向深海出发（2008）

I have to make a note of a number of things
我要要记下这些数字什么的
so that the Met Office have an understanding of the sort of
那么英国政♥府♥天气预报机构才会明白
basic sea state when the Argo's launched.
阿果发动时的基本的海面状况
Knocks and bangs against the side of the vessel,
船舷上有撞击的声音
apart from the initial swing that I induced, I think it was fine.
我认为那很好
God, I'm shaking a bit, actually, because I don't want to mess it up.
上帝 我有点发抖 因为不想去参合
You've only got one go, haven't you? You can't take two on this one.
你只能拿一个 对吗?这个你不能拿两个
NARRATOR: But the descent time comes...
但是下降的时间到了
LUCY: No, it's still there. Look.
没有 这里还是静的
...and goes.
而且…
That is...
那是．
LUCY: Oh, no!
不
I mean, if it doesn't go down in the next minute or so,
如果再过一分钟还不下降
then there could potentially be a problem.
那么这里可能有潜在的问题
It's not ready just yet.
现在还没准备好
MAN ON RADIO: Another couple of minutes?
还有几分钟?
It hasn't sunk yet.
还没有下沉
NARRATOR: Finally, the launch begins.
最后 开始启动了
Wow, there it goes!
动了
I'm waving goodbye to it on its four- year mission.
我们挥手跟它再见为它4年的任务
NARRATOR: If it works, it'll help scientists gain a better understanding
如果它能工作 就能让科学家提供更好的理解
of the Indian Ocean monsoons.
印度洋的季风
It goes down 1 ,000 metres, and then 2,000 metres.
下去1000米了 2000米
It comes to the surface repeatedly, up to 1 50 times for four years solid.
它会重复到表面上 4年有150次吧
I can just see it, look.
我能看见
You can just pick her out.
你能把她拄上来了
NARRATOR: In 1 0 days, it should surface
10天后 它就会上表面
and transmit back to base for the first time.
然后第一次给基地传送资料
Only then will the team know if the launch has succeeded.
那时候才知道是不是成功启动了
It's gone!
走了
We're now underway for the southern coast of Zanzibar,
现在我们去赞比亚的南海岸
the southwestern tip of Zanzibar.
在赞比亚最南端
It's a brilliant feeling when even just...
感觉很好 即使是
You just mention the name Zanzibar to me, and I want to go there.
你一提到赞比亚 我就想去那里
NARRATOR: The team takes the opportunity to go ashore.
团队有机会下船
It's such a popular game and it's such a great game,
是那么流行的游戏 也是很好的游戏
and I think we have a winner.
我想我们赢3
PAUL: Okay, got it.
好的 知道了
Okay, thank you very much. Thank you very much, thank you.
好 谢谢你—非常感谢你
Welcome again. Good, good, very happy with that.
欢迎开来—好 玩儿开心
NARRATOR: With coastal development and over- fishing,
伴随这海岸线的开♥发♥和过渡捕鱼
human pressure on this sea is increasing.
人类在这片海洋上的压力在增加
So for the next mission, the team wants to see
于是下一步 我们想去看
how that's impacting on one of the ocean's most precious ecosystems.
那是怎么影响海洋最微妙的海洋生态的
Environmentalist Philippe heads out with Lucy to check on the health
环境学家菲利普跟露西一起出海去检查
of the Indian Ocean's world- famous coral reefs.
印度洋中世界著名的珊瑚礁的健康状况
Worldwide, coral reefs are vital to the lives of a billion people
世界上的珊瑚礁对人们的生活很重要
who rely on them for food and income.
人们从那里得到食物和收入
And they're home to a vast variety of marine life.
他们也是众多海洋生物的家
But the reefs may have reached a tipping point.
然后珊瑚礁可能也处于不好的状态
PHILIPPE: I have to be honest with you, I'm a little disappointed.
跟你说实话 我有些失望
I'm not seeing the abundance of fish life that I'd expect here.
我没有见到我期望见到的大量的鱼群
It just seems a little light to me, and that's kind of disappointing.
晕依此的鞘呛苔改?有些失望
NARRATOR: For three generations,
三代人
Philippe's family has been documenting this ocean's threatened habitats.
菲利普的家族都专注于研究海洋
PHILIPPE: Having grown up with images of my grandfather's films
在我祖父的影响下长大
and my father's films, back in 1 948,
还有追溯到1948年 我父亲的影片
and you look at that, even though it's in black and white,
你看看那些影片 即使是黑白的
it's like an amazing forest, just... Richness is unparalleled.
就像在迷人的森林里面那是无与伦比的
And you go back to those same places today
今天你再去那些地方
and it's just a desert.
就只有沙漠
Coral reefs are disappearing at such a scary rate.
珊瑚礁消失的如此之快
NARRATOR: Across the globe, 25% of coral reefs
全球有25％的珊瑚礁
are under threat.
都受到威胁
Philippe spots what's attacking this reef,
菲利普关注这什么在皮击这些珊瑚礁
one of its most voracious predators.
最大的掠夺者之—
PHILIPPE: Wow, look at that.
