BBC美丽中国 第一集

1 NARRATOR:

The last hidden world, China. For centuries, travellers to China have told tales of magical landscapes and surprising creatures. Chinese civilisation 文明, 文化is the world's oldest and today, its largest, with well over a billion people.

It's home to more than 50 distinct 1 截然不同的, 完全分开的 2 清晰的, 明白的, 明显的ethnic group同种同文化的民族and a wide range宽波段;大量程range of traditional lifestyles, often in close partnership with nature.

We know that China faces immense social and environmental problems. But there is great beauty here, too. China is home to the world's highest mountains, vast deserts ranging from searing hot to mind-numbing cold. Steaming forests harbouring rare creatures.

Grassy plains beneath vast horizons. And rich tropical seas.

Now for the first time ever, we can explore the whole of this great country, meet some of the surprising and exotic creatures that live here and consider the relationship of the people and wildlife of China to the remarkable landscape in which they live.

This is Our exploration of China begins in the warm, subtropical south.

On the Li River, fishermen and birds perch on bamboo rafts, a partnership that goes back more than a thousand years.

This scenery is known throughout the world, a recurring motif in Chinese paintings. And a major tourist attraction.

The south of China is a vast area, eight times larger than the UK. It's a landscape of hills but also of water.

It rains here for up to 250 days a year, and standing water is everywhere.

In the floodplain of the Yangtze River, black-tailed godwits probe the mud in search of worms.

But isn't just wildlife that thrives in this environment. The swampy ground provides ideal conditions for a remarkable member of the grass family.

Rice. The Chinese have been cultivating rice for at least 8,000 years. It has transformed the landscape.

Late winter in southern Yunnan is a busy time for local farmers as they prepare the age-old paddy fields ready for the coming spring.

These hill slopes of the Yuanyang County plunge nearly 2,000 metres to the floor of

the Red River valley.

Each contains literally thousands of stacked terraces carved out by hand using basic digging tools.

Yunnan's rice terraces are among the oldest human structures in China. Still ploughed, as they

always have been, by domesticated water buffaloes, whose ancestors originated in these very valleys.

This man-made landscape is one of the most amazing engineering feats of pre-industrial China.

It seems as if every square inch of land has been pressed into cultivation.

As evening approaches, an age-old ritual unfolds.

It's the mating season and male paddy frogs are competing for the attention of the females.

But it doesn't always pay to draw too much attention to yourself.

The Chinese pond heron is a pitiless predator.

Even in the middle of a ploughed paddy field, nature is red in beak and claw.

This may look like a slaughter but as each heron can swallow only one frog at a time, the vast

majority will escape to croak another day.

Terraced paddies like those of the Yuanyang County are found across much of southern China.

This whole vast landscape is dominated by rice cultivation.

In hilly Guizhou Province, the Miao minority have developed a remarkable rice culture.

With every inch of fertile land given over to rice cultivation, the Miao build their wooden houses

on the steepest and least productive hillsides.

In Chinese rural life, everything has a use. Dried in the sun, manure from the cow sheds

will be used as cooking fuel.

It's midday, and the Song family are tucking into a lunch of rice and vegetables.

Oblivious to the domestic chit-chat, Granddad Gu Yong Xiu has serious matters on his mind.

Spring is the start of the rice growing season. The success of the crop will determine how well the

family will eat next year, so planting at the right time is critical.

The ideal date depends on what the weather will do this year, never easy to predict.

But there is some surprising help at hand. On the ceiling of the Songs' living room, a pair of

red-rumped swallows, newly arrived from their winter migration, is busy fixing up last year's nest.

In China, animals are valued as much for their symbolic meaning as for any good they may do.

Miao people believe that swallow pairs remain faithful for life, so their presence is a favour and a blessing, bringing happiness to a marriage and good luck to a home.

Like most Miao dwellings, the Songs' living room windows look out over the paddy fields.

From early spring, one of these windows is always left open to let the swallows come and go freely.

Each year, granddad Gu notes the exact day the swallows return.

Miao people believe the birds' arrival predicts the timing of the season ahead.

This year, they were late. So Gu and the other community elders have agreed that rice planting should be delayed accordingly.

As the Miao prepare their fields for planting, the swallows collect mud to repair their nests and chase after insects across the newly ploughed paddies.

Finally, after weeks of preparation, the ordained time for planting has arrived.

But first the seedlings must be uprooted from the nursery beds and bundled up ready to be transported to their new paddy higher up the hillside.

All the Songs' neighbours have turned out to help with the transplanting.

It's how the community has always worked. When the time comes, the Songs will return the

favour. While the farmers are busy in the fields, the swallows fly back and forth with material for

their nest.

Many hands make light work. Planting the new paddy takes little more than an hour. Job done, the villagers can relax, at least until tomorrow. But for the nesting swallows, the work of

raising a family has only just begun. In the newly planted fields, little egrets hunt for food.

The rice paddies harbour tadpoles, fish and insects and the egrets have chicks to feed. This colony in Chongqing Province was established in 1996, when a few dozen birds built nests in

the bamboo grove behind Yang Guang village.

Believing they were a sign of luck, local people initially protected the egrets and the colony grew.

But their attitude changed when the head of the village fell ill. They blamed the birds and were all

set to destroy their nests, when the local government stepped in to protect them. Bendy bamboo may not be the safest nesting place, but at least this youngster won't end up as someone's dinner.

These chicks have just had an eel delivered by their mum, quite a challenge for little beaks.

Providing their colonies are protected, wading birds like egrets are among the few wild creatures

which benefit directly from intensive rice cultivation.

Growing rice needs lots of water.

But even in the rainy south, there are landscapes where water is surprisingly scarce.

This vast area of southwest China, the size of France and Spain combined, is famous for its clusters of conical hills, like giant upturned egg cartons, separated by dry empty valleys.

This is the karst, a limestone terrain which has become the defining image of southern China.

Karst landscapes are often studded with rocky outcrops, forcing local farmers to cultivate tiny fields. The people who live here are among the poorest in China.

