Natural World： Birds of Paradise《BBC自然世界：天堂之鸟（2010）》完整中英文对照剧本.docxVIP

BBC 自然世界想象有种生物 华丽绝美Imagine creatures so beautiful美到人们传说它是来自天堂的神鸟That people thought they had come down directly from heaven.美到令初次见到它们的欧洲人So striking that the first Europeans to see them认为它们只可能是从伊甸园逃出来的Thought they could only have escaped from the garden of Eden.实际上 那个伊甸园就是新几内亚In fact, that Eden was New Guinea,欧洲人最后探索的有人居住岛屿之一One of the last inhabited islands to be explored by Europeans.事实上 这个岛是目前仅存的And it remains virtually the only place可以欣赏这些珍奇生物的地方Where you can see these wonderful creatures.它们是鸟They were birds, but但又不像我们以前所见的任何鸟类unlike birds that anyone had ever seen before.其华丽绝美They brought the image of beauty 几乎让人难以置信almost to the edge of absurdity.而它们为求偶所做的表演 比起它们的外表And their displays were even more extraordinary更加超乎寻常 更加奇特and bizarre than their appearance.是动物王国中 已知的最为复杂的鸟类之一Some of the most complex to be found in the animal kingdom.它们也许不是真的来自伊甸园They may not have come from the garden of Eden但绝对可说名副其实But they certainly deserved the name配得上早期欧洲科学家赋予它们的名字That the first European scientists gave them -极乐鸟 [又名:天堂鸟]The birds of paradise.然而人们对这些鸟的习性知道得并不多Yet much of what they do is still unknown.自150多年前More than 150 years after the开始对这些生物 进行科学观察以来first scientific observations of these creatures,尽管历尽无数探险In spite of innumerable expeditions和大量时间的科学观察And countless hours of scientific observation,仍然只能说是浮光掠影We are still only catching glimpses, 对这种天堂神鸟 我们还知之甚少tantalising glimpses, of these heavenly creatures.新一代的科学家和拍摄组A new generation of scientists, and film crews,试图弥补这一遗憾Are attempting to put that right.但这些非凡的鸟 不会轻易揭开其神秘面纱But these remarkable birds dont give up their secrets easily.极乐鸟又一支寻找极乐鸟的探险队出发了Another expedition is setting off to look for birds of paradise.这支探险队This one is being mounted是由新几内亚人自己组织的by the New Guinea people themselves.新一代的地区自然资源保护者A New Generation of local conservationists担心极乐鸟的数量可能正在减少is concerned that paradise bird numbers may be falling.这个小队由米里亚姆·舒普玛带领This team is led b