发源于极锋。 来自辞典例句

3 isolated   

adj.与世隔绝的

参考例句：

• His bad behaviour was just an isolated incident. 他的不良行为只是个别事件。
• Patients with the disease should be isolated. 这种病的患者应予以隔离。

4 remarkably   

ad.不同寻常地，相当地

参考例句：

• I thought she was remarkably restrained in the circumstances. 我认为她在那种情况下非常克制。
• He made a remarkably swift recovery. 他康复得相当快。