In neighbouring Yunnan Province, limestone rocks have taken over entirely.

This is the famous Stone Forest, the product of countless years of erosion, producing a maze of deep gullies and sharp-edged pinnacles. Limestone has the strange property that it dissolves in rainwater.

Over many thousands of years water has corroded its way deep into the heart of the bedrock itself.

This natural wonder is a famous tourist spot, receiving close to two million visitors each year.

The Chinese are fond of curiously-shaped rocks and many have been given fanciful names.

No prizes for guessing what this one is called! But there's more to this landscape than meets the eye. China has literally thousands of mysterious caverns concealed beneath the visible landscape of the karst. Much of this hidden world has never been seen by human eyes and is only just now being explored.

For a growing band of intrepid young Chinese explorers, caves represent the ultimate adventure.

Exploring a cave is like taking a journey through time. Ajourney which endless raindrops will have followed over countless centuries. Fed by countless drips and trickles, the subterranean river carves ever deeper into the rock. The cave river's course is channelled by the beds of limestone.

A weakness in the rock can allow the river to increase its gradient and flow-rate, providing a real challenge for the cave explorers. The downward rush is halted when the water table is reached.

Here the slow-flowing river carves tunnels with a more rounded profile.

This tranquil world is home to specialised cave fishes, like the eyeless golden barb.

China may have more unique kinds of cave-evolved fishes than anywhere else on earth.

Above the water table, ancient caverns abandoned by the river slowly fill up with stalactites and stalagmites.

Stalactites form as trickling water deposits tiny quantities of rock over hundreds or thousands of years. Stalagmites grow up where lime-laden drips hit the cave floor.

So far, only a fraction of China's caves have been thoroughly prospected and cavers are constantly discovering new subterranean marvels, many of which are subsequently developed into commercial show caves.

Finally escaping the darkness, the cave river and its human explorers emerge in a valley

far from where their journey began.

For now, the adventure is over. Rivers which issue from caves are the key to survival in the karst country.

This vertical gorge in Guizhou Province is a focal point for the region's wildlife.

This is one of the world's rarest primates, Fran鏾is' langur.

In China they survive in just two southern provinces, Guizhou and Guangxi, always in rugged limestone terrains. Like most monkeys, they are social creatures and spend a great deal of time grooming each other.

Langurs are essentially vegetarian with a diet of buds, fruits and tender young leaves. Babies are born with ginger fur, which gradually turns black from the tail end. Young infants have a vice-like grip, used to cling on to mum for dear life.As they get older, they get bolder and take more risks. Those that survive spend a lot of time travelling. The experienced adults know exactly where to find seasonal foods in different parts of their range.

In such steep terrain, travel involves a high level of climbing skill. These monkeys are spectacularly good rock climbers from the time they learn to walk.

In langur society, females rule the roost and take the lead when the family is on the move.

One section of cliff oozes a trickle of mineral-rich water which the monkeys seem to find irresistible. These days there are few predators in the Mayanghe Reserve which

might pose a risk to a baby monkey.

But in past centuries, this area of south China was home to leopards, pythons and even tigers.

To survive dangerous night prowlers, the langurs went underground, using their rock-climbing skills to seek shelter in inaccessible caverns.

Filmed in near darkness using a night vision camera, the troop clambers along familiar ledges worn smooth by generations before them. During cold winter weather, the monkeys venture deeper underground where the air stays comparatively warm.

At last, journey's end. A cosy niche beyond the reach of even the most enterprising predator. But it's not just monkeys that find shelter in caves.

These children are off to school. In rural China that may mean a long trek each morning, passing through a cave or two on the way. But not all pupils have to walk to school. These children are boarders.

As the day pupils near journey's end, the boarders are still making breakfast. In the schoolyard, someone seems to have switched the lights off.

But this is no ordinary playground, and no ordinary school. It's housed inside a cave!

A natural vault of rock keeps out the rain so there's no need for a roof on the classroom.

Zhongdong cave school is made up of six classes, with a total of 200 children.

As well as the school, the cave houses 18 families, together with their livestock.

These could be the only cave-dwelling cows on earth. With schoolwork over, it's playtime at last.

In southern China, caves aren't just used for shelter, they can be a source of revenue for the community. People have been visiting this cave for generations. The cave floor is covered in guano, so plentiful that 10 minutes' work can fill these farmer's baskets.

It's used as a valuable source of fertilizer. A clue to the source of the guano can be heard above the noise of the river. The sound originates high up in the roof of the cave.

The entrance is full of swifts. They're very sociable birds.

More than 200,000 of them share this cave in southern Guizhou Province, the biggest swift colony in China. These days, Chinese house swifts mostly nest in the roofs of buildings, but rock crevices like these were their original home, long before houses

were invented.

Though the swifts depend on the cave for shelter, they never stray further than the limits of daylight, as their eyes can't see in the dark. However, deep inside the cavern, other creatures are better equipped for subterranean life. A colony of bats is just waking up, using ultrasonic squeaks to orientate themselves in the darkness.

Night is the time to go hunting. Rickett's mouse-eared bat is the only bat in Asia which specialises in catching fishes, tracking them down from the sound reflection of ripples on the water surface.

This extraordinary behaviour was only discovered in the last couple of years, and has never been filmed before. If catching fish in the dark is impressive, imagine eating a slippery minnow with no hands while hanging upside down.

Dawn over the karst hills of Guilin. These remarkable hills owe their peculiar shapes to the mildly acid waters of the Li River, whose meandering course over eons of time has corroded away their bases until only the rocky cores remain. The Li is one of the cleanest rivers in China, a favourite spot for fishermen with their trained cormorants.

The men, all called Huang, come from the same village.

Now in their 70s and 80s, they've been fishermen all their lives. Before they release the birds, they tie a noose loosely around the neck to stop them swallowing any fish they may catch.Chanting and dancing, the Huangs encourage their birds to take the plunge.

