The Blue Planet《藍色星球（2001）》第一季第五集完整中英文對照劇本

1、There are some seas where fish swarm in millions.有些海洋里有數(shù)以百萬計的魚and plankton blossoms in vast clouds以及無邊無際的浮游生物The sheer quantity of life here is unmatched anywhere in the oceans這里生物的數(shù)量是 其他任何海洋都無法比擬的These are the most productive seas on earth這是地球上最富生產(chǎn)力的海洋They are the Seasonal Seas它們是季節(jié)性海域The Seasonal

2、Seas border the Temperate parts of the world,季節(jié)性海域 環(huán)繞地球上溫和的區(qū)域where conditions change through the year那里的狀況隨時間而變化The seasons also affect the underwater world季節(jié)同樣影響著海底世界The power of the sun is constantly changing太陽的力量隨時都在改變ln the far north during the Summer there are long hours of sunlight,北方的夏天里白天很長b

3、ut in Winter that dwindles and eventually there can be weeks of darkness但一到冬天便開始縮短 最后變成數(shù)周的永夜期The summers are warm and gentle, the winters racked by savage storms夏天溫暖而舒適 冬天卻有劇烈風(fēng)暴的折磨ln conditions like this life of any sort has to struggle to survive這種情況下任何生命型態(tài) 都必須為生存而掙扎January on Sable lsland off the

4、coast of Nova Scotia in North America一月份北美新斯科細亞省 海岸邊的塞柏島Grey Seals have managed to get ashore through the crashing breakers灰海豹成功地 穿越?jīng)坝康暮＠松习禛ales here can blow for days on end這里的強風(fēng)可持續(xù)數(shù)天Sable lsland has the worlds largest colony of grey seals塞柏島有地球上 最大的灰海豹族群1 00,000 come here to breed each year, just

5、when the weather is at its worst每年當(dāng)天氣正值最糟的時候 有十萬只會來到這里繁殖To add insult to injury, the pups,雪上加霜的是，小海豹having suckled for only 1 8 days are then abandoned受哺乳18天后便被遺棄Their mothers must return to the sea to find food for themselves它們的母親必須 回到海中為自己覓食As yet unable to dive, the pups are marooned還無法潛水的小海豹and

6、sustained by nothing except their fatty blubber無依的僅靠身上肥厚脂肪存活lt will be five weeks before they are strong enough to swim,它們要過5周才有能力游泳but by then it will be early spring and the ocean will be teeming with food但那時將是早春 而海洋中將充滿食物By May, Spring has reached the coasts of Scotland春天在五月降臨蘇格蘭的海岸Underwater it

7、arrived rather earlier她更提前來到海底世界During March, the seas had warmed enough to trigger a magical transformation三月時水溫已回暖 神奇的轉(zhuǎn)變同時展開These are Phytoplankton, tiny floating algae,這些是浮游植物群落each much smaller than a pinhead微小的漂浮藻類小過針頭And they multiply with amazing speed to produce more annual growth它們迅速的繁殖量遠超過

8、than all the plants on land put together - 6 billion tonnes of it陸上植物每年產(chǎn)量總和 60億噸♥This immense bloom spreads across the face of the ocean這龐大的繁殖量 在數(shù)月內(nèi)擴散地球表面海域and within a couple of months turns vast areas of it a dense green將廣大區(qū)域染成濃密的綠Animal life reacts to the blooming sea動物的生活反應(yīng)這盛產(chǎn)的海洋Although

9、these polyps look like small anemones,雖然這些珊瑚蟲看來像?？鸗heyre about to change into something else但它們正要改變型態(tài)As they separate, they reveal themselves to be tiny, common jellyfish當(dāng)它們分離時 泄露出它們原是渺小平捿的水母They are less than 3 millimetres across它們體寬不到3公厘Within a few months they will have assembled into vast swarms

10、幾周內(nèi)它們會組成龐大的族群Minute copepods are part of their staple diet橈足類是它們固定的食物之一These appear every spring in vast numbers and graze on the Phytoplankton bloom它們在每年春天大量出現(xiàn) 并仰賴浮游植物維生Their beating legs create currents that sweep the little algae它們?nèi)鋭拥哪_造成水流into the basket-like filters around their mouths將海藻堆積到嘴邊籃狀

11、的濾網(wǎng)On this microscopic scale, water is so viscous that渺小的分子下 水變得黏稠the Phytoplankton cant swim against the current使浮游植物無法逆水流而行Whilst feeding, sensors on the copepods antennae give warning of dangers ahead覓食時橈足類觸須上的感應(yīng)器 會發(fā)出危機伺伏的警訊Lighting by lasers reveals that feeding copepods leave wakes behind them,

