纪录片《美丽中国》 第27期 云翔天际（9）

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Living on a remote mountain range in south central Yunnan

在云南中南部偏远的山脉之中

is one of the few remaining wild gibbon populations in China.

居住着中国的珍稀动物野生长臂猿群

The black-crested gibbons of Wuliangshan.

无量山里的黑冠长臂猿

They areconfined tothese forest mountains,

他们活动范围局限在这些山林之中

so remote and steep that few hunters ever come here.

如此偏远而又陡峭的环境以至于少有猎人光顾

The Wuliangshan gibbons areunusual fortheir social structure.

对它们的社会结构来说无量山的长臂猿是如此的与众不同

Most gibbons live in small family groups

大多数长臂猿生活在一个小家族之中

consisting of a mating pair and their offspring.

由交配的双方和他们的后代所组成

But these gibbons exist in troops.

但是这些长臂猿也过着群居的生活

One male can have two or sometimes three females

一只雄性长臂猿能够与两只到三只的雌性交配

and all of these can have young.

而且这些雌性都能怀胎生子

Often even the juveniles¹ stayin the community.

通常这些小长臂猿都生活在族群之中

BABY SQUEAKS²

幼崽的吱吱声

Rarely glimpsed,this baby may be only a day old.

惊鸿一瞥这只小长臂猿也许刚出生了一天

If it survives infancy,then it has a promising³ future

如果安全度过了婴儿期它将拥有一个充满希望的未来

in these few valleys with its close-knit family.

与它组织严密的家庭共同生活在宛如世外桃源的山谷中

GIBBON CALLS RING OUT

长臂猿的叫声响起

Gibbon song once inspired the ancient poets of China,

长臂猿的歌声曾经激发了中国的古代诗人的灵感

their glorious calls echoing far across the hills.

它们壮美的歌声回荡在崇山峻岭之间谱写了“两岸猿声啼不住”的辉煌篇章

1 juveniles   

n.青少年( juvenile的名词复数 )；扮演少年角色的演员；未成年人

参考例句：

• Do you think that punishment for violent crimes should be the same for juveniles and adults? 你对暴力犯罪的惩罚对于青少年和成人应一样吗？ 来自生活英语口语25天快训
• Juveniles Should we not exactly in need of such strength and conviction? 少年的我们难道不正是需要这种力量和信念吗？ 来自互联网

2 squeaks   

n.短促的尖叫声，吱吱声( squeak的名词复数 )v.短促地尖叫( squeak的第三人称单数 )；吱吱叫；告密；充当告密者

参考例句：

• The upper-middle-classes communicate with each other in inaudible squeaks, like bats. 那些上中层社会的人交谈起来象是蚊子在哼哼，你根本听不见。 来自辞典例句
• She always squeaks out her ideas when she is excited. 她一激动总是尖声说出自己的想法。 来自互联网

3 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。