纪录片《熟食造就了人类吗》 第09期：漫长的狩猎过程

But after half an hour's burrowing², the hole gets too small.

但向内挖了半个小时之后 洞已变得太小

Under the boiling Namibia sun,

在纳米比亚炽烈的阳光之下

they start to dig a shaft³ nearly two metres

他们开始挖掘一条长两米左右的

deep into the tunnel.

深入豪猪穴的通道

When you're trying to reconstruct early human foraging⁴,

你想重见早期人类觅食的情景时

the only way to do it is

唯一的办法就是

to come out in the real world and watch people do it.

外出实地考察 看那些人如何行动

And this shows you how much work really goes into this kind of lifestyle.

由此可以知道这种生活方式 有多艰辛

It's remarkable⁵.

很不可思议

These guys have been at it all morning long.

他们整个上午都耗在了这里

The bushmen dig shafts⁶ into the porcupine⁷'s tunnel

丛林人在四十多度的高温下

for four hours,

花费了四个小时

in temperatures exceeding 40 degrees.

挖掘进入豪猪穴的通道

This is really exciting now -

这真是激动人心

you can see the porcupine at the end of its burrow¹ -

你可以看到地洞尽头的豪猪

so they're digging a hole on the other side of me,

现在他们从我对面挖洞

so it has to come one way or the other.

这样豪猪总会出现在某一边

Finally the porcupine appears.

豪猪终于出现了

It's the culmination⁸ of many hours' hunting.

这是漫长打猎过程的高潮

1 burrow   

vt.挖掘(洞穴)；钻进；vi.挖洞；翻寻；n.地洞

参考例句：

• Earthworms burrow deep into the subsoil.蚯蚓深深地钻进底土。
• The dog had chased a rabbit into its burrow.狗把兔子追进了洞穴。

2 burrowing   

v.挖掘（洞穴），挖洞( burrow的现在分词 )；翻寻

参考例句：

• What are you burrowing around in my drawer for? 你在我抽屉里乱翻什么？ 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The forepaws are also used for burrowing and for dragging heavier logs. 它们的前爪还可以用来打洞和拖拽较重的树干。 来自辞典例句

3 shaft   

n.(工具的)柄，杆状物

参考例句：

• He was wounded by a shaft.他被箭击中受伤。
• This is the shaft of a steam engine.这是一个蒸汽机主轴。

4 foraging   

v.搜寻（食物），尤指动物觅（食）( forage的现在分词 )；（尤指用手）搜寻（东西）

参考例句：

• They eke out a precarious existence foraging in rubbish dumps. 他们靠在垃圾场捡垃圾维持着朝不保夕的生活。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The campers went foraging for wood to make a fire. 露营者去搜寻柴木点火。 来自辞典例句

5 remarkable   

adj.显著的，异常的，非凡的，值得注意的

参考例句：

• She has made remarkable headway in her writing skills.她在写作技巧方面有了长足进步。
• These cars are remarkable for the quietness of their engines.这些汽车因发动机没有噪音而不同凡响。

6 shafts   

n.轴( shaft的名词复数 )；（箭、高尔夫球棒等的）杆；通风井；一阵（疼痛、害怕等）

参考例句：

• He deliberately jerked the shafts to rock him a bit. 他故意的上下颠动车把，摇这个老猴子几下。 来自汉英文学 - 骆驼祥子
• Shafts were sunk, with tunnels dug laterally. 竖井已经打下，并且挖有横向矿道。 来自辞典例句

7 porcupine   

n.豪猪， 箭猪

参考例句：

• A porcupine is covered with prickles.箭猪身上长满了刺。
• There is a philosophy parable,call philosophy of porcupine.有一个哲学寓言，叫豪猪的哲学。

8 culmination   

n.顶点；最高潮

参考例句：

• The space race reached its culmination in the first moon walk.太空竞争以第一次在月球行走而达到顶峰。
• It may truly be regarded as the culmination of classical Greek geometry.这确实可以看成是古典希腊几何的登峰造级之作。