英语听力：Wild China 美丽中国：彩云之南-11（打印版）

The Jinuo people are incredibly knowledgeable about their forests, and claim to have uses for most of the plants that they find there. They have names for them all, those good for eating, and some which even have strong medicinal qualities. By working here, the Jinuo play a similar role to the elephants, opening up the forest, bringing space, light and diversity. Green, fast-growing species are encouraged. Insects are in high abundance here, together with the animals that feed on them. Knowledge of the forest enables the Jinuo to find not just plants, but other tasty forest food too. Forest crabs are common here, feeding on the abundant leaf litter. This will be a tasty addition to the evening meal.

Flowing through Yunnan's southern valleys, the once angry rivers are now swollen--their waters slow and warm. These fertile lowland valleys are the home of the Dai. The people of the water live along streams which originate in the surrounding hills. Each family keeps a kitchen garden, modeled on the multi-layered structure of the surrounding forests which the Dai hold sacred. The gardens are made more productive by inter-planting different crops. Tall, sun-loving species give shelter to plants which thrive in the shade. As companions, the plants grow better.

Yunnan’s forests are home to more than a dozen wild banana species, and banana crops grow well in most Dai gardens. The huge banana flowers are rich in nectar for only two hours a day. But it's enough to attract a range of forest insects, including hornets. With their razor sharp mandibles, they find it easy to rob the flowers of their nectar. But hornets are predators, too. They hunt other insects and carry them back to their nest. An ideal target, but this grasshopper is no easy meal. There may be a price to pay. The Dai men Po and Xue Ming take advantage of a hunter's instincts.

英语听力：Wild China 美丽中国：彩云之南-11（在线收听）