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1、以及各式各样贴近自然的and a wide range of traditional life styles1043,800 -48,700传统生活方式often inclose partnership with nature1152,500 -58,400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 problems1259,700 -01:03,000但这里也存在着令人窒息的美丽but there is great beauty here too1305,600 -08,400中国

2、有着世界最高峰China is home to the worlds highest mountains,1409,800 -13,200从无垠的炙热沙漠vast deserts ranging from from searing hot1513,500 -16,400到麻木大脑的寒冷地带to mind numbing cold1617,400 -18,600以及那蒸笼般的森林中steaming forests1718,900 -20,800隐匿的各种珍稀生物harboring rare creatures1824,000 -27,400天际下广阔无垠的草原grassy plains bene

3、ath vast horizons1928,990 -32,000以及富饶的热带海洋and rich tropical seas2035,400 -37,400现在 我们第一次有机会Now, for the first time ever2137,999 -41,000深入探索这片伟大的土地we can explore the whole of this great country2243,300 -48,300接触栖息于此的珍奇生物meet some of the surprising and exotic creatures that live here2350,600 -55,400目睹

4、中国这片神奇土地上and consider the relationship of the people and wildlife of China2456,000 -59,500人与野生世界的羁绊to the remarkable landscaping which they live2502:04,000 -这就是最原味的中国This is wild China2610,000 -23,000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 motherland38,980 -我们的中国探索之旅始于南方的亚热带Our e

5、xploration of China begins in the warm subtropical south2745,600 -49,800漓江的渔人和鱼鸟栖坐在竹筏上On the Li River fishermen and birds perch on bamboo rafts2850,200 -53,400这个组合已延续千年之久a partnership that goes back more than a thousand years2903:09,000 -11,600这景致已为世人所熟悉This scenery is known throughout the world3012

6、,600 -那是中国水墨永恒的主题a recurring motif in Chinese paintings3118,600 -21,900和旅人永远的胜地and a major tourist attraction3224,500 -中国南部是片有英国国土The south of China is a vast area3327,700 -30,200九倍之大的广阔土地eight times larger than the UK3432,000 -34,000这里s a landscape of hills3534,800 -36,400是山雨的国度but also of water364

7、4,500 -47,900这里一年之中有250天在降雨It rains here for up to 250 days a year3748,600 -50,600到处都是积水and standing water is everywhere3855,800 -57,900在扬子江的涝原In a floodplain of the Yangtse River3958,600 -04:02,400黑尾鹬在泥泞中寻索着虫子black-tailed godwits probe the mud in search of worms4003,400 -06,900并非只有野生动物在这样的环境下茁壮成长Bu

8、t it isnt just wildlife that thrive in this environment4107,500 -13,500沼泽般湿润肥沃的土地为作物家族最显著的成员提供了最理想的环境the swampy ground provides ideal conditions for the remarkable member of the grass family4214,500 -15,500这就是稻米rice4318,500 -22,400中国有着至少8000年的稻米种植史The Chinese have been cultivating rice for at least

9、8 thousand years4425,200 -28,400他们改变了这块土地It has transformed the landscape4531,300 -35,500对云南南部的农民而言 冬末是个繁忙的季节Late winter in southern Yunnan is a busy time for local farmers4635,700 -39,800因为他们要为即将来临的春天整顿这片古老的稻田as they prepare the age-old paddy fieldready for the coming spring4749,300 -52,000元阳县的山坡以2

10、000M之势These hill slopes of Yuanyang county4852,100 -56,400斜插于红河谷地的河床plunge nearly 2000m to the floor of the Red River Valley4958,000 -05:05,000包含了上千由原始刨掘工具所创造出的梯田each contains literally thousands of stack terraces carved out by hand using basic digging tools5007,400 -12,000云南的梯田是中国最古老人类耕作痕迹中Yunnans

11、rice terraces are among the oldest human structures in China5113,000 -15,400依旧被耕种使用的土地still ploughed as they always have been5215,800 -18,300正如千百年来的习俗一样 by domesticated water buffaloes5318,400 -23,700源自云南河谷的家养水牛承担了耕作的重任whose ancestors originated in these very valleys5453,000 -58,900这片人力开拓的土地是工业化前中国最

12、惊奇宏伟的壮景This man-made landscape is one of the most amazing engineering feats of preindustrial China5506:00,000 -02,800似乎这里的每一寸土地It seems as if every square inch of land5603,200 -05,400都被打上了农耕的痕迹has been pressed into cultivation5721,400 -22,800当薄暮降临As evening approaches5823,300 -26,300另一场古老的仪式上演an age

