纪录片《非洲》 第16期:喀拉哈里沙漠（16）

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Is it all on camera, too?

摄像机拍下来了吗

These images have a particular poignancy¹ in a world

那些画面其实看着很心酸 因为在当今世界

where rhino² horn is worth more than its weight in gold.

犀牛角比同等重量的黄金还要值钱

Poaching is going through a really bad time right now in Southern Africa.

现在非洲南部的偷猎形势十分严峻

If you averaged it out,

平均算下来

a rhino has been killed every day for the last year.

过去的一年中 每天都有一头犀牛被杀

That's really serious poaching.

偷猎现象真的很泛滥

It's a huge concern that

我们十分担心

what we saw and filmed just won't happen again.

我们看到和拍摄到的情景再也不会发生

Ever!

永远不会

It's only now that technology

依靠现在的高科技

has revealed a new side to the rhino's personality.

才展现了犀牛新的性格特征

The black rhinoceros³ is a symbol of the African bush.

黑犀牛是非洲丛林的象征

But it seems that this creature has been long misunderstood.

但似乎这种生物长期以来都被误解了

For the Africa team,

对于非洲摄制组

revealing giraffes and rhinos⁴ in this new light

展现长颈鹿和犀牛新的一面

was just the beginning.

才只是个开始

Africa may be a continent we think we know,

或许我们自以为对非洲大陆知之甚多

but it's still full of surprises.

但却依然充满惊喜

1 poignancy   

n.辛酸事，尖锐

参考例句：

• As she sat in church her face had a pathos and poignancy. 当她坐在教堂里时，脸上带着一种哀婉和辛辣的表情。
• The movie, "Trains, Planes, and Automobiles" treats this with hilarity and poignancy. 电影“火车，飞机和汽车”是以欢娱和热情庆祝这个节日。

2 rhino   

n.犀牛，钱, 现金

参考例句：

• The rhino charged headlong towards us.犀牛急速地向我们冲来。
• They have driven the rhino to the edge of extinction.他们已经令犀牛濒临灭绝。

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。

4 rhinos   

n.犀牛（rhino的复数形式）

参考例句：

• There are many reports of people taming and even training Indian rhinos. 有许多关于人们驯养甚至训练印度犀牛的记载。 来自辞典例句
• The rhinos had fed during the night in the rice fields of these villagers. 犀牛夜里在这些村民的庄稼地里也已吃饱了。 来自辞典例句