无尽汪洋 02-英语听力

[00:00.40]Of all the oceans,
在所有的大洋中 [00:01.56]the Pacific is by far the largest,
太平洋是目前为止最大的一个大洋 [00:03.97]stretching almost a third of the way round the globe.
海岸线长度几乎是环绕地球周长的三分之一 [00:07.05]It's so huge that the current in the South Pacific takes several years to complete just one cycle.
太平洋之大 导致南太平洋洋流需要许多年才仅仅能完成一次环流 [00:13.46]In an ocean this vast, many animals have to travel huge distances to survive.
在这个浩瀚无比的大洋中，许多动物不得不长途跋涉来得以存活 [00:19.10]None more so than the sperm whale, one of the greatest voyagers on the planet.
抹香鲸，地球上最伟大的迁徙者之一，也同样如此 [00:24.65]Every year,
每一年 [00:25.44]thousands of bull sperm whales,
成千上万头雄性抹香鲸 [00:27.71]some from as far as Antarctica,
其中有一些最远来自于南极 [00:29.85]come to the tropics to breed.
都会来到热带水域繁衍后代 [00:32.43]After 15 years away,
经过十五年 [00:34.46]fattening themselves up in colder climes,
在寒冷水域中的自我生存 [00:37.17]they are now back and big enough to compete for a mate.
现在他们已经有足够大的个头完成繁衍 [00:40.93]These warm,
这些温暖的 [00:41.87]equatorial waters make ideal nurseries.
近赤道海水提供了理想的生育环境 [00:45.38]At just a week old,
仅仅一周大 [00:46.93]this white calf already weighs over a tonne.
这种白色的小东西就已经超过一吨重了 [00:49.65]For the next six years he will stay by his mother's side,
在接下来的六年里，他会继续呆在他母亲的身边 [00:53.20]relaxing in these tropical waters where killer whales,his only natural predator,are rarely found.
轻松自在的生活于他唯一一种天敌——杀人鲸几乎不存在的热带水域里 [00:59.75]But it was in these peaceful stretches of ocean that,
但是，正是在这片舒展而静谧的大海里， [01:03.14]200 years ago, whales met whalemen.
200年前，抹香鲸遇到了捕鲸者。 [01:07.22]