纪录片《我们的地球》 第342期 广袤草原(7)

And just as well, for the best food in this tiny forest is at the very top of its canopy¹.

和森林中一样，这片草丛中最好的食物也在植株最顶端。

Feeding up here, she's exposed. A barn owl².

但爬到高处觅食，就会暴露自己。一只仓鸮。

Not her finest move... But it did the trick.

动作不算灵巧，但也算成功逃命。

Harvest mice seldom go all the way down to the ground.

巢鼠鲜少在地面行动。

It's a tangled³ and dangerous world down here.

这里的世界复杂而危险。

But she can read the pattern of the stems overhead like a map, and so find her way home.

但她能够通过解读头顶的草茎来辨明方向，从而找到回家的路。

And not a minute too soon.

时机刚好。

There are mouths to feed.

幼崽嗷嗷待哺。

Her babies must fatten⁴ up quickly.

她的宝宝们必须迅速长大

They need to harvest the summer grasses while they're still rich with food.

他们要趁着夏季食物充盈时尽量进食成长。

1 canopy   

n.天篷，遮篷

参考例句：

• The trees formed a leafy canopy above their heads.树木在他们头顶上空形成了一个枝叶茂盛的遮篷。
• They lay down under a canopy of stars.他们躺在繁星点点的天幕下。

2 owl   

n.猫头鹰，枭

参考例句：

• Her new glasses make her look like an owl.她的新眼镜让她看上去像只猫头鹰。
• I'm a night owl and seldom go to bed until after midnight.我睡得很晚，经常半夜后才睡觉。

3 tangled   

adj. 纠缠的，紊乱的 动词tangle的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• Your hair's so tangled that I can't comb it. 你的头发太乱了，我梳不动。
• A movement caught his eye in the tangled undergrowth. 乱灌木丛里的晃动引起了他的注意。

4 fatten   

v.使肥，变肥

参考例句：

• The new feed can fatten the chicken up quickly enough for market.新饲料能使鸡长得更快，以适应市场需求。
• We keep animals in pens to fatten them.我们把动物关在围栏里把它们养肥。