辽阔草原 01-英语听力

[00:00.56]Vast open plains. Immense spaces. Eerie silence. But any feeling of emptiness is an illusion.
草原辽阔，天地苍茫，寂静无声。但任何空虚的感觉都是一种幻觉。 [00:14.54]The plains of our planet support the greatest gatherings of wildlife on earth.
我们地球上的草原养育了最大的野生动物群体。 [00:20.78]At the heart of all that happens here is a single living thing, grass.
这里发生的一切的最重要的核心是一种独有的生物，草。 [00:28.91]This miraculous plant covers a quarter of all the lands of the earth.
这种神奇的植物覆盖了地球上四分之一的土地。 [00:35.54]Grasslands exist wherever there is a little rain, but not enough to sustain the forest.
凡是有少量雨水但不足以维持森林生长的地方，都会形成草原。 [00:43.79]Some are huge. The Central Asian Steppe alone extends 1/3 of the way around our planet.
有些草原非常大，中亚大草原的跨度达地球周长的三分之一。 [00:53.04]It's summer and eagles effortlessly cruise the thermals scanning the ground beneath for signs of prey.
夏天来了，老鹰毫不费力地在热流中游弋，在地面上搜寻猎物的踪迹。 [01:01.99]In the distant reaches of Outer Mongolia one of the planet's great migrations is under way.
在遥远的外蒙古，一场迁徙正在进行，这是地球上最大规模的迁徙之一。