Coral Sea Dreaming： Awaken《梦幻珊瑚海：唤醒（2010）》完整中英文对照剧本.docxVIP

十一月It is November.一轮明月升起A full moon rises.约40万公里之遥的地球仿佛中了魔法一般Almost 400,000 kilometers away, Planet Earth falls under its spell.海波微动Our oceans stir.正在进行一场古老的海底仪式An ancient undersea ritual is underway.这件事的结果The outcome of this event不仅影响周围海水中的海洋生物will not only affect marine life in the surrounding waters,而且也会给我们一个关于but will also give us a clue整个海洋系统状况的线索about the health of the entire ocean system.主角生物就是珊瑚The creature responsible is coral.这是珊瑚的故事And this is corals story.故事伴随着大量珊瑚产卵The story begins here,这一难以置信的场景开始with the incredible phenomenon that is mass coral spawning.这是由太阳和月亮控制的年度大事Its an annual event, cued by the sun and the moon.它涉及超过140个不同物种It involves over 140 different species,并且已经持续了数千年之久and has been occurring for thousands of years.尽管珊瑚没有大脑和眼睛Although corals have no brain and no eyes,但单一物种却能同时繁殖somehow individual species spawn together,有时就在几分钟之内sometimes down to the minute.就像微型情书Like tiny love-letters,基因物质混入洋流the genetic material is cast into the ocean currents,连接数千公里长的珊瑚礁connecting reefs over hundreds of kilometers.像我们一样 珊瑚花9个月准备繁殖Like us, corals take up to nine months to prepare for birth.但很多是雌雄同体 所以它们同时释放卵子和精hearts;子hearts;But many are hermaphrodites, so they gestate both egg and sperm.在产卵之夜On spawning night,它们聚成团块 并从珊瑚嘴中释放出来these are grouped into bundles and delivered through the corals mouth.对大多数来说 这是一次无痛的出生For most, its a gentle birth.这一大团很快就分hearts;裂hearts;开Over a short time-span, the bundles break apart卵子和精hearts;子hearts;必须从其它地方找到它们的另一半and the egg and sperm must find their counterparts from another colony.数十亿里只有很少能存活下来Billions set forth, but few survive.很多其它生物用同样方法繁殖Many other creatures choose the same conditions to spawn礁脉中的水流变成了and the reef waters are transformed一个巨大的充满精hearts;子hearts;和卵子的液态子hearts;宫hearts;into a vast liquid womb, clouded with eggs and sperm.大规模产卵使潜在的捕食者忙不过来Mass spawning overwhelms potential predators,这使珊瑚卵有更多机会受精并占领一片新天地so the coral eggs have more chance to be fe