纪录片《南太平洋》 第102期 水火相容（07）

Over time, most have lost their eyes and colour... like this plant hopper.

随着时间过去，大部分都会失去眼睛和颜色，像这只植物加料斗。

Its tail has a curious function.

它的尾部有个奇怪的功能

Any predator¹ biting it from behind will be left with nothing but a mouthful of irritating, waxy² hair.

任何掠食者从后面咬它都会没事，但一口刺激的蜡质般的毛发。

This is a place of ghostly stillness...

这个地方静得可怕

a definite advantage for the small-eyed big-eyed hunting spider.

这对于小眼睛大眼睛的捕猎蜘蛛来说肯定有利

With its super-sensitive leg hairs, it can pick up the slightest movement in the air...

因为它有超级敏感的腿毛，它能捕捉到最细微的空气震动，

and it senses the cricket's presence long before it's close enough to ambush³.

它很早就感觉到蟋蟀的存在，在它靠近前有足够时间埋伏。

As prey⁴ are few and far between, this may be its last meal for some time.

猎物是稀少的，也许上一顿吃已有一段时间了。

With no light and little vegetation, only the specialists survive here.

因为没有光，植物稀少，只有行家能在这生存。

But that isn't the case for all lava⁵ tubes.

但这不是所有熔岩管的情况

Southeast of Hawaii, straddling the equator, lie the Galpagos Islands.

夏威夷东南部座落着横跨赤道的加拉帕戈斯群岛

As on Hawaii, some of the volcanoes here are still very active.

同样在夏威夷，有些火山仍然很活跃。

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 waxy   

adj.苍白的；光滑的

参考例句：

• Choose small waxy potatoes for the salad.选些个头小、表皮光滑的土豆做色拉。
• The waxy oil keeps ears from getting too dry.这些蜡状耳油可以保持耳朵不会太干燥。

3 ambush   

n.埋伏(地点)；伏兵；v.埋伏；伏击

参考例句：

• Our soldiers lay in ambush in the jungle for the enemy.我方战士埋伏在丛林中等待敌人。
• Four men led by a sergeant lay in ambush at the crossroads.由一名中士率领的四名士兵埋伏在十字路口。

4 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。

5 lava   

n.熔岩，火山岩

参考例句：

• The lava flowed down the sides of the volcano.熔岩沿火山坡面涌流而下。
• His anger spilled out like lava.他的愤怒像火山爆发似的迸发出来。