12、以射照明發(fā)現(xiàn) 橈足類會在身后留下足跡rather like jet trails in the sky像是空中噴射機的煙霧Slightly larger floating predators稍大的浮游掠食者are able to use these trails to find their prey能利用這些痕跡 找到它們的食物A close call - but some predators are simply too large to avoid差一點點 但有些掠食者實在大到無法躲避Jellyfish!水母They may appear to be delicate as well as

13、 beautiful, but they are deadly hunters它們也許看來脆弱又美麗 但它們卻是致命的殺手With every pulse of the delicate bells plankton-rich water鈴鐺狀身體每一次柔弱的舞動is drawn into their lacy throats and pushed out again,都將充滿浮游生物的水 吸進它們蕾絲般的嘴里leaving behind copepods stuck to the membranes再將水推出 留下黏在薄膜上的橈足類A single sea-nettle jellyfish

14、only a few centimetres一只幾公分寬的荀麻水母across can collect thousands of copepods in a day能在一天內(nèi)收集成千的橈足類So the killing power of giants like these is hard to estimate因此這種龐然大物的殺傷力 是無法預(yù)測的Each of these jellyfish weighs up to 30 kilos這種水母重約30公斤and has tentacles stretching over 8 metres觸須可伸展到8公尺長But there are even

15、 greater dangers awaiting the copepods但橈足類還面臨著更大的危險By the late spring the baby common jellyfish are fully grown小水母在晚春時完全成熟They gather in millions, forming immense swarms hundreds of metres long,它們以數(shù)百萬群集 形成數(shù)百公尺長的大族群which filter out all the small planktonic animals in their path過濾所有通過它們的浮游生物Neverthele

16、ss, there are such astronomic numbers of copepods盡管如此 橈足類龐大的數(shù)量that enough will survive to form swarms of their own存活下來的還是 足以構(gòu)成自己的族群A basking shark一只在取暖的鯊魚This huge eight tonne fish feeds on plankton and nothing else這只8噸♥重的大魚只吃浮游生物Every hour it filters a thousand tonnes of seawater through its

17、 gills它每小時用鰓 過濾掉一千噸♥的海水Numbers of these shark appear when the bloom is at its peak眾多的鯊魚 在浮游物最旺盛時出現(xiàn)and travel along those water currents where the plankton is thickest順著水流 游過浮游物最濃密的地方Even so, the supply of plankton is so abundant然而浮游物的數(shù)量充足that another group of animals is able to share in the f

18、east因此另一群動物也能共享大餐animals that live on the seafloor那就是海底的動物Every centimetre of rock is covered with invertebrates of some kind每一寸石頭都為 無脊椎動物所覆蓋anemones, sea squirts, Gorgonians,?？?，海鞘及柳珊瑚all trapping plankton from the passing water都從水流中攔下浮游生物Not all life in the Seasonal Seas depends upon the plankton并非

19、所有季節(jié)性海洋的生物 都依賴浮游生物lts early spring in British Columbia這是英屬哥倫比亞的早春Seaweed has started to grow slowly in the cold water海草已開始在冰水中生長As the hours of sunlight increase and the water warms,當(dāng)白天時間延長水溫變暖these small plants turn into great beds of bull kelp這些小植物變成一張大海草床The immense 30 metre long strands have sma

20、ll gas filled floats這30公尺長的海濱 有充氣的氣囊which keep them high in the water within reach of the energy-giving sunlight使它們能浮于水面 接收陽光的能量Further south the sunshine is more powerful,在南方陽光的力量更強so here, on the coast of California, the biggest kelp of all can grow于是在加州海岸 可以生長最大的海藻This is giant kelp and by midsum

21、mer each plant這是巨藻 而每年盛夏is growing in length by nearly a metre a day它們一天可生長近1公尺The main stem is fixed to the bottom 35 metres below主莖干靠著一個小 卻極有力的固著器by a small but immensely strong holdfast固定在海底35公尺下Fully grown, these gigantic plants are a hundred metres long完全生長的巨大植物 有100公尺長and they form vast marine

22、 forests形成一個廣闊的海洋森林Great schools of fish find sanctuary here這里是眾多魚群的庇護所These are blacksmith fish這些是鐵匠魚They are plankton feeders and whenever it seems safe它們以浮游生物為食 只要覺得安全they head off into open water to feed where the plankton is thickest它們就會到水中 浮游物最密集的地帶覓食But at the first hint of danger.但只要有任何可能的危險

