鸟瞰中国（2015）

for families like the Wangs, this cutting-edge
交通帮助了他们。
transportation is a life saver.
每年，他们都要旅行近千英里
every year, they travel nearly a thousand miles
在农历新年，
on the Chinese new year,
每次花一天半的旅行
a trip that once took a day and a half.
今天，子弹头列车拉着他们前进
Today, the bullet train zips them along
高科技电气化轨道
a high-tech electrified track.
火车连接了200个中国城市，
the trains connect 200 Chinese cities,
可搭载约250万名乘客
and carry around 2.5 million riders.
工程师们设计火车，采用轻质的
engineers designed the trains out of lightweight
复合材料，因此它们可以达到最高速度
composite material so they can reach top speeds.
作为一名工程师，我一直关注中国的高速铁路
As an engineer, I have been with China's high speed
从2004年到今天的铁路发展
rail development from 2004 until today.
这是一段激动人心的过程
it has been an exciting journey.
它为公路和航♥空♥的旅行之外，提供了另一种选择
it provides an alternative to road and air travel.
通过这一发展，我们的工作改变了
through this development, our work has transformed
我们中国人的通勤方式
how we Chinese commute.
这列火车将王家的年度行程时间，从36小时缩短到15小时
the train has cut the Wangs' annual trip from 36 hours to 15.
这段旅程可能很长，
This journey may have been long,
但在我心里感觉很短
But it feels short in my heart.
看到外面的雪，让我想起了那个时代
seeing the snow outside reminds me of the times
我和父母一起庆祝新年
I spent with my parents celebrating new year.
这是一种非常快乐的感觉
it is a very happy feeling.
我和他妈妈，
Me and his mother,
就连他的姨妈也很想念他们
and even his aunt really miss them.
他们已经分离得太久了
They have been gone for too long.
现在他们回来过新年，
now that they are back for the new year,
我们很高兴再次聚在一起
We are very happy to be together as one family again.
这一天以烟花结束
the day ends with fireworks.
一种古老的传统，被认为可以吓跑恶魔
an ancient tradition believed to scare away evil spirits.
这个节日的一周，他们将在中国各地过节
they'll go off across China this festive week
当数以百万计的其他家庭回家时
as millions of other families arrive home.
中国人喜欢古老的传统，
the Chinese relish old traditions,
但他们也开始了新的尝试
But they're also starting new ones.
在中国中部，距离海岸数百英里
here in central China, hundreds of miles from the coast
是一个巨大的综合体，可以带你去内陆海滩
is a massive complex that brings a trip to the beach inland.
这里被称为中国的死海，人造的
This is known as China's dead sea, a manmade
可容纳1♥0♥0♥0♥0♥人的盐水度假村
saltwater resort with a capacity of 10,000.
像这样的休闲区，正在中国各地涌现
recreational areas like this are popping up across China
多亏了日益壮大的中产阶级
thanks to a growing middle class.
我们是朋友，经常一起旅行
We're friends, and we often travel together.
其他朋友向我们推荐了这个地方
Other friends recommended this place to us.
我们在互联网上做了更多的研究，发现
We did more research on the internet and found out
这里的水对我们的身体和皮肤都有好处
the water here is good for our body and skin.
我们这个年龄的女性，非常关心我们的皮肤
women our age are very concerned about our skin.
公园设计师满足富裕人群
park designers tapped into the rich
该地区的盐资源造就了度假胜地
salt resources in the region to create the resort.
由于含盐量高，游泳者可以自♥由♥漂浮，
because of the high saline content, swimmers freely float,
就像他们在死海上一样
just as they do on the dead sea.
对这些对中产家庭来说，都是一大吸引力
all that is a big draw for the middle class
自2000年以来，已经翻了两番，
which has quadrupled here since 2000,
中国变成了一个消费大国
and turned China into a consumer giant.
有了更多的钱和更多的闲暇时间，
with more money and more leisure time,
人们有娱乐的途径，
people have the means for recreation,
就像这个巨大的波浪池，它的绰号♥是饺子汤
like this giant wave pool, its nickname is dumpling soup.
太令人兴奋了
That was too exciting.
我们已经几十年没有做过这样的事情了
We haven't done anything like this in decades.
这就像回到我20多岁的时候
It's like going back to the time when I was in my 20's.
这个地方是个游乐场
This place is a playground.
它真的让我们重温我们的童年
It really allows us to relive our childhood.
日益壮大的中产家庭正在寻找
the growing middle class is looking
事做，寻找事看。
for things to do and things to watch.
中国的电影市场现在是世界第二大
China's movie market is now the second-largest in the world.
本土电影制♥作♥，正在蓬勃发展
and homegrown filmmaking is booming.
