向深海出发（2008）

Across the globe each year,
的贸易都很繁荣
millions of sharks continue to be wiped out.
上百万的鲨鱼继续被捕杀
It's scary when you think that so few individuals can
休想想就害怕 就那么几个人
come into a community like this, and take out so many animals.
就能杀掉如此多的动物
Yeah, yeah. It's scary. I mean, over 1 ,000 animals a year...
—是的 是很害怕每年上1000动物
Yeah.
是的
...come out of this little cove. I mean, this is not big.
走出这个小海湾
LUCY: Off four boats. I mean, that is just...
四条船 我是说．
It's shocking.
那很让人震惊
And then when you think of what's going on
当休想起在印度洋海岸
around the other shores of the Indian Ocean.
出现的那些情况
And to add insult to injury, shark fin has no flavour.
更上雪上加霜 鲨鱼鳍也就没味了
They have to flavour the soup with chicken broth, for God sakes.
看在上帝的份儿上 他们会用鸡汤代替鱼刺
I mean, it's just... It's ridiculous.
那真是荒唐
It is absolutely ridiculous.
确实荒唐
NARRATOR: They've discovered that along this coast,
沿着这条海岸线 他们发现
shark fishing is an organised industry driven by fat profits.
捕杀鲨鱼是一个在丰厚利益驱使下的有组织的工业
It's just one part of a global trade that's decimating species
那只是世界上的一小部分
and disrupting the balance of life throughout the Indian Ocean.
印度洋上的物种的消失和生态的失衡
But over- fishing is not the only threat.
但是过渡捕鱼并不是唯一的威胁
A changing climate will impact the ocean,
气候的改变合影响到海洋
altering its weather patterns.
改变其气候形式
These are dominated by heat transfer to and from the sea,
那都是有热转换控制的
but this is a complex process we know little about.
但是这是个很复杂的过程 我们只知道一点点
To try and find out more, the expedition will take part
要知道更多 就得去探索
in a huge project run by scientists around the world,
世界上很多的科学家都在研究
including the British Met Office.
包括英国的政♥府♥天气预报机构
They head north to the equator,
从赤道到北板
where the heating effects of the sun have a powerful impact
太阳的热量对海洋的气候
on the ocean and on the weather.
有很大的影响
There's no clearer example of the link between the oceans and the climate
没有比热带风暴更能证明
than a tropical storm.
海洋与气候的关系了
The energy in the Indian Ocean, here it is coming right at us.
印度洋的能量正朝我们过来
Maybe a bit more than we'd ideally want right now.
可能会比我们现在想像的要强
I don't know. But it's definitely coming.
我不知道—但是那确实来了
This is a proper good pile of rain,
这次雨量很适4
and the sea's picking up a little bit.
海洋也吸收了一些
Heavens have opened, it's bucketing down.
然后就是倾盆大雨
The captain advised us that this thing rolls quite a bit,
艇长建议我们去接水
and it's not unusual to have two feet of water
有两尺深的水不是那么容易
swilling around on this deck, so...
甲板渗水了 于是．
NARRATOR: Storms are powered by the constant exchange
风暴是靠改变大气和海洋之间的
of heat and moisture between the ocean and the atmosphere,
热量和水分米聚集能量的
so understanding these processes is vital.
懂得这些过程是很重要的
I've got goosebumps!
我都起鸡皮疙瘩了
Just look at the sea, look at what the rain does to the sea.
看海面 看雨落在海面上
It gets knocked down, it's fantastic.
很美
NARRATOR: The global project to gather data on the forces driving our weather
全球正在收集关于气候的资料
is based around one vital piece of equipment.
通过一些很重要的仪器
Gotta make sure that it's in there. I can see it's been opened by customs.
去确认下是不是在里面我看见那是开看的
You never know with these things.
你永远不会知道这些事情
It's supposed to be yellow and expensive- looking.
是黄色的 很贵气
NARRATOR: This is the Argo float.
这是阿果船
PAUL: Great.
很好
A robotic buoy designed to gather readings
设计了机械的浮标
on temperature and salinity from the depths of the ocean.
可以通过海的深度来记录其温度和盐度
PAUL: How this thing works is it descends to 1 ,000 metres
这东西在一十米下怎么工作?
and then comes back up again.
然后浮上来
Uploads all of its data, and then sinks again.
记录下所有的资料 在下沉
NARRATOR: This will be one of a vast network of floats
这是最大的漂浮网
transmitting their data to satellites
把资料传给卫星
to build up a dynamic picture of the ocean.
去建造一个动态的海洋图片
The plan is to launch it into an area that's poorly covered by Argo floats
计划是发射到一个比较贫乏的能够被覆盖的海域
to help plug a gap in the survey network.
在调查网中加一个
You should hear at some point...
休会听见些东西
Here we go, one. It's working.