Underwater, the cormorant's hunting instinct kicks in, turning them into fish-seeking missiles.

Working together, a good cormorant team can catch a couple of dozen decent-sized fish in a morning.

The birds return to the raft with their fish because they've been trained to do so.

From the time it first hatched, each of these cormorants has been reared to a life of obedience to its master. The birds are, in effect, slaves. But they're not stupid.

It's said that cormorants can keep a tally of the fish they catch, at least up to seven.

So unless they get a reward now and then they simply withdraw their labour. The fishermen, of course, keep the best fish for themselves. The cormorants get the leftover tiddlers. With its collar removed, the bird at last can swallow its prize. Best of all, one it isn't meant to have!

These days, competition from modern fishing techniques means the Huangs can't

make a living

from traditional cormorant fishing alone.

And this 1,300-year-old tradition is now practised mostly to entertain tourists. But on Caohai Lake in nearby Guizhou Province, an even more unusual fishing industry is alive and well.

Geng Zhong Sheng is on his way to set out his nets for the night. Geng's net is a strange tubular contraption with a closed-off end. More than a hundred fishermen make their living from the lake.

Its mineral-rich waters are highly productive, and there are nets everywhere. The next morning, Geng returns with his son to collect his catch.

At first sight, it looks disappointing. Tiny fishes, lots of shrimps, and some wriggling bugs.

Geng doesn't seem too downhearted. The larger fish are kept alive, the only way they'll stay fresh in the heat. Surprisingly, some of the bugs are also singled out for special treatment.

They're the young stage of dragonflies, predators that feed on worms and tadpoles.

Nowhere else in the world are dragonfly nymphs harvested like this. Back home, Geng spreads his catch on the roof to dry. This being China, nothing edible will be wasted. There's a saying in the far south, We will eat anything with legs except a table, "and anything with wings except a plane."

Within a few hours, the dried insects are ready to be bagged up and taken to market.

It's the dragonfly nymphs that fetch the best price. Fortunately, Caohai's dragonflies are abundant and fast-breeding.

So Geng and his fellow fishermen have so far had little impact on their numbers. But not all wildlife is so resilient.

This Buddhist temple near Shanghai has an extraordinary story attached to it. In May 2007, camera team filmed this peculiar Swinhoe's turtle in the temple's fish pond.

According to the monks, the turtle had been given to the temple during the Ming dynasty, over 400 years ago. It was thought to be the oldest animal on earth.

Soft-shelled turtles are considered a gourmet delicacy by many Chinese, and when it was filmed, this was one of just three Swinhoe's turtles left alive in China, the rest of its kind having been rounded up and eaten.

Sadly, just a few weeks after filming, this ancient creature died. The remaining individuals of its species are currently kept in separate zoos and Swinhoe's turtle is now reckoned extinct in the wild.

In fact, most of the 25 types of freshwater turtles in China are now vanishingly rare.

The answer to extinction is protection. And there is now a growing network of nature reserves throughout southern China.

Of these, the Tianzi Mountain Reserve at Zhangjiajie is perhaps the most visited by Chinese nature lovers, who come to marvel at the gravity-defying landscape of soaring sandstone pinnacles.

Winding between Zhangjiajie's peaks, crystal clear mountain streams are home to what is perhaps China's strangest creature.

This bizarre animal is a type of newt, the Chinese giant salamander. In China it is known as the baby fish because when distressed it makes a sound like a crying infant.

It grows up to a metre and a half long, making it the world's largest amphibian. Under natural conditions, a giant salamander may live for decades. But like so many Chinese animals, it is considered delicious to eat.

Despite being classed as a protected species, giant salamanders are still illegally sold for food and the baby fish is now rare and endangered in the wild.

Fortunately, in a few areas like Zhangjiajie, giant salamanders still survive under strict official protection. The rivers of Zhangjiajie flow north east into the Yangtze floodplain, known as The Land of Fish and Rice.

On an island in a lake in Anhui Province, a dragon is stirring. This is the ancestral home of China's largest and rarest reptile, a creature of mystery and legend. Dragon eggs are greatly prized.

These babies need to hatch out quick! It would seem someone is on their trail.

For a helpless baby reptile, imprisoned in a leathery membrane inside a chalky shell, the process of hatching is a titanic struggle.

And time is running out. It's taken two hours for the little dragon to get its head out of the egg.

It needs to gather its strength now, for one final, massive push. Free at last, the baby Chinese alligators instinctively head upwards towards the surface of the nest and the waiting outside world.

But the visitors are not what they seem.

She Shizhen and her son live nearby. She has been caring for her local alligators for over 20 years, so she had a fair idea when the eggs were likely to hatch.

Back home, she's built a pond surrounded by netting to keep out predators, where her charges will spend the next six months until they're big enough to fend for themselves.

For the past 20 years, small-scale conservation projects like this are all that have kept China's 150 wild alligators from extinction.

Just south of the alligator country, dawn breaks over a very different landscape.

The 1,800-metre-high granite peaks of the Huangshan or Yellow Mountain. To the Chinese, Huangshan's pines epitomise the strength and resilience of nature.

Some of these trees are thought to be over 1,000 years old.

Below the granite peaks, steep forested valleys shelter surprising inhabitants. Huangshan macaques, rare descendants of the Tibetan macaques of western China, are unique to these mountain valleys where they enjoy strict official protection.

After a morning spent in the treetops, the troop is heading for the shade of the valley.

A chance for the grown-ups to escape the heat and maybe pick up a lunch snack from the stream.

As in most monkey societies, social contact involves a lot of grooming.

Grooming is all very well for grown-ups, but young macaques have energy to burn. Like so much monkey business, what starts off as a bit of playful rough-and-tumble, soon begins to get out of hand.

The alpha male has seen it all before. He's not in the least bothered. But someone, or something, is watching, with a less than friendly interest.

The Chinese moccasin is an ambush predator with a deadly bite. This is one of China's largest and most feared venomous snakes. But the monkeys have lived alongside these dangerous serpents for thousands of years.

