1、100:00:04,280 00:00:06,700最后的隐世净土The last hidden world200:00:07,900 00:00:09,500中国China300:00:11,700 00:00:16,300数世纪来 旅人传诵着关于这片神奇土地For centuries, travellers to China have told tales of magical landscapes400:00:18,980 00:00:24,800以及那些神奇生物的传说and surprising creatures500:00:26,100 00:00:29,300中国文明是世界最古老
2、的文明Chinese civilization is the worlds oldest600:00:30,000 00:00:32,400而如今是最宏博的and today its largest700:00:32,800 00:00:34,600那数十亿的人民with well over a billion people800:00:36,600 00:00:40,700现存超过五十个民族Its home to more than 50 distinct ethnic groups900:00:40,740 00:00:43,400以及各式各样贴近自然的and a wide range o
3、f traditional life styles1000:00:43,800 00:00:48,700传统生活方式often inclose partnership with nature1100:00:52,500 00:00:58,400我们都知道中国面对着着众多社会 环境问题We know that China faces immense social and environmental problems1200:00:59,700 00:01:03,000但这里也存在着令人窒息的美丽but there is great beauty here too1300:01:05,600 00
4、:01:08,400中国有着世界最高峰China is home to the worlds highest mountains,1400:01:09,800 00:01:13,200从无垠的炙热沙漠vast deserts ranging from from searing hot1500:01:13,500 00:01:16,400到麻木大脑的寒冷地带to mind numbing cold1600:01:17,400 00:01:18,600以及那蒸笼般的森林中steaming forests1700:01:18,900 00:01:20,800隐匿的各种珍稀生物harboring ra
5、re creatures1800:01:24,000 00:01:27,400天际下广阔无垠的草原grassy plains beneath vast horizons1900:01:28,990 00:01:32,000以及富饶的热带海洋and rich tropical seas2000:01:35,400 00:01:37,400现在 我们第一次有机会Now, for the first time ever2100:01:37,999 00:01:41,000深入探索这片伟大的土地we can explore the whole of this great country2200:01:
6、43,300 00:01:48,300接触栖息于此的珍奇生物meet some of the surprising and exotic creatures that live here2300:01:50,600 00:01:55,400目睹中国这片神奇土地上and consider the relationship of the people and wildlife of China2400:01:56,000 00:01:59,500人与野生世界的羁绊to the remarkable landscaping which they live2500:02:04,000 00:02:08
7、,400这就是最原味的中国This is wild China2600:02:10,000 00:02:23,000仅以此献给我们多灾多难但美丽依旧的祖国For our troubled but drop-dead beautiful motherland2600:02:38,980 00:02:43,400我们的中国探索之旅始于南方的亚热带Our exploration of China begins in the warm subtropical south2700:02:45,600 00:02:49,800漓江的渔人和鱼鸟栖坐在竹筏上On the Li River fishermen
8、and birds perch on bamboo rafts2800:02:50,200 00:02:53,400这个组合已延续千年之久a partnership that goes back more than a thousand years2900:03:09,000 00:03:11,600这景致已为世人所熟悉This scenery is known throughout the world3000:03:12,600 00:03:16,400那是中国水墨永恒的主题a recurring motif in Chinese paintings3100:03:18,600 00:03:
9、21,900和旅人永远的胜地and a major tourist attraction3200:03:24,500 00:03:27,400中国南部有一个广大的地区The south of China is a vast area3300:03:27,700 00:03:30,200九倍之大的广阔土地eight times larger than the UK3400:03:32,000 00:03:34,000这里Its a landscape of hills3500:03:34,800 00:03:36,400是山雨的国度but also of water3600:03:44,500
10、00:03:47,900这里一年之中有 250 天在降雨It rains here for up to 250 days a year3700:03:48,600 00:03:50,600到处都是积水and standing water is everywhere3800:03:55,800 00:03:57,900在扬子江的涝原In a floodplain of the Yangtse River3900:03:58,600 00:04:02,400黑尾鹬在泥泞中寻索着虫子black-tailed godwits probe the mud in search of worms4000:0
11、4:03,400 00:04:06,900并非只有野生动物在这样的环境下茁壮成长But it isnt just wildlife that thrive in this environment4100:04:07,500 00:04:13,500沼泽般湿润肥沃的土地为作物家族最显著的成员提供了最理想的环境the swampy ground provides ideal conditions for the remarkable member of the grass family4200:04:14,500 00:04:15,500这就是稻米rice4300:04:18,500 00:04:
