美丽中国-西藏（BBC Wild China）中英双语对照文本字幕(2)

作者：地理人来源：未知时间：2023-11-27 阅读：次字体：大中小在线投稿

西藏供养着超过250万的人口 Tibet is home to over 2.5 million people,
其中大部分都是虔诚的信徒 most of whom are deeply religious.
尽管西藏的佛教徒倾心于精致复杂的庙宇、雕塑以及画像
Though Tibetan Buddhist worship centres on elaborate temples,statues and images,
他们的信仰却和西藏的野生环境密切地交织在一起
its beliefs are intimately linked with the wild landscapes of Tibet.
这种关系起源于 The starting point for that relationship is the mountain range
蜿蜒在西藏南部边界的山脉 that runs along Tibet's southern border.
喜马拉雅山脉的长度超过了3000千米 Over 3,000 kilometres long,
是中国真正意义上的长城 the Himalayas are China's real Great Wall.
有上百个山峰的海拔超过了7000米其中十三个的海拔超过了8000米
With hundreds of peaks over 7,000 metres and 13 peaks
是地球上最高的山峰 higher than 8,000 metres,they are the highest mountains on Earth.
西藏地区有3万5千个以上的冰川 The Tibetan region contains over 35,000 glaciers
覆盖了超过10万平方千米的土地 that cover over 100,000 square kilometres.
组成了除去极地之外的最大的冰区 They comprise the largest area of ice outside the polar regions,
接近世界冰区总面积的六分之一 and nearly a sixth of the world's total.
冰川是这个地区大部分水流的源头 These glaciers are the source of most of the water in the region.
青藏高原上镶嵌着众多冰冷的湖泊 And the Tibetan plateau is studded with glacial lakes.
坐落在西藏遥远西部海拔4500米处的玛旁雍错湖 At over 4,500 metres up,Lake Manasarovar
是世界上海拔最高的淡水湖 in the far west of Tibet,is the highest freshwater lake in the world.
晚春时节寒冷的湖水吸引了很多繁衍的鸟儿
In late spring,the chilly lake waters are a magnet for breeding birds.
这只冠毛给它同伴衔来了杂草以此示爱
The crested grebe woos his mate with offerings of weed for her nest.
最终爱巢为它们圆房做好了准备 Finally the honeymoon suite is ready for action.
除了这里还有世界上飞的最高的鸟 The grebes are joined by the highest flying birds in the world.
斑头鹤在喜马拉雅山的南面过冬 Having spent the winter south of the Himalayas,
每年春天都要冒险飞越巅峰 bar-headed geese make the hazardous mountain crossing each spring
到高原的湖泊繁衍生息 to breed on the plateau's lakes.
为了安全它们在一起筑巢 The geese nest together for safety.
但如此多的小鸟同时孵出也就意味着找到亲生父母是一个很棘手的问题
But so many chicks hatching at the same time means that it can be tricky finding your parents.
幸运的是一旦到了水里 Fortunately,once down at the water's edge,
就能够找到足够的食物 there's enough food for all of them.
凭借着高山冰川 Fed by the mountain glaciers,
青藏高原甚至形成了自己的内陆湖 the Tibetan plateau even has its own inland sea.
青海湖 This is Qinghai Lake,
中国最大的内陆湖 China's largest.
经过百万年的蒸发矿物质浓缩了在湖中
Millions of years of evaporation have concentrated the minerals in the lake,