They use this specific alarm call to warn each other whenever a snake is spotted.

Once its cover is blown, the viper poses no threat to the monkeys, now safe in the treetops.

And life soon returns to normal. By late summer, the rice fields of southern China have turned to gold. The time has come to bring in the harvest. Nowadays, modern high-yield strains are grown throughout much of the rice lands, boosted by chemical fertilizers and reaped by combine harvesters.

This is the great rice bowl of China, producing a quarter of the world's rice. Insects, stirred up by the noisy machines, are snapped up by gangs of red-rumped swallows, including this year's youngsters, who will have fledged several weeks ago.

This could be their last good feast before they head south for the winter. Mechanized farming works best in the flat-bottomed valleys of the lowlands.

To the south, in the terraced hills of Zhejiang Province, an older and simpler lifestyle persists.

It's 7:00 in the morning and Longxian's most successful businessman is off to work. In the golden terraces surrounding the village the ears of rice are plump and ripe for harvesting.

But today, rice isn't uppermost in Mr Yang's mind. He has bigger fish to fry. Further up the valley, the harvest has already begun. Yang's fields are ripe, too, but they haven't been drained yet.

That's because for him, rice is not the main crop. The baskets he's carried up the hillside give a clue to Yang's business.

But before he starts work, he needs to let some water out of the system. As the water level drops, the mystery is revealed. Golden carp.

Longxian villagers discovered the benefits of transferring wild caught carp into their paddy fields long ago.

The tradition has been going on here for at least 700 years. As the water level in the paddy drops, bamboo gates stop the fish escaping.

The beauty of this farming method is that it delivers two crops from the same field at the same time.

Fish and rice. Smart ecology like this is what enables China to be largely self-sufficient in food, even today. Back in the village, Yang has his own smokehouse where he preserves his fish ready for market. Longxian carp have unusually soft

scales and a very delicate flavour, perhaps as a result of the local water. Meanwhile, outside the smokehouse, there's something fishy going on.

To mark the harvest, the village is staging a party. Children from Longxian school have spent weeks preparing for their big moment.

Everyone from the community is here to support them. The rice growing cycle is complete.

By November, northern China is becoming distinctly chilly. But the south is still relatively warm and welcoming. Across the vast expanse of Poyang Lake, the birds are gathering.

Tundra swans are long-distance migrants from northern Siberia. To the Chinese, they symbolise the essence of natural beauty.

The Poyang Lake Nature Reserve offers winter refuge to more than a quarter of a million birds from more than 100 species, creating one of southern China's finest wildlife experiences.

The last birds to arrive at Poyang are those which have made the longest journey to get here, all the way from the Arctic coast of Siberia.

The Siberian crane, known in China as the white crane, is seen as a symbol of good luck.

Each year, almost the entire world population of these critically endangered birds make a 9,000-kilometre roundtrip to spend the winter at Poyang.

Like the white cranes, many of south China's unique animals face pressure from exploitation and competition with people over space and resources.

But if China is living proof of anything, it is that wildlife is surprisingly resilient. Given the right help, even the rarest creatures can return from the brink. If we show the will, nature will find the way.

美丽中国 - 字幕学习版 wild china cd1

(SQUAWKING叫鸣) distinct不同的 ethnic种族的 immense广大的 searing灼热的 mind-numbing乏味/厌烦的steaming冒蒸汽的 rare稀有的 grassy多草的 exotic外(国)来的/奇异的remarkable引人注目的 subtropical亚热带的 perch暂栖vi. rafts木排/筏pl. scenery风景/布景 throughout遍及, ~ the world, recurring再发的 motif(作品)主题 vast广阔的 (THUNDER RUMBLING(发)隆隆声) floodplain河滩 godwits黑尾鹬yù probe探索vt. thrive兴旺vi. swampy沼泽/泥泞的 cultivate栽培vt. ~ rice paddy稻田 slopes斜坡pl. plunge猛冲vi. to ~ literally简直 stacked成堆的 terraces地坪/梯田pl. plough犁vt. domesticated驯化的 feats功绩pl. square平方 cultivation耕作 ritual(宗教等的)仪式 unfold展开vi. mating交配~ season heron苍鹭 predator食肉动物 beak鸟喙 claw爪. slaughter屠杀 croak蛙鸣vi. hilly多小山的 fertile肥沃的 hillsides山腰pl. rural农村的 manure肥料 sheds棚pl. midday正午, and the Song family are tucking into 大吃 domestic家庭的 chit-chat闲聊 crop作物 critical决定性的 date日期 red-rumped尾的 favour恩惠 dwellings民居pl. note注意/记录vt. timing时间安排 ordained命令的 seedlings幼苗n. be uprooted连根拔起 nursery保育 bundle捆up transplanting移栽 egrets白鹭pl. tadpoles蝌蚪pl. chicks小鸟pl. colony(动/植物的)群体 grove丛 sign迹象 were all set to决心 step in干预to bendy易弯的 eel鳝鱼 (CHIRPING鸣叫) Providing假如... wading涉水的~ birds clusters群pl. conical圆锥体的 upturned翻过来的 cartons纸板盒 karst喀斯特

美丽中国1-中英文文档.

