美丽中国(Wild China)
第一集龙之心Heart of the Dragon
校正版
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 world's oldest
而如今是最宏博的and today it's largest
那数十亿的人民with well over a billion people
现存超过五十个民族It's 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 world's 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It's 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 search of worms
并非只有野生动物在这样的环境下茁壮成长
But it isn't just wildlife that thrive in this environment 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 family
这就是稻米rice
中国有着至少8000年的稻米种植史
The Chinese have been cultivating rice for at least 8 thousand years
他们改变了这块土地It has transformed the landscape
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 farmers
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 field ready for the coming spring
元阳县的山坡以2000M之势These hill slopes of Yuanyang county
斜插于红河谷地的河床plunge nearly 2000m to the floor of the Red River Valley
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 tools
云南的梯田是中国最古老人类耕作痕迹中
Yunnan's rice terraces are among the oldest human structures in China
依旧被耕种使用的土地still ploughed as they always have been
正如千百年来的习俗一样by domesticated water buffaloes
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 valleys
这片人力开拓的土地是工业化前中国最惊奇宏伟的壮景
This man-made landscape is one of the most amazing engineering feats of preindustrial China
似乎这里的每一寸土地It seems as if every square inch of land
都被打上了农耕的痕迹has been pressed into cultivation
当薄暮降临As evening approaches
另一场古老的仪式上演an age-old ritual unfolds
现在是交配的季节It's the mating season
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 females
但这并非总能为你吸引来关注的目光
But it dosen't always pay to draw too much attention to youself
中国池鹭是个饕餮掠食者The Chinese Pond Heron is a crapulous predator
就算在耕作过的稻田中央Even in the middle of a ploughed paddy field
也会上演喙与爪的血腥剧目nature is red in beak and claw
或许这看上去像一场屠杀This may look like a slaughter
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 time
此时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 day
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 China
梯田横贯中国南部This whole vast landscape is dominated by rice cultivation
苗族人在炎热的贵州发展了高度发达的水稻种植
In heated Guizhou province the Miao minority have developed a remarkable rice culture
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 cultivation
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 hillsides
所有东西在中国农村都自有其用处In Chinese rural life everything has a use
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 fuel
中午时分宋家人正饱餐以米和蔬菜为主的中饭
It's midday and the Song family are tucking into a lunch of rice and vegetables
老祖父宋古永置身于天伦之乐外Oblivious to the domestic chitchat 寻思着重要的事情granddad Guyong Song has serious maters on his mind
春季是稻禾生长的伊始时节Spring is a start of the rice growing season
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 year
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 critical
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 year
而这些却是永难估料的never easy to predict
但是身边就存在着贴心小帮手But there is some surprising help at hand
宋家厅堂房梁上的是一对刚从冬季迁徙中归来的金腰燕
On the cielling of the Song's living room a pair of red-rumpedswallow
newly arrive from their winter migration
他们正在为装潢新一年度的宅邸而忙碌is busy fixing up last year's nest 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 good they may do
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 life
因此他们的存在被视为so their presence is a favor and a blessing
