纪录片《非洲》 第10期:喀拉哈里沙漠（10）

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The Namib.

那米比沙漠

A million square miles of sand

一百万平方英里的沙子

exquisitely¹ sculpted² by the wind.

历经风的精雕细琢

This is the oldest desert in the world.

此地是世界上最古老的沙漠

Respite³ comes from fog rolling in from the Atlantic Ocean.

来自大西洋的潮湿雾气稍微缓解了此地的干旱

It condenses into a few precious drops.

雾气凝结为一些珍贵的水珠

Just enough to sustain life.

却足以维持生命

A pompilid wasp⁴ is searching the dunes⁵.

一只蛛蜂正在沙丘上搜寻

She's not looking for a drink,

她不是想找水喝

but for somewhere moist to lay her egg.

而是想找个潮湿的地方产卵

How will she pull off a trick like that?

荒茫沙漠中去哪里找潮湿的地方呢

The entrance to a burrow⁶. That's worth investigating.

通往洞穴的入口 值得一试

She may be tiny, but once she decides to dig,

她虽然个头小 但是一旦下定决心挖

she can shift extraordinary quantities of sand.

就能挖开数量惊人的沙子

1 exquisitely   

adv.精致地；强烈地；剧烈地；异常地

参考例句：

• He found her exquisitely beautiful. 他觉得她异常美丽。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He wore an exquisitely tailored gray silk and accessories to match. 他穿的是做工非常考究的灰色绸缎衣服，还有各种配得很协调的装饰。 来自教父部分

2 sculpted   

adj.经雕塑的

参考例句：

• a display of animals sculpted in ice 冰雕动物展
• The ladies had their hair sculpted by the leading coiffeur of the day. 女士们的发型都是当代有名的理发师做的。

3 respite   

n.休息，中止，暂缓

参考例句：

• She was interrogated without respite for twenty-four hours.她被不间断地审问了二十四小时。
• Devaluation would only give the economy a brief respite.贬值只能让经济得到暂时的缓解。

4 wasp   

n.黄蜂，蚂蜂

参考例句：

• A wasp stung me on the arm.黄蜂蜇了我的手臂。
• Through the glass we can see the wasp.透过玻璃我们可以看到黄蜂。

5 dunes   

沙丘( dune的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The boy galloped over the dunes barefoot. 那男孩光着脚在沙丘间飞跑。
• Dragging the fully laden boat across the sand dunes was no mean feat. 将满载货物的船拖过沙丘是一件了不起的事。

6 burrow   

vt.挖掘(洞穴)；钻进；vi.挖洞；翻寻；n.地洞

参考例句：

• Earthworms burrow deep into the subsoil.蚯蚓深深地钻进底土。
• The dog had chased a rabbit into its burrow.狗把兔子追进了洞穴。