纪录片《我们的地球》 第292期 茂密丛林(10)

Here, 1,000 miles from the sea, are dolphins.

距离海洋一千六百公里的这个地方，有江豚。

A newly identified species of river dolphin found nowhere else on Earth.

这种淡水豚是一个新种，在地球上其它地方均无分布。

In these black, tangled¹ waters,

由于生活在黑暗而复杂的河水里，

they have become almost totally blind, so they move slowly,

他们的双眼几乎完全失明，所以他们游得很慢，

carefully using their sonar to scan the forest floor for fish.

仔细地用声纳扫描林地表层寻找鱼类为食。

If this forest can hide a new species of dolphin...

如果这片森林里能隐居着新种江豚，

what else might there be here, awaiting discovery?

那还会有多少新奇物种等着我们去发现呢？

At the shallow margins² of the flooded jungle, rivers flow through lush vegetation.

这片泛洪雨林边缘的泥岸浅水区，河流穿过茂密的植被。

Here, food is so abundant, it supports giants.

这里食物充足，养育着一些大型动物。

Capybara, the biggest rodents³ in the world...

水豚，世界上最大的啮齿动物...

giant otters⁴ the size of a man...

大水獭，体型堪比成年男性，

and the rulers of these rivers... caiman.

还有称霸河流的王者，凯门鳄。

They grow to ten feet long and kill anything they get between their jaws⁵.

它们体长可达三米，能杀死一切落入口中的猎物。

But there are more artful hunters... drawn⁶ here from the surrounding forest.

然而还有更狡猾的捕猎者，从周围的森林里被吸引至此。

1 tangled   

adj. 纠缠的，紊乱的 动词tangle的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• Your hair's so tangled that I can't comb it. 你的头发太乱了，我梳不动。
• A movement caught his eye in the tangled undergrowth. 乱灌木丛里的晃动引起了他的注意。

2 margins   

边( margin的名词复数 )； 利润； 页边空白； 差数

参考例句：

• They have always had to make do with relatively small profit margins. 他们不得不经常设法应付较少的利润额。
• To create more space between the navigation items, add left and right margins to the links. 在每个项目间留更多的空隙，加左或者右的margins来定义链接。

3 rodents   

n.啮齿目动物( rodent的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Rodents carry diseases and are generally regarded as pests. 啮齿目动物传播疾病，常被当作害虫对待。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Some wild rodents in Africa also harbor the virus. 在非洲，有些野生啮齿动物也是储毒者。 来自辞典例句

4 otters   

n.（水）獭( otter的名词复数 )；獭皮

参考例句：

• An attempt is being made to entice otters back to the river. 人们正试图把水獭引诱回河里去。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Otters are believed to have been on Earth for 90 million years. 水獭被认为存活在地球上已经9千多万年。 来自互联网

5 jaws   

n.口部；嘴

参考例句：

• The antelope could not escape the crocodile's gaping jaws. 那只羚羊无法从鱷鱼张开的大口中逃脱。
• The scored jaws of a vise help it bite the work. 台钳上有刻痕的虎钳牙帮助它紧咬住工件。

6 drawn   

v.拖，拉，拔出；adj.憔悴的，紧张的

参考例句：

• All the characters in the story are drawn from life.故事中的所有人物都取材于生活。
• Her gaze was drawn irresistibly to the scene outside.她的目光禁不住被外面的风景所吸引。