(单词翻译:单击)
听力文本
This is Africa's Mount Kenya.
这是非洲的肯尼亚山。
It's 17,000 feet high,
海拔超过五千米
which makes its summit some 30 degrees colder than the surrounding savanna.
峰顶温度比周围的热带草原低三十度左右。
Giant heathers, lobelias and groundsel grow on its upper slopes.
巨型石南,半边莲和千里光,生长在山顶斜坡上。
They all thrive in the tropical sun.
它们在炎炎烈日下茁壮成长。
After all, every day is summer.
毕竟赤道每天都是夏天。
But once the sun sets, every night becomes as bitterly cold as winter.
但一旦太阳下山,每个夜晚都像冬天般寒冷。
The temperature drops to five degrees below freezing,
气温降到零下五度,
turning the mountainside into a garden of ice.
山坡变成了冰雪花园。
Everything freezes, but the cabbage groundsels have a way of protecting themselves.
一切都冻结了,但是木本千里光有办法保护自己。
They close up their leathery leaves to form an insulating blanket that shields their vulnerable central bud.
它们合起革质叶片形成一道保温层,以保护中心脆弱的蓓蕾。
视频及简介
大山脉是地球上最壮观的景观之一,但它们是不可容忍的居住地,只有少数动物具备在极端海拔生存的条件。山里的动物是世界上最难以捉摸的动物之一,而这部电影为他们神秘的生活提供了独特的和亲密的一瞥。当一个母亲和幼崽被困在两个敌对的雄性之间时,就会看到四只雪豹聚集在一起。当他们与灰熊一起跳舞的时候,它们会与树木一起跳舞,以摩擦它们的冬天的皮毛,并在欧洲白雪皑皑的山峰上翱翔。