纪录片《南太平洋》 第45期 四海为家（13）

Carrying undigested fruit seeds from New Guinea in their stomachs,

它们的胃里携带着来自新几内亚的种子

they inadvertently helped sow the Solomons' rainforests.

不经意间帮助所罗门雨林播种

By day, these nocturnal fruit bats roost communally¹ in the safety of the tallest trees.

白天，这些夜行动物集体栖息在树林顶端的安全处

From the few bats that made it here, there are now 18 different species².

它们已从最初的几只演化到18个不同的种类

They have become the most widespread native mammal in the South Pacific.

成为南太平洋分布最广的原生哺乳动物

East of the Solomons, the distance between islands increases dramatically.

所罗门群岛与东边各岛相距甚远

It's now 1,000 miles of open ocean before the next island groups -

它与下一个群岛相隔800海里左右

Fiji, Samoa, and Tonga.

斐济，萨摩亚和汤加。

1 communally   

adv.共同地

参考例句：

• Only when the means of production were communally owned would classes disappear. 只有当生产工具公有时，阶级才会消失。
• The mills were owned communally. 工厂是公有的。

2 species   

n.物种，种群

参考例句：

• Are we the only thinking species in the whole of creation?我们是万物中惟一有思想的物种吗？
• This species of bird now exists only in Africa.这种鸟现在只存在于非洲。