TED演讲：改变荒漠现状,扭转气候变化(10)

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　　I'm just going to ask you one quick question.  我只问个简单问题。

　　When you first start this and you bring in a flock¹ of animals, it's desert.  当你开始这个实验的时候，把一大群动物引进来，但这是沙漠。

　　What do they eat? How does that part work? How do you start? 他们吃什么？这个问题怎么解决的？你如何开始？

　　Well, we have done this for a long time, and the only time we have ever had to provide any feed is during mine reclamation², where it's 100 percent bare.  我们已经做了很长时间，只有一次我们必须提供吃的是矿山复垦期间，那里是百分之百的没有任何植被。

　　But many years ago, we took the worst land in Zimbabwe,  很多年前，我们得到一块津巴布韦最差的土地，

　　where I offered a ￡5 note in a hundred-mile drive if somebody could find one grass in a hundred-mile drive,  当时我出5英镑打赌，没人能在一百英里的驾程范围内找到一根草，

　　and on that, we trebled the stocking³ rate, the number of animals, in the first year with no feeding, just by the movement, mimicking⁴ nature,  在一百英里的驾程范围，我们把动物的数量增加了三倍，第一年没有提供食物，只靠迁徙，模仿自然，

　　and using a sigmoid curve⁵, that principle.  使用（统计学上的）S型曲线的原理。

　　It's a little bit technical to explain here, but just that. 要解释清楚就要一些技术基础，总之就是这个样子。

　　I would love to -- I mean, this such an interesting and important idea.  这是个有趣和重要的想法。

　　The best people on our blog are going to come and talk to you and try and -- I want to get more on this that we could share along with the talk. 接下来我们最好博客记者会继续采访你，我想知道更多一点。我们可以一起分享。

　　That is an astonishing⁶ talk, truly an astonishing talk,  这真是一个令人吃惊的演讲，真的令人吃惊，

　　and I think you heard that we all are cheering you on your way.  你听到了我们的喝彩。非常感谢。

　　Thank you so much. Well, thank you. Thank you. Thank you, Chris. 谢谢，谢谢，谢谢，谢谢，克里斯！

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