纪录片《我们的地球》 第341期 广袤草原(6)

In the right conditions,

只要条件适宜，

grasses have the extraordinary ability to grow from first shoots to flower in a matter of only days.

草本植物可以在短短几天内完成从发芽到开花的全过程。

Grasses become the miniature equivalents of fruiting trees.

青草变成一棵棵微型果树。

And for creatures living within the grass,

对于住在其中的生物来说，

this is a landscape as vast and towering as any rainforest.

这样的草丛就像雨林一样高大葱郁。

And excellent place to build a tiny tree house for a harvest mouse.

非常适合建造小树屋供巢鼠居住。

During summer, European meadowlands are full of food, but only for those that can reach it.

夏季的欧洲草原食物充盈，只看谁能捷足先登。

Climbing grass is harder than climbing trees, not least because their stems just won't stay still.

爬草比爬树更困难，主要是因为草茎不会静止不动。

Her prehensile¹ tail acts like a fifth limb,

她的尾巴可以抓握物体，就像第五只手，

so she's as agile² as a monkey clambering around in a tree.

让她如林中穿梭的猴子一般敏捷灵活。

1 prehensile   

adj.（足等）适于抓握的

参考例句：

• Poets are those strangely prehensile men.诗人是那些具有深刻洞察力的人们。
• A monkey has a prehensile tail.猴子有能盘卷住东西的尾巴。

2 agile   

adj.敏捷的，灵活的

参考例句：

• She is such an agile dancer!她跳起舞来是那么灵巧！
• An acrobat has to be agile.杂技演员必须身手敏捷。