纪录片《冰冻星球》 第19期 极地之春（2）

 

Here, early birds take a great risk.

在这里 先驱们要冒极大的危险

Some years, entire colonies are lost,

有时候 整个企鹅群都会迷路

buried beneath the snow.

被埋在雪下

The survivors¹ of this storm

在暴风中幸存下来的企鹅

must hope that the females prove to be worth the wait

希望当雌企鹅最终出现时

when they finally decide to turn up.

他们的等待没有白费

Spring in the north of our planet.

北极的春天来了

The sun, after an absence of six months,

销声匿迹了六个月的太阳

breaks the horizon for the first time.

终于突破了地平线

A female polar bear emerges from her den² beneath the snow.

这头母北极熊从雪下的窝中探出头来

The sun must be a welcome relief

在黑暗中待久了

after so long in the darkness.

她觉得阳光温暖而舒适

Her den is on a high slope,

她的窝建在一片高坡上

well away from hungry male bears

那些饥肠辘辘

who would kill her cubs³,

想打幼崽主意的公熊无法靠近

but close enough to the sea ice where she can find food

同时也离海面够近 让她能找到食物

for her extraordinary new family...

喂养新家庭成员

...three young cubs.

三只小熊

1 survivors   

幸存者，残存者，生还者( survivor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The survivors were adrift in a lifeboat for six days. 幸存者在救生艇上漂流了六天。
• survivors clinging to a raft 紧紧抓住救生筏的幸存者

2 den   

n.兽穴；秘密地方；安静的小房间，私室

参考例句：

• There is a big fox den on the back hill.后山有一个很大的狐狸窝。
• The only way to catch tiger cubs is to go into tiger's den.不入虎穴焉得虎子。

3 cubs   

n.幼小的兽，不懂规矩的年轻人( cub的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• a lioness guarding her cubs 守护幼崽的母狮
• Lion cubs depend on their mother to feed them. 狮子的幼仔依靠母狮喂养。 来自《简明英汉词典》