这是2026年2月24日，农历正月初八，年后口语粉碎机打卡《Our Planet》主题第一天。
Just 50 years ago, we finally ventured to the moon. For the very first time, we look back at our own planet. Since then, the human population has more than doubled. This series will celebrate the natural wonders that remain, and reveal what we must preserve to ensure people and nature thrive.
就在 50 年前，人类终于踏上了前往月球的征程。我们第一次从太空回望自己的星球。自那以后，全球人口已经增长到原来的两倍以上。本系列纪录片将赞美那些依然存在的自然奇观，并揭示我们必须保护什么，才能确保人类与自然共同繁荣发展。
Episode 1：One Planet
When human beings built their first settlements some 10,000 years ago, the world around them, on the land and in the sea, was full of life. For generations, this stable Eden nurtured our growing civilizations. But now, in the space of just one human lifetime, all that has changed. In the last 50 years, wildlife populations have, on average, declined by 60 percent.
当人类在大约一万年前建立起最早的定居点时，他们周围的世界——无论是陆地还是海洋——都充满了生机。一代又一代，这个稳定的“伊甸园”孕育并滋养着不断发展的文明。然而如今，仅仅在一个人的一生之内，这一切都发生了改变。在过去的 50 年里，野生动物种群数量平均下降了 60%。
For the first time in human history, the stability of nature can no longer be taken for granted. But the natural world is resilient. Great riches still remain. And with our help, the planet can recover.
在人类历史上，这是第一次，大自然的稳定性不再是理所当然的事情。但是，自然界是有韧性的。大量珍贵的自然财富依然存在。只要有我们的帮助，地球就能够恢复。
Never has it been more important to understand how the natural world works, and how to help it. Wildlife still flourishes in astonishing numbers in a few precious places. Along the Peruvian coast of South America, seabirds congregate in colonies millions strong. They come here to breed.
从来没有像现在这样，理解自然界如何运作以及如何帮助它变得如此重要。在少数几个珍贵地区，野生动物仍然以惊人的数量繁衍生息。在南美洲秘鲁海岸，海鸟聚集成数百万只规模的巨大群落。它们来到这里繁殖后代。
Every morning, the birds leave their colonies to fish in one of the richest seas on Earth. It is an astonishing daily migration of five million birds. The huge flocks of cormorants and boobies are all seeking one thing: anchovies. The boobies carpet-bomb the shoals. More and more birds join the feeding frenzy.
每天早晨，这些鸟都会离开它们的群落，前往地球上最富饶的海域之一觅食。这是一次令人惊叹的日常迁徙，共有五百万只鸟参与其中。数量庞大的鸬鹚（cormorants）和鲣鸟（boobies）都在寻找同一种东西：凤尾鱼（anchovies）。鲣鸟像地毯式轰炸一样俯冲攻击鱼群。越来越多的鸟加入这场疯狂的觅食盛宴。
All in this immense assembly are here because a powerful oceanic current, the Humboldt, sweeps up from the Antarctic, bringing with it rich nutrients from the ocean’s depths. 90 percent of the life in the oceans is found in the shallow seas close to the coast. Away from the land, the seas, for the most part, are a blue desert. But even these distant waters may be enriched by a most unexpected connection to the land.
在这片浩瀚的鸟类集会中，所有的鸟都聚集于此，因为一股强大的洋流——洪堡洋流（Humboldt Current）——自南极吹来，将深海的丰富养分带到这里。海洋中 90% 的生命都分布在靠近海岸的浅海区域。远离陆地的海域，大部分都是蔚蓝的荒漠。但是，即便是这些遥远的水域，也可能因与陆地之间意想不到的联系而得到滋养。
Some deserts, often hundreds of kilometers from the ocean, provide the raw materials for life. Every year, winds sweep up two billion tons of dust into the sky. At least a quarter of it eventually falls on the sea, providing nutrients needed by the microscopic organisms that are the foundations of ocean life. Dolphins explore the vast, open ocean in search of the riches that distant deserts may have nourished.
