狂野地球（2020）

中亚干旱的草原
The arid steppes of Central Asia
是一个空荡荡的地方
are an empty,windswept place.
但随着盛夏的临近，
But as high summer draws close,
零星的雨水带来了更绿牧场的希望
scattered rains bring the promise of greener pastures.
随风飘荡，
Drifting with the season,
蒙古的游牧民族总是在迁徙
the nomads of Mongolia are always on the move.
当牧草稀少时，
When grazing is scarce,
他们必须走更远的距离
they must travel longer distances.
在几百公里外寻找牧场
Over hundreds of kilometres to find pasture.
他们的生活与马密不可分
Their lives are inextricably tied to their horses.
这是他们存在了3000多年的一部分
It's been part of their existence for over 3,000 years.
孩子们几乎一学会走路就学会骑马
Children learn to ride almost as soon as they are able to walk.
夏天是在全国各地聚会和比赛的时候
And summer is the time for gathering and racing across country.
游牧民族认为没有马，
The nomads believe to be without a horse,
就像一只没有翅膀的鸟
is like a bird without wings.
游牧民族以牲畜为生
The nomads depend on their livestock
所有的生活必需品
for all of life's essentials.
所以只要有足够的草，他们就会留在这里
So they will stay here as long as there is enough grass.
利用太阳和星星，
Using the sun and stars,
山峦起伏，寻找自己的路
the hills and mountains to find their way.
对这些人来说，
For these people,
生命是永动机
life is in perpetual motion.
再往西走，
Further westwards,
夏天也在改变雄伟的喜马拉雅山
summer is also transforming the mighty Himalayas.
世界的屋顶高达7公里
The rooftop of the world reaches over 7 kilometres into the sky.
被称为第三极，
Known as the Third Pole,
喜马拉雅山是北极和南极洲以外最大的冰体所在地
the Himalayas are home to the largest body of ice outside the Arctic and Antarctica.
夏天的酷热使山上的融水流入沟壑，填满了流向低地的河流
The heat of the summer causes meltwater from the mountains to spill into ravines and fill rivers running towards the lowlands.
到七月，
By July,
水从山顶向山谷的迁移达到高♥潮♥
the migration of water from mountaintops to valleys reaches a crescendo.
在尼泊尔的特莱地区，
In the Terai region of Nepal,
漫滩上沉积着丰富的喜马拉雅粉土，
floodplains receive rich deposits of Himalayan silt,
七月郁郁葱葱的生长季节也培育了另一个大自然的季节性繁荣
July's lush growing season also cultivates another of nature's seasonal flourishes.
昆虫
Insects.
一种特殊的昆虫从冬眠状态中苏醒过来
One particular insect stirs from its hibernation state.
从水栖蠕动动物孵化成有翼的形态
Hatching from water-borne wriggler into its winged form.
温暖潮湿的环境非常适合蚊子
The warm,wet conditions are perfect for mosquitoes.
雌性的嗡嗡声比雄性高，
Females make a higher pitched buzz than males,
是雌性引起了烦恼
and it's the females that cause vexation.
因为只有他们才会寻求血餐
Because only they seek a blood meal.
不仅仅是蚊子
It's not just mosquitoes.
虱子、蚊虫、苍蝇
Ticks,gnats,flies
每年的这个时候都会繁荣起来
all boom at this time of year as well.
你不可能跟得上那些没完没了的讨厌鬼
It's impossible to keep up with the endless swatting of pesky freeloaders.
更大的单角犀牛似乎有着难以穿透的盔甲
The greater one-horned rhino may appear to have impenetrable armour.
然而，它的盘子不过是皮肤的大褶皱
However,its plates are nothing but big folds of skin.
那是苍蝇最喜欢的褶皱
And it's the folds the flies love best.
对于这些裂缝
For these cracks
充满细菌和死皮细胞
full of bacteria and dead skin cells.
好吃
Delicious.
和一堆虫子生活在一起是夏天的常事
Living with a blanket of bugs is a constant summer time irritation
为了犀牛
for the rhino.
但援助就在眼前
But help is at hand.
八哥鸟喜欢在爬行动物身上觅食
Mynah birds love to forage on creepy crawlies.
就连小犀牛也变成了一张能走路的餐桌
Even the baby rhino becomes a walking dinner table.
尽管有昆虫的刺♥激♥，
Despite the irritation of insects,
对八哥鸟而言，
for the mynah bird,
他们提供了一场名副其实的盛宴
they provide a veritable feast.
七月和八月
July and August
是东南亚的季风季节
are monsoon months across South East Asia.
雨水进入柬埔寨，
The rains reach into Cambodia,
导致湄公河泛滥
causing the mighty Mekong River to flood.
因这么多水上涨，
Swollen with so much water,
河水开始倒流，
the river starts to flow backward,
远离大海
away from the sea.
流入的水是如此巨大，它触发了东南亚最大的淡水湖气球
The inflow of water is so immense that it triggers the largest freshwater lake in South East Asia to balloon.
