纪录片《我们的地球》 第230期 偏远岛屿(01)

Looking down from two miles above the surface of the Earth

从离地三千米的高空俯视地球

it's impossible not to be impressed by the sheer grandeur¹ and splendour and power of the natural world.

让人无法不为自然界的力量与其纯粹的宏伟壮丽而叹为观止。

Ten years ago, in a television series called Planet Earth,

十年前，在《地球脉动》这一电视节目中，

we revealed many of those wonders, but today, much has changed.

我们呈现了众多这样的奇迹，时至今日，世界已大有变化。

We can now show life on our planet in entirely² new ways.

我们将用全新的方式展示地球上的生命。

Bring you closer to animals than ever before.

带你以前所未有的近距离接触动物。

And reveal new wildlife dramas for the very first time.

首次揭示野生动物的精彩瞬间。

But that's not all. Our planet has changed too.

而且不只这些。我们的星球也在变化。

Never have those wildernesses³ been as fragile and as precious as they are today.

大自然从未像现在一样脆弱而又珍贵。

At this crucial time for the natural world, we will journey to every corner of the globe...

恰逢自然世界这一关键时刻，我们将再次启航，踏遍全球

..to explore the greatest treasures of our living planet,

去探索这颗星球上最宝贵的财富，

and reveal the extreme lengths animals go to, to survive.

去揭秘动物们突破的种种极限，为了生存。

Finally, we will explore our cities to see how life is adapting to the newest habitat on Earth.

最后，我们还将回到城市探寻生命是如何适应这个地球上最新兴的栖息地。

This is Planet Earth II.

这里是《地球脉动》第二季。

1 grandeur   

n.伟大，崇高，宏伟，庄严，豪华

参考例句：

• The grandeur of the Great Wall is unmatched.长城的壮观是独一无二的。
• These ruins sufficiently attest the former grandeur of the place.这些遗迹充分证明此处昔日的宏伟。

2 entirely   

ad.全部地，完整地；完全地，彻底地

参考例句：

• The fire was entirely caused by their neglect of duty. 那场火灾完全是由于他们失职而引起的。
• His life was entirely given up to the educational work. 他的一生统统献给了教育工作。

3 wildernesses   

荒野( wilderness的名词复数 )； 沙漠； （政治家）在野； 不再当政（或掌权）

参考例句：

• Antarctica is one of the last real wildernesses left on the earth. 南极洲是地球上所剩不多的旷野之一。
• Dartmoor is considered by many to be one of Britain's great nature wildernesses. Dartmoor被很多人认为是英国最大的荒原之一。