BBC纪录片《非洲-卡拉哈里沙漠》第12集:长颈鹿的打架
日期:2013-12-07 18:59

(单词翻译:单击)

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We were lucky enough
我们非常幸运
that we found a male guarding a female.
见到一只雄鹿守护着雌鹿
And out of nowhere, this male came round the corner.
突然之间 又有一只雄鹿出现了
And almost immediately faced up to our male.
几乎立刻和我们观察的雄鹿针锋相对
Absolutely no warning that this was going to happen,
没人预料到会发生这样精彩的一幕
so it was complete pandemonium in the car.
所以我们当时就手忙脚乱地在车里搭器材
But luckily I got the camera up and running in time
幸运的是 我及时架好了摄像机
to actually capture this fight
正好捕捉到打斗场景
and it all came down to one minute in real time.
整个过程不到一分钟
When I filmed it, you don't see it in slow motion.
我当时拍摄的时候 看到的并不是慢动作
And you just have to go with the flow.
你只得按照他们的节奏
You're not experiencing the fight,
你无法体会到打斗的激烈
you're just basically framing it and capturing it.
只能想方设法地捕捉下来
So it was only afterwards, when we looked at it in slow motion,
所以直到后来 我们用慢动作回放
that you could really understand how ferocious it was.
才明白战斗的残酷
You can see the impact on the skin.
你可以看到皮上的撞击
You can see the ripples going through the flesh.
可以看到血肉之躯震动波四起
But it was the final blows that delivered the real surprise.
但那最后一击才是最令人震惊的
It was like one of those chimneys falling down.
就像烟囱倒下了一般
At the last moment, the head just went clunk!
在最后时刻 头部轰然倒地

重点解释

And out of nowhere, this male came round the corner.突然之间又有一只雄鹿出现了

out of nowhere突然冒出来; 不知打哪儿来的

Some of the great men came out of nowhere.

有些伟人来自不知名的小地方。

He came from out of nowhere into national fame.

他从默默无闻一下子变成举国成名。

come round前来; 过访; 绕道而来

I'll come round tomorrow evening.

我明天晚上来。

and it all came down to one minute in real time.整个过程不到一分钟

come down to可归结为

The poor old man has come down to the bedrock.

那可怜的老人只剩下最后一块钱了。

It was like him to come down to brass tacks.

他就是这个脾气,说话单刀直入。

You can see the ripples going through the flesh.可以看到血肉之躯震动波四起

go through通过,穿过;经历,遭受

He'd go through fire and water for her.

他愿为她赴汤蹈火。

He is willing to go through the mill.

他愿接受磨链。

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重点单词
  • pandemoniumn. 混战场,喧哗吵闹
  • framingn. 取景;[计]组帧;设计;框架 v. 制定;构造;装
  • capturevt. 捕获,俘获,夺取,占领,迷住,(用照片等)留存
  • milln. 磨坊,磨粉机,工厂 v. 碾碎,磨,(使)乱转
  • impactn. 冲击(力), 冲突,影响(力) vt. 挤入,压紧
  • understandvt. 理解,懂,听说,获悉,将 ... 理解为,认为
  • absolutelyadv. 绝对地,完全地;独立地
  • willingadj. 愿意的,心甘情愿的