纪录片《我们的地球》 第245期 偏远岛屿(16)

The fairy tern laid another egg, and now she has a tiny chick to feed.

白燕鸥又下了一颗蛋，现在她要养一只小鸟了。

This chick is lucky.

这只小鸟很幸运。

By the time it fledges, the pisonia seeds will have dispersed¹,

等它羽翼丰满之时，腺果藤树种子已经传播完毕，

and the danger they brought will be gone.

它们带来的危险也将不复存在。

Even the most idyllic-looking of islands presents challenges for the animals living there.

再诗情画意的岛屿，岛上的动物也要面临挑战。

But the greatest threat they face is change.

但它们眼前的最大威胁已经改变。

Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean.

这是印度洋上的圣诞岛。

For millions of years, this remote speck² of land has been ruled by crabs³.

数百万年以来，这块遥远的陆地一直被蟹类统治着。

Their ancestors came from the sea, but most have now adopted a land-based existence.

它们的祖先来自海洋，但绝大多数品种现在已经适应了陆地上的生活。

Given there are so many of them, they get on relatively⁵ harmoniously⁶.

鉴于它们的数量众多，彼此之间还算相对和谐。

They're the gardeners and caretakers of a tiny crab⁴ utopia.

它们是这个小小蟹类乌托邦的园丁和守卫。

Once a year, they must all return to the sea to breed,

每年它们都会回到海洋中进行繁殖，

and the march of the red crabs is one of the greatest natural spectacles on earth.

而红蟹大迁徙是地球是最伟大的自然奇观之一。

1 dispersed   

adj. 被驱散的, 被分散的, 散布的

参考例句：

• The clouds dispersed themselves. 云散了。
• After school the children dispersed to their homes. 放学后，孩子们四散回家了。

2 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。

3 crabs   

n.蟹( crab的名词复数 )；阴虱寄生病；蟹肉v.捕蟹( crab的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• As we walked along the seashore we saw lots of tiny crabs. 我们在海岸上散步时看到很多小蟹。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The fish and crabs scavenge for decaying tissue. 鱼和蟹搜寻腐烂的组织为食。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 crab   

n.螃蟹，偏航，脾气乖戾的人，酸苹果；vi.捕蟹，偏航，发牢骚；vt.使偏航，发脾气

参考例句：

• I can't remember when I last had crab.我不记得上次吃蟹是什么时候了。
• The skin on my face felt as hard as a crab's back.我脸上的皮仿佛僵硬了，就象螃蟹的壳似的。

5 relatively   

adv.比较...地，相对地

参考例句：

• The rabbit is a relatively recent introduction in Australia.兔子是相对较新引入澳大利亚的物种。
• The operation was relatively painless.手术相对来说不痛。

6 harmoniously   

和谐地，调和地

参考例句：

• The president and Stevenson had worked harmoniously over the last eighteen months. 在过去一年半里，总统和史蒂文森一起工作是融洽的。
• China and India cannot really deal with each other harmoniously. 中国和印度这两只猛兽不可能真心实意地和谐相处。