纪录片《我们的地球》 第297期 茂密丛林(15)

But these tadpoles¹ are not as helpless as they might appear.

但这些小蝌蚪并不像表面看起来那样无助

Incredibly, the unhatched tadpoles can sense danger,

难以置信的是，未孵化的蝌蚪能感应到危险，

and the oldest and strongest wriggle² free and drop into the stream below.

那些最成熟和最强壮的可以扭动着挣脱出来，掉进下方的溪流里。

The eggs at the top of the leaf, however, are still too young to hatch, and now the wasps⁴ know they're there.

然而叶子顶部的卵还未能孵化，但黄蜂已经知道它们的存在。

But the male's back looks very like the youngest cluster of eggs... and that seems to confuse the wasps.

不过雄蛙的背部看起来很像新产下的卵块，这似乎迷惑住了黄蜂。

Using his own body as a decoy is a huge risk.

拿自己的身体当诱饵非常冒险。

The wasp³ stings could kill him.

如果被黄蜂蛰伤，他会送命的。

He's managed to save most of his young.

他成功救下了大部分的后代。

He'll have to remain on guard for another two weeks,

他还得再保持警惕两周，

but in the jungle, just surviving the day can count as a success.

不过在雨林里，能活过一天都算是一种胜利。

1 tadpoles   

n.蝌蚪( tadpole的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The pond teemed with tadpoles. 池子里有很多蝌蚪。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Both fish and tadpoles have gills. 鱼和蝌蚪都有鳃。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

2 wriggle   

v./n.蠕动，扭动；蜿蜒

参考例句：

• I've got an appointment I can't wriggle out of.我有个推脱不掉的约会。
• Children wriggle themselves when they are bored.小孩子感到厌烦时就会扭动他们的身体。

3 wasp   

n.黄蜂，蚂蜂

参考例句：

• A wasp stung me on the arm.黄蜂蜇了我的手臂。
• Through the glass we can see the wasp.透过玻璃我们可以看到黄蜂。

4 wasps   

黄蜂( wasp的名词复数 )； 胡蜂； 易动怒的人； 刻毒的人

参考例句：

• There's a wasps' nest in that old tree. 那棵老树上有一个黄蜂巢。
• We live in dread not only of unpleasant insects like spiders or wasps, but of quite harmless ones like moths. 我们不仅生活在对象蜘蛛或黄蜂这样的小虫的惧怕中，而且生活在对诸如飞蛾这样无害昆虫的惧怕中