23、.they rush back to the safety of the forest它們就迅速躲回森林的保護Fish are not the only creatures that shelter here魚類不是唯一躲藏于此的生物Californian sea otters gather in the kelp forest to rest and snooze in safety加州海獺也在水草森林中 安然地聚集休息To prevent themselves being carried away into dangerous open water,為防止被拉進有掠食者游蕩的where t

24、he big predators cruise,危險空曠海水中they anchor themselves by winding straps of kelp around their body它們用海草捆住身體 來固定方位Sooner or later, they have to find food它們遲早需要去找食物and that lies on the seabed a long way below them而食物躺在 它們很下方的海床上Sea otters, however, can stay underwater for海獺最多可在海底up to 1 0 minutes and t

25、hats ample time to find the shellfish they need停留10分鐘，而這足以讓它們 找到所需的甲殼類水生物Many of the smaller creatures that live in these forests, such as urchins,許多居住在這森林里的小生物 像是海膽便吃海草graze on the kelp and can seriously damage it if their numbers are unchecked但它們的數(shù)量若失去控制 便會造成嚴(yán)重損害The sea otters, however, feed on so

26、me of these grazers然而海獺以這些小生物為食and prevent them getting too numerous避免它們的數(shù)量過多So, in effect, the Sea Otters are the guardians of the forest因此這些海獺是森林的守護者Garibaldi fish do not, in fact, damage the kelp加州紅魚并不會破壞海草lf anything, they help it by picking off tiny animals反而它們會幫助除掉that in places encrust the le

27、aves附著在葉面上的小動物They graze on bryozoans, tiny colonial animals,它們吃小型的寄生苔蘚蟲類which build their colonies like a patchwork of white skins on the leaves它們聚落像是 葉面上的白皮拼布When night falls there are fewer predatory fish around入夜后肉食性魚類減少and the bryozoans emerge from their white shelters苔蘚蟲類便從白防護罩下出現(xiàn)Now, just lik

28、e coral polyps they start filtering out它們像珊瑚蟲一樣 在黑暗的掩護下the plankton under cover of darkness開始過濾浮游物They are not the only animals to venture out at this time它們不是此時出沒的唯一動物This is an amphipod, just two centimetres long and it does eat kelp這是只排骨蝦，只有2公分長 它會吃海草ln turn, it is excellent food for many predato

29、rs它對肉食者而言是很好的食物To protect itself it produces silk, just like a spider,它能像蜘蛛一樣 吐絲來保護自己and uses it to sew together two sides of a kelp frond and so form a shelter也能將海草的兩面縫在一起 形成屏障This one is in particular need of a secure home. Shes a mother這一只特別需要一個安全的家 她是個母親There are over fifty youngsters clustered

30、on her abdomen,它的腹部塞滿超過50個幼苗so her home is becoming somewhat cramped所以它的住所變得有些擁擠They will soon be old enough to leave and now whenever she can,它們很快的就能長大離開 所以母親一有機會she kicks them out to get a taste of the outside world就把它們踢出去看外面的世界Dawn破曉Beds of eel grass grow in the shallows between the kelp forest a

31、nd the shore鰻魚草成片生長在海草森林 及海岸間的淺灘上A harbour seal has found sanctuary here,一只海獅在此得到保護and is sleeping after a hard nights foraging正因一晚艱辛的覓食而休憩中But not for long但不會太久A male seal gives a wake up call一只公海豹發(fā)出起床號♥More seals are attracted from all directions更多的海豹 從各方向被吸引而來lts June, the time when young

32、male harbour seals六月時年輕公海豹start their strange mating displays開始它們奇特的求偶展示One listens attentively to the grunting noises made by the other聚精會神地聆聽彼此的呼聲These calls are almost certainly a way of establishing這些叫聲幾乎是斷定which of the two will be dominant誰將處于優(yōu)勢的方法But if the animals are closely matched in size

33、and experience但如果它們的體型與經(jīng)驗接近grunts wont settle the issue, the rivals will have to come to blows這件事就無法靠呼聲決定 兩個對手必須奮戰(zhàn)一場了And seals can be surprisingly violent海豹可以是十分殘暴的ln a months time the breeding season will start一個月后繁殖期就將開始and then fights will be in earnest而爭斗也更加嚴(yán)重But now in mid-summer these exchange

34、s are harmless但這些在窮夏的交手 是無傷大來的Theyre just playing它們只是在嬉戲Many of the creatures that shelter in the kelp許多藏身在海草里的生物have to venture out in order to feed必須在夜晚外出覓食A bat ray, for one小燈光魚就是其一Unlikely though it seems, the sandy floor of the open sea is,雖然出乎意料 但海中的沙陸for the bat ray, a rich feeding ground對燈光魚

