纪录片《我们的地球》 第366期 奇迹城市(8)

On these cold winter nights, the city's extra warmth can mean the difference between life and death.

在这样寒冷的冬夜里，城市的温暖可能事关生死存亡。

A city, of course, can provide not only shelter and abundant food, but glamour¹.

城市不仅能提供大量食物与庇护所，还有许多宝藏。

These varied² objects have been carefully chosen by a bird for their brightness and their colour.

这些精心挑选的小物件颜色鲜艳，溢彩流光。

This great bowerbird has spent over a decade building this collection of mostly man-made objects.

这只园丁鸟花了十余年时间收集了这些物品，其中大部分是人造装饰。

Out on a golf course in Townsville, Australia,

澳大利亚汤斯维尔市的高尔夫球场上，

he's putting the final touches to his enormous bower³, that he hopes will impress a visiting female.

他正在为这座巨型凉亭做最后的修饰，争取能够博得来访雌鸟的青睐。

He spends two hours each day rearranging his prized objects.

他每天都会花两小时来调整装饰物的布局。

"Perhaps that would look a little better over there."

"放在那边可能更好看一点。"

But it seems that something is missing.

可似乎还是差了点什么。

Instead of going into town to collect new objects, he's decided⁴ to raid his neighbour's bower.

他没有进城去找新装饰，而是决定抢劫邻居。

1 glamour   

n.魔力，魅力；vt.迷住

参考例句：

• Foreign travel has lost its glamour for her.到国外旅行对她已失去吸引力了。
• The moonlight cast a glamour over the scene.月光给景色增添了魅力。

2 varied   

adj.多样的，多变化的

参考例句：

• The forms of art are many and varied.艺术的形式是多种多样的。
• The hotel has a varied programme of nightly entertainment.宾馆有各种晚间娱乐活动。

3 bower   

n.凉亭，树荫下凉快之处；闺房；v.荫蔽

参考例句：

• They sat under the leafy bower at the end of the garden and watched the sun set.他们坐在花园尽头由叶子搭成的凉棚下观看落日。
• Mrs. Quilp was pining in her bower.奎尔普太太正在她的闺房里度着愁苦的岁月。

4 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。