幸福生活与美满婚姻的象征bringing happiness to a marriage and good luck to a home
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 most Miao dwellings, the Song's living room windows look out over the paddy fields
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 freely
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 return
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 ahead
然而今年他们姗姗来迟This year, they were late
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 accordingly
当苗族人为了插秧而整备田地时As the Miao prepare their fields for planting
燕子们或搜集修整巢穴用的泥巴the swallows collect mud to repair their nests
或穿越新耕的稻田追逐昆虫and chase after insects across the newly ploughed paddies
最终经过了几周的准备Finally, after weeks of preparation
这个预定种植的时刻来临了the ordained time for planting has arrived
首先秧苗必须从苗床上连根拔起but first the seedlings must be uproot from the nursery beds
扎成捆移植到高处山地and bundled up ready to be transported to their new paddy
那崭新的苗床上higher up the hillside
宋家邻里乡亲全员出动帮助移植
All the Song's neighbors have turned out to help with the transplanting
这是一直来他们的集体协作方式It's how the community has always worked
当然一旦时刻来临宋家人也会做出相同行为来报恩
when the time comes, the Songs will return the favor
当农户们忙碌在田埂间时While the farmers are busy in the fields
飞燕们则衔着修整巢穴的材料来来往往
the swallows fly back and forth with material for their nest 人多力量大Many hands make light work
插秧的整个过程只持续了仅一个多小时planting the new paddy takes a little more than an hour
当工作完成农户们得以休息Job done, the villagers can relax
至少在明天来临之前at least until tomorrow
然而对这些筑巢的飞鸟而言修筑家园的宏大工程
But for the nesting swallows, the work of raising a family
才刚刚开始has only just begun
新耕种的田地里In the newly planted fields
白鹭在寻找食物little egrets hunt for foods
稻田成了虫鱼蝌蚪的乐园The rice paddy harbor tadpoles fish and insects
而白鹭正好以此哺育幼鸟and egrets have chicks to feed
重庆自然保护区建立于1996年This colony in Chongqing province is established in 1996
当成群的鸟儿安家在阳光村后方的小竹林
when a few dozen birds build nests in the bamboo grove behind YanGuang village
当地人将其视为幸运的使者Believing they were assigned of luck 他们最初小心保护这些白鹭和他们的栖息地
local people initially protected the egrets and the colony grove
但当村长病重后他们的态度发生了转变
But their attitude change when the head of the village fell ill
当政府开始介入保护鸟群时They blame the birds and were all set to destroy their nests
他们开始敌视鸟群并着手摧毁巢穴when the local government stepped in to protect them
易弯曲的竹子或许并非安家的最佳场所Bendy bamboo may not be the safest nesting place
但至少这些小家伙们不会成为捕食者的腹中餐
but at least these youngsters won't end up at someone's dinner
这些小家伙刚从母亲嘴里分得美食These chicks have just had a meal delivered by their mom
对新生的小嘴着实是一大挑战quite a challenge for litter beaks
介于他们的栖息地是受保护的Providing their colonies are protected 像白鹭这样的候鸟是少数直接从发达的水稻种植中获益的鸟类
wading birds like egrets are among the few wild creatures which benefit directly from intensive rice cultivation
水稻生长需要大量的水Growing rice needs lots of water
但即便是在多雨的南方有些土地也面临缺水的危机
but even in the rainy south, there are landscapes where water is surprisingly scarce
相当于法国和西班牙国土加起来那么大This vast area of southwest China
的中国西南的广阔土地the size of France and Spain combined 因为宛如被干燥中空的谷地隔离开来的巨大蛋盒般
is famous for its clusters of conical hills 连绵的锥形山脉而闻名于世like giant upturned egg carton seperated by dry empty valleys
这就是喀斯特地貌This is the karst
石灰石地貌俨然成为南部中国的标志性特征
a limestone terrain which has become the defining image of southern China
喀斯特地貌通常以突起的裸岩状态分布
Karst landscapes are often studded with rocky outcrops
这迫使当地农民只得在破碎的小块土地上耕作forcing local farmers to cultivate tiny fields
当地人是中国最贫穷的居民之一