有些沙漠虽然距离海洋往往有数百公里之遥，却为生命提供了最基本的原材料。每年，风会将二十亿吨尘埃卷入天空。其中至少有四分之一最终会降落到海洋中，为微小的海洋生物提供所需的养分，而这些微生物正是海洋生命体系的基础。海豚在辽阔无垠的公海中四处探索，寻找那些或许正是由遥远沙漠所滋养出来的生命宝藏。
A shoal of mackerel has discovered a swarm of krill the small crustaceans that feed on the ocean’s floating microscopic plants. But the mackerel themselves are food for the dolphins. They drive the mackerel towards the surface, and into the range of birds. Shearwaters. The wings that normally propel the birds through the air now drive them six meters down through the water.
一群鲭鱼发现了一大群磷虾。这些小型甲壳动物以海洋中漂浮的微型植物为食。但鲭鱼本身又是海豚的猎物。海豚将鲭鱼驱赶到海面附近，并把它们逼入海鸟的捕猎范围之内。那就是——剪水鹱。平时推动这些海鸟在空中飞翔的翅膀，如今却驱使它们穿过海水，下潜六米深。
Whilst the birds pick off the top of the shoal, the dolphins attack the underside. After 20 minutes of feasting, the predators from both the sea and the air have had their fill. The stability of life on our planet relies on such connections between different habitats. Water evaporating from the surface of the sea condenses to form great clouds.
当海鸟从鱼群的上层逐一捕食时，海豚则从下方发起攻击。经过二十分钟的盛宴之后，来自海洋与天空的捕食者都已饱餐而在足。地球上生命系统的稳定，依赖于不同栖息地之间这样的相互联系。从海面蒸发的水汽凝结，形成巨大的云层。
And these eventually release the fresh water as rain. But these life-giving rains are not evenly spread over the land. This vast salt pan in Africa is all that remains of an ancient lake. It’s totally waterless and oven-hot. Few places on the land are more hostile to life. A few tracks cross it, made by animals searching unsuccessfully for water. But very occasionally, this whole landscape is transformed. A huge deluge drenches the salt pan. Triggered by some unknown signal, flocks of lesser flamingos arrive from thousands of kilometers away. The algae that the flamingos feed on have lain dormant as spores in the dust.
而这些云最终会以降雨的形式释放出淡水。但这些赋予生命的降雨在陆地上的分布并不均匀。非洲这片广阔的盐沼地，是远古湖泊所遗留下来的最后痕迹。这里完全没有水源，炙热如烤炉。陆地上几乎没有比这里更不适合生命存在的地方。几条动物留下的足迹横穿其间，那是它们徒劳寻找水源的痕迹。但极少数情况下，这片景观会被彻底改变。一场倾盆大雨席卷了盐沼地。在某种未知信号的触发下，一群小火烈鸟从数千公里之外飞来。火烈鸟所食用的藻类，其实早已以孢子的形式在尘土中进入休眠状态。
But most importantly, the birds are here to breed. Perfect conditions might occur only once in a decade. The birds nest on an island far from the shore. They build mounds of mud that raise up their eggs and so keep them just marginally cooler than they would be at ground level. The water surrounding the island is so salty that predators do not venture into it. So the nests are safe.Thirty days later, thousands of chicks start to hatch. But there is no shelter from the scorching sun. The water that once surrounded their island, protecting them, has now dried up altogether. The last to hatch step out into a desperately harsh world. Somehow or other, the growing chicks must find fresh water to drink.