12、22,400中国有着至少 8000 年的稻米种植史The Chinese have been cultivating rice for at least 8 thousand years4400:04:25,200 00:04:28,400他们改变了这块土地It has transformed the landscape4500:04:31,300 00:04:35,500对云南南部的农民而言 冬末是个繁忙的季节Late winter in southern Yunnan is a busy time for local farmers4600:04:35,700 00:04:39,800因为
13、他们要为即将来临的春天整顿这片古老的稻田as they prepare the age-old paddy fieldready for the coming spring4700:04:49,300 00:04:52,000元阳县的山坡以 2000M 之势These hill slopes of Yuanyang county4800:04:52,100 00:04:56,400斜插于红河谷地的河床plunge nearly 2000m to the floor of the Red River Valley4900:04:58,000 00:05:05,000包含了上千由原始刨掘工具所创造
14、出的梯田each contains literally thousands of stack terraces carved out by hand using basic digging tools5000:05:07,400 00:05:12,000云南的梯田是中国最古老人类耕作痕迹中Yunnans rice terraces are among the oldest human structures in China5100:05:13,000 00:05:15,400依旧被耕种使用的土地still ploughed as they always have been5200:05:15,
15、800 00:05:18,300正如千百年来的习俗一样 by domesticated water buffaloes5300:05:18,400 00:05:23,700源自云南河谷的家养水牛承担了耕作的重任whose ancestors originated in these very valleys5400:05:53,000 00:05:58,900这片人力开拓的土地是工业化前中国最惊奇宏伟的壮景This man-made landscape is one of the most amazing engineering feats of preindustrial China5500:
16、06:00,000 00:06:02,800似乎这里的每一寸土地It seems as if every square inch of land5600:06:03,200 00:06:05,400都被打上了农耕的痕迹has been pressed into cultivation5700:06:21,400 00:06:22,800当薄暮降临As evening approaches5800:06:23,300 00:06:26,300另一场古老的仪式上演an age-old ritual unfolds5900:06:28,300 00:06:29,600现在是交配的季节Its the
17、mating season6000:06:30,000 00:06:34,000雄禾田蛙们为了吸引异性而卖力高鸣and male paddy frogs are competing for the attention of females6100:06:43,000 00:06:46,400但这并非总能为你吸引来关注的目光But it dosent always pay to draw too much attention to youself6200:06:49,600 00:06:52,600中国池鹭是个饕餮掠食者The Chinese Pond Heron is a crapulous
18、predator6300:06:58,700 00:07:01,100就算在耕作过的稻田中央Even in the middle of a ploughed paddy field6400:07:01,400 00:07:04,300也会上演喙与爪的血腥剧目nature is red in beak and claw6500:07:15,550 00:07:17,300或许这看上去像一场屠杀This may look like a slaughter6600:07:17,800 00:07:20,900但每只池鹭一次只能吞噬一只蛙but as each heron can swallow on
19、ly one frog at a time6700:07:21,200 00:07:24,500此时剩余的多数派得以逃生并获得了明日再度高歌的机会the vast majority will escape to croak another day6800:07:29,900 00:07:35,000元阳县这样广泛种植水稻的Terrace paddies like those of YunYang county are found across much of southern China6900:07:36,900 00:07:40,500梯田横贯中国南部This whole vast lan
20、dscape is dominated by rice cultivation7000:07:45,300 00:07:51,000苗族人在炎热的贵州发展了高度发达的水稻种植In heated Guizhou province the Miao minority have developed a remarkable rice culture7100:07:53,700 00:07:57,200苗族人把木屋建立在陡峭低产的山壁上With every inch of fertile land given over to rice cultivation7200:07:58,300 00:08:0
21、3,400用其余每寸丰饶的土地来种植水稻the Miao build their wooden houses on the steepest and least productive hillsides7300:08:06,500 00:08:09,200所有东西在中国农村都自有其用处In Chinese rural life everything has a use7400:08:09,600 00:08:13,500牛棚里的肥料在太阳下晒干用作煮饭的燃料dried in the sun manure from the cowsheds would be used as cooking fu
22、el7500:08:24,800 00:08:29,990中午时分 宋家人正饱餐以米和蔬菜为主的中饭Its midday and the Song family aretucking into a lunch of rice and vegetables7600:08:37,999 00:08:40,400老祖父宋古永置身于天伦之乐外Oblivious to the domestic chitchat7700:08:40,600 00:08:44,600寻思着重要的事情granddad Guyong Song has serious maters on his mind7800:08:45,8
23、00 00:08:48,600春季是稻禾生长的伊始时节Spring is a start of the rice growing season7900:08:49,100 00:08:53,000庄稼的长势决定了来年宋家人的生计the success of the crop will determin how well the family will eat next year8000:08:53,400 00:08:56,100因而选择合适的时机进行耕作是至关重要的so planting at the right time is critical8100:08:57,000 00:09:00
