纪录片《我们的地球》 第215期 无垠深海(07)

A sawtooth eel¹ hangs upright and motionless.

一条锯齿鳗笔直向上，静静地挂在水里。

Gazing ever upwards², it watches for prey³, silhouetted⁴ against the faint glimmerings of light from the surface.

向上凝视, 可让它在微弱光线的环境下发现猎物的影像。

Days may pass before prey swims close enough for it to strike.

它可以在这里挂好几天，直到猎物近到让它可以发动攻击。

Farther down still, the blackness is complete.

随着下潜深度增加，周围已经一片漆黑。

No vestige⁵ of sunlight can penetrate⁶ as far as this.

没有阳光可以照射到这么深。

Food is very scarce and nothing can afford to waste any energy.

食物非常缺乏，一点能量都不能浪费。

A dumbo octopus⁷ simply flaps a fin⁸

小飞象章鱼拍打翅膀来游泳，

no need for the jet propulsion used by it's shallow water relatives above.

不象它的浅海亲戚利用喷射水流的反作用力。

The weirdest⁹, in this world of the strange, vampyroteuthis, the vampire¹⁰ squid from hell.

这个奇异世界中的最神秘生物，幽灵蛸，来自地狱的吸血鬼鱿鱼。

Disturb it and it only retreats a little distance.

它受到惊动就会稍稍后撤。

Go after it, and it has a special defense¹¹.

如果继续惊动它，就会看到它的特别防御。

To see what it does, you must switch off the lights.

想看它要做什么，就要关掉灯光。

The vampire squid has lights of it's own.

吸血鬼鱿鱼可以自行发光。

Bioluminescent bacteria shine from pockets on it's arms to confuse it's predators¹². Are those eyes?

它的足囊中的发光微生物发出的光可以迷惑敌人。这些是眼吗？

In fact they're spots at the end of it's mantle¹³. A bite there, would leave the head unscathed.

实际上这些发光的触手末端用来吸引掠食者攻击。从而保护头部不受伤害。

The threat diminishes, and vampyroteuthis disappears into the blackness.

威胁消失，吸血鬼鱿鱼也消失在黑暗中。

1 eel   

n.鳗鲡

参考例句：

• He used an eel spear to catch an eel.他用一只捕鳗叉捕鳗鱼。
• In Suzhou,there was a restaurant that specialized in eel noodles.苏州有一家饭馆，他们那里的招牌菜是鳗鱼面。

2 upwards   

adv.向上，在更高处...以上

参考例句：

• The trend of prices is still upwards.物价的趋向是仍在上涨。
• The smoke rose straight upwards.烟一直向上升。

3 prey   

n.被掠食者，牺牲者，掠食；v.捕食，掠夺，折磨

参考例句：

• Stronger animals prey on weaker ones.弱肉强食。
• The lion was hunting for its prey.狮子在寻找猎物。

4 silhouetted   

显出轮廓的，显示影像的

参考例句：

• We could see a church silhouetted against the skyline. 我们可以看到一座教堂凸现在天际。
• The stark jagged rocks were silhouetted against the sky. 光秃嶙峋的岩石衬托着天空的背景矗立在那里。

5 vestige   

n.痕迹，遗迹，残余

参考例句：

• Some upright stones in wild places are the vestige of ancient religions.荒原上一些直立的石块是古老宗教的遗迹。
• Every vestige has been swept away.一切痕迹都被一扫而光。

6 penetrate   

v.透(渗)入；刺入，刺穿；洞察，了解

参考例句：

• Western ideas penetrate slowly through the East.西方观念逐渐传入东方。
• The sunshine could not penetrate where the trees were thickest.阳光不能透入树木最浓密的地方。

7 octopus   

n.章鱼

参考例句：

• He experienced nausea after eating octopus.吃了章鱼后他感到恶心。
• One octopus has eight tentacles.一条章鱼有八根触角。

8 fin   

n.鳍；(飞机的)安定翼

参考例句：

• They swim using a small fin on their back.它们用背上的小鳍游动。
• The aircraft has a long tail fin.那架飞机有一个长长的尾翼。

9 weirdest   

怪诞的( weird的最高级 )； 神秘而可怕的； 超然的； 古怪的

参考例句：

• Think of the weirdest, craziest shit you'd like to see chicks do. 想想这最怪异，最疯狂的屁事。你会喜欢看这些鸡巴表演的。
• It's still the weirdest damn sound I ever heard out of a Jersey boy. 这是我所听过新泽西人最为怪异的音调了。

10 vampire   

n.吸血鬼

参考例句：

• It wasn't a wife waiting there for him but a blood sucking vampire!家里的不是个老婆，而是个吸人血的妖精！
• Children were afraid to go to sleep at night because of the many legends of vampire.由于听过许多有关吸血鬼的传说，孩子们晚上不敢去睡觉。

11 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

12 predators   

n.食肉动物( predator的名词复数 )；奴役他人者（尤指在财务或性关系方面）

参考例句：

• birds and their earthbound predators 鸟和地面上捕食它们的动物
• The eyes of predators are highly sensitive to the slightest movement. 捕食性动物的眼睛能感觉到最细小的动静。 来自《简明英汉词典》

13 mantle   

n.斗篷，覆罩之物，罩子；v.罩住，覆盖，脸红

参考例句：

• The earth had donned her mantle of brightest green.大地披上了苍翠欲滴的绿色斗篷。
• The mountain was covered with a mantle of snow.山上覆盖着一层雪。