纪录片《南太平洋》 第38期 四海为家（06）

The scars on their back represent the animal's scales...

他们背上的伤疤象征着鳄鱼的鳞片

while their chests have become the crocodile's eyes.

同时他们的胸部成为了鳄鱼的眼睛

If the animal you most fear might be watching your every move,

如果最危险的动物正注视着你的一举一动

any act of appeasement¹ is worth trying.

小心翼翼不失为明智之举

And New Guinea wasn't the last stop for saltwater crocodiles in the South Pacific.

新几内亚并不是咸水鳄在南太平洋海域的最后一站

Millions of years ago, these powerful reptiles² had already begun their push eastwards³.

数百万年前，这些强大的爬行动物已经开始向东推进

For any animal castaway, the first hurdle⁴ would have been the 60-mile stretch of water

对于任何动物漂流者而言，第一个障碍就是近50公里长的海域

that separates New Guinea from the next group of islands - the Solomons.

它将新几内亚与临近的群岛分开--所罗门群岛

Instead of one dominating island, like New Guinea,

新几内亚只有一个主岛

the Solomons are made up of almost a thousand smaller jewels, scattered⁵ along a 900-mile chain.

而所罗门群岛是由近千座微型岛屿组成，是近1500公里长的条状群岛。

1 appeasement   

n.平息，满足

参考例句：

• Music is an appeasement to shattered nerves. 音乐可抚慰受重创的神经。
• There can be no appeasement with ruthlessness. 对残暴行为是不能姑息的。 来自演讲部分

2 reptiles   

n.爬行动物，爬虫( reptile的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Snakes and crocodiles are both reptiles. 蛇和鳄鱼都是爬行动物。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Birds, reptiles and insects come from eggs. 鸟类、爬虫及昆虫是卵生的。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

3 eastwards   

adj.向东方（的），朝东（的）；n.向东的方向

参考例句：

• The current sets strongly eastwards.急流迅猛东去。
• The Changjiang River rolls on eastwards.长江滚滚向东流。

4 hurdle   

n.跳栏，栏架；障碍，困难；vi.进行跨栏赛

参考例句：

• The weather will be the biggest hurdle so I have to be ready.天气将会是最大的障碍，所以我必须要作好准备。
• She clocked 11.6 seconds for the 80 metre hurdle.八十米跳栏赛跑她跑了十一秒六。

5 scattered   

adj.分散的，稀疏的；散步的；疏疏落落的

参考例句：

• Gathering up his scattered papers,he pushed them into his case.他把散乱的文件收拾起来，塞进文件夹里。