The people who live here are among the poorest in China
在毗邻的云南省In neighboring Yunnan province
遍布着石灰石limestone rocks have taken over entirely
这就是著名的石林This is the famous Stone Forest
无数年侵蚀作用的产物the product of countless years of erosion
造就了无数的狭道与巅峰producing a maze of deep gullets and sharp-edged pinnacles
石灰石有一个独性那就是能被雨水分解
Limestone has a strange property that is dissolves in rain water
在数千年的漫长光阴中水的侵蚀深入到岩床的心脏地带
Over many thousands of years, water has corrode its way deep into the heart o f the bedrock itself
这一自然奇观成为了著名的旅游景点This natural wonder has a famous tourist spot
每年的访客数量多达200万人receiving close to 2 million visitors each year
中国人特别喜好奇形怪状的岩石The Chinese are fond of curiously shaped rocks
并以为嶙峋怪石冠上千奇百怪的名字为乐and many have been given fanciful names
但没人来猜测这个块怪石的名字No prices for guessing what this one is called
但百闻不如置身这片奇妙山地亲身一见
But there is more to this lands cape than meets the eye
在中国醒目的喀斯特地貌下China has literally thousands of mysterious caverns
隐匿着无数的神秘洞穴concealed beneath the visible landscape of the karst
这些隐秘世界大多不为世人所知Much of this hidden world has never been seen by human eyes
而现在他们将被展现在世人眼前And it's only just now being explored
奇险洞穴中再现了一场终极的探险For a growing band of intrepid young Chinese explorers
主角是一群日渐成长初生牛犊般的年轻探险家
caves represent the ultimate adventure
探索一个洞穴犹如一场穿越时空的探险
Exploring a cave is like taking the journey through time
常年积水叮咚伴随着无止境般的旅途
a journey which endless raindrops would have followed over countless centuries
水滴潺潺落下Fed by countless drips and trickles
地下河流深切入岩the subterranean river carves ever deeper into the rock
石灰岩河床将洞穴的河道分割成千沟万壑
The cave river's course is channeled by the beds of limestone
石灰岩薄弱处被河水冲刷差距的陡坡处水量激增
A weakness in the rock can not allow the river to increase its gradient flowrate
为洞穴探险带来相当的挑战providing a real challenge for the cave explorers
水流到达地下水位后便停止下流
The downward rushes halted when the water table is reached
这里缓缓流动的河流切割出一条圆形隧道
Here the slow flowing river carves tunnels with a more rounded profile
这静谧的世界是穴居鱼的家This tranquil world is home to specialized cave fishes
比如无目金鲃like the eye-less Golden Barb
中国或许拥有地球上种类最为繁多的China may have unique kinds of cave evolved fishes
洞穴进化鱼than anywhere else on Earth
在地下水位线Above the water table
远古洞穴溢满的河水中充斥着石笋和钟乳石
ancient caverns abandoned by the river slowly fill up with stalactites and stalagmites
含有沉积物的水流St alactites form as trickling water deposites tiny quantities of rock
在千万年间“滴水成石”over hundreds or thousands of years
含有石灰质的水滴落石床形成石笋
Stalagmites grow up where lime laid and drips hit the cave floor
迄今为止被探索发掘的中国洞穴是中国大地上的九牛一毛
So far, only a fraction of China's caves have been thoroughly prospected
而被发掘的洞穴不断为我们展现地底奇观
and caves are constantly discovering new subterranean marvels
许多在后来被开发成了商业景点
many of which are subsequently developed into commercial show caves
探索者沿着洞穴河流出山谷的轨迹逃离了黑暗Finally escaping the darkness 在远离出发地的河谷
the cave river and its human explorers emerge in a valley far from where their journey began
这场冒险拉上了帷幕or now the adventure is over
源自洞穴河流Rivers which issue from caves
为喀斯特地区提供了生命之泉are the key to survival in the karst country 贵州的垂直峡谷This vertical gorge in Guizhou province
成为了当地野生动物的密集焦点is a focal point for the region's wildlife
这是世界上最珍稀的灵长类之一This is one of the world's rarest primates
白颊黑叶猴Francois's langur
在中国他们只残存于两个南部省份In China, they survive in just two southern provinces
贵州与广西Guizhou and Guangxi
多半栖息于崎岖的石灰岩地貌地带always in ragged limestone terrains
正如大多数猴子一样他们是社会性生物Like most monkeys, they're social creatures
