纪录片《南太平洋》 第39期 四海为家（07）

（单词翻译）

All these islands erupted out of the sea

这些岛屿都是由海洋火山喷发形成的

and were ripe for colonisation.

为开拓者提供了条件

The ancestors of these Solomon Islanders

大约在3万年前

made that initial 60-mile crossing some 30,000 years ago.

所罗门岛民的祖先穿越了最初的50公里

Whether their ancestors paddled across in hollowed-out tree trunks like these,

祖先们是依靠简易的独木舟

or floated on giant bamboo rafts, no-one knows.

还是利用巨大竹筏，已经无从考证

And with land occasionally in sight,

由于难得见到陆地

they would have surely been tempted¹ to investigate.

他们渴望向外界探索

By the time people arrived,

在人类抵达之前

the Solomons were packed with almost a quarter of the plants and animals found in New Guinea

这些新几内亚的动物、植物居民就已经遍布所罗门岛

including their old adversary², the saltwater crocodile.

其中也包括它们的敌人，咸水鳄。