13、-old ritual unfolds5928,300 -29,600现在是交配的季节s the mating season60雄禾田蛙们为了吸引异性而卖力高鸣and male paddy frogs are competing for the attention of females6143,000 -46,400但这并非总能为你吸引来关注的目光But it dosent always pay to draw too much attention to youself6249,600 -52,600中国池鹭是个饕餮掠食者The Chinese Pond Heron is a crapulou

14、s predator6358,700 -07:01,100就算在耕作过的稻田中央Even in the middle of a ploughed paddy field6401,400 -04,300也会上演喙与爪的血腥剧目nature is red in beak and claw6515,550 -17,300或许这看上去像一场屠杀This may look like a slaughter6617,800 -20,900但每只池鹭一次只能吞噬一只蛙but as each heron can swallow only one frog at a time6721,200 -24,500此时

15、剩余的多数派得以逃生并获得了明日再度高歌的机会the vast majority will escape to croak another day6829,900 -35,000元阳县这样广泛种植水稻的Terrace paddies like those of YunYang county are found across much of southern China6936,900 -40,500梯田横贯中国南部This whole vast landscape is dominated by rice cultivation7045,300 -51,000苗族人在炎热的贵州发展了高度发达的

16、水稻种植In heated Guizhou province the Miao minority have developed a remarkable rice culture7153,700 -57,200苗族人把木屋建立在陡峭低产的山壁上With every inch of fertile land given over to rice cultivation7258,300 -08:03,400用其余每寸丰饶的土地来种植水稻the Miao build their wooden houses on the steepest and least productive hillsides7

17、306,500 -09,200所有东西在中国农村都自有其用处In Chinese rural life everything has a use7409,600 -牛棚里的肥料在太阳下晒干用作煮饭的燃料dried in the sun manure from the cowsheds would be used as cooking fuel7524,800 -29,990中午时分 宋家人正饱餐以米和蔬菜为主的中饭s midday and the Song family aretucking into a lunch of rice and vegetables7640,400老祖父宋古永置身

18、于天伦之乐外Oblivious to the domestic chitchat7740,600 -44,600寻思着重要的事情granddad Guyong Song has serious maters on his mind7845,800 -48,600春季是稻禾生长的伊始时节Spring is a start of the rice growing season7949,100 -53,000庄稼的长势决定了来年宋家人的生计the success of the crop will determin how well the family will eat next year8053,

19、400 -56,100因而选择合适的时机进行耕作是至关重要的so planting at the right time is critical8157,000 -09:00,300时机的选择取决于当年的天气情况The ideal date depends on what the weather will do this year8200,990 -而这些却是永难估料的never easy to predict8303,000 -05,700但是身边就存在着贴心小帮手But there is some surprising help at hand8408,000 -14,200宋家厅堂房梁上的

20、是一对刚从冬季迁徙中归来的金腰燕On the cielling of the Songs living rooma pair of red-rumped swallow newly arrive from their winter migration8514,400 -16,600他们正在为装潢新一年度的宅邸而忙碌is busy fixing up last years nest8620,000 -在中国 动物们被赋予独特的象征意义并被细心呵护In China animals are valued does much for their symbolic meaning as for many

21、 good they may do8733,700苗族人笃信成双燕终身相伴不离不弃Miao people believe that swallow pairs remain faithful for life8834,000 -36,800因此他们的存在被视为so their presence is a favor and a blessing8937,300 -幸福生活与美满婚姻的象征bringing happiness to a marriage and good luck to a home9042,890 -47,600如大多数苗人一样 宋家起居室的窗子可以眺望见成片的梯田Like m

22、ost Miao dwellings, the Songs living room windows look out over the paddy fields9148,400 -54,000从早春起 一扇窗子便为了方便燕子往返穿飞而敞开From early spring, one of these windows is always left open to let the swallows come and go freely9257,700 -10:古老爹知晓每年燕子归来的确切时间Each year granddad Gu knows the exact day the swallows

23、 return93苗族人坚信这些鸟儿的归来预示着春季的来临Miao people believe the birds arrival predicts the timing of a season ahead9409,200 -10,500然而今年 他们姗姗来迟This year, they were late9518,900因而古老爹和其他族中长老一致认为今年的插秧应当推迟so Gu and the other community elders have agreed that rice planting should be delayed accordingly9628,900 -31,400当苗族人为了插秧而整备田地时As the Miao prepare their fields for planting9731,990 -34,900燕子们或搜集修整巢穴用的泥巴the swallows collect mud to repair their nests9835,500 -38,400或穿越新耕的稻田追逐昆虫and chase after insects across th