并且他们乐于耗费大把时间为彼此整理仪容and spend a great deal of time grooming each other
叶猴是个不折不扣以嫩芽、嫩叶、水果为食的素食主义者
Langurs are essentially vegetarian with a diet of buds, fruits, and tender young leaves
叶猴宝宝裹着姜黄色的毛发出生Babies are born with ginger fur
这些毛发随着生长逐渐从尾部开始变成黑色
which gradually turns black from the tail end
叶猴宝宝虎钳般的爪Young infants have a vise-like grip
帮助他们附着在妈妈身上以保证安全used for cling on to mom for dare life
随着年龄的增长As they get older
他们越发胆大,并开始常识更多刺激they get bolder and take more risks
这些是经历诸多冒险后的幸存者Those have survive spend a lot of time travelling
尽管经验丰富的成年叶猴深知Yet experienced adults know exactly where to find seasonal food
到守备范围内不同区域的哪里去寻觅当季的食物in different parts of their range
在如此陡峭的地带In such steep terrain
旅途顺利包含了高超的攀爬技巧travel involves a high level of climbing skill
这些猴子打会走路起就是卓越的攀岩专家
These monkeys are spectacularly good rock climbers from the time they learnt to walk
叶猴族群In langur society
是母系社会females rule the roost
并且是举家迁徙的领队人物and take the lead when the family is on the move
峭壁一侧One section of cliff
分泌的水是富含矿物质的woops is a trickle of mineral-rich water 这对猴子们而言是不可抗拒的诱惑which the monkeys seem to find irresistible
如今麻阳河自然保护区已鲜有危及猴宝宝的捕食者
These days there are few predators in the Mayanghe Reserve which might pose a risk to baby monkey
然而在过去的数个世纪but in past centuries, this area of south China
中国南部的这个地区是豹子巨蟒甚至老虎的家
was home to leopards, pythons, and even tigers
为了在暗夜潜行者的利爪下存活To survive dangerous night prowlers
叶猴们前往地底the langurs went underground
用他们的高超的攀爬技巧爬到洞穴上方寻找庇护所
using their rock climbing skills to seek shelter in inaccessible caverns
夜视镜在近乎黑暗的坏境下记录下Filmed in near darkness using a night vision camera
叶猴一家爬上了the troop clambers along familiar ledges 被数代猴族磨蚀光润的石壁的情景worn smooth by generations before them 当冬日寒冷来袭During cold winter weather
猴子们则冒险潜入the monkeys venture deeper underground 空气相对保持温暖的地下where the air stays comparatively warm 旅途的终点At last, journeys end,
高悬的庇护所使得最激进的捕食者都束手无策
a coated niche beyond the reach of even the most enterprising predator
并非只有猴子们在洞穴中寻找遮蔽But it's not just monkeys that find shelter in caves
这些孩子们刚放学These children are off to school
在中国农村每天早上都意味着一段In rural China, that may mean a long trek each morning
穿越一两个洞穴的艰苦跋涉passing through a cave or two on the way
然而并非所有孩子都要徒步上学But not all pupils have to walk to school
这些孩子是寄宿生These children are boarders
当孩子们快要到达学校时As the day pupils near journey's end
住宿生还在做早饭the boarders are still making breakfast 校园内仿若被关掉了灯一般黑暗
In the school yard, someone seems to have switched the lights off
但这里其实并没有正规的操场But this is no ordinary play ground
以及正规的学校and no ordinary school
只不过是座Its house
洞穴中的房屋而已inside a cave
天然拱顶阻隔了雨水 A natural vault of rock keeps out the rain
为教室省去了屋顶so there is no need for a roof on the classroom
中东洞穴学校由六个班级Zhongdong cave school is made up of 6 classes
共200名学生组成with a total of 200 children
如同这所学校般这个洞穴住宅区As well as a school, the cave houses 18 families
是18户人家和他们牲畜的聚居地together with their livestock
这或许是世界上唯一在洞穴中饲养的牛了This could be the only cave dwelling cows on Earth
放学后是游戏的时间With school work over, it's play time at last
在中国南方洞穴不仅用于遮蔽In southern China, caves aren't just used for shelter
他们也能为当地人带来恩惠they can be a source of revenue for the community
数代的人持续受到洞穴的恩泽People have been visiting this cave for generations
洞穴地底覆盖了满满鸟粪The cave floor is covered in guano
仅仅十分钟时间就能让农人满载而归
so plentiful that 10 minutes' work can fill these farmer's baskets
这是一种宝贵的天然肥料This used as a valuable source of fertilizer
鸟粪的源头能听到河水上空的鸟鸣
