纪录片《我们的地球》 第196期 季节森林(10)

Where the growing season is longerm, there are alerce trees the redwoods of the south.

由于更长的生长季节，南半球也有红杉--智利柏树。

As in the frozen north, the Valdivian forests of Chile support very few animals

难道如同寒冷的北极，巴尔第毕亚温带森林只有很少的动物，

but that is the end of the similarity.

这种相似性在这里是不存在的。

This is a bizarre world of miniature creatures.

这里是小动物的奇异世界。

The pudu, the world's smallest deer feeds on the giant leaves of the gunnera plant.

智利普度鹿，世界上最小的鹿之一，正在吃根乃拉草的大叶子。

The female is just thirty centimeters high at the shoulder, and her infants are hardly bigger than kittens.

雌鹿肩高仅仅30厘米高，她的孩子不比小猫大多少。

The male must stay alert. There are hunters here who would snatch his young.

妈妈必须保持警惕。猎人正在觑觎着孩子。

Another miniature. The kodkod cat.

另一种小动物。南美林猫。

It's the smallest cat in all the Americas and a young pudu would be a feast for it.

对于这种美洲最小的猫科动物来说，小普度鹿无疑是它的美餐。

But, with the male on guard, the kodkod must lower his sights.

由于母鹿在警戒着，南美林猫只好放弃。

Moths² are hatching. They're the last of the summer.

飞蛾正在孵化。今年夏天最后一批。

The tiny cat should be able to score with these.

小猫应该可以抓到它们。

No one knows why the creatures here are so small, but at least they can survive on meager³ rations⁴.

没人知道为什么这里的动物这么小，至少它们可以在这个贫瘠的地方存活。

You might call this a game of cat and moth¹.

你可以称这个游戏为：猫抓飞蛾。

1 moth   

n.蛾，蛀虫

参考例句：

• A moth was fluttering round the lamp.有一只蛾子扑打着翅膀绕着灯飞。
• The sweater is moth-eaten.毛衣让蛀虫咬坏了。

2 moths   

n.蛾( moth的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The moths have eaten holes in my wool coat. 蛀虫将我的羊毛衫蛀蚀了几个小洞。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The moths tapped and blurred at the window screen. 飞蛾在窗帘上跳来跳去，弄上了许多污点。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

3 meager   

adj.缺乏的，不足的，瘦的

参考例句：

• He could not support his family on his meager salary.他靠微薄的工资无法养家。
• The two men and the woman grouped about the fire and began their meager meal.两个男人同一个女人围着火，开始吃起少得可怜的午饭。

4 rations   

定量( ration的名词复数 )； 配给量； 正常量； 合理的量

参考例句：

• They are provisioned with seven days' rations. 他们得到了7天的给养。
• The soldiers complained that they were getting short rations. 士兵们抱怨他们得到的配给不够数。