我们走 起作用了
NARRATOR: Now it's turned on,
现在打开
it's programmed to be deployed in just six hours.
这才部是6个小时
There we go. I can hear it! It runs...
我们走 我能听见
...for say, five, ten seconds, and then stops.
5 10秒 然后停下了
You can't put enthusiasm into projects like this
你不能对这样的工程太热心
unless you have some empathy and some interest in it.
除非你对这个有兴趣
And I do, I really do. I mean, this is a...
我真的有兴趣 这是个
Yeah, there it goes again.
又有反应了
NARRATOR: En route to the launch site,
反馈到发射站
the 6,000 pounds worth of equipment must be kept upright
这6000磅的仪器必须直立
while it makes contact with the satellite network.
来与卫星网络相联♥系♥
LUCY: What sort of information is being collected in this?
什么样的信息被联♥系♥到了?
It's temperature, salinity and depth. Right.
温度 盐度和深度—对
And then, of course, when it comes up, it's also position as well.
当然有了这些 就有了位置
LUCY: Yeah.
是的
NARRATOR: The data will help scientists worldwide
这些资料对全世界的科学家都有帮助
to improve climate change prediction and tropical storm forecasting.
去提高气候预测和热带风暴预测的准确性
TOONI: So how much longer do we have before it needs to be in the water?
那么我们要多久时间呢?
Well, it's six hours from when we turn it on, so it's now 1 :1 0.
从开机起6个小时 现在是1：10
So, it's 4:50.
那么就是4：50
NARRATOR: But the journey is taking longer than expected.
但是旅途比预期的长啊
It would suit us better, I think, if we could be
如果可能的话 那会对我们有好处
on the eastern side of the target area, where it's deeper.
在目标海洋的东边 哪里更深
Just a bit twitchy about...
只是有点紧张．
Everything seems to happen just once, you know?
一切好像都是一下发生的你知道吗?
NARRATOR: The plan is for Paul to be in the water when the float is launched,
计划是在漂浮物启动的时候 保罗在水中
to make sure it deploys correctly.
确保它正常工作
All systems go, and we've got 45 minutes to go.
一切准备好了 我们有45分钟时间
It took a little bit longer to get here than we thought.
比我们想像的时间长了些
As you can see, I'm not dressed for the dive yet.
你可以看到 我还没放好渗水衣
Probably just can't afford to be loafing at the moment.
现在不能虑度光阴
NARRATOR: Far from land, with no reference points
远离陆地 没有好的参照物
to gauge position and depth,
来测量位置和深度
dive safety supervisor Richard Bull is concerned about Paul's dive
渗水安全员理查德·布尔很担心保罗的安全
into the big blue.
在湛蓝的大海中
RICHARD: What I'm worried about is just sinking down without noticing it.
我是担心他无声无息的沉下去了
Yeah. Because you get to a point
是的—因为你知道
where you're so deep, you can't see the surface,
你在那么深的地方你不能看到来面
you can't see the bottom, you can't see that way
你也不能看到底部 你看不到
and you can't see that way.
你不能那样看
You can't tell which is up and which is down.
你不知道哪里是上 哪里是下
Yeah.
是的
It'd be easy to do on this dive, you're right,
这样的渗水还是很容易的 你没错
because I'm just watching that yellow float.
我知道看到了黄色的漂浮物
RICHARD: Okay, we're getting late. We're gonna miss it, mate.
好了 我们要迟到了 我们要走丢了 朋友们
NARRATOR: The float is timed to begin its first descent in just a few minutes.
漂浮物几分钟之后就会开始它的第一次降落
Lucy is in charge of the crane.
露西负责起重机
PAUL: You know yourself when you're handling a crane.
你在处理起重机的时候你知道你自己
''You know yourself when you're handling a crane.''
”你在处理起重器的时候就知道你自己”
I have to point out this is the first time
我得说明这是第一次
I've done any crane handling.
操作起重器
This over here.
在这边
I'm really, really concerned about it hitting the side of the boat, though.
我真的很担心会撞到旁边的船
LUCY: There you go.
你去那里
NARRATOR: A tiny bump against the metal hull could dent the casing,
一个小小的碰撞就会是外壳下陷
creating a weak spot that might rupture deep below the surface,
产生一个很微弱的能够使水下部分断裂的焦点
where the water pressure will reach 200 times atmospheric pressure.
那里的水压是上面的200倍
LUCY: Five minutes, five minutes.
五分钟 五分钟
NARRATOR: The rolling of the boat is also a problem for Paul.
船的摇摆对保罗也是个问题
I'm just swimming out of the way here, because our dive boat is right there.
我游出来 因为我们的渗水衣在那儿
I don't wanna bank myself into it,
我自己不想进去
and he's gonna have to start positioning soon.
他很快就开始定位
And that propeller's gonna start going round,
螺旋桨已经开始转了
so I wanna get out of the way.
我想不那样做