A clue to the source of the guano can be heard above the noise of the river
噪音因为山洞而被放大The sound originates high up in the roof of the cave
入口处聚满了雨燕The entrance is full of swifts
他们是社交性动物They are very sociable birds
约200000多的共享贵州南部的洞穴
more than 200,000 of them share this cave in southern Guizhou province
中国最大的雨燕栖息地The biggest swift colony in China
如今中国的家燕多数将巢穴建在建筑物的屋顶
These days, Chinese house swifts mostly nest in the roofs of buildings
但其实在房屋被发明出来之前but rock crevasses like these were their original home
这样的岩缝才是他们原本安家的地方long before houses were invented
尽管雨燕依靠洞穴遮蔽Though the swifts depend on the cave for shelter
他们却必定在日落前归巢they never stray further than the limits of daylight
因为他们的眼睛无法在黑夜中看清事物as their eyes can't see in dark
然而洞穴深处However, deep inside the cavern
是一群更适应地下are the creatures are better equipped
隐秘生活的居民for subterranean life
一群蝙蝠刚刚醒来 A colony of bats is just waking up
他们运用超声波在黑夜中确定自己的方位
using ultrasonic squeaks to orientate themselves in the darkness
夜晚是狩猎时间Night is the time to go hunting
Rickett鼠耳蝠是亚洲蝙蝠中唯一
Rickett's mouse-eared bat is the only bat in Asia which specializes in catching fishes
通过在水面依靠声波对涟漪的反射追踪游鱼的蝙蝠种
tracking them down from the sound reflection of ripples on the water surface
这种非凡的技巧仅在数年前被发现
This extraordinary behavior was only discovered in the last couple of years
现在首次被记录下来展示给世人and has never been filmed before
如果说在黑暗中追捕游鱼是如此的不可思议If catching fish in the dark is impressive
想象下倒挂状态下不用爪子吞食滑溜溜的米诺鱼是怎样的神奇场景
imagine eating a slippery minnow with no hands while hanging upside down
拂晓降临至桂林的喀斯特山地Dawn, over the karst hills of Guilin
这些山地的嶙峋奇秀归功于These remarkable hills owe their peculiar shapes
漓江那弱酸性的水质to the mildly acid waters of the Li River
亿万年的侵蚀褪去了他们的本来面目
whose meandering course over eons of time has corrode away their basis
只剩下坚硬的河道残留下来until only the rocky course remained
漓江是中国最清澈的河流之一Li is one of the cleanest rivers in China 是捕鱼者和他们训练有素的鸬鹚最爱的捕获点
a favorite spot for fishermen with their trained cormorants
这帮七八十岁的男人全部姓黄The men, all called Huang, come from the same village
他们来自同一个村落now in their seventies and eighties
他们毕生都以捕鱼卫生they've been fishermen all their lives
在释放鱼鸟之前Before they release the birds
他们在鸟的脖子上松松的系一条套索they tie a noose, loosely around the neck 以防止鸟儿私自将捕到的鱼吞进肚子里to stop them swallowing any fish they may catch
伴随着即兴的舞蹈,黄老汉鼓励着他的鸟儿们跳入水中
Chancing and dancing, the Huangs encourage their birds to take the plunge
在水下Under water
鸬鹚的狩猎本能暴发the cormorant's hunting instinct kicks in 他们化身为水下的游鱼追踪导弹turning them into fish seeking missiles 一只鸬鹚小分队搭档合作齐心协力Working together,
一早上便能收获颇丰
a good cormorant team can catch a couple of dozen decent-sized fish in a morning
鸟儿们被训练过只能带着鱼儿回到筏子
The birds return to the raft with their fish because they've been trained to do so
从出生的那一刻起From the time it first hatched
鸬鹚们就开始被训练为忠仆
each of these cormorants has been reared to a life of obedience to its master
这些鸟儿是高效的奴隶The birds are, in effect, slaves
但是它们并不是白痴But they are not stupid
据说鸬鹚能够记住它们捕获的鱼的数目
It's said the cormorants can key the tally of the fish they catch
至少能记住七条at least up to seven
除非它们不时得到打赏当然这不过是收回一点自己的劳动成果罢了
So unless they get a reward now and then,they simply withdraw their labor
渔夫理所当然得把最好的鱼留给自己The fishermen of course keep the best fish for themselves
鸬鹚则能享受剩余的部分The cormorants get the leftover tiddlies
项圈摘除后鸟儿们终于能享用它的战利品了
With its collar removed,the bird can at last swallow its prize 最美妙的莫过于得到额外的打赏Best of all,when it isn't meant to have...
