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纪录片《我们的地球》 第333期 极端沙漠(24)

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With the river behind them, it should be plain sailing.

渡了河,应该就一马平川了。

But once across, the team discovers that, yet again, the locusts2 are nowhere to be seen.

但是渡河之后摄制组才发现,蝗群再次销声匿迹。

And, after two weeks on the road, the local street food is beginning to take its toll3.

在路上两周后,当地的食物也开始让大家吃不消了。

So Ed's not very well. Been yacking up and... And not very nice stomach.

艾德不是很舒服。一直在呕吐...胃不是特别好。

We just need to do whatever it takes now to get us to where the swarms4 are.

我们现在要竭尽全力找到蝗群的所在地。

The next day, the team forges on. Briefly5.

第二天,摄制组继续努力前行。好景不长。

Here's Jamal, our driver.

这是贾马,我们的司机。

What do we think? Yeah? No?

你觉得怎么样,可以吗?不可以吗?

The road has turned into a bog6. The cars can go no further.

道路已经变成了沼泽。车不能再往前走了。

We need to cross this area of water to get to the savanna7 and find our locust1 swarms.

我们要穿过这片区域才能到达热带草原,找到我们的蝗群。

And it's amazing to think that,

想想就很搞笑,

with the combined might of the United Nations and the BBC, we are eventually defeated by a puddle8.

我们集BBC和联合国之力,却最终被一片泥塘打败。


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1 locust m8Dzk     
n.蝗虫;洋槐,刺槐
参考例句:
  • A locust is a kind of destructive insect.蝗虫是一种害虫。
  • This illustration shows a vertical section through the locust.本图所示为蝗虫的纵剖面。
2 locusts 0fe5a4959a3a774517196dcd411abf1e     
n.蝗虫( locust的名词复数 );贪吃的人;破坏者;槐树
参考例句:
  • a swarm of locusts 一大群蝗虫
  • In no time the locusts came down and started eating everything. 很快蝗虫就飞落下来开始吃东西,什么都吃。 来自《简明英汉词典》
3 toll LJpzo     
n.过路(桥)费;损失,伤亡人数;v.敲(钟)
参考例句:
  • The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.昨晚那场冰雹损坏了我们村的庄稼。
  • The war took a heavy toll of human life.这次战争夺去了许多人的生命。
4 swarms 73349eba464af74f8ce6c65b07a6114c     
蜂群,一大群( swarm的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • They came to town in swarms. 他们蜂拥来到城里。
  • On June the first there were swarms of children playing in the park. 6月1日那一天,这个公园里有一群群的孩子玩耍。
5 briefly 9Styo     
adv.简单地,简短地
参考例句:
  • I want to touch briefly on another aspect of the problem.我想简单地谈一下这个问题的另一方面。
  • He was kidnapped and briefly detained by a terrorist group.他被一个恐怖组织绑架并短暂拘禁。
6 bog QtfzF     
n.沼泽;室...陷入泥淖
参考例句:
  • We were able to pass him a rope before the bog sucked him under.我们终于得以在沼泽把他吞没前把绳子扔给他。
  • The path goes across an area of bog.这条小路穿过一片沼泽。
7 savanna bYbxZ     
n.大草原
参考例句:
  • The savanna is also the home of meat-eaters--the lion,leopard,and hyena who feed on the grasseaters.大草原也是食肉动物的家乡--狮子、豹、鬣狗--它们都是以草食动物维持生命的。
  • They sped upon velvet wheels across an exhilarant savanna.他们的马车轻捷地穿过一片令人赏心悦目的大草原。
8 puddle otNy9     
n.(雨)水坑,泥潭
参考例句:
  • The boy hopped the mud puddle and ran down the walk.这个男孩跳过泥坑,沿着人行道跑了。
  • She tripped over and landed in a puddle.她绊了一下,跌在水坑里。

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