纪录片《我们的地球》 第288期 茂密丛林(06)

Only in the jungle do you find lizards¹ that can soar² like dragons.

只有在雨林中你才能看到像龙一样翱翔的蜥蜴。

He can travel over 100 feet in a single leap.

他纵身一跃可以飞出三十余米。

It's a very fast and efficient way to move through the jungle.

这是一种高速而有效的穿越雨林的方式。

Maybe this new tree will have food and no resident owner.

没准这会是一棵无人占领而又食物充足的树。

Everything in the jungle has to compete for space.

雨林中的所有物种都在争夺生存空间。

Only 2% of the sun's rays reach the ground...

只有百分之二的光线会到达地面。

so even the plants must battle for the light they need if they're to grow.

所以即使是植物也要争夺生长所需的阳光。

300 years ago, this Hura tree began its race for light.

三百年前这棵响盒子就开始努力汲取阳光。

And every day since, it has absorbed the water and sunshine it needed to grow into a giant.

日复一日地，它吸收着成长所需的水分和阳光，终于长成参天大树。

It has succeeded in doing what every tree must do to survive... rise above the gloom of the jungle floor.

它与其他树木一样努力生长，终于摆脱雨林底层的昏暗，脱颖而出。

And, what is more, its success has given life to others.

不仅如此，它还养活了很多其它的生命。

Its branches now carry 1,000 other plants.

它的树枝上长着千余种植物。

These particular ferns, figs³ and orchids⁴ live only on the branches of other trees.

这些蕨类，无花果和兰科植物只在寄生在其他树木的树枝上。

1,000 plants growing on one single tree.

近千种植物在一棵树上济济一堂。

Throughout the forest, this story is repeated endless times.

整片森林之中，这样的情景随处可见。

As a consequence, jungles are home to more species⁵ of plants than anywhere else on Earth.

正因如此，雨林中植物物种的数量是地球上最多的。

And they, in turn, support a wealth of animals.

而这些植被成为大量动物赖以生存的家园。

1 lizards   

n.蜥蜴( lizard的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Nothing lives in Pompeii except crickets and beetles and lizards. 在庞培城里除了蟋蟀、甲壳虫和蜥蜴外，没有别的生物。 来自辞典例句
• Can lizards reproduce their tails? 蜥蜴的尾巴断了以后能再生吗？ 来自辞典例句

2 soar   

vi.猛增，高飞，升腾，高涨，屹立

参考例句：

• The eagle can soar without flapping their wings.老鹰无需振翼就能翱翔。
• Borrowing is set to soar to an astonishing ￡60 billion.借款很可能猛增至惊人的600亿英镑。

3 figs   

figures 数字，图形，外形

参考例句：

• The effect of ring dyeing is shown in Figs 10 and 11. 环形染色的影响如图10和图11所示。
• The results in Figs. 4 and 5 show the excellent agreement between simulation and experiment. 图4和图5的结果都表明模拟和实验是相当吻合的。

4 orchids   

n.兰花( orchid的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Wild flowers such as orchids and primroses are becoming rare. 兰花和报春花这类野花越来越稀少了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• She breeds orchids in her greenhouse. 她在温室里培育兰花。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 species   

n.物种，种群

参考例句：

• Are we the only thinking species in the whole of creation?我们是万物中惟一有思想的物种吗？
• This species of bird now exists only in Africa.这种鸟现在只存在于非洲。