纪录片《我们的地球》 第330期 极端沙漠(21)

Finding animals in these vast empty landscapes was a persistent¹ problem for the Deserts team.

在广阔空旷的沙漠中寻找动物是沙漠区摄制组一直面临的难题。

But surely this wouldn't be the case when they set out to film one of the greatest concentrations of wildlife on earth.

但拍摄地球上最大的野生动物聚集场面，这显然不会有问题吧

It can't be hard to find a billion locusts², can it? Ok.

寻找十亿只蝗虫有什么难的不是吗？出发。

With news that freak rains have triggered a mass emergence³ of locusts in a remote part of Madagascar,

有新闻说一场不寻常的大雨给马达加斯加的一个偏僻地区招来了蝗虫群，

the team sets off in pursuit.

摄制组动身开始追赶。

We've got some young hopper locusts just crossing the road in front of us here.

有一些蝗虫若虫在我们面前横穿马路。

We've just had to stop the cars.

我们只能停车。

Here they are, here, all on the side of the road, look. It looks promising⁴.

它们就在这里，全都在路边，快看。看起来可以拍摄。

But though finding hoppers is easy, filming them proves more of a challenge.

找到蝗虫若虫虽然简单，拍摄它们却是一项挑战。

Can we rethink this? Because it's not really working.

我们能换个办法吗？这真的不行。

The locusts are really skippy.

蝗虫非常敏感。

Any kind of movement, they just freak out,

只要有风吹草动它们就吓跑了

so we're now doing our best locust-herding techniques to try to get them to go in front of the lens,

所以我们正在努力地驱赶蝗虫，让它们聚集在镜头前，

which is proving harder than anticipated.

但是这比想象中的困难得多。

1 persistent   

adj.坚持不懈的，执意的；持续的

参考例句：

• Albert had a persistent headache that lasted for three days.艾伯特连续头痛了三天。
• She felt embarrassed by his persistent attentions.他不时地向她大献殷勤，使她很难为情。

2 locusts   

n.蝗虫( locust的名词复数 )；贪吃的人；破坏者；槐树

参考例句：

• a swarm of locusts 一大群蝗虫
• In no time the locusts came down and started eating everything. 很快蝗虫就飞落下来开始吃东西，什么都吃。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 emergence   

n.浮现，显现，出现，（植物）突出体

参考例句：

• The last decade saw the emergence of a dynamic economy.最近10年见证了经济增长的姿态。
• Language emerges and develops with the emergence and development of society.语言是随着社会的产生而产生，随着社会的发展而发展的。

4 promising   

adj.有希望的，有前途的

参考例句：

• The results of the experiments are very promising.实验的结果充满了希望。
• We're trying to bring along one or two promising young swimmers.我们正设法培养出一两名有前途的年轻游泳选手。