The rivers of Zhangjiajie flow northeast into the Yangtse floodplain, known as the land of fish and rice.

張家界的河流向東北注入 以魚米之鄉(xiāng)文明的長江平原

On an island in a lake in Anhui province, a dragon is stirring.

安徽省一個湖泊的小島上 一只小龍蠢蠢欲動

This is the ancestral home of China's largest and rarest reptile, a creature of mystery and legend.

這里是中國最大最稀有爬行動物的古老家園 一種傳說中的神秘生物

Dragon eggs are greatly prized.

龍卵是非常珍貴的

These babies need to hatch out quick!

這些孩子們需要快點孵化出來

It would seem someone is on their trail.

看起來有人正在進行搜尋

For a helpless baby reptile, imprisoned in a leathery membrane inside a choky shell, a process of hatching is a titanic struggle.

對一只無助的爬行類幼仔來說 囚禁在令人窒息的蛋殼的堅韌隔膜里 在孵化過程中 需要拼盡全力掙扎

And time is running out.

時間在不斷流逝

It's taken 2 hours for the little dragon to get its head out of this egg.

小鱷魚需要耗費2個小時才能將腦袋伸出蛋殼

It needs to gather its strength now, a final massive push.

現(xiàn)在是拼盡全力 進行最后奮力一擊的時刻

詞匯

Yangtse?['j??tsi]n. 揚子江；長江

floodplain['fl?dplen]n. 泛濫平原

stir英?[st??]?美?[st?]n. 攪拌；轟動vt. 攪拌；激起；惹起vi. 攪動；傳播；走動

?ancestral?英?[?n'sestr(?)l]美?[?n's?str?l]adj. 祖先的；祖?zhèn)鞯?/p>

?rarest??[r??r?st]adj. 最珍貴的（rare的最高級）；最稀罕的

?reptile英?['repta?l]美?['r?pta?l]adj. 爬蟲類的；卑鄙的n. 爬行動物；卑鄙的人

hatch英?[h?t?]美?[h?t?]n. 孵化；艙口vt. 孵；策劃vi. 孵化

?imprison?英?[?m'pr?z(?)n]美?[?m'pr?zn]vt. 監(jiān)禁；關(guān)押；使…下獄

?leathery英?['lee(?)r?]美?['l?e?ri]adj. 似皮革的，皮質(zhì)的；堅韌如皮革的

?membrane英?['membre?n]美?['m?mbren]n. 膜；薄膜；羊皮紙

?choky?英?['t???k?]美?['t?oki]adj. 透不過氣來的；窒息的n. 拘留所；監(jiān)獄