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本影片片段来自《非洲》

The morning sun opens a Namaqua daisy,
纳马夸雏菊在晨光中开放
and reveals a male monkey beetle asleep inside.
暴露了一只在里面沉睡的雄性金龟子
Nights here are so cold that monkey beetles shelter within
这里的夜晚很寒冷 迫使金龟子
the closed-up petals of the daisies.
躲入合起的雏菊花瓣内
The habit brings benefits to both sides.
这种习惯令双方都互利
The beetle is kept warm and the flower gets pollinated.
甲虫可以保暖 而雏菊也能被授粉
But now the beetle has urgent business.
但这只甲虫有个迫切的任务
He must find a mate.
他需要找个配偶
As he searches, he hops from bloom to bloom,
他飞过一朵又一朵鲜花 逐个寻找
pollinating each in turn.
逐一授粉
At last he spots a potential mate.
终于 他发现了一只潜在配偶
A golden princess.
金龟公主
But here comes trouble.
但好像有麻烦了
A rival.
有个竞争者

重点解释

As he searches, he hops from bloom to bloom,pollinating each in turn.他飞过一朵又一朵鲜花，逐个寻找，逐一授粉

hop的基本意思是通过“蹦”“跳”“跃”动作移动或前行,主要指动物持续地、小而快地跳跃,有时含有举止不端

或急动的意思。hop也可用于人,主要指孩子用单足跳。

He had hurt his left foot and had to hop along.

他左脚受伤了，不得不单足跳行。

hop既可用作及物动词,也可用作不及物动词,用作及物动词时,接名词或代词作宾语。

hop的过去式和过去分词均为hopped。

in turn依次；轮流

The girls called out their names in turn.

那些女孩儿逐一报出自己的名字。

The students clean the classroom everyday in turn.

学生们每天轮流打扫教室。

Nights here are so cold that monkey beetles shelter within这里的夜晚很寒冷迫使金龟子

so … that如此…以致(产生某种结果)

He did the work so badly that I had to do it all over again myself.

他干的太差劲了，我只好亲自重做。