但最重要的是，这些海鸟来此是为了繁殖。理想的繁殖条件可能十年才出现一次。海鸟在远离岸边的一座岛上筑巢。它们堆起泥土土堆，把蛋托高，使其比地面温度略低一些。环绕岛屿的水非常咸，捕食者不敢涉足。因此，鸟巢相对安全。三十天后，成千上万的雏鸟开始破壳而出。但烈日下，它们没有任何遮蔽。曾经环绕岛屿、保护它们的水域，如今已经完全干涸。最后破壳的雏鸟踏入这个极其严酷的世界。无论如何，这些正在成长的雏鸟必须找到淡水饮用。
They cannot yet fly, so they must walk, guided by some of the adults. They may have to trek for 50 kilometers. Some… cannot keep up. The salt has solidified around their legs. Most of the chicks, in spite of everything, and having walked for days, eventually reach fresh water.
它们还不会飞，所以必须在一些成年鸟的引导下行走。它们可能需要跋涉五十公里。有些雏鸟……跟不上队伍。盐在它们的腿上已经结成硬壳。尽管经历了种种困难，大多数雏鸟在长途行走数天后，最终到达了淡水处。
It is the end of a long joureny, but only the first of the trails that will be imposed on these flamingos by the irregularity of the rains. If rainfall is more predictable and certain, then life can flourish more richly, both in numbers and varieties. The Serengeti plains in East Africa supports over a million wildbeest. The herds follow the seasonal rains, grazing on the newly-sprouting grass that comes in their wake. Each year, within a three-week period, the females give birth to over a quarter of a million calves.
这是一段漫长旅程的终点，但对于这些火烈鸟来说，这只是由降雨不规律所带来的一系列考验的开始。如果降雨更加可预测和稳定，那么生命就能更加繁盛地发展，无论是在数量上还是在物种多样性上。东非的塞伦盖蒂平原养育着超过一百万头角马。这些兽群追随着季节性的降雨迁徙，啃食随雨水而生的新生草地。每年，在短短三周的时间里，雌性角马会产下超过二十五万只幼崽。
The youngster is just a few days old. Playing strengthens its legs for the long joureny that lies ahead. The calf must stay close to its mother. Without her milk, it would starve.
这只幼崽才出生几天。玩耍有助于增强它的腿部力量，为即将到来的漫长旅程做准备。这只幼崽必须紧跟母亲。如果没有母乳，它将会饿死。
And the herds are always traveling, following the rains as they drift across the plains in order to find fresh grazing. Eventually, they reach woodlands. Hunting dogs. Wildebeest calves are a favorite prey. And the dogs are hungry. The calf must stay with its mother, protected within the herd. The dogs have incredible stamina, but the calf is defended by the herd.
这些兽群总是在迁徙，随着雨季漂移在平原上，寻找新鲜的草地。最终，它们会抵达林地。猎狗出现了。角马幼崽是它们最喜欢的猎物。而这些猎狗正饥肠辘辘。幼崽必须紧跟母亲，在兽群的保护下生存。猎狗拥有惊人的耐力，但幼崽得到了整个群体的防护。
They need the calf on its own. The mother blocks the dogs, shielding her calf. It make a run for safety, And it just manages to get back to the herd.The future of this whole migration depends on the regularity of the rains, but also on the continued existence of the great open grasslands across which the herds make their immense journeys. In places where rains fall abundantly throughout the year, forests grow, and in the warmth of the tropics, they support an unparalleled richness of life.
它们需要把幼崽从兽群中单独分离出来。母亲挡住猎狗，用身体保护自己的幼崽。幼崽拼命冲向安全地带，并且勉强成功回到了兽群之中。整个迁徙的未来，不仅取决于降雨的规律性，也取决于广阔开放草原的持续存在——正是在这些草原上，兽群才能进行如此宏大的迁徙。在全年降雨充沛的地区，森林得以生长；而在热带的温暖环境中，这些森林支撑着无与伦比的生命繁盛。
Half of all the species of land-living animals live in these stable worlds. The sheer diversity is breathtaking. We still have not catalogued all the species that live in the tropical forests. The relationships between them all are multitudinous and complex.
