The Wild China Script

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The Wild China(Episode 1) The last hidden world 最后的隐世净土 China 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 in close 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 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 Late winter in southern Yunnan is a busy time for local farmers

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