纪录片《南太平洋》 第106期 水火相容（11）

Bugs¹ blown up here don't stand a chance.

臭虫不可能出现在这

Stunned² or trapped in snow, they slowly die.

昏厥或受困于雪中，它们缓慢地死去

But not everything succumbs³ to the cold.

但不是每个东西都臣服于寒冷

These tiny creatures are wekiu bugs.

这个微小的动物是万寇虫

Their cells are filled with a special kind of antifreeze that allows them to live around the snow line.

它们的细胞充满着一种特殊的防冻剂，使它们能生存在雪线附近。

Originally, wekiu bugs were seed-eating vegetarians⁴,

起初万寇虫以植物的种子为食

but their descendants have adapted to this hostile environment.

但它们的后代已经适应了这种恶劣环境

Now with a taste for blood, they are the Pacific's own vampire⁵ bugs.

如今它们嗜血为生，它们是太平洋本土吸血虫。

Needle-sharp mouthparts pierce their dead and dying victims,

针般口器刺入已死或快要死的受害者中

before they suck out anything that's left inside.

不吸到东西是不会离开的

Measured from the sea floor, the wekiu's home is the tallest mountain in the world... about a kilometre taller than Everest.

从海床测量起，万寇虫的家是世上最高的山，比珠穆朗玛峰还高约1公里。

But it won't hold this record for ever.

但它没有保持住记录

After millions of years of growth,

成长了数百万年后

this mountain is slowly but surely losing height at a rate of 20 centimetres every 100 years.

这座山以每百年20厘米的速度慢慢失去高度

In fact, it's so massive that it's buckling⁶ the seafloor beneath it and sinking into the ocean.

事实上，它绝大部分是扣在海床下面，并下陷到海洋里。

1 bugs   

adj.疯狂的，发疯的n.窃听器( bug的名词复数 )；病菌；虫子；[计算机]（制作软件程序所产生的意料不到的）错误

参考例句：

• All programs have bugs and need endless refinement. 所有的程序都有漏洞，都需要不断改进。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The sacks of rice were swarming with bugs. 一袋袋的米里长满了虫子。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 stunned   

adj. 震惊的，惊讶的 动词stun的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• The fall stunned me for a moment. 那一下摔得我昏迷了片刻。
• The leaders of the Kopper Company were then stunned speechless. 科伯公司的领导们当时被惊得目瞪口呆。

3 succumbs   

不再抵抗（诱惑、疾病、攻击等）( succumb的第三人称单数 )； 屈从； 被压垮； 死

参考例句：

• Eventually the virus prevails and the infected person succumbs to the infection. 最终病毒体会战胜药物，而导致感染者死亡。
• A German lender succumbs to perverse incentives. Who's next? 一德国贷方受制屈服于非正当（投资）动机。谁将步其后尘？

4 vegetarians   

n.吃素的人( vegetarian的名词复数 )；素食者；素食主义者；食草动物

参考例句：

• Vegetarians are no longer dismissed as cranks. 素食者不再被视为有怪癖的人。
• Vegetarians believe that eating meat is bad karma. 素食者认为吃肉食是造恶业。

5 vampire   

n.吸血鬼

参考例句：

• It wasn't a wife waiting there for him but a blood sucking vampire!家里的不是个老婆，而是个吸人血的妖精！
• Children were afraid to go to sleep at night because of the many legends of vampire.由于听过许多有关吸血鬼的传说，孩子们晚上不敢去睡觉。

6 buckling   

扣住

参考例句：

• A door slammed in the house and a man came out buckling his belt. 房子里的一扇门砰地关上，一个男子边扣腰带边走了出来。
• The periodic buckling leaves the fibre in a waved conformation. 周期性的弯折在纤维中造成波形构成。