地球上一半的陆生动物物种生活在这些相对稳定的生态环境中。如此之多的物种多样性令人震撼。我们至今仍未将生活在热带雨林中的所有物种完整记录。它们之间的关系既繁多又复杂。
Plants often depend on animals to pollinate their flowers. And these intimate connections are just as important as the great global ones. These are traps. Flowers shaped like buckets, produced by an orchid.
植物往往依赖动物为它们授粉。这些密切的生态联系，与全球范围的宏观联系同样重要。这里展示的是“陷阱”——由一种兰花产生的、形似小桶的花朵。
2026.05.11~15
Each red bucket is filled with an oily liquid that drips from above.Male orchid bees need a rich perfume with which to impress their females, and the orchids provide it. But the bucket is slippery, and the liquid into which the bee has fallen is sticky. The only way to get out is through a narrow tunnel. As it emerges, the bee is gripped tight.
每个红桶都装满了从上面滴下的油性液体。雄性兰花蜂需要一种浓郁的香味来打动雌性，兰花提供了这种香味。但是桶是滑的，蜜蜂掉进去的液体是粘的。出去的唯一办法是穿过一条狭窄的隧道。当它出现时，蜜蜂被紧紧抓住。
2026.05.18~22
And that gives enough time for the plant to glue pollen sacs on the bee’s back. So the orchid has its pollen taken to another plant and the bee is rewarded with a perfume, with which, when it recovers its strength, it can woo a female. There are no pronounced seasons in a rainforest. It produces food in one form or another the year round. It’s so rich that the females of some birds are able to raise their young entirely by themselves, and that allows the males to spend their whole time attracting females as manakins do.
这给了这种植物足够的时间将花粉囊粘在蜜蜂背上。所以，兰花的花粉被带到另一株植物上，而蜜蜂则得到一种香水作为奖励；蜜蜂用这种香水，在恢复体力之后，就能向雌蜂求爱。热带雨林中没有明显的季节。全年以各种形式生产食物。食物如此丰富一些鸟类的雌鸟能够完全依靠自己抚养幼鸟，这让娇鹟这样的雄鸟能够把全部时间花吸引雌鸟上。
2026.05.25~29
There are over 50 different species, each with its own hightly elaborate dance routine.The golden-collared manakin starts by clearing his dance floor. A female arrives and he starts his routine, rocketing from one perch to another. She checks out every detail. Finally, he performs his signature move. The back-flip… with twist. Perfection.
娇鹟有超过50种，每个物种都有其精心编排得整套舞蹈动作。金领娇鹟从清理他的舞池开始。一只雌鸟来了，他就开始舞蹈，从一根树枝跳到另一根树枝。
2026.06.01~05
The red-capped manakin has a very different act. It’s a kind of slither. With wing snaps. But it doesn’t seem to be working. She’s seen enough. The most complex routine is that developed by the blue manakin. The lead male is supported by three junior dancers. They practice together almost every day. During rehearsals, a young male in juvenile plumage stands in for the female.
红顶娇鹟的表演完全不一样。它们的动作是一种滑行。伴随着翅膀的拍击声。但这似乎不起作用。她已经看够了。蓝娇鹟的舞蹈编排是最复杂的。男主角由三名年轻的舞者伴舞。他们几乎每天都在一起练习。在排练期间，一只还处于幼鸟羽毛阶段的年轻雄鸟会装作雌鸟参与表演。
2026.06.08~12
The dance has to be perfectly synchronized. With the lead male happy… they’re ready to present their dance to a famale. A carousel of movements, each male takes his turn at the front. The lead male preforms the final move. Have they done enough? What’s her decision? It’s … a yes. A great team effort.Tropical forests cover only seven percent of the planet’s lands.
这个舞蹈动作必须做到完全同步。一旦男主角满意了，他们就准备好向一个雌鸟展示他们的舞蹈了。在一个婉如旋转木马的动作中，每只雄鸟轮流站在前面。男主角表演最后的动作。他们这样够了吗？她如何决定？答案是… 同意了。伟大的团队力量。热带森林仅覆盖地球陆地面积的7%。
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