纪录片《南太平洋》 第31期 大洋小岛（31）

Time to check the swell¹ charts.

 

到时间检查海浪图了

There was better news on the Russian front - a big storm sending swell Pohnpei's way.

俄国那边有点好消息了，一场大风暴正朝波恩佩而来

At the end of the shoot, the waves arrived - the biggest the team had seen so far.

拍摄结束时，海浪到了。是目前为止摄制组见到的最大的浪

The big surf proved even more of a challenge for Bali.

巨浪给巴利带来更大挑战

And there was still the sharp reef² to avoid.

而且仍要避开锋利的礁石

Bali's final shots had promise, but these waves were still much smallerthan the team had hoped for.

巴利的最后拍摄有了保障，但海浪仍比摄制组预期的小得多

Having seen the potential of Rudi's camera underwater,

 

见识过鲁迪的摄像机在水中的潜能后

I just know I've got to get it back out on one of these locations and use it in a big barrel³,

我知道我必须将它再带回到一个巨大的卷浪中拍摄

because the results will be incredibly surprising and totally unique.

因为拍摄的结果将会是不可置信的惊人，且百分之百特别的

Four months later, with news of a large swell coming from Russia, the team were back in Pohnpei.

四个月之后得到巨浪从俄国涌来的消息，摄制组回到波恩佩

This time, the waves looked big, even with surfers in them.

这一次，即使有人在冲浪浪头看起来也很大

And expert surfer Dylan couldn't wait to get out there.

冲浪专家戴兰迫不急待冲进去了

Well, we've turned up and we've seen a couple of absolutely monster barrels⁴.

好，我们找到了，我们看到几个绝对的巨型卷快速前进

So we've got what we came for. And, um...I'm pretty nervous,

我们得到了想要的东西。而且，嗯...我相当紧张

because I'm about to swim that huge torpedo⁵ camera back out there... and it's dangerous-looking!

因为我要带着那个巨大的摄像机游过去，看起来很危险

1 swell   

vi.膨胀，肿胀；增长，增强

参考例句：

• The waves had taken on a deep swell.海浪汹涌。
• His injured wrist began to swell.他那受伤的手腕开始肿了。

2 reef   

n.礁，礁石，暗礁

参考例句：

• The ship and its crew were lost on the reef.那条船及船员都触礁遇难了。
• The ship was wrecked on a coral reef.这条船在珊瑚暗礁上撞毁了。

3 barrel   

n.圆桶；一桶的量；枪管；vt.把...装桶

参考例句：

• I drew off three pints of beer from the barrel.我从酒桶里抽出三品脱啤酒。
• The man rolled the barrel into the yard.那个人把圆桶滚进院子。

4 barrels   

n.桶( barrel的名词复数 )；枪[炮]管；一桶（的量）；桶（石油计量单位，相当于120 到159 升）

参考例句：

• The farmers put up the apples in barrels. 农夫们把苹果装入箱内。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The wine is aged for almost a year in oak barrels. 这葡萄酒已经在橡木桶里存放近一年了。 来自辞典例句

5 torpedo   

n.水雷，地雷；v.用鱼雷破坏

参考例句：

• His ship was blown up by a torpedo.他的船被一枚鱼雷炸毁了。
• Torpedo boats played an important role during World War Two.鱼雷艇在第二次世界大战中发挥了重要作用。