24、,300时机的选择取决于当年的天气情况The ideal date depends on what the weather will do this year8200:09:00,990 00:09:02,400而这些却是永难估料的never easy to predict8300:09:03,000 00:09:05,700但是身边就存在着贴心小帮手But there is some surprising help at hand8400:09:08,000 00:09:14,200宋家厅堂房梁上的是一对刚从冬季迁徙中归来的金腰燕On the cielling of the Songs li
25、ving rooma pair of red-rumped swallow newly arrive from their winter migration8500:09:14,400 00:09:16,600他们正在为装潢新一年度的宅邸而忙碌is busy fixing up last years nest8600:09:20,000 00:09:26,300在中国 动物们被赋予独特的象征意义并被细心呵护In China animals are valued does much for their symbolic meaning as for many good they may do87
26、00:09:30,000 00:09:33,700苗族人笃信成双燕终身相伴不离不弃Miao people believe that swallow pairs remain faithful for life8800:09:34,000 00:09:36,800因此他们的存在被视为so their presence is a favor and a blessing8900:09:37,300 00:09:41,000幸福生活与美满婚姻的象征bringing happiness to a marriage and good luck to a home9000:09:42,890 00:09:
27、47,600如大多数苗人一样 宋家起居室的窗子可以眺望见成片的梯田Like most Miao dwellings, the Songs living room windows look out over the paddy fields9100:09:48,400 00:09:54,000从早春起 一扇窗子便为了方便燕子往返穿飞而敞开From early spring, one of these windows is always left open to let the swallows come and go freely9200:09:57,700 00:10:02,400古老爹知晓每
28、年燕子归来的确切时间Each year granddad Gu knows the exact day the swallows return9300:10:04,000 00:10:08,400苗族人坚信这些鸟儿的归来预示着春季的来临Miao people believe the birds arrival predicts the timing of a season ahead9400:10:09,200 00:10:10,500然而今年 他们姗姗来迟This year, they were late9500:10:11,700 00:10:18,900因而古老爹和其他族中长老一致认为今
29、年的插秧应当推迟so Gu and the other community elders have agreed that rice planting should be delayed accordingly9600:10:28,900 00:10:31,400当苗族人为了插秧而整备田地时As the Miao prepare their fields for planting9700:10:31,990 00:10:34,900燕子们或搜集修整巢穴用的泥巴the swallows collect mud to repair their nests9800:10:35,500 00:10:3
30、8,400或穿越新耕的稻田追逐昆虫and chase after insects across the newly ploughed paddies9900:11:10,300 00:11:12,300最终 经过了几周的准备Finally, after weeks of preparation10000:11:12,700 00:11:15,400这个预定种植的时刻来临了the ordained time for planting has arrived10100:11:16,400 00:11:19,600首先 秧苗必须从苗床上连根拔起but first the seedlings must
31、 be uproot from the nursery beds10200:11:20,100 00:11:23,400扎成捆移植到高处山地and bundled up ready to be transported to their new paddy10300:11:23,500 00:11:24,900那崭新的苗床上higher up the hillside10400:11:26,200 00:11:29,400宋家邻里乡亲全员出动帮助移植All the Songs neighbors have turned out to help with the transplanting1050
32、0:11:30,000 00:11:32,200这是一直来他们的集体协作方式Its how the community has always worked10600:11:32,400 00:11:35,600当然一旦时刻来临 宋家人也会做出相同行为来报恩when the time comes, the Songs will return the favor10700:11:40,800 00:11:43,000当农户们忙碌在田埂间时While the farmers are busy in the fields10800:11:43,200 00:11:46,700飞燕们则衔着修整巢穴的材料
33、来来往往the swallows fly back and forth with material for their nest10900:12:09,700 00:12:11,400人多力量大Many hands make light work11000:12:12,500 00:12:15,300插秧的整个过程只持续了仅一个多小时planting the new paddy takes a little more than an hour11100:12:33,000 00:12:36,000当工作完成 农户们得以休息Job done, the villagers can relax112
34、00:12:37,000 00:12:39,600至少在明天来临之前at least until tomorrow11300:12:40,400 00:12:43,300然而对这些筑巢的飞鸟而言 修筑家园的宏大工程But for the nesting swallows, the work of raising a family11400:12:44,000 00:12:46,500才刚刚开始has only just begun11500:12:55,000 00:12:57,000新耕种的田地里In the newly planted fields11600:12:57,200 00:12
