纪录片《我们的地球》 第232期 偏远岛屿(03)

The problem is, there's deep water between them.

但问题是，中间隔着一渊深潭。

So what should any red-blooded sloth¹ do?

那么一只气血方刚的树懒会怎么做呢？

Swim, of course.

当然是游过去。

Could this be her?

那会是她吗？

He does his best to put on a turn of speed.

他尽全力加快速度。

But she's not the one.

但叫的不是她。

She already has a baby

这只母树懒已经有了一只幼崽，

and she won't mate again until it leaves her in about six months' time.

在幼崽六个月后长大离开之前，她不会再次交配。

Even life on a paradise island can have its limitations.

即使生活在天堂之岛也会有限制。

But at least she can't be far away.

但至少她就在不远处。

The world's entire population of pygmy sloths² is isolated³ on a speck⁴ of land no bigger than New York's Central Park.

地球上所有的侏三指树懒都生活在这片不及纽约中央公园大小的岛屿上。

The size of an island has a huge influence on the fate of those cast away there.

岛屿的大小极大地影响着生活在那里的动物。

1 sloth   

n.[动]树懒；懒惰，懒散

参考例句：

• Absence of competition makes for sloth.没有竞争会导致懒惰。
• The sloth spends most of its time hanging upside down from the branches.大部分时间里树懒都是倒挂在树枝上。

2 sloths   

懒散( sloth的名词复数 )； 懒惰； 树獭； （经济）停滞。

参考例句：

• Mummies of pleistocene ground sloths, with original skin, hair, tendons and claws have been found. 还发现了保存原有皮肤，毛发，腱和爪的更新世时期地面树懒的木乃伊。
• He was inspired by fossils of armadillos and sloths. 犰狳和树懒化石让他获得了灵感。

3 isolated   

adj.与世隔绝的

参考例句：

• His bad behaviour was just an isolated incident. 他的不良行为只是个别事件。
• Patients with the disease should be isolated. 这种病的患者应予以隔离。

4 speck   

n.微粒，小污点，小斑点

参考例句：

• I have not a speck of interest in it.我对它没有任何兴趣。
• The sky is clear and bright without a speck of cloud.天空晴朗，一星星云彩也没有。