奇妙岛屿 19-英语听力

[00:00.00]The bird recordings and recreated songs you hear now
你现在听到的鸟类录音和重新创造的鸟鸣 [00:03.82]are all of species that have disappeared
全都来自从这些 [00:06.58]from these main-island forests.
主要岛屿森林中消失的物种 [00:08.69]we can't just blame Tibbles and his kin.
我们不能归罪提波斯和它的同类 [00:11.72]Humans have brought a whole range of mammalian competitors
人类为这些岛屿带来了各式各样的哺乳类竞争者 [00:15.55]and predators to these shores.
和掠食者 [00:17.75]Today, the people of New Zealand are making amends.
如今，新西兰人正在进行弥补 [00:21.38]This is New Zealand's most famous tree - Tane Mahuta,
这是新西兰最有名的树 [00:26.50]Lord of the Forest. “
森林之王” [00:27.80]There's more wood in this kauri tree
这棵贝壳杉的木头 [00:29.69]than in any other tropical tree in the world.
比世界上其它热带树木的都要多 [00:32.81]conservationists are working hard to protect
自然资源保护主义者在努力保护 [00:35.35]and nurture these special forests.
和培育这些特别的森林 [00:37.57]By collecting kauri seeds,
通过搜集贝壳杉的种子 [00:39.23]they ensure that new trees can be cultivated
他们确保新树得以栽种 [00:42.05]and the forest expanded into its former range.
而森林能扩展到原先的范围 [00:45.42]Meanwhile, the animal invaders are being controlled,
同时还对入侵的动物加以控制 [00:48.92]and birds that only survived on small outlying islands
只存在边远小岛的鸟类 [00:52.32]are now being reintroduced to these mighty forests.
现在被重新引进这些巨大的森林 [00:55.99]Back in Hawaii, being the remotest of all archipelagos,
回到夏威夷，由于它是群岛中最偏远的 [01:00.77]you might expect the unique wildlife to have fared rather better.
你也许会认为独特的野生生物可以生存得更好