纪录片《我们的地球》 第386期 奇迹城市(28)

Back in Mumbai, the camera traps are revealing where the leopards² are coming out.

回到孟买，这些相机陷阱拍摄到了豹子们现身的地点。

But to stand any chance of capturing them hunting in the city,

但若想要抓拍到它们在城市中捕食的画面，

Gordon will need to use the latest thermal³ camera technology.

戈登得使用最新的热成像摄影技术。

I can't imagine that a leopard¹'s gonna come with all this going on.

无法想象一只豹子会在这种环境下出来猎食。

Relative silence eventually descends⁴.

最终这座城市还是安静了下来。

Okay, I picked up some movement behind some bushes on the camera.

我透过镜头在灌木丛后发现了一些动静。

Just a, sort of, a twinkling of light.

光点一样，一闪而过。

It's something warm-blooded. Here we go.

是只恒温动物。来了来了。

A leopard. You dancer, look at that.

一只豹子。瞧瞧这身姿。

It definitely knows that I'm here.

它肯定知道我在这里。

That's the type of sighting that you'd have to wait for weeks and weeks

你得等上好几个星期才能拍到这种画面，

to get a leopard that close, and so airily open.

一只豹子如此靠近你，如此闲庭漫步。

1 leopard   

n.豹

参考例句：

• I saw a man in a leopard skin yesterday.我昨天看见一个穿着豹皮的男人。
• The leopard's skin is marked with black spots.豹皮上有黑色斑点。

2 leopards   

n.豹( leopard的名词复数 )；本性难移

参考例句：

• Lions, tigers and leopards are all cats. 狮、虎和豹都是猫科动物。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• For example, airlines never ship leopards and canaries on the same flight. 例如，飞机上从来不会同时运送豹和金丝雀。 来自英语晨读30分（初三）

3 thermal   

adj.热的，由热造成的；保暖的

参考例句：

• They will build another thermal power station.他们要另外建一座热能发电站。
• Volcanic activity has created thermal springs and boiling mud pools.火山活动产生了温泉和沸腾的泥浆池。

4 descends   

v.下来( descend的第三人称单数 )；下去；下降；下斜

参考例句：

• This festival descends from a religious rite. 这个节日起源于宗教仪式。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The path descends steeply to the village. 小路陡直而下直到村子。 来自《简明英汉词典》