The Green Planet (Part One)绿色星球(一)

作者: 万宇婧

这部纪录片的语速非常慢,很适合同步跟读与模仿。台词中含有大量的从句,对同学们的写作有很大的帮助。与此同时,欣赏大自然中的虫鸣鸟叫与树叶沙沙声,也能为大家的学习增添美感。在这一期,小编节选了北极圈与赤道的不同生态风景的片段,带大家领略冰雪世界与热带雨林的极致反差。

这部名为《绿色星球》(The Green Planet)的纪录片由被誉为“世界自然纪录片之父”的大卫·爱登堡爵士担任配音解说,由英国广播公司影业公司耗时四年制作,拍摄地遍布27 个国家和地区,展示跨越20 余年的新发现,揭示鲜为人知的植物世界。这是继《植物私生活》(The Private Life of Plants) 之后,英国广播公司(BBC)纪录片的镜头再次聚焦到植物隐秘而精彩的世界。本片运用机器人技术、移动延时摄影、超精细热像仪、深焦 “叠帧”和超高速技术等全新科技,以壮丽的镜头语言深入检视人眼无法观测的微观世界,结合植物科学最新发现,为观众呈现地球上隐秘却又奇妙的植物世界,再次更新人类对生命的理解。

剧情简介

在本片中,我们可以透过特制摄像机的镜头,近距离观察植物的真实生活——穿越雨林、潜入水底、纵贯四季、横跨荒漠,最终还将返回人类的领地,深入了解这些与人类休戚与共的盟友。这部纪录片共分为五集,将从环境、种类等不同角度讲述植物的故事:热带雨林里以百万计数的生物群落,河流和小溪中千姿百态的水生世界,雪域荒原或是沙漠之中的绝境……冬去春来,四季扭转,周而复始。

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这个片段是第一集的开头,为大家揭开这部全新纪录片的神秘面纱。这部纪录片为何名为《绿色星球》?植物到底有多重要?看完这部纪录片,大家一定会对自然万物的共生关系有更深刻的理解。

The biggest living thing that exists on this planet is a plant, like thisgiant Sequoia tree in California. Plants, whether they are 1)enormouslike this one or microscopic are the basis of all life, including ourselves.We depend upon them for every mouthful of food that we eat, andevery lungful of air that we breathe. Plants 2)flourish in remarkableways. Yet for the most part, the secrets of their world have been hiddenfrom this, until now. Now, we have new ground-breaking technologythat enable us to enter their 3)extraordinary world, and see their livesfrom their 4)perspective.

This series will reveal the extraordinary and dramatic ways in whichplants behave. And we will explore the challenges demanded by thevery different landscapes in which they live. The tropics, the richestand most competitive place in which to survive. The bizarre waterworld, where giants fight 5)ferocious battles, and plants eat animals—alive! Deserts, the world of extremes. Seasonal lands, where survivaldepends on precision timing. And everywhere we will explore the criticaland 6)intimate relationships between plants and animals, includingourselves.

Join me, in a world that takes you by surprise, see our planet asnever before, from the plants’ perspective. This is The Green Planet.

1) enormous adj. 巨大的;极大的

2) flourish v. 茁壮成长;繁荣

3) extraordinary adj. 非同寻常的

4) perspective n. 角度;观点

5) ferocious adj. 残忍的;激烈的

6) intimate adj. 亲密的;私人的

说起地球上最为高大的生物,我们一定会想到植物。例如这棵位于美国加利福尼亚州的巨杉。植物, 无论是巨杉这样的参天大树,还是个体十分微小的植物,都为包括人类在内的所有生命提供了物质基础。我们生存所需的每一口食物,呼吸的每一口空气,都离不开植物。地球上的植物种类多样,繁荣兴盛。然而,在它们的世界中,绝大多数的秘密至今依然不为人知。如今,我们利用前沿技术,得以进入这一鲜为人知的奇妙世界,以植物自身的视角,体验它们的生活。

这部纪录片将为我们揭示众多植物非同寻常、精妙绝伦的行为。我们还将探索截然不同的生存环境向它们提出的严酷挑战。雨林天地,这里是地球上生物物种最为丰富但竞争也最激烈的地区。奇特的水生世界,巨型植物激烈对战,植物吞噬动物——活生生的。荒漠世界,拥有超乎想象的极致环境。在季节变化明显的地区,生存取决于精准的时机把握。每一集节目中,我们都将关注植物与动物,乃至与我们人类之间,重要而密切的关系。

让我们一起,步入这个奇妙的绿色世界,以植物的视角另辟蹊径,重新审视我们的地球。欢迎收看《绿色星球》。

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very 不只是“非常”

原文: ...the very different landscapes in which they live.

1. 用作副词,表示“很”“非常”。

(1)主要用来修饰形容词或副词的原级,但不能修饰比较级。

【例】This book is much cheaper. 这本书便宜得多。

注:very 不能修饰比较级,但有时可用来修饰最高级( 放在定冠词之后)。

【例】This is the very best dictionary. 这是最好的词典。

注: very 通常不修饰由 most 构成的最高级。

(2)用于修饰 own、first、last、next、same 等词,加强语气。

【例】She was wearing the very same shoes as me. 她与我穿的鞋子完全一样。

You can keep this for your very own. 你可以把这个留给自己用。

(3)某些词语通常不用 very 修饰。

误:very asleep / very awake / very alone

正:fast asleep / wide awake / all alone

2. 用作形容词,意为“正是”“恰是”,通常与 the、this、that、my、your 等连用。

【例】The very idea. 真是个馊主意。

You are the very man I want to see. 你正是我想要见的人。

At that very moment the phone rang. 就在那时电话铃响了。

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为了适应四季更迭的极端天气,植物也有自己的生存法则。在加拿大的北方森林,糖槭树全力生长的同时也有窃贼虎视眈眈。动物之间的竞争、糖槭树的伺机生长、树叶的光合作用,让人看见一幅格外生动有趣的画面。

This is the 7)boreal forest, the largest foreston Earth. 750 billion trees 8)smothered by snowthroughout the winter. This is the northernmostboundary of an extraordinary world. I’m standingat the edge of the Arctic Circle. To the north of me,lies a land dominated for most of the year by snowand ice. 3000 miles to the south, the tropics, bathedthe year round in warm sunshine, and in between,a very different world, dominated by 9)relentlesschange.

An endless cycle of fourdistinct seasons, each with itsown challenges. The short,freezing days of winter,give way to the urgentawakening of spring.And the long hot days of summer, yield to thecooling of autumn. Opportunities will be brief.To survive these extremes, plants have notonly got to be hardly and resilient, but manyof them have developed special strategies, inorder to meet the demands of this seasonalworld. To succeed, they must get their timingjust right. For months now, this world hasbeen asleep. But change is coming.

7) boreal adj. 北方的

8) smother v. 完全覆盖

9) relentless adj. 不停的;持续的

10) sap n. (植物的)汁;液

11) syrup n. 糖浆;果汁

12) vapour n. 蒸汽

词组加油站

meet the demand 满足需求

Spring is on its way. In Canada, theforests are starting to stir. Throughout thewinter, the sugar maples here have keptstores of nutrients ready for this moment.Now, as temperatures start to rise, thosenutrients must be brought up from theroots. 10)Sap is on the rise. Fuelfor new green growth. But justas growth reaches full speed,robbers arrive.

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