而如今现代捕鱼技术的激烈竞争These days,competition for modern fishing techniques
意味着使黄老汉已不能仅靠鸬鹚捕鱼这一传统的手段谋生了
means the Huangs can't make a living from traditional cormorant fishing alone
这一流传了1300多年的传统And this 1300-year old tradition
如今只能成为取悦游客的表演is now practiced mostly to entertain tourists
但在贵州省附近的草海湖上But on Caohai lake in nearby Guizhou Province
一种与众不同的捕鱼业正在蓬勃发展an even more unusual fishing industry is alive and well
庚钟胜正在去为夜间布网的路上Geng Zhongsheng is on his way to set out his net for the night
老庚的怪网是一种一头扎起来的管状装置
Geng's net is a strange tubular contraption with a closed off end
上百渔夫依靠这个More than a hundred fishermen make their living from the lake
水质富矿的高产湖泊为生Its mineral-rich waters are highly productive
并在此布下天罗地网and there are nets everywhere
第二天清早老耿和他的儿子回来收获他们猎物
The next morning, Geng returns with his son to collect his catch
乍看之下收获平平At first sight, it looks disappointing
小鱼.虾米.和扭个不停的虫子Tiny fishes, lots of shrimps, and some wriggling bugs
然而老耿看上去来并不那么消沉Geng doesn't seem too down hearted
大鱼被保持存活The larger fish are kept alive
这是唯一在酷暑下保鲜的办法the only way they'll stay fresh in the heat 令人吃惊的是一些虫子也被专门挑捡出来
Surprisingly, some of the bugs are also singled out for special treatment
它们是蜻蜓的幼虫They are the young stage of dragonflies 以蠕虫和蝌蚪为食的掠食者predators that feed on worms and tadpoles
这里是世界上蜻蜓卵收获最丰的地方
Nowhere else in the world are dragonfly nymphs harvested like this
回到家后老耿把他的获物在屋顶上摊开晒干
Back home, Geng spreads his catch on the roof to dry
在中国,但凡能吃的东西都不会被浪费
It's being in China, nothing edible would be wasted
在遥远的南方有这样一种说法There is a saying in the far south
“长腿的唯桌子不吃"We will eat anything with legs, except a table;
长翅膀的独飞机不啃”and anything with wings, except a plane."
几个钟头后这些晒干了的昆虫便会被带到市场上卖掉
Within a few hours, the dried insects are ready to be backed up and taken to market
其中蜻蜓蛹能卖到最好的价格Its the dragonfly nymphs that fetch the best price
幸运的是草海的蜻蜓资源非常丰富且高速再生
Fortunately, Caohai's dragonflies are abundant and fast breeding
所以老耿和其他的渔民远不会危及它们的数量
so Geng and his fellow fishermen have so far had little impact on their numbers
但绝非所有野生动物都这样生机勃勃But not all wildlife is so resilient
这所上海附近的佛庙This buddhist temple near Shanghai
有一段与之相关的传奇故事has an extraordinary story attached to it
2007年5月In May 2007
一支狂野中国摄制组在这所寺庙的鱼塘里
A Wild China camera team filmed this peculiar Swinhoe's turtle
拍摄到了这只罕见的斑龟in the temple's fishpond
据寺庙的和尚所说这只龟在明朝期间被赐予寺庙
According to the monks, this turtle had been given to the temple during the Ming dynasty
至今已有400余年历史了over 400 years ago
它被认为是地球上最老的动物It was thought to be the oldest animal on Earth
软壳龟被很多从中国人视为神赐的馈赠
Soft shell turtles are considerd a god-made delicacy by many Chinese
在被记录下的时候and when it was filmed
它已是中国仅存的三只斑龟之一this was one of just three Swinhoe's Turtles left alive in China
他的同胞们The rest of its kind
被当作食物剿杀殆尽having been rounded up and eaten
悲痛人心的是在拍摄后的短短几周后Sadly, just a few weeks after filming 这只远古的生物与世长辞了this ancient creature died
他的其他同类现在被散养在不同动物园保护着
The remaining individuals of its species are currently kept in seperate zoos
据测算现在斑龟在自然界中已经灭绝了
and Swinhoe's Turtle is now reckoned extinct in the wild
事实上中国25种淡水龟中In fact, most of the 25 types of fresh water turtles in China
多数都已然濒危are now vanishingly rare
杜绝物种灭绝的唯一途径The answer to extinction
就是加以保护is protection
这里有贯穿中国南方的不断壮大的自然保护区网络
