(单词翻译:单击)
Parenting on the move is all about sacrifice.
在迁徙中父母大多都牺牲了自己,保全了后代 。
And in the forests of northeastern Australia, another great journey spurred by parental dedication is about to begin. On translucent tawny wings, a little red flying fox flaps homeward after a night of intense foraging. And she is one of millions.
在澳大利亚东北部的森林,由于父母的奉献,另一个伟大的征程即将开始 。拍打着半透明的黄色翅膀,一只红色的小飞狐在一夜紧张的觅食后正在归途当中 。她是数以百万计当中的一个 。
Somehow, she finds her pup in the din of the camp. She wraps him in her nursing embrace. He needs calcium from her milk to build flimsy bones. And he's leaching it away from her own fragile flying machinery at an alarming rate.
不知怎么地,她发现她的小崽在窝里有些吵闹 。她一把将他搂入怀中照料 。她从奶中给予他钙质以帮助他来搭建很薄的骨头 。他在令人担忧的从她脆弱的飞行器中过滤它 。
The bats have eaten through the calcium and energy-rich eucalyptus blossoms for miles around. The situation is getting desperate, the need to move intense.
蝙蝠通过摄取方圆数英里之外的桉树花来获得大量钙质和自身所需能量
。现在的形势十分紧张,是需要迁徙的时候了 。词语解释:
1. sacrifice v. 牺牲
2. spur v. 刺激,激励;鼓舞
3. translucent a. 透明的
4. tawny a.黄褐色的
5. pup n. 小狗,幼犬