最后的隐世净土 The last hidden world 中国 China 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 landscapes 以及那些神奇生物的传说 and surprising creatures 中国文明是世界最古老的文明 Chinese civilization is the world's oldest 而如今是最宏博的 and today it's largest 那数十亿的人民 with well over a billion people 现存超过五十个民族 It's home to more than 50 distinct ethnic groups 以及各式各样贴近自然的 and a wide range of traditional life styles 传统生活方式 often inclose partnership with nature 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 problems 但这里也存在着令人窒息的美丽 but there is great beauty here too 中国有着世界最高峰 China is home to the world's highest mountains, 从无垠的炙热沙漠 vast deserts ranging from from searing hot 到麻木大脑的寒冷地带 to mind numbing cold 以及那蒸笼般的森林中 steaming forests 隐匿的各种珍稀生物 harboring rare creatures 天际下广阔无垠的草原 grassy plains beneath vast horizons

美丽中国中英文字幕 第01集 龙之心 Heart of the Dragon

美丽中国（Wild China） 第一集龙之心Heart of the Dragon 最后的隐世净土The last hidden world 中国China 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 landscapes 以及那些神奇生物的传说and surprising creatures 中国文明是世界最古老的文明Chinese civilization is the world's oldest 而如今是最宏博的and today it's largest 那数十亿的人民with well over a billion people 现存超过五十个民族It's home to more than 50 distinct ethnic groups 以及各式各样贴近自然的and a wide range of traditional life styles 传统生活方式often inclose partnership with nature 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 problems 但这里也存在着令人窒息的美丽but there is great beauty here too 中国有着世界最高峰China is home to the world's highest mountains, 从无垠的炙热沙漠vast deserts ranging from from searing hot 到麻木大脑的寒冷地带to mind numbing cold 以及那蒸笼般的森林中steaming forests 隐匿的各种珍稀生物harboring rare creatures 天际下广阔无垠的草原grassy plains beneath vast horizons 以及富饶的热带海洋and rich tropical seas 现在我们第一次有机会Now, for the first time ever 深入探索这片伟大的土地we can explore the whole of this great country 接触栖息于此的珍奇生物meet some of the surprising and exotic creatures that live here 目睹中国这片神奇土地上and consider the relationship of the people and wildlife of China 人与野生世界的羁绊to the remarkable landscaping which they live 这就是最原味的中国This is wild China 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 motherland

美丽中国第一集中英文字幕

The last hidden world China 最后的隐世净土中国 For centuries, travellers to China have told tales of magical landscapes 数世纪来旅人传诵着关于这片神奇土地 and surprising creatures 以及那些神奇生物的传说 Chinese civilization is the world's oldest 中国文明是世界最古老的文明 and today it's largest 而如今是最宏博的 with well over a billion people 那数十亿的人民 It's home to more than 50 distinct ethnic groups 现存超过五十个民族 and a wide range of traditional life styles 以及各式各样贴近自然的 often inclose partnership with nature 传统生活方式 We know that China faces immense social and environmental problems 我们都知道中国面对着着众多社会环境问题 but there is great beauty here too 但这里也存在着令人窒息的美丽 China is home to the world's highest mountains, 中国有着世界最高峰 vast deserts ranging from from searing hot 从无垠的炙热沙漠 to mind numbing cold 到麻木大脑的寒冷地带 steaming forests 以及那蒸笼般的森林中 harboring rare creatures 隐匿的各种珍稀生物 grassy plains beneath vast horizons 天际下广阔无垠的草原 and rich tropical seas 以及富饶的热带海洋 Now, for the first time ever 现在我们第一次有机会 we can explore the whole of this great country 深入探索这片伟大的土地 meet some of the surprising and exotic creatures that live here 接触栖息于此的珍奇生物 and consider the relationship of the people and wildlife of China 目睹中国这片神奇土地上 to the remarkable landscaping which they live 人与野生世界的羁绊 This is wild China 这就是最原味的中国 Our exploration of China begins in the warm subtropical south 我们的中国探索之旅始于南方的亚热带 On the Li River fishermen and birds perch on bamboo rafts 漓江的渔人和鱼鸟栖坐在竹筏上 a partnership that goes back more than a thousand years 这个组合已延续千年之久 This scenery is known throughout the world 这景致已为世人所熟悉 a recurring motif in Chinese paintings 那是中国水墨永恒的主题 and a major tourist attraction 和旅人永远的胜地 The south of China is a vast area 中国南部是片有英国国土 eight times larger than the UK 九倍之大的广阔土地 It's a landscape of hills 这里 but also of water 是山雨的国度 It rains here for up to 250 days a year 这里一年之中有250天在降雨 and standing water is everywhere 到处都是积水 In a floodplain of the Yangtse River 在扬子江的涝原 black-tailed godwits probe the mud in search of worms 黑尾鹬在泥泞中寻索着虫子 But it isn't just wildlife that thrive in this environment 并非只有野生动物在这样的环境下茁壮成长 the swampy ground provides ideal conditions for the remarkable member of the grass family 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 rice 这就是稻米 The Chinese have been cultivating rice for at least 8 thousand years 中国有着至少8000年的稻米种植史 It has transformed the landscape 他们改变了这块土地 1

BBC美丽中国英文字幕word第二集

Beneath billowing clouds, in China's far southwestern Yunnan province, lies a place of mystery and legend. Of mighty rivers and some of the oldest jungles in the world. Here, hidden valleys nurture strange and unique creatures, and colourful tribal cultures. Jungles are rarely found this far north of the tropics. So, why do they thrive here? And how has this rugged landscape come to harbour the greatest natural wealth in all China? In the remote southwest corner of China, a celebration is about to take place. Dai people collect water for the most important festival of their year. The Dai call themselves the people of the water. Yunnan's river valleys have been their home for over , years. By bringing the river water to the temple, they honour the two things holiest to them - Buddhism and their home. The Dai give thanks for the rivers and fertile lands which have nurtured their culture. Though to some it might seem just an excuse for the biggest water fight of all time. Dai lives are changing as towns get bigger and modernize but the Water Splashing Festival is still celebrated by all. The rivers which lie at the heart of Dai life and culture flow from the distant mountains of Tibet, southward through central Yunnan in great parallel gorges. The Dai now live in the borders of tropical Vietnam and Laos, but their legends tell of how their ancestors came here by following the rivers from mountain lands in the cold far north. Lying at the far eastern end of the Himalayas, the Hengduan mountains form Yunnan's