35、來說 是個豐富的覓食地There is food hidden within the sand食物就藏在沙中and the bat ray has a special technique for finding it而燈光魚有 能找到它的特別技巧lt uses jets of water to blow the sand aside and expose small invertebrates它會噴水來吹開沙礫 小型的無脊椎動物就現(xiàn)身了A kelp bass hangs about alongside, waiting for scraps一只海草鱸魚 在一旁等著分一疷羹Other hunte

36、rs are also on the prowl其他的狩獵者也正四處搜尋The fan tailed sole扇尾鰈魚There are mantid shrimps here, living in tunnels穴道中住著螳螂蝦But once again, hunger compels them to venture into the open但饑餓迫使它們外出覓食That, of course, is a gamble當(dāng)然那是種注They will either eat.它們不是找到食物.or be eaten就是被吃掉A sea slug, called Janolus這是杰那羅海蟲舌

37、蟲俞lts colours suggest that its poisonous and so it is,它的顏色顯示它有毒 它的毒性to everything except another kind of sea slug只對另一種海蟲舌蟲俞無效the predatory Navanax這是肉食性的那維克斯Navanax pulls itself along the trail of slime that Janolus leaves behind it那維克斯跟隨著 杰那羅留下的黏液痕跡Once caught, Janolus rolls into a ball.被抓時 杰那羅會砝成一顆

38、球All Navanax gets is a few yellow tentacles那維克斯只能吃到一些黃觸角And Janolus is swept to safety by the current而杰那羅會被水流沖到安全處lts now mid-summer and the sun is shining at full strength時值窮夏時節(jié) 此時陽光最為強烈The increasing warmth is the cue for an Atlantic lobster上升的溫度提醒大西洋龍蝦to start on a long journey開始它的長途旅行She has spe

39、nt the winter 250 metres down, far beyond the reach of the storms它在250公尺的深處度過冬天 完全不受暴風(fēng)的威脅But it was cold down there and now she needs to find warmer water,但那里十分寒冷 它必須找到較溫暖的水so shes marching towards the shallows所以它朝著淺灘前進They, however, are 1 50 kilometres away然而那卻是在150公里遠處After a month of walking she

40、finally arrives at her favoured sand bank走了一個月后 它終于來到它最愛的沙陸B(tài)ut shes not the first here但它并非首先到達的Dozens of other lobsters have already dug themselves homes in the sand成群的龍蝦已在沙中定居and they dont intent to surrender them to newcomers而它們并不會 交出自己的棲息地Size counts for everything in these battles爭斗的關(guān)鍵在于體型的大小The

41、 new arrival is in urgent need of a pit and since she weighs a hefty 7 kilos,新來的急需要一個洞穴 由于它重約7公斤she stands a good chance of getting one它獲勝的機率很大Shes won它嬴了These battles continue for the next two months and theyre crucial,這些重要的斗爭會持續(xù)兩個月for the females must have both shelter因為這些母親需要and warm water if the

42、yre to raise their young同時有屏障及溫水 來照顧它們的后代For the last seven months, each of these females has been carrying過去7個月內(nèi) 這里每只母龍蝦around about twenty thousand fertilised eggs都身懷約2萬個受精卵But their task is approaching its end但它們的難題在于完成使命The warmth of the shallows is speeding the eggs development淺灘的溫暖加速了卵的生長Two m

43、ore months and the eggs are ready to hatch再過兩個月卵就能孵化了At first, theyre not very good at swimming它們一開始不太會游泳But within a few minutes the babies are able to set off in a purposeful way但幾分鐘內(nèi)這些幼兒 就能任意活動了At this time of year the sea is full of larval animals每年此時海中 到處是動物的幼兒this one is a 1 day old lobster這是只

44、一天大的龍蝦And this . a 3 week old crab, just ready to start its life on the sea floor而這是只3星期大的螃蟹 正要開始它海底的生活lts feet touch the bottom for the first time它的腳第一次著地At this stage in its life its a vegetarian, with a taste for sea lettuce它此時還是個素食者 特別喜愛海萵苣As it grows, so it will repeatedly moult and expand into

45、 a bigger, thicker skin成長時它會不斷脫皮 換上更大更厚的皮膚The chances are it will be eaten, but if it survives for five years它可能會被吃掉 但它如果能存活5年it will have become a magnificent armoured giant它會變成壯觀的盔甲巨獸Now it eats meat and special adaptations enable it to hunt in the dark它現(xiàn)在吃肉，而特殊的適應(yīng)力 使它能在黑暗中獵食lts jointed feet are c