And there is now a growing network of nature reserves through southern China
其中张家界天子山那由沙石构成的高耸的
Of these, the Tianzi Mountain Reserve at Zangjiajie is perhaps the most visited by Chinese nature lovers
塔状反重力地貌最受中国自然爱好者的青睐
who come to marvel at the gravity-defying landscape of soaring sand stone pinnacles
蜿蜒在张家界的山峰间清澈见底的溪流Winding between Zhangjiajie's peaks 居住着一种中国最奇怪的生物
crystal clear mountain streams are home to what is perhaps China's strangest creature
这种奇异的动物This bizarre animal
属于蝾螈的一种is a type of newt
中国大鲵the Chinese Giant Salamander
在中国它被称之为娃娃鱼In China, it is known as the baby fish
这名称源自当他悲伤时发出的类似婴儿哭泣的声音
because when distressed, it makes a sound like a crying infant
成年体长1~1.5米It grows up to a meter and a half long
这使它成为世界上最大的两栖类动物making it the world's largest amphibian
在自然条件下一只大鲵可以活到十岁
Under natural conditions, a Giant Salamander may live decades
但是和很多其他中国动物一样But like so many Chinese animals 它被视为美味佳肴it is considered delicious to eat
尽管被列为国家级保护动物Despite being classed as protected species
大鲵仍然被当作食物非法买卖giant salamanders are still illegally sold for food
现在娃娃鱼已经非常稀有and the baby fish is now rare
在自然界濒临灭绝了and endangered in the wild
幸运的是在像张家界这样的一些地方Fortunately in a few areas like Zhangjiajie,
大鲵在政府的严格保护下得以幸存
Giang Salamanders still survive under strict official protection
张家界的河流向东北注入The rivers of Zhangjiajie flow northeast into the Yangtse floodplain
以鱼米之乡文明的长江平原known as the land of fish and rice 在安徽省一个湖泊的小岛上On an island in a lake in Anhui province
一只小龙蠢蠢欲动 a dragon is stirring
这里是中国最大最稀有爬行动物的古老家园
This is the ancestral home of China's largest and rarest reptile
一种传说中的神秘生物 A creature of mystery and legend
龙卵是非常珍贵的Dragon eggs are greatly prized
这些孩子们需要快点孵化出来these babies need to hatch out quick 看起来有人正在进行搜寻It would seem someone is on their trail
对一只无助的爬行类幼仔来说For a helpless baby reptile
囚禁在令人窒息的蛋壳的坚韧隔膜里imprisoned in a leathery membrane inside a choky shell
在孵化过程中 a process of hatching
需要拼尽全力挣扎is a titanic struggle
时间在不断流逝And time is running out
小鳄鱼需要耗费2个小时才能将脑袋伸出蛋壳
It's taken 2 hours for the little dragon to get its head out of this egg
现在是拼尽全力It needs to gather its strength now 进行最后奋力一击的时刻 a final massive push
最终获得自由Free at last
扬子幼鳄出于本能的向巢的表面爬去
the baby Chinese alligators instinctively head upwards toward the surface of the nest
迎接全新的世界and a ……side world
但造访者并不是它们的同类But the visitors are not what they seem
佘淑珍和她的儿子就住在附近Sheshuzhen and her son live nearby
她已经照顾当地的扬子鳄20多年了She has been caring for her local alligators for over 20 years
所以当这些蛋快要孵化的时候她有一个不错的主意
so she had fair idea when the eggs will likely to hatch
回到家里她建了一个用网围起来Back home, she's built a pond,
以隔离捕食者的水塘surrounded by netting to keep out predators
在接下来的六个月内加以保护where her charges will spend the next 6 months
直到他们长得足够自立until they are big enough to fend for themselves
过去的20年里For the past twenty years
靠着像这样小规模的保护措施中国150只野生扬子鳄免遭灭绝
small scale conservation projects like this are all that have kept China's 150 wild alligators from extinction
就在饲养鳄鱼村落的正南方Just south of the alligator country 黎明破晓之光照耀出一幅不同的画卷dawn breaks over a very different landscape
黄山那海拔1800米的The 1800 meter high granite peaks 花岗岩巅峰of the Huangshan
又称为黄之山or yellow mountain
对中国人而言To the Chinese
黄山松象征着自然蓬勃的生命力与不屈的精神
Huangshan's pines are peak mines,the strength, and resilience of nature
