纪录片《南太平洋》 第46期 四海为家（14）

（单词翻译）

Of all these island clusters, Fiji is the largest

其中最大的岛屿是斐济群岛

made up of over 300 volcanic¹ islands, formed some 40 million years ago.

由300多座火山岛组成，是在约4千万年前形成的

Fiji is around two-thirds the size of the Solomons,

斐济面积约为所罗门群岛的三分之二

so remained a reasonable target for would-be colonisers.

它是漂流者们理想的落脚点

Despite its isolation², it is still home to nearly half the number of plant species found in the Solomons.

尽管与世隔绝，它依然是所罗门群岛已发现的近一半植物品种的家园

But animal colonisers were not so successful.

但动物开拓者们却并不成功

At night, the forests are eerily³ quiet.

夜晚，森林寂静下来

Only a handful of bats made it here,

只有极少数蝙蝠在这里

the only mammals to do so, and there are far fewer birds.

它们是这里仅有的哺乳动物，鸟类就更加少了

In the absence of ground predators⁴, invertebrates⁵ evolved into monsters.

由于缺乏陆地掠食者，无脊椎动物进化成庞然怪物。