Wild China1-12美丽中国中英文字幕

Beneath billowing clouds,在翻騰的雲霧之下 3 in China's far southwestern Yunnan province,處在中國西南邊境的雲南省4 lies a place of mystery and legend.是個充滿神秘與傳奇的地方5 Of mighty rivers and some ofthe oldest jungles in the world.這裏有浩瀚的河川及世上年代最悠久的森林6 Here, hidden valleys nurture strangeand unique creatures,隱密的溪谷培育出不可思議及罕見珍奇的生物7 and colorful tribal cultures.和多采多姿的民族文化8 Jungles are rarely found thisfar north of the tropics.離熱帶地區這麼遠的北邊森林是很罕見的景觀9 So, why do they thrive here?那麼此區為何會有茂盛的森林？10 And how has this rugged landscape come to harbor the greatest natural wealth in all China?這麼惡劣的地理環境是如何庇護全中國最重要的自然資源？14 In the remote southwest corner of China,在中國西南方的偏僻角落一個慶典即將舉行15 a celebration is about to take place.16 Dai people collect water forthe most important festival of their year.傣人為他們一年中最重要的節慶取水17 The Dai call themselves the people of the water.傣族人自稱為水鄉之人18 Yunnan's river valleys have been their homefor over 2,000 years.兩千多年來他們一直以雲南的河谷為家19 By bringing the river water to the temple,他們將河水帶到佛寺20 they honor the two things holiest to them -以河水浴佛來體現他們認為最神聖的兩件事21 Buddhism and their home. 佛教與家庭23 The Dai give thanks for the rivers and fertilelands which have nurtured their culture.傣族以此敬謝河川與良地豐富了他們的文化與生活25 Though to some it might seem just an excusefor the biggest water fight of all time.也許對某些人來說這個潑水儀式只是藉口讓他們打場最過癮的水戰27 Dai lives are changingas towns get bigger and modernize由於城鎮的擴大及都市化傣族的生活形態正逐漸改變28 but the Water Splashing Festivals still celebrated by all.但大家仍會慶祝潑水節29 The rivers which lie at the heart ofDai life and culture河川深深影響傣族的生活和文化30 flow from the distant mountains of Tibet,河流源自遙遠的西藏高山31 southward through central Yunnanin great parallel gorges.往南流經雲南中部穿越重重的巨大峽谷 32 The Dai now live in the borders of tropicalVietnam and Laos,如今傣族居住在鄰近越南與泰國的熱帶地區33 but their legends tell ofhow their ancestors came here但他們的傳奇故事敍述了祖先如何沿著河流34 by following the rivers from mountain landsin the cold far north.從遙遠寒冷的北方高地來到這裏35 Lying at the far eastern end of the Himalayas,橫斷山脈位於喜瑪拉雅山最東邊36 the Hengduan mountains form Yunnan'snorthern border with Tibet.是雲南北方與西藏的邊界37 Kawakarpo, crown of the Hengduan range,is a site of holy pilgrimage.橫斷山脈的頂峰卡瓦格博雪山是朝聖的聖地38 Yet, its formidable peak remains unconquered.然而它令人畏懼的山頂至今無人能征服39 Yunnan's mountains are remote,rugged and inaccessible.雲南群山偏僻、崎嶇，人類很難接近40 Here the air is thin and temperaturescan drop below minus 40 degrees.這裏的空氣稀薄溫度能降到零下40度42 This is home to an animal that's foundnowhere else on Earth.但地球上有某種動物卻只生活在這裏43 The Yunnan snub-nosed monkey.雲南金絲猴44 It's found only in these fewisolated mountain forests.它們只在這些孤立的山林出沒45 No other primate lives at such high altitudes.沒有其他的靈長類動物能居住在這麼高的海拔46 but these are true specialists.它們是真正的專家47 These ancient mountain dwellershave inspired legends.這些古老的山居動物造就許多傳奇故事48 Local Lisu people consider them their ancestors, 俚索族視它們為自己的祖先50 calling them "the wild men of the mountains".稱它們為山中野人51 During heavy snowfalls,even these specialists cannot feed.遇上大雪時期就連這些森林專家也無法覓食52 It seems a strange place for a monkey.這對猴子來說似乎是個奇怪的

意识形态操纵论下的《美丽中国》两个字幕译本对比研究

意识形态操纵论下的《美丽中国》两个字幕译本对比研究 【摘要】纪录片《美丽中国》是中央电视台CCTV和英国广播公司BBC第一次联合摄制的作品，也是第一部表现中国自然人文景观和野生动物的大型电视纪录片。本文借助改写理论，从意识形态的操纵的角度，对比分析了纪录片《美丽中国》CCTV版（TT2）和字幕组翻译（TT1）。 【关键词】《美丽中国》；改写理论；意识形态；操纵 意识形态泛指许多社会和个人行为背后的思想及解释系统。CCTV受到官方意识形态影响，而网络字幕则受到大众意识形态约束。 一.意识形态的操纵 （一）官方意识形态操纵CCTV译本 官方意识形态是指权威的上层建筑的意识形态，通过各种行为规范和道德标准的宣传，官方意识形态无形中影响着人们。 1.认可中国价值观 官方意识形态就很重视中国人的价值观，试图以一种科学高尚的价值观来塑造人们，包括CCTV在内的所有媒体就承担起来这一责任，在字幕翻译中，很多陈述和评论就被改写来顺应这类价值观。 《美丽中国》的源语版本中有一些宗教内容和迷信的叙述，但CCTV对其翻译的处理中对一些宗教内容进行了一定程度的改写，下面是一些例子。 ST：The possibility of escaping the cycle of life and death，and the promise of enlightenment encourages people to perform activities that benefit all beings. TT1：为了脱离生死的轮回，达到悟道成佛的境界，佛教鼓励人们从事对众生有益的事情。 TT2：佛教徒们相信，大彻大悟的境界来自于眼前的苦修和对世间的爱，这种信念不仅仅使人自身得到进化，也促成他们与万物间的关系。 在这个例子中，TT1的翻译忠实的将“the cycle of life and death” 译为“生死的轮回”，展现了最根本的佛家哲学，在古代，佛教制约着人们的行为，但随着社会发展，马克思的唯物主义价值观成为占统治地位的价值形态。因此，在TT2中，除了将“the promise of enlightenment”译为“大彻大悟”，其他部分的宗教内容改写为“眼前的苦修和对世间的爱”，这是与当代中国的主流价值观相符的。