看那个
That's a crown of thorns, right?
那是皇冠荆棘 对吗?
LUCY: It's enveloping that piece of coral.
那会包住珊瑚
NARRATOR: The crown of thorns starfish eats the coral alive.
海星更是活吃珊瑚
PHILIPPE: They can eat up to 1 6 or 1 7, maybe even 1 8 or more
它们一年能吃16到17也可能是18或者更多
square feet of coral reef a year.
平方英尺的珊瑚
You can see right there that they take their stomach, literally,
你现在就可以看到它们在吃
and turn it inside out when they get onto coral,
在珊瑚上时就把它们包起来
and then start to eject all these stomach enzymes all over it.
然后开始吃 直到吃完
It oozes out over the coral and liquefy it,
然后渗出珊瑚并溶解
and then they just suck it up. It's kind of nasty.
然后他们就吸入 那是很肮脏的
NARRATOR: Recently, a hundred- fold increase
最近 又增加了一百
in the numbers of crown of thorns has devastated local reefs.
海星去破坏当地的珊瑚
It may have been caused by people over- fishing its predators.
那可能是因为人们过渡捕鱼 而猎杀了它们的敌人
PHILIPPE: They are very, very prolific. These guys are just wiping coral out.
它们繁殖能力很强 它们会吧珊瑚吃光
NARRATOR: But killing crown of thorns is tough.
但是捕杀它们却很难
Cut them in two, and both halves can survive.
即使把它们切成两半它们还是能活过来
The only ways to get rid of them,
唯一的办法就是
inject them with poison or bag them up and take them away.
注射药物或者打包带走
PHILIPPE: We want to actually remove these from the reef,
我们也想移走这些礁
because these guys are just wiping coral out.
因为它们在毁灭珊瑚
LUCY: Oh, look at it reacting.
看有反应了
We're still finding more and more of them all over the seabed,
我们还能在世界的其它地方发现很多
and you can actually just see the way they're sort of moving over
而且你看到的只是
the surface of the coral.
在珊瑚表面的一部分
NARRATOR: Together with other factors, like warming seas,
还有一些其它的因素 比如暖海
this has contributed to the destruction of over 22% of the reefs
那导致22％的礁被毁坏
in the Southwest Indian Ocean alone.
仅仅在印度洋西南边
But there is still hope.
到那时这里还是有希望
Tooni and Philippe head off to discover
托妮和菲利普出海去调查
how damaged coral reefs could be revived
怎么修复被破坏的珊瑚
using a new scientific technique.
用一种新的科技
Leading the work here is Tanzanian scientist Massagewa Umbege.
领头的是坦桑尼亚科学家马萨格瓦·安贝格．
Hello, I'm Tooni. Tooni.
嚼 我是托妮．—托妮．
Nice to meet you. I'm Umbege.
很高兴见到你—我是安贝格
Umbege, Philippe. Philippe, nice to meet you.
安贝格 菲利普．—菲利普很高兴见到你
Thank you for coming. Hello, everybody, how are you?
谢谢你能来—嘿 大家好吗?
TOONI: Umbege's working on a project around Tumbai, which is just,
安贝格在坦巴附近研究一个项目
to me, is a great example of really innovative science,
那对我来说 这个具有创新科学的一个例子
and it's the first time that this methodology has been used
而且这种方法在印度洋
in the Indian Ocean.
是第一次使用
NARRATOR: They gear up to visit Umbege's laboratory,
他们加速去参观安贝格的实验室
not on land but about 1 0 metres beneath the water's surface.
不是在陆上 而是在水下10米左右
PAUL: Go, Umbege!
走 安贝格
Go, Philippe!
走 菲利普
NARRATOR: It's a facility which could hold an answer
那是一个能够找到
to saving the coral reefs,
拯救珊瑚的方法的设备
a man- made coral garden.
一个人造的珊瑚公国
TOONI: What we're looking at here is almost the Indian Ocean equivalent
我们这里所看到的也几乎是
of a garden centre.
印度洋的中心
In this whole nursery,
整个地区
there are about 9,200 individual little pieces of coral.
有大约9200个单独的珊瑚
These little bits of coral, or nubbins,
这些小决的珊瑚
are taken from a mother colony from a different location
都是从别的地方带来的
and moved into this area, where they're basically grown.
来到这片它们生长的海域
It's a little bit like pruning.
有点像剪技
NARRATOR: The plan is to help save endangered reefs
这个计划是通过移植新的活的珊瑚
by transplanting living coral into them.
来帮助要灭绝的珊瑚
But direct transplantation has had little success,
但是直接的转移很难成功
so Umbege and his team are growing young coral
于是安贝格和他的团队就要种植小的珊瑚
in this protected environment till it's strong enough
在这个受保护的环境中立到他们变强壮
to survive being transplanted.
能够在转移后存活
The first thing Umbege does is collect young coral from a healthy reef.
安贝格首先做的就是从健康的礁上收集年轻的珊瑚
PHILIPPE: And then he cuts coral nubbins off,
然后把珊瑚片政下来