纪录片《非洲》 第13期:喀拉哈里沙漠（13）

And we thought it was dead.

我们以为它死了

We thought this thing was dead.

我们真以为它已无力回天

And it lay there for, it must have been three minutes.

它就躺在那 有足足三分钟

Eventually, this thing suddenly got up, the one that was lying down

最终 倒下的长颈鹿突然重新站了起来

and the two of them were then standing¹,

两只长颈鹿站在那里

and then the one that had been knocked over completely

被彻底打倒的那只

then just said "I've had enough."

似乎在说 "我受够了"

"OK, OK, you won and I'm off".

"好吧 你赢了 我撤退"

I, I think it's very unlikely I'm going to see anything like that again.

我觉得 我几乎不可能再见到那样的画面了

I think that's a once-in-a-life-timer. I really do.

一生仅此一次 真的

It won't be easy to look at giraffes in the same way again.

想要再见到那样的长颈鹿搏斗场景可不容易

On the other side of the desert,

在沙漠的另一边

another of Africa's great animal icons²

另一种非洲的代表性动物

was attracting the attention of the team

吸引了摄制组的目光

as they staked out a secret waterhole.

他们将目标锁定在一个隐秘的小水坑

They hoped to reveal a very different side

他们希望能够展现

to the personality of the black rhinoceros³.

黑犀牛性格上不同的一面

1 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

2 icons   

n.偶像( icon的名词复数 )；（计算机屏幕上表示命令、程序的）符号，图像

参考例句：

• Distinguish important text items in lists with graphic icons. 用图标来区分重要的文本项。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓
• Daemonic icons should only be employed persistently if they provide continuous, useful status information. 只有会连续地提供有用状态信息的情况下，后台应用程序才应该一直使用图标。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓

3 rhinoceros   

n.犀牛

参考例句：

• The rhinoceros has one horn on its nose.犀牛鼻子上有一个角。
• The body of the rhinoceros likes a cattle and the head likes a triangle.犀牛的形体像牛，头呈三角形。