纪录片《我们的地球》 第203期 季节森林(17)

Spring in a deciduous¹ woodland is special.

春天的落叶林是很特别的。

With no leaves overhead, the rays of the sun strike the forest floor directly,

由于没有树叶遮蔽，阳光可以直射到森林地表上，

and their warmth rouses plants from their winter sleep.

这种温暖让植物们从冬眠中苏醒过来。

The ground living plants are in a hurry.

地表植物正在匆忙生长。

Before long the trees above will come into leaf and steal their light.

不久之后，树木长出的新叶将会重新把阳光夺去。

Their flowers decorate the forest floor,

花，是森林地表的天然装饰，

as they advertise their sweet nectar to the newly emerged insects.

它们以花蜜为广告，来吸引新生的昆虫。

The spring blooms of the deciduous woodlands have no equivalent in either the great conifer forests, or the tropical jungles.

春，使落叶林与针叶林和雨林没有任何相似性。

Within a matter of weeks the canopy² has closed

再过几个星期，树冠层重新遮蔽天空，

and only a few wheeling shafts³ of light penetrate⁴ the woodland.

透到地面的只有丝丝缕缕的阳光。

In the treetops, the broad leaves rapidly expand to their full size to make the most of summer while it lasts.

在树梢，树叶很快生长开来并保持这个状态一直到夏末。

1 deciduous   

adj.非永久的；短暂的；脱落的；落叶的

参考例句：

• Overgrown deciduous shrubs can be cut back at this time of year.过于繁茂的落叶灌木可以在每年的这个时候修剪。
• Deciduous trees shed their leaves in autumn.落叶树木在秋天落叶。

2 canopy   

n.天篷，遮篷

参考例句：

• The trees formed a leafy canopy above their heads.树木在他们头顶上空形成了一个枝叶茂盛的遮篷。
• They lay down under a canopy of stars.他们躺在繁星点点的天幕下。

3 shafts   

n.轴( shaft的名词复数 )；（箭、高尔夫球棒等的）杆；通风井；一阵（疼痛、害怕等）

参考例句：

• He deliberately jerked the shafts to rock him a bit. 他故意的上下颠动车把，摇这个老猴子几下。 来自汉英文学 - 骆驼祥子
• Shafts were sunk, with tunnels dug laterally. 竖井已经打下，并且挖有横向矿道。 来自辞典例句

4 penetrate   

v.透(渗)入；刺入，刺穿；洞察，了解

参考例句：

• Western ideas penetrate slowly through the East.西方观念逐渐传入东方。
• The sunshine could not penetrate where the trees were thickest.阳光不能透入树木最浓密的地方。