46、overed in sensors,它接合的腳上布滿感應(yīng)器which detect the slightest chemical change in its surroundings能偵測到周圍微小的化學(xué)變化And as it walks through the darkness its feet can, literally taste the sand而當(dāng)它穿梭在黑暗中時 它的腳可以嘗到沙的味道As soon as it finds suitable food,一旦它找到適合的食物it passes it forward to its powerful crushing claws,它會把

47、它放到有力的上which make light work of the soft flesh使進食的動作變得容易And those claws are also very useful for defence這些子也是防衛(wèi)的好工具A one and half metre long common octopus glides by一只1.5公尺長的章魚經(jīng)過The jet propelled giant is both powerful and very clever這只噴射巨獸力量很大 也很聰明With octopus about, its risky for even a crab to be

48、 in the open只要有章魚在的地方 即使是螃蟹也會有危險Even in the dark, the octopuss eyes are sensitive to the slightest movement就算一片漆黑，章魚的眼睛 對輕微的動作還是很敏感Against a hunter like this, the crabs claws are useless對付像這樣的掠食者 螃蟹的也是無用的Late summer in South East Alaska東南阿♥拉♥斯加的夏末The water is still warming and mysid sh

49、rimp are swarming near the surface水溫正回升中 醬蝦在水面集結(jié)成群lts a final feast for Pacific salmon,從寬闊的太平洋回到海岸returning to the coast from the open Pacific這是太平洋鮭魚的最后饗宴They are heading inshore to breed and they arrive in huge numbers它們朝近海去繁殖 而它們的為數(shù)眾多They have to swim far up the rivers to spawn,它們必須往遠處上游產(chǎn)卵but this

50、 rivers level is still too low但這條河的水位還太低theyll have to wait until rain causes it to rise它們必須等到 有雨水能讓水位升高So, for now they are trapped in the sea,目前它們被困在海中close to the shore, the worst place to be靠近海岸處 最糟糕的地方A three metre long salmon shark, a close relation of the great white一只3公尺長的鮭魚鯊 與大白鯊是近親This one

51、 has sensed minute electrical signals from the salmon nearby它已察覺到鄰近鮭魚傳來的 微小電子訊息Shark can maintain their blood temperature at a higher level鯊魚可以維持體溫 高于than the surrounding sea water周鉰海水的狀態(tài)And that means they have the energy to be quick這表示它們有體力能迅速動作Quicker even than salmon甚至比鮭魚還快Early autumn in Vancou

52、ver lsland in Canada, 600 miles to the south加拿大溫哥華島的早秋 南方600里處The ocean temperature is slowly dropping海水的溫度緩慢的下降Forty metres below the surface,海底40公尺的地方this years baby herring are feeding on the last of the summers plankton今年的小鯡魚正在吃 最后的夏末浮游生物Their movements attract attention from the skies above它們的舉

53、動引來天上的注意Gulls cant dive, so for now the fish are still safe海鷗無法潛水 所以此刻魚群仍算安全But there are birds which can dive但有些鳥能潛水Auklets and murres swim effortlessly down beneath the school海鴉等鳥類 毫不費力地潛入魚群中The panic herring a force towards the surface驚懼的鯡魚被驅(qū)趕至水面They gather into a giant defensive ball of swirling

54、 fish旋轉(zhuǎn)的魚群聚集成一個 龐大的防御球The commotion attracts Yellowtail rockfish這股騷動吸引了 巖石中的黃尾魔鬼蓑They too are hunters它們也是獵食者The marauding fish scatter the herring趁火打劫的魚打散了鯡魚群Repeated attacks split the ball into numerous smaller groups持續(xù)的攻擊使大球 分成許多小群體Now its easier for the divers to keep現(xiàn)在潛水者 可讓困惑的the confused fish

55、penned at the surface魚群留在水面and there even the gulls can get at them如此就連海鷗都能得到它們Attacked from all sides, the little fish have virtually no chance從各方向被攻擊 小魚們沒有絲毫的勝算More and more divers are attracted to the scene越來越多的潛水者被引來They harry the shrinking numbers of herring right down它們不斷騷擾數(shù)量驟減的鯡魚to the very l

56、ast individual直到最后一只為止Far bigger predators cruise here, too體積超大的掠食者也在此徘徊Pacific white-sided dolphin太平洋白側(cè)海豚But the dolphin are mainly nocturnal hunters但海豚多數(shù)在夜間覓食during the day they concentrate on socialising白天它們專心于社交They display by releasing streams of bubbles and they play games.它們會表演釋放成串的泡泡 也會玩游戲.games like pass the seaweed, for example例如傳遞海草Exactly eight months ago in th