美丽中国第一集中英文字幕 讲解版

前2：10使用The last hidden world, China. For centuries, travelers to China have told tales of magical landscapes and surprising creatures. Chinese civilization is the world's oldest and today, its largest, with well over a1.3 billion people. It's home to more than 50 distinct ethnic groups and a wide range of traditional lifestyles,often in close partnership with nature. We know that China faces immense social and environmental problems, but there is great beauty here, too. China is home to the world's highest mountains, vast deserts ranging from searing hot to mind-numbing cold, steaming forests harboring rare creatures, grassy plains beneath vast horizons and rich tropical seas. Now for the first time ever, we can explore the whole of this great country, meet some of the

美丽中国4中英文解说

00:00:03,880 --> 00:00:07,500 长城始建于中国汉代 The Great Wall of China was built by the Han Chinese 2 00:00:07,990 --> 00:00:12,000 为了抵御来自北方的游牧民族而建 to keep out the nomadic tribes from the north 3 00:00:14,200 --> 00:00:16,800 当时把这些游牧民族称为戎狄 They called these people barbarians 4 00:00:16,999 --> 00:00:19,100 并且认为他们的土地贫瘠且 and their lands were considered barren 5 00:00:19,300 --> 00:00:21,000 不适宜人类生息 and uninhabitable 6 00:00:23,400 --> 00:00:26,100 中国的北方确实是一个笼罩在严酷寒冬之中的Northern China is indeed a harsh place 7 00:00:26,300 --> 00:00:28,000 艰辛之地 of terrible winters 8 00:00:29,000 --> 00:00:30,600 无情的夏天 ferocious summers 9 00:00:31,880 --> 00:00:33,000 严酷的沙漠 harsh deserts

10 00:00:36,500 --> 00:00:38,500 但是这块多彩多姿的土地 But it is far from lifeless 11 00:00:43,000 --> 00:00:44,400 却充满了勃勃生机 With colorful places 12 00:00:46,000 --> 00:00:47,600 有着令人惊讶生物 surprising creatures 13 00:00:55,000 --> 00:00:56,200 奇风异俗的人民 amazing people 14 00:01:00,500 --> 00:01:02,500 以及独特的景致 and strange landscapes 15 00:01:09,600 --> 00:01:13,600 旅途越发深入景致越发精彩 The further we travel, the more extreme it becomes 16 00:01:18,400 --> 00:01:21,100 长城以北的人民与野生生命 So how do people and wildlife cope 17 00:01:21,800 --> 00:01:26,000 是如何应对艰苦的自然环境和种种生存挑战 with hardships and challenges of life beyond the Wall 18 00:01:26,600 --> 00:01:35,601 谨以此献给我们多灾多难但美丽依旧的祖国

美丽中国中文字幕——香格里拉

香格里拉 在翻腾的云雾之下，处在中国西南边境的云南省是个充满神秘与传奇的地方。 这里有浩瀚的河川及世上年代最悠久的丛林。 隐密的溪谷培育出不可思议及罕见珍奇生物和多姿多彩的民族文化。 离热带地区这么远的北边丛林是很罕见的景观。 那么此区为何会有茂盛的丛林？ 这么恶劣的地理环境是如何庇护全中国最重要的自然资源？ 在中国西南方的偏僻角落，一个庆典即将举行。 傣人为他们一年中最重要的节庆取水。 傣族人自称为水乡之人。 两千多年来他们一直以云南的河谷为家。他们将河水带到佛寺，以河水浴佛来体现他们认为最神圣的两件事——佛教与家庭。傣族以此敬谢河川与良地，丰富了他们的文化与生活。 也许对某些人来说，这个泼水仪式只是借口，让他们打场最过瘾的水战。 由于城镇的扩大及都市化，傣族的生活形态正逐渐改变，但大家仍会庆祝泼水节。 河川深深影响傣族的生活和文化。河流源自遥远的西藏高山，往南流经云南中部穿越重重的巨大峡谷。 如今傣族居住在邻近越南与老挝的热带地区，但他们的传奇故事叙述了祖先如何沿着河流从遥远寒冷的北方高地来到这里。 横断山脉位于喜玛拉雅山最东边，是云南北方与西藏的边界。横断山脉的顶峰卡瓦格博雪山是朝圣的圣地。 然而它令人畏惧的山顶至今无人能征服。 云南群山偏僻、崎岖，人类很难接近。 这里的空气稀薄，温度能下降到零下40度。但地球上有某种动物却只生活在这里。 云南金丝猴。 他们只在这些孤立的山林出没。 没有其他的灵长类动物能居住在这么高的海拔。 他们是真正的专家。 这些古老的山居动物造就许多传奇故事。 俚索族视他们为自己的祖先，称它们为山中野人。 遇上大雪时期就连这些丛林专家也无法觅食。 这对猴子来说似乎是个奇怪的居住地。 雪一停歇，这些猴子立刻把握时间去寻找食物。 在这高度很少有果子及嫩叶可吃。 它们九成的食物来自一种很像束状干草的奇怪有机物体。 半菌半植物的地衣。 按理该住在低地森林的猴子怎么会跑来住在偏远的山区？ 在这些孤绝的高峰之中还有更多奇特的动物。 一只中国红色熊猫。 生性安静独居，大部分的时间都在树上。 不管其名，红色熊猫只是大熊猫的远亲。 它跟臭鼬反而有较近的血缘关系。 但它确实跟大熊猫一样喜欢吃竹叶。