洞里萨湖的面♥积♥是原来的六倍，
Lake Tonle Sap grows an astonishing six times its former size,
成为吞噬柬埔寨五分之一国土的辽阔内海
becoming a vast inland sea that swallows a fifth of Cambodia.
这是地球上所有人面临的最大的季节变化之一
It's one of the biggest seasonal variations faced by any people on the planet.
道路变成河流
Roads become rivers.
建在高跷上的房♥子现在只能乘船到达
Houses built on stilts can now only be reached by boat.
这里盛产着世界上最大的淡水鱼，
The water teems with the largest gathering of freshwater fish in the world,
填满了湖泊和周围被洪水淹没的森林
filling both the lake and the surrounding flooded forests.
随着湖水的增长，
As the lake grows,
数以百万计的鸟迁徙到这里来吃这个季节性的盛宴
millions of birds migrate here to feed on the seasonal feast.
他们会待在这里直到生命之水开始退去
They'll stay here till the life-giving waters start to recede.
但是现在，
But for now,
这是渔民的天堂
it's a fisherman's paradise.
当自然界在移♥动♥时，人类也在移♥动♥
While the natural world is on the move,humans are too.
这是伊♥斯♥兰♥历的最后一个农历月
It's the last lunar month of the Islamic calendar.
数百万朝圣者前往沙特阿♥拉♥伯的圣城麦加，
Millions of pilgrims travel to the Holy City of Mecca in Saudi Arabia,
伊♥斯♥兰♥教的精神中心
the spiritual centre of Islam.
所有穆♥斯♥林♥都努力朝觐
All Muslims strive to make The Hajj
他们一生中至少有一次
at least once in their lives.
绕着喀巴七圈，所有的罪恶都被驱散了
Circling the Kaaba seven times,all sins are dispelled.
每年，
Each year,
200多万朝圣者聚集在一起，加入神圣的人海
more than two million pilgrims gather to join the sacred sea of people.
伊♥斯♥兰♥历法遵循的是月亮的运动，而不是太阳
The Islamic calendar follows the motion of the moon,not the sun.
它是许多不同文化的历法之一，记录了远古以来时间的流逝
It's one of many calendars across cultures recording the passing of time since antiquity.
对于自然界来说，
For the natural world,
日历是不成文的
the calendar is unwritten.
一天的长度
Length of day.
温度下降
Falling temperature.
洋流的变化宣布，“是时候了”
A change in current announces,"It's time."
南露脊鲸
Southern right whales
依靠这些天生的计时器
rely on these natural timekeepers
知道什么时候搬家
to know when to move.
每年，
Each year,
随着冬天来到南极，白天越来越短，
as winter takes its grip on the South Pole and the days become shorter,
鲸鱼从南极洲周围的水域迁徙到澳大利亚的安全港
whales migrate from the waters around Antarctica to the safe harbour of Australia.
在温暖的浅滩上，为了躲避掠食者，
In the warm shallows,protected from predators,
在这平静的冬天，
Here in the calm winter waters,
幼崽靠母亲的浓牛奶壮实
the calf fattens up on mother's rich milk.
再过几个月，白天长了，幼崽也强壮了，
In a few months when the days are longer and the calf is stronger,
他们将一起踏上返回南极觅食地的漫长旅程
they'll embark together on the long return journey to the feeding grounds of Antarctica.
再往南，
Further south,
在塔斯马尼亚岛的一个海湾里，
in a bay of island Tasmania,
翻腾的海面掩盖了下面搅动的东西
the churning surface of the sea cloaks what stirs below.
一群细长的蜘蛛蟹随着它们原始的鼓声前进
A spindly army of spider crabs march to the beat of their primordial drum.
冬季的海水温度引发了它们的提前
Winter sea temperatures have triggered their advance.
在某些地方，
In places,
他们有十具尸体厚，
they are ten bodies thick,
形成甲壳类动物的山脉
forming a mountain of crustaceans.
成千上万的螃蟹迁移到浅滩进行转化
Hundreds of thousands of crabs migrating to the shallows to transform.
这里有点痒
An itch here.
那里有划痕
A scratch there.
这件旧外套即将脱掉的迹象
A sign that the old coat is ready to come off.
第一批蜕皮的动物之一，
One of the first to moult,
这只雄性会分泌酶来提升和分离它的旧壳
this male secretes enzymes to lift and separate his old shell.
他破门而出露出他的新外套，
He cracks through to reveal his new coat,
明亮的橙色和柔软
bright orange and soft.
他的壳在变硬之前无法提供保护
His shell offers no protection until it hardens.
现在，生命中最脆弱的时刻，
Now,at the most vulnerable moment in his life,
他寻求保护的群体转而对着他
the very crowd he sought for protection turn against him.
四周，新蜕皮的螃蟹被猎杀并撕开
All around,newly moulted crabs are hunted and ripped apart.
这只残缺的螃蟹一瘸一拐地拼命寻找掩护
This mutilated crab limps desperately searching for cover.
但他很容易成为目标
But he's an easy target.
即使失去了四肢，
Even with four missing limbs,
他反击
he fights back.
也许这些天使会给他庇护
Perhaps these angels will give him sanctuary.