纪录片《冰冻星球》 第33期 极地之夏（7）

 

Another Frozen Planet team headed south.

另一《冰冻星球》摄制组向南部进发

The plan is to use the same camera system

计划利用相同的摄影器材

to film the hunting strategy

拍摄南极最为壮观的海洋杀手

of the most spectacular marine¹ predators² in Antarctica.

之猎食战术

Killer³ whales.

这便是逆戟鲸

The team enlisted⁴ the help of scientists Bob Pitman

摄制组获得了鲍勃·皮特曼及约翰·德班

and John Durban.

两位科学家的支持

They had put satellite tags on the whales,

他们在鲸鱼体内植入了卫星定位芯片

and so could locate them for the camera team.

因此可以为摄制组锁定其位置

Doug Allan operates the camera rig from the wheelhouse,

道格·艾兰在轮机室操控摄影器材

while Doug Anderson films from the deck.'

道格·安德森负责甲板摄制

Yeah, there. See it?

对 就在那儿 看到了吗

It just surfaced right with them.

刚浮出来 直奔海豹

OK, there's a killer whale at 11:00,

十一点 一头逆戟鲸

about 200 metres heading towards those two seals on the floe⁵.

游向约200米外浮冰上的两头海豹

Good. This could be really good.

很好 这组镜头可能非常棒

At last, having tracked the group for several days,

最终 历经数日的追踪

the whales look as if they are about to hunt.

鲸群貌似要展开猎杀了

Yeah, they're going to go in for it.

是的 它们就要进攻了

There it goes.

开始了

Four whales there. Um, two adult females,

共四头鲸 两头成年雌性

a juvenile⁶ and a big adult male.

一头幼鲸 一头体格巨大的雄性

Swimming in formation, the killers⁷ create a wave

正展开队形 鲸群要掀起水浪

to wash the seal off the floe.

把海豹冲下浮冰

It's all pretty intense.

水浪非常凶猛

Oh. There's another wave.

又掀起一波

Yes. - Wave! Wow!

是啊 -哇 好大的浪

Yeah, he's in the water.

海豹被冲下水了

Having successfully filmed several hunts

船上的摄影机成功拍摄下

with the boat-based cameras from above,

几组猎杀镜头之后

the team are keen to see what's happening underwater.

摄制组期望拍到水下的画面

Only one way to find out.

只有一条途径

Time to launch the dinghy.

该放小艇下去了

1 marine   

adj.海的；海生的；航海的；海事的；n.水兵

参考例句：

• Marine creatures are those which live in the sea. 海洋生物是生存在海里的生物。
• When the war broke out,he volunteered for the Marine Corps.战争爆发时，他自愿参加了海军陆战队。

2 predators   

n.食肉动物( predator的名词复数 )；奴役他人者（尤指在财务或性关系方面）

参考例句：

• birds and their earthbound predators 鸟和地面上捕食它们的动物
• The eyes of predators are highly sensitive to the slightest movement. 捕食性动物的眼睛能感觉到最细小的动静。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 killer   

n.杀人者，杀人犯，杀手，屠杀者

参考例句：

• Heart attacks have become Britain's No.1 killer disease.心脏病已成为英国的头号致命疾病。
• The bulk of the evidence points to him as her killer.大量证据证明是他杀死她的。

4 enlisted   

adj.应募入伍的v.（使）入伍， （使）参军( enlist的过去式和过去分词 )；获得（帮助或支持）

参考例句：

• enlisted men and women 男兵和女兵
• He enlisted with the air force to fight against the enemy. 他应募加入空军对敌作战。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

5 floe   

n.大片浮冰

参考例句：

• Two penguins are standing on ice floe.两只企鹅站在一块浮冰上。
• Somehow the seal manages to reach a tiny ice floe.不知何故，海豹设法到达了一块小浮冰上。

6 juvenile   

n.青少年，少年读物；adj.青少年的，幼稚的

参考例句：

• For a grown man he acted in a very juvenile manner.身为成年人，他的行为举止显得十分幼稚。
• Juvenile crime is increasing at a terrifying rate.青少年犯罪正在以惊人的速度增长。

7 killers   

凶手( killer的名词复数 )； 消灭…者； 致命物； 极难的事

参考例句：

• He remained steadfast in his determination to bring the killers to justice. 他要将杀人凶手绳之以法的决心一直没有动摇。
• They were professional killers who did in John. 杀死约翰的这些人是职业杀手。