纪录片《美丽中国》 第1期 锦绣华南（1）（在线收听）

The last hidden world

最后的隐世净土

China

中国

For centuries, travellers to China have told tales of magical landscapes

数世纪来 旅人传诵着关于这片神奇土地

and surprising creatures

以及那些神奇生物的传说

Chinese civilization is the world's oldest

中国文明是世界最古老的文明

and today it's largest

而如今是最宏博的

with well over a billion people

那数十亿的人民

It's home to more than 50 distinct ethnic groups

现存超过五十个民族

and a wide range of traditional life styles

以及各式各样贴近自然的

often inclose partnership with nature

传统生活方式

We know that China faces immense social and environmental problems

我们都知道中国面对着着众多社会 环境问题

but there is great beauty here too

但这里也存在着令人窒息的美丽

China is home to the world's highest mountains,

中国有着世界最高峰

vast desertsranging fromsearing hot

从无垠的炙热沙漠

to mind numbing cold

到麻木大脑的寒冷地带

steaming forests

以及那蒸笼般的森林中

harboringrare creatures

隐匿的各种珍稀生物

grassy plains beneath vast horizons

天际下广阔无垠的草原

and richtropical seas

以及富饶的热带海洋

Now, for the first time ever

现在 我们第一次有机会

we can explore the whole of this great country

深入探索这片伟大的土地

meet some of the surprising and exotic creatures that live here

接触栖息于此的珍奇生物

and consider the relationship of the people and wildlife of China

目睹中国这片神奇土地上

to the remarkable landscaping which they live

人与野生世界的羁绊

This is wild China

这就是最原味的中国