纪录片《南太平洋》 第60期 四海为家（28）

（单词翻译）

Taking to their sailing boats once more, descendants of the Lapita left the central Pacific

拉皮塔后裔又驾驶着他们的帆船再次离开太平洋中部

and set off again in search of new lands... into the great unknown.

动身去寻找新的岛屿，进入真正的未知世界

As pioneers, they took everything they would need to start their lives afresh.

作为开拓者，他们带上了所有的生活必备品

Livestock¹. Plants for cultivation². Even the coconut³.

家畜以及农作物。甚至还带上了椰子

But they would also have taken a long list of stowaways⁴... like the mourning gecko.

当然船上还搭载了一群偷渡者，例如鳞趾壁虎

This lizard⁵ was just one castaway which no longer had to rely on its stamina⁶ and luck to reach new lands.

作为一名漂流者，它再也不必依靠体力和运气抵达新陆地

It could now hitch⁷ a free ride.

它现在可以免费完成长途之旅了

In a series of epic⁸ voyages, the descendants of the Lapita,

在一系列史诗般的航行中，拉皮塔后裔

the people we now call the Polynesians, succeeded in colonising the far corners of the South Pacific

也就是现在的波利尼西亚人，成功开拓了南太平洋的各个角落

from Hawaii to New Zealand, even to Easter Island, nearly 7,000 miles east of New Guinea.

从夏威夷到新几内亚，甚至到距新几内亚以东10000公里的复活节岛。