纪录片《我们的地球》 第254期 偏远岛屿(25)

Each day filming on Zavodovski seems to present a new challenge.

在扎沃多夫斯基岛每一天都会遇到新的挑战。

Next, a huge storm hits the island.

接下来岛上迎来了大暴雨。

Only now do the team realise just how tough life can be for the penguins².

这时候探险队才意识到企鹅的生活是多么的艰难。

It's hard not to be moved by the effort they go to, to feed their chicks.

你很难不被它们喂养幼崽的努力所感动。

These huge waves are coming in.

巨浪袭来。

The penguins are surfing here, getting battered³ on these big boulders⁴.

企鹅们随浪翻涌，不停地被拍打在那些巨大的岩石上。

Now and then you just get a penguin¹ that gets catapulted 15 metres in the air -- it's totally ludicrous.

有时你会看到一只企鹅被甩到十五米的高空，不可思议。

And really, I think there are quite a few penguins getting killed in it.

说实话，我觉得会有很多企鹅因此丧命。

The beach in the afternoon was just a scene of death and destruction.

午后的海滩完全是一幅死伤惨重的画面。

It was absolute carnage. It was heartbreaking.

简直就是屠杀。令人心碎。

I mean, they're trying so hard to get up the beach with broken legs

他们竭尽全力用骨折的脚爬上沙滩，

and bleeding and very, you know, sobering, really.

血流如注，非常严重。

After witnessing the struggles, the penguins must endure, the team now face the same problem. Getting off the island.

见证了企鹅前赴后继的奋斗，探险队面临着同样的问题。如何离开小岛。

1 penguin   

n.企鹅

参考例句：

• The penguin is a flightless bird.企鹅是一种不会飞的鸟。
• He walked with an awkward gait like a penguin.他走路的步子难看得就像企鹅。

2 penguins   

n.企鹅( penguin的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Why can penguins live in cold environment? 为什么企鹅能生活在寒冷的环境中？ 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Whales, seals, penguins, and turtles have flippers. 鲸、海豹，企鹅和海龟均有鳍形肢。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

3 battered   

adj.磨损的；v.连续猛击；磨损

参考例句：

• He drove up in a battered old car.他开着一辆又老又破的旧车。
• The world was brutally battered but it survived.这个世界遭受了惨重的创伤,但它还是生存下来了。

4 boulders   

n.卵石( boulder的名词复数 )；巨砾；（受水或天气侵蚀而成的）巨石；漂砾

参考例句：

• Seals basked on boulders in a flat calm. 海面风平浪静，海豹在巨石上晒太阳。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The river takes a headlong plunge into a maelstrom of rocks and boulders. 河水急流而下，入一个漂砾的漩涡中。 来自《简明英汉词典》