宏观世界（2017）

最严酷的冰冻退却了
the worst of the freeze retreats
离春天还很遥远
spring is still a long way off
但只需要一点点温暖
but it only takes the faintest hint of warm
才能让雪花莲
for snowdrops
和番红花开花
and crocuses to bloom
温度微小上升
the tiny hiking
已足以让生命开始在地下
temperature is enough for life to start stirring
活动
underground
蠼螋的蛋中出现了棕色的圆点
brown dots appear in the earwigs eggs
一个壳裂开了
a shell bursts open
一只小蠼螋挣扎着要出来
and a baby earwood struggles to emerge
棕色的点是眼睛
the brown dots are the eyes
像蜻蜓
like the dragonfly
幼虫被称为若虫
the larva is called a nymph
起了个诗意的名字
a poetic name for a larva that
已经很像它威严的父母了
already resembles its imposing parents
它仍然是透明的
it's still quite transparent
但它的每一层皮
but with every casting of its skin
会越来越像它的妈妈
it will look more and more like its mother
它们的壳很快变黑了
their shells quickly grow darker
晚孵化的需要立即行动起来
late hatchers need to get a move hot
因为这是一场看似无害的球赛
because what looks like a harmless ball game
实际上
actually
有杀人的意图
has murderous intent
饥肠辘辘的蠼螋幼虫
hungry earwig nymphs
想要敲开蛋壳吃掉它们的兄弟姐妹
are trying to crack the shells and eat their sibling
那些成功的
those who succeed
会得到一顿饭 摄入卡路里
get a meal and calories
这是一场生死攸关的大事
that could make the difference between life and death
地面上的阳光使树叶和花朵展开
above ground sunshine unfurls the leaves and blossoms
为第一批外出的蜜蜂提供食物
a supply of food for the first bees venturing out
它们必须补充已耗尽的食物储备
they must replenish the deplete had stocks of food
回到蜂巢
back in the hive
它们回到家 看到的是可怕的一幕
they return home to a gruesome scene
数百只死蜜蜂散落在四处
hundreds of dead bees littered outside the higher
一堆尸体
the pile of corpses
这是春季大扫除必不可少的
is part of an essential spring cleaning
一部分
to get ready
为蜂房♥生命周期的下一阶段做好准备
for the next stage of the hives life cycle
这些工蜂
these are winter bees
这让蜂群在寒冷中存活了下来
that kept the colony alive through the cold
但大部分在整个冬天都死了
but have died throughout the winter
春季大扫除
a spring cleaning
蜜蜂们
the bees
为了蜂巢的健康清理尸体
clear out the corpses for the health of the hive
蜂群内部为夏天做准备
inside the colony prepares for summer
在蜂巢安全地熬过了冬天
having survived the winter in the safety of the hive
女王已经在做它的繁殖工作了
the queen is already doing her job of repopulating it
它产下一个又一个的蛋
she lays one egg after another
每天多达2000个
as many as 2000 a day
到今年年底
by the end of the year
它将产下20万个蛋
she will have laid up to 200,000 eggs
每个卵子都有自己的细胞
every egg has its own private cell
工蜂们在那里照看它
there the workers look after it
直到幼虫进入蛹期
until the larva reaches the pupa stage
在另一个蜂房♥里 这个重要时刻已经到来
in another cell that big moment has arrived
夏季的
attended by workers
蜜蜂正在出巢
a summer b is emerging
它必须咀嚼掉自己的蜡质蜂房♥
it must chew its way out of its waxy cell
和所有新员工一样
like all new workers
它将度过最初的几天
it will spend its first few days
帮助女王梳妆打扮
helping to groom the queen
然后飞出去寻找食物
before flying out to forage for food
室外
outside
随着气温上升 草木丛生
greenery bursts forth as the temperature rises
利用温暖的天气
taking advantage of the warmer weather
蠼螋妈妈在地面上觅食
the earwig mother has foraged above ground
带回了新鲜的叶子早餐
and brought home a breakfast of fresh
给它的孩子们
leaves for her brood
蠼螋不仅仅是捕食者
earwigs aren't just predators
它们还是杂食动物
they're omnivores
成长中的蠼螋幼虫总是很饿
and the growing nymphs are always hungry
它们的壳仍然是半透明的
their shells are still translucent
所以当它们吃素食的时候
so as they eat their vegetarian meal
会把它们变成鲜艳的绿色
turns them of vivid green
地面上的天气出乎意料
above ground the weather springs a surprise
这不是落花
it's not falling blossoms
是雪的回归
but the return of snow
不愿放弃的冬天又卷土重来
unwilling to give up yet winter mounts a comeback
突然的寒冷可能会带来灾难
the Sutton shell could spell disaster
不仅仅是花树
not just for blossom trees
昆虫也是如此
but also for insects
在蠼螋的繁殖室里
in the breeding chamber of the earwigs
冬天的回归带来了牺牲
the return of winter brings a sacrifice
蠼螋的母亲
the earwig mother
为了照顾它的孩子 已经筋疲力竭
exhausted herself caring for her young
而死了
and dies
它忘恩负义的后代
to her ungrateful offspring
把它当成另一个食物来源
she's just another food source
饥饿的幼虫
the earwig nymphs
用嘴敲开它的壳
crack open her shell with their mouths
大吃一顿
and tuck in
这是它送给孩子们的最后一份恐怖礼物
her final macabre gift to her brood
给它们卡路里
is to give them the calories
帮它们存活到成熟
they need to survive till they reach maturity
但冬天只会短暂地重现
but winter only has a brief reappearance
随着白天变长
as the days get longer
空气中弥漫着爱的气息
love is in the air
天鹅
birds
在选择它们的伴侣
choose their partners
第一批小鸭孵化了
and the first chicks hatch
花季为许多物种带来食物
the blooming season brings food from many species
万寿菊
marshmerical
开花了
catkins
和水生植物
and aquatic plants
芦苇中 蟾蜍开始交♥配♥
amid the reeds common toads begin meeting
几只体型较小的雄性争夺一只雌性
several smaller males competing for one female
只有一只雄性获胜
only one male wins
当交♥配♥的蟾蜍游泳时
as the meeting toad swim
它们身后拖着一串一米长的卵
their meter long string of eggs trails behind them
当蝌蚪孵化的时候
when the tadpole's hatch
有些可能会为其它生物
some will provide precious calories for
提供宝贵的卡路里
reawakening hungry water insects
随着水温的升高
as the water warms up
饥饿唤醒沉睡的水蟑螂
the metabolism of the great diving beetle increases
它又出发去捕猎 以弥补冬天的消耗
it sets off to hunt again to make up for its winter
很快
fast
消失不见
almost invisible
一只蜻蜓若虫跟踪它的猎物
a dragonfly nymph stalks its prey
蟾蜍的蝌蚪
a toad tadpole
若虫的口器
the nymph's mouth parts
被巧妙地改造了
are cleverly adapted to shoot forward
从远处捕捉猎物
and catch prey at a distance
巨大的水蟑螂在冬天之后
the great diving beetle quickly reproduces
迅速繁殖
after the winter
它会游动的幼虫发育很快
its swimming larva develops fast
而且已经是熟练的水上猎手了
and is already a skilled aquatic hunter
强壮到足以杀死一只蟾蜍蝌蚪
strong enough to kill a toad tad bull
几乎和它自己一样大
almost as big as itself
它贪婪的胃口使它得以化蛹
its voracious appetite will allow it to pupate