纪录片《我们的地球》 第339期 广袤草原(4)

There may be plenty of prey¹ around, but lions struggle to run it down in water.

虽然猎物众多，但狮子并不擅长在水中捕猎。

The pride has three-month-old cubs². They've never seen water before.

狮群中有三个月的幼崽。它们以前从未见过水。

If their mothers don't make a kill soon, the cubs might not survive the week.

如果母狮们短时间内捕不到猎物，这些幼崽可能撑不过这周。

But fuelled by the flood, the eruption³ of grass attracts new possible prey.

受洪水滋养，蓬勃生长的青草吸引来新的猎物。

Buffalo⁴ arrive in herds⁵ 2,000 strong.

数量超过两千头的水牛群接踵而至。

Powerful, aggressive and united, they're the most dangerous animal a lion can face.

强大，好斗，抱团前进，狮子能遇到的动物中，水牛是最危险的。

The biggest bulls don't run.

体型最大的公牛不会逃跑。

They're simply too huge to be scared of lions.

他们仗着身形庞大，并不惧怕狮子。

At 900 kilos, he weighs more than all five lionesses combined.

重达九百公斤，他比五头母狮加起来都重。

The pride do have numbers on their side, but one sweep of his horns could be deadly.

虽然狮群占据了数量优势，但如果被水牛角扫到，可能会直接丧命。

1 prey   

n.被掠食者，牺牲者，掠食；v.捕食，掠夺，折磨

参考例句：

• Stronger animals prey on weaker ones.弱肉强食。
• The lion was hunting for its prey.狮子在寻找猎物。

2 cubs   

n.幼小的兽，不懂规矩的年轻人( cub的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• a lioness guarding her cubs 守护幼崽的母狮
• Lion cubs depend on their mother to feed them. 狮子的幼仔依靠母狮喂养。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 eruption   

n.火山爆发；（战争等）爆发；（疾病等）发作

参考例句：

• The temple was destroyed in the violent eruption of 1470 BC.庙宇在公元前1470年猛烈的火山爆发中摧毁了。
• The eruption of a volcano is spontaneous.火山的爆发是自发的。

4 buffalo   

n.(北美)野牛；(亚洲)水牛

参考例句：

• Asian buffalo isn't as wild as that of America's. 亚洲水牛比美洲水牛温顺些。
• The boots are made of buffalo hide. 这双靴子是由水牛皮制成的。

5 herds   

兽群( herd的名词复数 )； 牧群； 人群； 群众

参考例句：

• Regularly at daybreak they drive their herds to the pasture. 每天天一亮他们就把牲畜赶到草场上去。
• There we saw herds of cows grazing on the pasture. 我们在那里看到一群群的牛在草地上吃草。