纪录片《我们的地球》 第198期 季节森林(12)

It's spring in the great broad leaved forests of Eastern Europe and Asiatic Russia.

这是跨越东欧-亚洲-俄罗斯的世界上最大的落叶阔叶林的春天。

The mandarin¹ ducks are courting.

鸳鸯正在示爱。

The female² mandarin nests in a tree hole,

雌鸳鸯在树上筑巢，

and when it's time for everyone to leave she leads the way.

她正在带着所有的宝宝们离开巢穴。

The ducklings are only twenty four hours old.

小鸳鸯才24个小时大。

It's a long drop, and a few calls of encouragement are required.

要让它们从这么高的地方落下，妈妈鼓励的叫声是必须的。

Two down seven to go. There are still two missing³.

2只降落，还有7只。还少着2只。

All present and correct. But they won't be safe until they reach water,

如数到齐。在赶到水中之前它们还很不安全，

and the forest pool is almost a mile away.

林中的池塘还有1英里远呢。

1 Mandarin   

n.中国官话，国语，满清官吏；adj.华丽辞藻的

参考例句：

• Just over one billion people speak Mandarin as their native tongue.大约有十亿以上的人口以华语为母语。
• Mandarin will be the new official language of the European Union.普通话会变成欧盟新的官方语言。

2 female   

adj.雌的，女(性)的；n.雌性的动物，女子

参考例句：

• We only employ female workers.我们只雇用女工。
• The animal in the picture was a female elephant.照片上的动物是头母象。

3 missing   

adj.遗失的，缺少的，失踪的

参考例句：

• Check the tools and see if anything is missing.检点一下工具，看有无丢失。
• All the others are here;he's the only one missing.别人都来了，就短他一个。