其中一些树据说已超过千岁Some of these trees are thought to be over a thousand years old
在这花岗岩巅峰下Bellow the granite peaks
陡峭峡谷的森林中隐藏着令人惊讶的居steep forest in the valleys shelter surprising inhabitants
黄山猕猴Huangshan macaques
隶属中国西部西藏短尾猴家族中稀有的分支
rare descendents of the Tibetan macaques of western China
自得其乐的生活在这政府保护的山谷中
are unique to these mountain valleys where they enjoy strict official protection
在树梢度过了早上之后After a morning spent in the treetops
猴群转移到了山谷的阴凉处the troop is heading for the shade of the valley
这是它们躲避酷暑的绝佳契机 a chance for the grownups escape the heat
他们甚至还在溪流中寻觅零食and maybe pickup a lanch snack from the stream
正如多数猴子社会一样As in most monkey societies
相互梳理毛发是社交的重要一环social contact involves a lot of grooming
梳理毛发对成年猴子非常有益Grooming is all very well for grownups
但是年轻的小猕猴总爱尽情挥霍精力But young macaques have energy to burn
所谓猴性难改Like so much monkey business
起初不过是顽皮的混战what starts off is a bit of playful rough-and-tumble
随后就会暴走失控soon begin to get out of hand
然而猴王早就看穿了一切The alpha male has seen it all before
他全然一副眼不见心不烦的样子he's not in the least bothered
然而却有人虎视眈眈的关注着一切
but someone or something is watching with a less than friendly interest
五步蛇是拥有死亡之吻的暗杀者The Chinese Moccasin is ambush predator with a deadly bite
这是中国最大最恐怖的剧毒蛇之一
This is one of China's largest and most feared venomous snakes
但是猴子们已经与这种危险的毒蛇共存了数千年
But the mondkeys have lived alongside these dangerous serpent for thousands of years
每当发现由这种斑点的蛇时它们就用这种特殊的叫声来相互警告
They use this, specific alarm call, to warn each other whenever a snake is spotted
一旦警报响起毒蛇的袭击便对猴子丧失了威胁
Once its cover is blown, the bite proposes no threat to the monkeys
他们转移至安全的树梢now safe in the treetops
一切归于平静And life soon returens to normal 夏末的中国南部By later summer, the rice fields of southern China
是一片璀璨的金色稻海have turn to gold
如今是丰收的季节The time has come to bring in the harvest
如今现代高产人工田占据了中国的大片土地
Nowadays, modern high yield strains are grown throughout much of the rice lands
受化学肥料的滋养Boosted by chemical fertilizers
并用联合收割机进行大规模收割and reaped by combine harvesters 这里是世界上最大的水稻种植区This is the great rice bowl of China
占据世界水稻产量的四分之一producing a quarter of the world's rice
被机器轰鸣惊扰的虫子Insects, stirred up by the noisy machines,
马上成为了一群红尾燕的腹中餐are snapped up by gangs of red-rumped swallows
包括新生儿——including this year's youngsters
数周前刚刚羽翼丰满的新燕who have fledged several weeks ago
这也许是它们在动身渡冬到来前最后的聚餐了
This could be their last feast before they head for the winter
机械农具最适宜在山谷低地的平坦处工作
Mechanized farming works best in the flat bottom valleys of the lowland
在南面浙江省连绵起伏的丘陵地带To the south, in the terraced hills in Zhejiang province
人们坚持这一种古老而又简单的生活方式an older and simpler lifestyle persists
现在是清晨7点It's 7 in the morning
龙现村最成功的商人and Longxian's most successful business man
出门工作is off to work
在金黄梯田环绕的小村落In the golden terraces surrounding the village
饱满的稻穗正待收获the ears of rice are plump and right for harvesting
然而今天稻子却不是老杨心中首位But today, rice isn't upon the most in Mr Yang's mind
他有更重要的事要做He has bigger fish to fry
在山谷地带丰割已然开始Further at valley, the harvest has already began
老杨的田地也临近丰收Yang's fields are ripe too
但收割却尚未完成but they haven't been drained yet 这是因为稻米并非他最主要的作物That's because for him, rice is not the main crop
他带上山坡的篮子泄露了老杨营生的秘密
The baskets he's carried up the hillside give a clue to Yang's business
在他开工前But before he starts work