纪录片《非洲》 第14期:喀拉哈里沙漠（14）

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A specially-built starlight camera would allow the team

特制的星光摄像机可以让摄制组

to pierce the darkness.

穿透黑暗

It's amazing.

真是太棒了

That's filming something we can't even see.

它正拍摄我们用肉眼都看不见的东西

Yeah, and if you look out there now...

是啊 如果你现在朝外面看...

Yeah, it's just black, isn't it?

是啊 只能看到黑漆漆的一片吧

But through this, it looks as sharp as day.

但通过这个 就显得清晰如白天

Rhinos¹ are notoriously anti-social,

犀牛的不合群是众所周知的

yet here they come to revel² in each other's company.

但在这里 它们却相伴甚欢

This is amazing.

真是太神奇了

This is such intimate behaviour,

如此亲密的行径

which you can only see filming them at night like this.

你只有在夜间这样拍摄它们时才能看到

It's incredible.

非常令人惊叹

But it wasn't just cameras that would show a new side to rhinos.

但并非只有摄像机才能显示犀牛新的一面

By concealing³ tiny radio microphones around the waterhole,

通过将小型无线话筒隐藏在小水坑边

the crew hoped to eavesdrop⁴ on the night's activity.

摄制组希望能窃听到夜间的活动

1 rhinos   

n.犀牛（rhino的复数形式）

参考例句：

• There are many reports of people taming and even training Indian rhinos. 有许多关于人们驯养甚至训练印度犀牛的记载。 来自辞典例句
• The rhinos had fed during the night in the rice fields of these villagers. 犀牛夜里在这些村民的庄稼地里也已吃饱了。 来自辞典例句

2 revel   

vi.狂欢作乐，陶醉；n.作乐，狂欢

参考例句：

• She seems to revel in annoying her parents.她似乎以惹父母生气为乐。
• The children revel in country life.孩子们特别喜欢乡村生活。

3 concealing   

v.隐藏，隐瞒，遮住( conceal的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• Despite his outward display of friendliness, I sensed he was concealing something. 尽管他表现得友善，我还是感觉到他有所隐瞒。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• SHE WAS BREAKING THE COMPACT, AND CONCEALING IT FROM HIM. 她违反了他们之间的约定，还把他蒙在鼓里。 来自英汉文学 - 三万元遗产

4 eavesdrop   

v.偷听，倾听

参考例句：

• He ensconced himself in the closet in order to eavesdrop.他藏在壁橱里，以便偷听。
• It is not polite to eavesdrop on the conversation of other people.偷听他人说话是很不礼貌的。