纪录片《非洲》 第9期:喀拉哈里沙漠（9）

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Golden catfish¹, only found in this one cave.

金鲶鱼 全世界只在这个洞穴里存在

They're the rarest and most isolated² fish in the world.

它们是世界上最珍稀最与世隔绝的鱼

Life down here is as challenging

要在这下面生存

as it is in the desert above.

也和在上面的沙漠一样不易

There's no food,

此地没有食物

except the debris³ that occasionally falls onto the surface.

只有偶尔掉到水面上的残骸

And these catfish are totally blind.

而那些金鲶鱼是什么都看不见的

The only world they know

它们唯一知道的

is the one they sense through touch.

是通过触觉感受到的世界

A blind fish living in perpetual darkness,

生存在永恒黑暗中的盲鱼

deep beneath one of the most arid⁴ regions of Africa.

深藏在非洲最干旱地区之一的地底下

Such cruel irony⁵.

多么残酷的讽刺

So much water hidden away out of reach.

如此多的水藏于地下 可望而不可即

Along the western edge of the Kalahari,

喀拉哈里沙漠西部边缘

the land becomes so dry,

大地变得异常干燥

it seems impossible that any life could survive here.

似乎任何生物都无法在此生存

1 catfish   

n.鲶鱼

参考例句：

• Huge catfish are skinned and dressed by hand.用手剥去巨鲇的皮并剖洗干净。
• We gigged for catfish off the pier.我们在码头以鱼叉叉鲶鱼。

2 isolated   

adj.与世隔绝的

参考例句：

• His bad behaviour was just an isolated incident. 他的不良行为只是个别事件。
• Patients with the disease should be isolated. 这种病的患者应予以隔离。

3 debris   

n.瓦砾堆，废墟，碎片

参考例句：

• After the bombing there was a lot of debris everywhere.轰炸之后到处瓦砾成堆。
• Bacteria sticks to food debris in the teeth,causing decay.细菌附着在牙缝中的食物残渣上，导致蛀牙。

4 arid   

adj.干旱的；(土地)贫瘠的

参考例句：

• These trees will shield off arid winds and protect the fields.这些树能挡住旱风,保护农田。
• There are serious problems of land degradation in some arid zones.在一些干旱地带存在严重的土地退化问题。

5 irony   

n.反语，冷嘲；具有讽刺意味的事，嘲弄

参考例句：

• She said to him with slight irony.她略带嘲讽地对他说。
• In her voice we could sense a certain tinge of irony.从她的声音里我们可以感到某种讥讽的意味。