纪录片《我们的地球》 第282期 壮丽山脉(27)

John is nervous. It's his first-ever flight.

约翰很紧张。他以前从没这样飞行过。

Three, two, one, go. How is it? Ah, man, that was a shock.

三，二，一，出发。感觉如何？吓了我一跳。

Overcoming his initial fears, John begins filming.

克服开始的恐惧后，约翰开始拍摄。

If you can go right of this, that'd be cool.

你能不能从右边飞过，画面会很酷。

The tandem¹ wing allows John to get the shots that Aaron was unable to get flying solo.

串翼滑翔伞帮助约翰拍到了亚伦独飞时拍不到的画面。

Awesome², Aaron, very good.

太棒了，亚伦，真美。

But it's not all plain sailing.

不过他们并非一帆风顺。

The feeling of discomfort³ only gets worse as Aaron begins the eagle dive.

亚伦开始像金雕一样俯冲时，约翰就更不舒服了。

I feel sick! Oh, man!

我想吐！天啊！

Flying low and fast like an eagle leaves little room for error.

像金雕一样急速低飞意味着不能犯错。

A little bit too much, do you think? Yeah!

有点过分了吧？是啊！

Sorry, what did you call it, an unplanned landing? Yeah!

你把这个叫计划外降落吗？没错！

They might not be as majestic⁴ as a golden eagle,

或许他们没有金雕那么雄伟，

but they do capture a unique perspective that conveys an eagle's life as never before.

但确实捕捉到独特的视角，以前所未有的方式展现了金雕的生活。

1 tandem   

n.同时发生；配合；adv.一个跟着一个地；纵排地；adj.（两匹马）前后纵列的

参考例句：

• Malcolm's contract will run in tandem with his existing one.马尔科姆的合同将与他手头的合同同时生效。
• He is working in tandem with officials of the Serious Fraud Office.他正配合欺诈重案办公室的官员工作。

2 awesome   

adj.令人惊叹的，难得吓人的，很好的

参考例句：

• The church in Ireland has always exercised an awesome power.爱尔兰的教堂一直掌握着令人敬畏的权力。
• That new white convertible is totally awesome.那辆新的白色折篷汽车简直棒极了.

3 discomfort   

n.不舒服，不安，难过，困难，不方便

参考例句：

• One has to bear a little discomfort while travelling.旅行中总要忍受一点不便。
• She turned red with discomfort when the teacher spoke.老师讲话时她不好意思地红着脸。

4 majestic   

adj.雄伟的，壮丽的，庄严的，威严的，崇高的

参考例句：

• In the distance rose the majestic Alps.远处耸立着雄伟的阿尔卑斯山。
• He looks majestic in uniform.他穿上军装显得很威风。