纪录片《我们的地球》 第333期 极端沙漠(24)

With the river behind them, it should be plain sailing.

渡了河，应该就一马平川了。

But once across, the team discovers that, yet again, the locusts² are nowhere to be seen.

但是渡河之后摄制组才发现，蝗群再次销声匿迹。

And, after two weeks on the road, the local street food is beginning to take its toll³.

在路上两周后，当地的食物也开始让大家吃不消了。

So Ed's not very well. Been yacking up and... And not very nice stomach.

艾德不是很舒服。一直在呕吐...胃不是特别好。

We just need to do whatever it takes now to get us to where the swarms⁴ are.

我们现在要竭尽全力找到蝗群的所在地。

The next day, the team forges on. Briefly⁵.

第二天，摄制组继续努力前行。好景不长。

Here's Jamal, our driver.

这是贾马，我们的司机。

What do we think? Yeah? No?

你觉得怎么样，可以吗？不可以吗？

The road has turned into a bog⁶. The cars can go no further.

道路已经变成了沼泽。车不能再往前走了。

We need to cross this area of water to get to the savanna⁷ and find our locust¹ swarms.

我们要穿过这片区域才能到达热带草原，找到我们的蝗群。

And it's amazing to think that,

想想就很搞笑，

with the combined might of the United Nations and the BBC, we are eventually defeated by a puddle⁸.

我们集BBC和联合国之力，却最终被一片泥塘打败。

1 locust   

n.蝗虫；洋槐，刺槐

参考例句：

• A locust is a kind of destructive insect.蝗虫是一种害虫。
• This illustration shows a vertical section through the locust.本图所示为蝗虫的纵剖面。

2 locusts   

n.蝗虫( locust的名词复数 )；贪吃的人；破坏者；槐树

参考例句：

• a swarm of locusts 一大群蝗虫
• In no time the locusts came down and started eating everything. 很快蝗虫就飞落下来开始吃东西，什么都吃。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 toll   

n.过路(桥)费；损失，伤亡人数；v.敲(钟)

参考例句：

• The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.昨晚那场冰雹损坏了我们村的庄稼。
• The war took a heavy toll of human life.这次战争夺去了许多人的生命。

4 swarms   

蜂群，一大群( swarm的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• They came to town in swarms. 他们蜂拥来到城里。
• On June the first there were swarms of children playing in the park. 6月1日那一天，这个公园里有一群群的孩子玩耍。

5 briefly   

adv.简单地，简短地

参考例句：

• I want to touch briefly on another aspect of the problem.我想简单地谈一下这个问题的另一方面。
• He was kidnapped and briefly detained by a terrorist group.他被一个恐怖组织绑架并短暂拘禁。

6 bog   

n.沼泽；室...陷入泥淖

参考例句：

• We were able to pass him a rope before the bog sucked him under.我们终于得以在沼泽把他吞没前把绳子扔给他。
• The path goes across an area of bog.这条小路穿过一片沼泽。

7 savanna   

n.大草原

参考例句：

• The savanna is also the home of meat-eaters--the lion,leopard,and hyena who feed on the grasseaters.大草原也是食肉动物的家乡--狮子、豹、鬣狗--它们都是以草食动物维持生命的。
• They sped upon velvet wheels across an exhilarant savanna.他们的马车轻捷地穿过一片令人赏心悦目的大草原。

8 puddle   

n.(雨)水坑，泥潭

参考例句：

• The boy hopped the mud puddle and ran down the walk.这个男孩跳过泥坑，沿着人行道跑了。
• She tripped over and landed in a puddle.她绊了一下，跌在水坑里。