奇妙岛屿 18 - 英语听力

[00:00.3]The cats were removed from Stephens Island
[00:03.33]猫从斯蒂芬斯岛被带走了
[00:03.33]But it was too late for the wren
[00:05.24]但对鹪鹩来说已经来不及了
[00:05.24]Now only known from a few cat-chewed museum specimens
[00:09.12]如今只能从博物馆里几个被猫啃过的标本中得知
[00:09.12]Evolving to be flightless had proven fatal
[00:12.64]进化到无法飞行已经证明是致命的
[00:12.64]So it seems there is a trade-off
[00:14.44]看起来这是一种权衡
[00:14.44]The freedom of island life allows a species to relax its guard
[00:18.8]海岛生活的自由让一个物种放松警惕
[00:18.8]But that can leave it defenceless
[00:21.88]但这会让它变得无助
[00:21.88]On the main islands of New Zealand
[00:24.28]在新西兰的主要岛屿上
[00:24.28]Similar dramas have played out time and time again
[00:27.5]类似的剧情一次又一次上演
[00:27.5]Forests dominated by giant kauri trees once covered the North Island
[00:32.97]北岛曾经被巨大的贝壳杉树林覆盖
[00:32.97]The fragments that remain look much like they have for millennia
[00:36.5]残存的碎片看起来就像几千年前的样子
[00:36.5]But looks can be deceiving
[00:38.53]但外表是会骗人的
[00:38.53]A few centuries ago
[00:39.74]几个世纪前
[00:39.74]This forest echoed with the calls of strange and wonderful birds
[00:44.84]森林里回荡着奇怪又奇妙的鸟儿的叫声
[00:44.84]Most famous was the giant moa
[00:47.58]最著名的是巨无霸
[00:47.58]Which looked a bit like an ostrich
[00:49.71]看起来有点像鸵鸟
[00:49.71]But taller than an elephant
[00:51.48]却比大象还要高
[00:51.48]And there are many more birds
[00:52.78]还有许多鸟儿
[00:52.78]Whose haunting songs now exist here only in memory
[00:57.078]那些令人难以忘怀的歌如今只存在于记忆中