纪录片《我们的地球》 第262期 壮丽山脉(07)

This mother is leading her three youngsters to a place where they can find food.

熊妈妈带着三只幼崽去找东西吃。

They need to descend¹ as quickly as possible.

他们得尽快下山。

The debris² from an avalanche³ is clear evidence that this slope is still dangerously unstable⁵.

雪崩肆虐后的残骸清楚地表明这片山坡仍然非常不稳定。

This is not a place to dawdle⁶.

此地不宜久留。

And they have another reason to keep moving.

他们继续前行还有另一个原因。

After five months in the den⁴, these bears are very hungry.

在巢里呆了五个月后，这些灰熊饿得正慌。

Bears that have hibernated⁷ throughout these peaks

这片山峰之间冬眠的灰熊，

now all descend to the valleys, where spring comes earliest.

现在都下山了，那里的春天来得更早。

In the Rockies, seasonal⁸ change is swift and dramatic.

落基山脉的季节变换迅速而突然。

In just a few days, the slopes turn from white to green.

几天时间内，白雪皑皑的山脉便会绿意盎然。

1 descend   

vt./vi.传下来，下来，下降

参考例句：

• I hope the grace of God would descend on me.我期望上帝的恩惠。
• We're not going to descend to such methods.我们不会沦落到使用这种手段。

2 debris   

n.瓦砾堆，废墟，碎片

参考例句：

• After the bombing there was a lot of debris everywhere.轰炸之后到处瓦砾成堆。
• Bacteria sticks to food debris in the teeth,causing decay.细菌附着在牙缝中的食物残渣上，导致蛀牙。

3 avalanche   

n.雪崩，大量涌来

参考例句：

• They were killed by an avalanche in the Swiss Alps.他们在瑞士阿尔卑斯山的一次雪崩中罹难。
• Higher still the snow was ready to avalanche.在更高处积雪随时都会崩塌。

4 den   

n.兽穴；秘密地方；安静的小房间，私室

参考例句：

• There is a big fox den on the back hill.后山有一个很大的狐狸窝。
• The only way to catch tiger cubs is to go into tiger's den.不入虎穴焉得虎子。

5 unstable   

adj.不稳定的，易变的

参考例句：

• This bookcase is too unstable to hold so many books.这书橱很不结实，装不了这么多书。
• The patient's condition was unstable.那患者的病情不稳定。

6 dawdle   

vi.浪费时间；闲荡

参考例句：

• Don't dawdle over your clothing.You're so beautiful already.不要再在衣着上花费时间了，你已经够漂亮的了。
• The teacher told the students not to dawdle away their time.老师告诉学生们别混日子。

7 hibernated   

（某些动物）冬眠，蛰伏( hibernate的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The insects have hibernated in beech mast on the ground. 一些昆虫在地上的山毛榉果实中冬眠。
• Like most of the omnivorous animals, they hibernated only after storing enough energy. 跟大多数杂食性动物，它们只在储存了足够的能量后才冬眠。

8 seasonal   

adj.季节的，季节性的

参考例句：

• The town relies on the seasonal tourist industry for jobs.这个城镇依靠季节性旅游业提供就业机会。
• The hors d'oeuvre is seasonal vegetables.餐前小吃是应时蔬菜。