纪录片《非洲》 第5期:喀拉哈里沙漠（5）

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It's not really his day, is it?

今天真是诸事不顺不是吗

Some young leopards¹ grow up to be brilliant opportunists.

一些小猎豹将成长为杰出的投机捕猎者

But even they find life hard here in the Kalahari.

但连他们都觉得在喀拉哈里生存很艰难

These bizarre little birds are baby ostriches².They're just a few days old.

那些古怪的小鸟是鸵鸟雏鸟，他们才刚出生几天。

In time, they'll become superb desert survivors³.

假以时日 他们会成为杰出的沙漠行者

But in the Kalahari, these early days are perilous⁴.

但在喀拉哈里雏鸟期面临着诸多危险

Like leopards and meerkats,

如同猎豹和狐獴一样

Adult ostriches can extract all the moisture they require from their food.

成年鸵鸟能够从食物中汲取所需的水分

The chicks, however,won't survive much more than another day without water.

然而雏鸟缺了水几乎一天都活不下去

But there's none in sight.How can their parents conjure⁵ up water out here?

但目之所及都没有水，他们的父母要怎么变出水来呢？

1 leopards   

n.豹( leopard的名词复数 )；本性难移

参考例句：

• Lions, tigers and leopards are all cats. 狮、虎和豹都是猫科动物。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• For example, airlines never ship leopards and canaries on the same flight. 例如，飞机上从来不会同时运送豹和金丝雀。 来自英语晨读30分（初三）

2 ostriches   

n.鸵鸟( ostrich的名词复数 )；逃避现实的人，不愿正视现实者

参考例句：

• They are the silliest lot of old ostriches I ever heard of. 他们真是我闻所未闻的一群最傻的老鸵鸟。 来自辞典例句
• How ostriches could bear to run so hard in this heat I never succeed in understanding. 驼鸟在这样干燥炎热的地带为什么能疾速长跑，我永远也理解不了。 来自辞典例句

3 survivors   

幸存者，残存者，生还者( survivor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The survivors were adrift in a lifeboat for six days. 幸存者在救生艇上漂流了六天。
• survivors clinging to a raft 紧紧抓住救生筏的幸存者

4 perilous   

adj.危险的，冒险的

参考例句：

• The journey through the jungle was perilous.穿过丛林的旅行充满了危险。
• We have been carried in safety through a perilous crisis.历经一连串危机，我们如今已安然无恙。

5 conjure   

v.恳求，祈求；变魔术，变戏法

参考例句：

• I conjure you not to betray me.我恳求你不要背弃我。
• I can't simply conjure up the money out of thin air.我是不能像变魔术似的把钱变来。