该行业推动了建筑业的发展
the industry has fueled the construction
在这整个地区，中国版的好莱坞
of this entire area, China's version of Hollywood.
这里是亨格丹世界片场，
officially, this is Hengidan world studios,
但它更出名的名字是华坞 （--中国好莱坞）
But It's better known as Chinawood.
它的设置，占地2500英亩，功能齐全
its sets span 2,500 acres and feature everything
从古代寺庙到现代城市街道
from ancient temples to modern city streets.
很难相信在90年代，这里是农田
It's hard to believe that in the 90's, this was farmland.
今天，它是世界上最大的电影制片厂，
Today, It's the biggest film studio in the world,
规模相当于，派拉蒙和环球的规模加在一起
the size of paramount and universal combined.
整件事都是一个农民的想象
and the entire thing was the vision of a farmer
他慢慢地开始把土地变成电影场景
who slowly began converting the land into movie sets.
渐渐地，摄制组开始进来，当地经济也开始好转
gradually, crews started coming and the local economy
开始繁荣
began to boom.
许多人带着梦想来到华坞
many arrive in Chinawood with a dream.
这位导演离开了武僧生活
This director left his life as a kung-fu monk
追求他的酷爱，电影制♥作♥
to pursue his true passion, filmmaking.
我最初是从武术学校开始的
I first started in martial arts school
在少林寺征募之前
before enlisting at Shaolin temple.
我太年轻了
I was too young.
我去是因为我的家人叫我去
I went because my family told me to go.
很艰难，我想回家，
it was tough and I wanted to go home,
但是经过几年的训练和不断
But after training for a few years and going
竞争，我产生了一种持续到今天的爱好
for competitions, I developed a passion that endures until today.
华坞设施就是背景
Chinawood sets have served as backdrops
供给一千多部电影和电视剧拍摄
for more than a thousand movies and TV shows.
2002年的史诗武侠电影《英雄》在这里拍摄，
the 2002 epic martial arts movie "hero" was filmed here,
还有《卧虎藏龙》
along with "crouching tiger, hidden dragon."
这些电影需要复杂的道具和计划
the films require complex props and planning.
我们将首先拍摄演员的特写镜头，
We will first film the actor's close-ups,
但是打斗顺序，将由我们的特技演员完成
But the fight sequences will be done by our stuntmen.
我们的特技演员会戴上这个安全带，
our stuntmen will wear this harness,
他们会被抛到空中
and they'll be hauled up into the air.
这需要专业培训，
This requires professional training,
比如如何保持你的姿势
like how to maintain your posture among others.
主要的挑战在于协调
the challenge is coordination.
如果协调中断，
if the coordination is off,
我们的特技演员可能会摔倒受伤
our stuntman may fall and injure himself.
惊奇的是，这里的布景对摄制组来说是免费的
amazingly, the sets here are free to crews.
华坞 从酒店、餐厅赚钱
Chinawood makes money from hotels, restaurants
还有制♥作♥场地和1100万游客
and production venues along with 11 million tourists
他们每年都来观看艺术家们的工作
who come annually to watch the artists at work.
我想创造一些东西
I would like to create something
更为精致，当观众观看时
even more exquisite so that when audiences watch it
他们会觉得它很美
They will feel that it is very beautiful.
我想为他们创造那种感觉
I want to create that feeling for them.
好莱坞仍然主导着电影市场，
Hollywood still dominates the movie market,
但华坞正在崛起
But Chinawood is gaining ground.
电影质量不断提高，
the quality of films keeps improving,
人们已经注意到
and people have noticed.
每天有13部新电影在影院首映
13 new films premiere in theaters every day.
中国的城市及其经济正在蓬勃发展
China's cities along with its economy are booming.
人口目前为14亿
the population now stands at 1.4 billion.
是美国的四倍
four times that of the us. in an area
国土差不多
That's about the same size.
但所有这些人都在努力建设
But all those people are straining
国家的基础设施，
the nation's infrastructure,
尤其是电网
especially its electrical grids.
在中国东南部，国家已经启动了
in southeast China, the nation has launched
一个雄心勃勃的工程项目，
an ambitious engineering project,
安装所谓的超高压电缆网或超高压
installing what's called an ultra high voltage cable network or uhv.
我在这个领域工作了九年
I have been working in this field for nine years.
由于我们必须攀登足够高，这可能是危险的
it can be dangerous due to the heights we have to scale.
下雨天，电缆可能会变得很滑
during rainy days, the cables can get very slippery.
强风也会把我们吹走
strong winds can also blow us off.
高技术电力网可以有效地
the high-tech network can efficiently
在数千英里的范围内传输电力
transmit electricity over thousands of miles.
有了这种高线动作，精准是关键