奇妙岛屿 05-英语听力

[00:00.00]Islands are a topsy-turvy world,
岛屿是个颠倒的世界 [00:02.90]where evolution seems to follow a different set of rules.
在这里演变似乎遵循不同的规则 [00:06.23]North of New Caledonia lies the Solomon Islands archipelago,
新喀里多尼亚北临所罗门群岛 [00:10.54]a scattering of a thousand tropical islands.
所罗门群岛由稀稀落落的上千个热带岛屿组成 [00:13.61]For the select few animals that arrived here,
对于那些被选中能来到这儿的少量动物而言 [00:16.80]these were brave new worlds, filled with possibilities.
这里便是美好新世界，充满着无限可能 [00:21.02]And to make the most of what they found here,
为了充分利用它们的发现 [00:23.47]some adopted a whole new way of life.
一些生物采用了全新的生活方式 [00:26.35]Among the successful colonists were skinks
在这些成功的“殖民者”中包括一些蜥蜴 [00:30.12]- lizards that are usually small with short legs.
蜥蜴大都体小腿短 [00:34.34]Quite a variety live here in the Solomons,
相当多的蜥蜴物种生活在这所罗门群岛中 [00:37.15]but there is one in these forests that's unlike any other skink on the planet.
但是在森林中有一种蜥蜴，它不同于地球上其它的同类 [00:42.47]The monkey-tailed skink is up to 50 times heavier than your average skink,
猴尾蜥最大可达蜥蜴的平均体重的50倍 [00:48.08]and is the world's largest.
它是世界上最大的蜥蜴 [00:50.21]Most skinks spend their lives on the ground, but not this monster.
大部分蜥蜴终生居住在地上，但是这个怪物却不是 [00:54.71]This is the only skink to possess a prehensile tail
它是唯一一种拥有卷尾的蜥蜴 [00:58.27]and unlike nearly all other skinks which dine on insects,
并且不像其它的蜥蜴以昆虫为食 [01:01.70]this gentle giant is entirely vegetarian.
这个庞然大物全然是个素食者