纪录片《美丽中国》 第17期 锦绣华南（17）（在线收听）

Insects, stirred up by the noisy machines,

被机器轰鸣惊扰的虫子

are snapped up by gangs of red-rumped swallows

马上成为了一群红尾燕的腹中餐

including this year's youngsters

包括新生儿

who have fledged several weeks ago

数周前刚刚羽翼丰满的新燕

This could be their last feast before they head for the winter

这也许是它们在动身渡冬到来前最后的聚餐了

Mechanized farming works best in the flat bottom valleys of the lowland

机械农具最适宜在山谷低地的平坦处工作

To the south, in the terraced hills in Zhejiang province

在南面 浙江省连绵起伏的丘陵地带

an older and simpler lifestyle persists

人们坚持这一种古老而又简单的生活方式

It's 7 in the morning

现在是清晨7点

and Longxian's most successful business man

龙现村最成功的商人

is off to work

出门工作

In the golden terraces surrounding the village

在金黄梯田环绕的小村落

the ears of rice are plump and right for harvesting

饱满的稻穗正待收获

But today, rice isn't upon the most in Mr Yang's mind

然而今天稻子却不是老杨心中首位

He has bigger fish to fry

他有更重要的事要做

Further at valley, the harvest has already began

在山谷地带丰割已然开始

Yang's fields are ripe too

老杨的田地也临近丰收

but they haven't been drained yet

但收割却尚未完成

That's because for him, rice is not the main crop

这是因为稻米并非他最主要的作物

The baskets he's carried up the hillside give a clue to Yang's business

他带上山坡的篮子泄露了老杨营生的秘

But before he starts work

在他开工前

he needs to let some water out of the system

他先需要释放些水出来

As the water level drops

谜底随着水位的下降

the mystery is revealed

而水落石出

golden carp

金鲤