海洋岛屿 14-英语听力

[00:02.20]And few islands are more remote than these.
有几个岛甚至比这还遥远 [00:10.29]2,000 miles from the nearest continent
离最近的大陆2000哩远 [00:14.04]Hawaii is the world's most isolated archipelago.
夏威夷是世界上最隔绝的群岛 [00:20.24]It is so far flung
它是如此的遥远 [00:21.66]that less than 500 kinds of animal settled here in 30 million years.
不到500种动物定居在这里已3千万年 [00:27.98]Remarkably
出乎意料的是 [00:30.08]Many of these colonisers were carried to Hawaii on the back of cyclones.
许多开拓者都是被接二连三的龙卷风带到夏威夷的 [00:42.08]For an animal to be sucked up by storm winds
对于一个被暴风吸入的动物来说 [00:44.72]carried across the ocean and dumped here alive
携跨过海洋被抛弃在此仍活着 [00:48.01]was a matter of extraordinary luck.
也是足够幸运的 [00:52.47]Yet that's what happened to the ancestor of this insect.
这只昆虫的祖先曾发生过什么 [00:57.56]It's a kind of fruit fly, but no ordinary one.
它是果蝇的一种，但不是普通的果蝇 [01:06.60]Hawaii's fruit flies are the birds of paradise of the insect world.
夏威夷果蝇是昆虫世界的极乐鸟 [01:12.97]They attract females with elaborate courtship rituals
它们用复杂的求爱仪式来吸引雌性 [01:16.21]and have a sophisticated range of territorial behaviour.
有严密的属地范围表现 [01:22.03]Male hammerhead flies use their heads as battering rams.
马累锤头蝇用它们的头部作为战斗工具