35、:59,400白鹭在寻找食物little egrets hunt for foods11700:13:01,700 00:13:04,800稻田成了虫 鱼 蝌蚪的乐园The rice paddy harbor tadpoles fish and insects11800:13:05,200 00:13:07,400而白鹭正好以此哺育幼鸟and egrets have chicks to feed11900:13:09,700 00:13:13,600重庆自然保护区建立于 1996 年This colony in Chongqing province is established in 1996
36、12000:13:14,500 00:13:19,000当成群的鸟儿安家在阳光村后方的小竹林when a few dozen birds build nests in thebamboo grove behind YanGuang village12100:13:20,990 00:13:22,400当地人将其视为幸运的使者Believing they were assigned of luck12200:13:22,700 00:13:27,100他们最初小心保护这些白鹭和他们的栖息地local people initially protected the egrets and the co
37、lony grove12300:13:29,400 00:13:32,500但当村长病重后他们的态度发生了转变But their attitude change when the head of the village fell ill12400:13:34,700 00:13:38,300当政府开始介入保护鸟群时They blame the birds and were all set to destroy their nests12500:13:38,800 00:13:41,000他们开始敌视鸟群并着手摧毁巢穴when the local government stepped in to
38、 protect them12600:13:51,700 00:13:55,000易弯曲的竹子或许并非安家的最佳场所Bendy bamboo may not be the safest nesting place12700:13:56,300 00:13:59,400但至少这些小家伙们不会成为捕食者的腹中餐but at least these youngsters wont end up at someones dinner12800:14:11,700 00:14:15,000这些小家伙刚从母亲嘴里分得美食These chicks have just had a meal delivered
39、 by their mom12900:14:15,700 00:14:17,700对新生的小嘴着实是一大挑战quite a challenge for litter beaks13000:14:30,000 00:14:32,000介于他们的栖息地是受保护的Providing their colonies are protected13100:14:32,200 00:14:38,400像白鹭这样的候鸟是少数直接从发达的水稻种植中获益的鸟类wading birds like egrets are among the few wild creatures which benefit direct
40、ly from intensive rice cultivation13200:14:42,000 00:14:44,000水稻生长需要大量的水Growing rice needs lots of water13300:14:44,600 00:14:50,400但即便是在多雨的南方 有些土地也面临缺水的危机but even in the rainy south, there are landscapes where water is surprisingly scarce13400:14:55,700 00:14:58,000相当于法国和西班牙国土加起来那么大This vast area o
41、f southwest China13500:14:58,200 00:15:00,600的中国西南的广阔土地the size of France and Spain combined13600:15:00,900 00:15:03,500因为宛如被干燥中空的谷地隔离开来的巨大蛋盒般is famous for its clusters of conical hills13700:15:03,990 00:15:10,000连绵的锥形山脉而闻名于世like giant upturned egg cartonseperated by dry empty valleys13800:15:13,990
42、 00:15:15,400这就是喀斯特地貌This is the karst13900:15:16,000 00:15:22,400石灰石地貌俨然成为南部中国的标志性特征a limestone terrain which has become the defining image of southern China14000:15:24,000 00:15:29,000喀斯特地貌通常以突起的裸岩状态分布Karst landscapes are oftenstudded with rocky outcrops14100:15:29,300 00:15:32,200这迫使当地农民只得在破碎的小块土
43、地上耕作forcing local farmers to cultivate tiny fields14200:15:38,400 00:15:41,500当地人是中国最贫穷的居民之一The people who live hereare among the poorest in China14300:15:44,400 00:15:46,000在毗邻的云南省In neighboring Yunnan province14400:15:46,200 00:15:49,000遍布着石灰石limestone rocks have taken over entirely14500:16:00,000
44、 00:16:02,300这就是著名的石林This is the famous Stone Forest14600:16:02,600 00:16:05,200无数年侵蚀作用的产物the product of countless years of erosion14700:16:05,500 00:16:09,000造就了无数的狭道与巅峰producing a maze of deep gullets and sharp-edged pinnacles14800:16:14,300 00:16:18,000石灰石有一个独性 那就是能被雨水分解Limestone has a strange pr
45、operty that is dissolves in rain water14900:16:20,500 00:16:26,000在数千年的漫长光阴中 水的侵蚀深入到岩床的心脏地带Over many thousands of years, water has corrode its way deep into the heart of the bedrock itself15000:16:35,700 00:16:38,500这一自然奇观成为了著名的旅游景点This natural wonder has a famous tourist spot15100:16:39,200 00:16:43,400每年的访客数量多达 200 万人receiving close to 2 million visitors each year15200:16:45,400 00:16:48,000中国人特别喜好奇形怪状的岩石The Chinese are fond of curiously shaped rocks15300:16:48,300 00:16:51,600
