【英音科普】EP34 听说你喜欢海？这是世界上最大的热带海岛

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Remote and isolated，

遥远并与世隔绝

the islands of the South Pacific have a life of their own.

南太平洋岛屿都有自己的生命

Animals have been living in seclusion for so long,

动物们与世隔绝地生活了很久

they've evolved in the most curious and surprising ways.

它们以最奇妙且神奇的方式演化

But island living can carry a high price.

但岛上的生存代价很高

Recently, some dramatic changes have been sweeping through these strange islands.

如今一些显著的变化正迅速席卷这片奇异的岛屿

At the western limits of the Pacific ocean,

地处太平洋西面边界

this is New Guinea, the world's largest tropical island.

这就是新几内亚岛，世界上最大的热带岛屿

In these isolated jungles,

在这些与世隔绝的丛林里

there are creatures only recently discovered by westerners and mountains that they have never visited.

既有最近才被西方人发现的生物也有他们从未去过的山脉

This is the home of a mammal first seen by scientists as recently as 1994.

这里是哺乳类动物的家，但直到1994年才被科学家首次发现

Even the locals rarely see it, and it has never been filmed until now.

即使是当地人也很少见到，它从未被拍摄过

It lives in trees, but it's not a monkey.

它生活在树上但却不是猴子

Primates never made the jump across the water to this island.

灵长类从未跨过海域来到这个岛上

This is a rare glimpse of an almost unknown island oddity - the dingiso.

这稀有的画面，就是那几乎无人知晓的岛怪-白腹树袋熊。

a life of their own. 他们自己的生活

some dramatic changes 一些戏剧化的变化

a rare glimpse稀有/少有/宝贵的一瞥

almost unknown几乎无人知晓的