纪录片推荐 | 地球脉动

2020-08-11 06:00 来源: THU生活英语慕课

导语

如果你热爱地理或是野生动物，那么你也许不止一次听到过这部纪录片的鼎鼎大名。该片由大卫·艾登堡执导并担任旁白，讲述了世界各地缤纷多彩生物的生活状态：产仔，哺育，迁徙，捕猎与逃避......高超的摄影技术和壮阔奇特的景观，从浩渺纯白的极地春临到水沃四野的草原雨季，这想必让不少观众都发出了“世界这么大，我还没好好看看”的感慨。

而对英语学习者来说，观看纪录片无疑是锻炼听力，模仿发音的有趣又有效的途径。BBC生产的纪录片大多发音优美，画面精致，题材多样，受到世界英语学习爱好者的喜爱。同时，纪录片所包含的丰富的自然和人文知识，也是扩充知识内蕴，提升人文关怀的满满干货。

还等什么，快快进入推送吧~

剧集介绍

《地球脉动》（planet earth）目前更新至第二季。第一季共11集，第二季共6集。在第一季播出后10年，第二季在BBC重新与粉丝相见，分岛屿、山脉、丛林、沙漠、草原和城市6个主题，介绍大自然更广袤的深处与更不为人知的景象。

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本片段选自第一季第一集：from pole to pole

台词原文

Here nature stages one of her greatest dramas. Every year three million caribou(北美驯鹿） migrate across the Arctic tundra（苔原） . The immensity of the herd can only be properly appreciated from the air . Some herds travel over 2,000 miles year in search of fresh pastures(牧草） . This is the longest overland（陆路的，从陆地经过的） migration made by any animal . They're constantly on the move . Newborn calves have to be up and running the day they are born . But the vast herds do not travel alone . Wolves, packs of them, eight to ten strong, shadow the migration . And they are hungry. It's the newly born calves that they are after. Running directly at the herd is a ploy(手段） to generate panic. The herd breaks up and now it's easier to target an individual. In the chaos a calf is separated from its mother. The calf is young, but it can outrun the wolf if only it manages to keep its footing. At this stage the odds are even（机会均等，双方都有一半的可能）- either the caribou will make mistake or after a mile the wolf will give up.

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Midsummer on the tundra and the sun does not set. At these latitudes the sun's rays are glancing and not enough of their energy reaches the ground to enable trees to grow. You'll need to travel 500 miles south from here before that is possible. These stunted shrubs(矮灌木） mark the tree line -the beginning of the boreal forest（寒带森林）- the taiga（针叶林）.

幕后拍摄

耗资800万英镑，制作历时五年，用两千多天进行实地调查，由130人摄制队走遍62个国家，共动用四十位摄影师分别前往两百个地点拍摄......光看这些数字，你也许就已经为它的制作成本暗吃一惊了。而事实上，为了制作一部好的纪录片，为了抓拍到令人满意的镜头，摄影师们更是动用了各种方法，甚至深入各种常人难以想象的艰苦环境，站在各种出人意料的角度进行拍摄。

比如这个，好不容易打入企鹅领地，却发现人家过得比你想的更艰辛。除了温度，连物资运送都成问题。

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那么雨林里的拍摄者们呢？

s1e1里有一段极乐鸟求爱的介绍。雄极乐鸟为了吸引雌鸟，往往会亮出色泽绚丽的羽毛，高声放歌，甚至摆出一种伞状开屏的姿势。为了抓拍威氏极乐鸟开屏瞬间，三名摄影师在雨林里等了整整三个星期。