纪录片《非洲》 第12期:喀拉哈里沙漠（12）

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We were lucky enough

我们非常幸运

that we found a male guarding a female.

见到一只雄鹿守护着雌鹿

And out of nowhere, this male came round the corner.

突然之间 又有一只雄鹿出现了

And almost immediately faced up to our male.

几乎立刻和我们观察的雄鹿针锋相对

Absolutely no warning that this was going to happen,

没人预料到会发生这样精彩的一幕

so it was complete pandemonium¹ in the car.

所以我们当时就手忙脚乱地在车里搭器材

But luckily I got the camera up and running in time

幸运的是 我及时架好了摄像机

to actually capture this fight

正好捕捉到打斗场景

and it all came down to one minute in real time.

整个过程不到一分钟

When I filmed it, you don't see it in slow motion.

我当时拍摄的时候 看到的并不是慢动作

And you just have to go with the flow.

你只得按照他们的节奏

You're not experiencing the fight,

你无法体会到打斗的激烈

you're just basically framing it and capturing it.

只能想方设法地捕捉下来

So it was only afterwards, when we looked at it in slow motion,

所以直到后来 我们用慢动作回放

that you could really understand how ferocious² it was.

才明白战斗的残酷

You can see the impact on the skin.

你可以看到皮上的撞击

You can see the ripples³ going through the flesh.

可以看到血肉之躯震动波四起

But it was the final blows that delivered the real surprise.

但那最后一击才是最令人震惊的

It was like one of those chimneys falling down.

就像烟囱倒下了一般

At the last moment, the head just went clunk!

在最后时刻 头部轰然倒地

1 pandemonium   

n.喧嚣，大混乱

参考例句：

• The whole lobby was a perfect pandemonium,and the din was terrific.整个门厅一片嘈杂，而且喧嚣刺耳。
• I had found Adlai unperturbed in the midst of pandemonium.我觉得艾德莱在一片大混乱中仍然镇定自若。

2 ferocious   

adj.凶猛的，残暴的，极度的，十分强烈的

参考例句：

• The ferocious winds seemed about to tear the ship to pieces.狂风仿佛要把船撕成碎片似的。
• The ferocious panther is chasing a rabbit.那只凶猛的豹子正追赶一只兔子。

3 ripples   

逐渐扩散的感觉( ripple的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The moon danced on the ripples. 月亮在涟漪上舞动。
• The sea leaves ripples on the sand. 海水在沙滩上留下了波痕。