美丽中国Wild_China-全集-中英文对照.doc

美丽中国（Wild China） 第一集 龙之心 Heart of the Dragon 最后的隐世净土The last hidden world 中国China 数世纪来 旅人传诵着关于这片神奇土地For centuries, travellers to China have told tales of magical landscapes 以及那些神奇生物的传说and surprising creatures 中国文明是世界最古老的文明Chinese civilization is the worlds oldest 而如今是最宏博的and today its largest 那数十亿的人民with well over a billion people 现存超过五十个民族Its home to more than 50 distinct ethnic groups 以及各式各样贴近自然的and a wide range of traditional life styles 传统生活方式often inclose partnership with nature 我们都知道中国面对着着众多社会 环境问题We know that China faces immense social and environmental problems 但这里也存在着令人窒息的美丽but there is great beauty here too 中国有着世界最高峰China is home to the worlds highest mountains, 从无垠的炙热沙漠vast deserts ranging from from searing hot 到麻木大脑的寒冷地带to mind numbing cold 以及那蒸笼般的森林中steaming forests 隐匿的各种珍稀生物harboring rare creatures 天际下广阔无垠的草原grassy plains beneath vast horizons 以及富饶的热带海洋and rich tropical seas 现在 我们第一次有机会Now, for the first time ever 深入探索这片伟大的土地we can explore the whole of this great country 接触栖息于此的珍奇生物meet some of the surprising and exotic creatures that live here 目睹中国这片神奇土地上and consider the relationship of the people and wildlife of China 人与野生世界的羁绊to the remarkable landscaping which they live 这就是最原味的中国This is wild China 仅以此献给我们多灾多难但美丽依旧的祖国For our troubled but drop-dead beautiful motherland 我们的中国探索之旅始于南方的亚热带Our exploration of China begins in the warm subtropical south 漓江的渔人和鱼鸟栖坐在竹筏上On the Li River fishermen and birds perch on bamboo rafts 这个组合已延续千年之久a partnership that goes back more than a thousand years 这景致已为世人所熟悉This scenery is known throughout the world 那是中国水墨永恒的主题a recurring motif in Chinese paintings 和旅人永远的胜地and a major tourist attraction 中国南部是片有英国国土The south of China is a vast area 九倍之大的广阔土地eight times larger than the UK 这里 是山雨的国度Its a landscape of hills but also of water 这里一年之中有250天在降雨It rains here for up to 250 days a year 到处都是积水and standing water is everywhere 在扬子江的涝原In a floodplain of the Yangtse River 黑尾鹬在泥泞中寻索着虫子black-tailed godwits probe the mud in