美丽中国字幕

美丽中国中英文字幕 美丽中国（美丽中国（Wild China）） 第一集龙之心Heart of the Dragon 最后的隐世净土The last hidden world 中国China 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 landscapes 以及那些神奇生物的传说and surprising creatures 中国文明是世界最古老的文明Chinese civilization is the world's oldest 而如今是最宏博的and today it's largest 那数十亿的人民with well over a billion people 现存超过五十个民族It's home to more than 50 distinct ethnic groups 以及各式各样贴近自然的and a wide range of traditional life styles 传统生活方式often inclose partnership with nature 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 problems 但这里也存在着令人窒息的美丽but there is great beauty here too 中国有着世界最高峰China is home to the world's highest mountains, 从无垠的炙热沙漠vast deserts ranging from from searing hot 到麻木大脑的寒冷地带to mind numbing cold 以及那蒸笼般的森林中steaming forests 隐匿的各种珍稀生物harboring rare creatures 天际下广阔无垠的草原grassy plains beneath vast horizons 以及富饶的热带海洋and rich tropical seas 现在我们第一次有机会Now, for the first time ever 深入探索这片伟大的土地we can explore the whole of this great country 接触栖息于此的珍奇生物meet some of the surprising and exotic creatures that live here 目睹中国这片神奇土地上and consider the

美丽中国第二集中英文字幕教学文案

Shangri-La 香格里拉 Beneath billowing clouds, 翻腾的云海之下 in China's far southwestern Yunnan province, 在中国西南遥远的云南省 lies a place of mystery and legend. 有一个神秘而又充满传奇的地方 Of mighty rivers and some of the oldest jungles in the world. 这儿有着世界上最久远的雨林以及奔腾的河流 Here, hidden valleys nurture strange and unique creatures, 藏匿于此的河谷养育了奇异而又独特的动物 and colourful tribal cultures. 同时也孕育了多彩的民族风情 Jungles are rarely found this far north of the tropics. 雨林在远离热带的北部地区是罕见的 So, why do they thrive here? 可是为什么却得以在此茁壮成长 And how has this rugged landscape come to harbourthe greatest natural wealth in all China? 为何整个中国崎岖不平的山地里却蕴藏着富饶多姿的自然财富 In the remote southwest corner of China, 在中国西南部的一个偏远的角落里 a celebration is about to take place. 即将举行一场庆典 Dai people collect water for the most important festival of their year. 傣族人为他们一年中最重要的节日收集水 The Dai call themselves the people of the water. 傣族人也称自己为水之民 Yunnan's river valleys have been their home for over 2,000 years. 云南的河谷地带是他们的两千多年来繁衍生息的故里 By bringing the river water to the temple, 把河水带到寺庙 they honour the two things holiest to them - 敬俸傣族人最神圣的两件事物 Buddhism and their home. 佛教和他们的家园 The Dai give thanks for the rivers and fertile lands which have nurtured their culture. 傣族人感恩养育了傣族文化的河流以及肥沃的土地 Though to some it might seem just an excuse for the biggest water fight of all time. 或许这看上去只是为了打上一场大水仗的借口 Dai lives are changing as towns get bigger and modernize 随着小镇的发展以及现代化傣族人的生活正发生着改变 but the Water Splashing Festival is still celebrated by all. 泼水节依旧是众所周知的著名的傣族节日 The rivers which lie at the heart of Dai life and culture 河流穿越了傣族人生活与习俗的心脏地带

美丽中国(Wild China)第六集双语对照文本字幕

美丽中国（Wild China）第六集双语对照文本字幕(2012-04-21 08:03:44) 美丽中国（Wild China）第六集潮汐更迭Tides of Change 双语对照文本字幕 从东端的长城起From the eastern end of the Great Wall, 中国的海岸跨度14,500公里China's coast spans 14,500 kilometres 并且拥有五千多年的历史and more than 5,000 years of history. 在这个方面显示了This is the area which shows the greatest contrast 中国的过去和未来之间的差距between China's past and its future. 如今中国的东海岸线Today China's eastern seaboard 有七亿人口is home to 700 million people, 居住在科技高速发展的沿海城市 packed into some of the most dazzling hi-tech cities on earth. 然而这些拥挤的海岸仍然是野生动物的一个重要财富 Y et these crowded shores remain hugely important for a wealth of w ildlife. 现在古老的传统渐渐被新的气息所侵蚀 Now, as ancient traditions mingle with new aspirations, 那么在中国拥挤的海岸上还有野生动物的活动场所吗 is there any room at all for wildlife on China's crowded shores? 谨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 motherland 在中国北方的扎龙自然保护区In northern China's Zhalong Nature Reserve, 一对丹顶鹤正守望着它们的产卵领土 a pair of red-crowned cranes have staked out their nesting territory 在一个商业管理的芦苇床残株里in the stubble of a commercially managed reed bed. 数百年来For centuries,cranes have been revered in China 鹤被中国人视为长寿的象征而备受尊崇as symbols of longevity. 它们的雕像被放在皇帝的宝座旁Their statues were placed next to the Emperor's throne. 鹤因此而受到赞扬The cranes have cause to celebrate. 幼鹤在困难时刻就象征着希望This chick is a sign of hope in difficult times. 丹顶鹤是世界上最濒临灭绝边缘的物种之一 Red-crowned cranes are one of the world's most endangered species. 在过去的一个世纪Over the last century, 中国失去了近一半的沿海湿地China has lost nearly half of its coastal wetlands 并且大多数改造地是为了造福人类而非野生动物 and most of what remains is managed for the benefit of people, not wildlife. 从现在起的数个月A few months from now, 幼鹤和它的家人将面临一场往南方的大迁徙 this chick and its parents will face a long migration south 来躲避北方的严冬to escape the harsh northern winter. 它们将沿着海岸向前Their route will take them along a coast 然而这些海岸已经受到人类活动的巨大影响 which has been greatly affected by human activity. 在它们的征途上Along their journey, the cranes will be joined 将有成千上万其他鸟类加入迁徙大军by many thousands of other migrating birds. 它们迁徙的方向横跨南渤海湾All heading south across the Bohai Gulf 沿海岸的黄海和中国东海and along the shores of the Y ellow and East China Seas,