Karen Bass: Unseen footage, untamed nature

Translator: Timothy Covell Reviewer: Morton Bast

翻译人员: Li Li 校对人员: Karen SONG

I'm a very lucky person.

我是个幸运儿

I've been privileged to see so much of our beautiful Earth

我有幸能见识这个地球的很多美景

and the people and creatures that live on it.

还有生活其中的人与生物

And my passion was inspired at the age of seven,

我的这份热情是从7岁时开始的

when my parents first took me to Morocco,

当父母第一次带我去摩洛哥

at the edge of the Sahara Desert.

去到沙哈拉沙漠边缘

Now imagine a little Brit

现在请你们想象一下

somewhere that wasn't cold and damp like home.

一个英国小孩来到一处与家乡的阴冷潮湿截然不同的地方

What an amazing experience.

这是多么奇妙的际遇

And it made me want to explore more.

这愈加激发我的探索欲

So as a filmmaker,

所以作为一个电影制作人

I've been from one end of the Earth to the other

我跑遍世界的各个角落

trying to get the perfect shot

寻觅最美的景色

and to capture animal behavior never seen before.

捕捉动物们那些不为人知的一举一动

And what's more, I'm really lucky,

我真的是非常幸运

because I get to share that with millions of people worldwide.

因为我还能和世界各地数以百万计的人们分享这一切

Now the idea of having new perspectives of our planet

如今一想到能用新的视野去探索地球

and actually being able to get that message out

并能将这些信息确切地传递出去

gets me out of bed every day with a spring in my step.

我就每天都充满正能量

You might think that it's quite hard

你可能会觉得

to find new stories and new subjects,

挖掘新的故事和主题已变得艰难

but new technology is changing the way we can film.

但新科技正在改变我们拍摄的方式

It's enabling us to get fresh, new images

它帮助我们获取新的影像

and tell brand new stories.

诉说新的故事

In Nature's Great Events,

在《自然大事件》中

a series for the BBC that I did with David Attenborough,

这是我和David Attenborough为BBC制作的一个系列纪录片

we wanted to do just that.

我们就采用了这种创新

Images of grizzly bears are pretty familiar.

灰熊的影像是我们相当熟悉的

You see them all the time, you think.

你会觉得随时都能看到

But there's a whole side to their lives that we hardly ever see

但是它们的生活依然有鲜为人知的一面

and had never been filmed.

而且从未被拍到过

So what we did, we went to Alaska,

所以我们就直奔阿拉斯加，

which is where the grizzlies rely

灰熊在那里

on really high, almost inaccessible, mountain slopes

在又高又陡的山坡上

for their denning.

建造熊窝

And the only way to film that is a shoot from the air.

对此唯一的拍摄方式就是航拍

(Video) David Attenborough: Throughout Alaska and British Columbia,

（视频）David Attenborough解说：整个阿拉斯加和不列颠哥伦比亚大地上

thousands of bear families are emerging from their winter sleep.

成千上万的灰熊从冬眠中苏醒过来

There is nothing to eat up here,

山顶上没有食物

but the conditions were ideal for hibernation.

但冬眠条件却十分理想

Lots of snow in which to dig a den.

有足够多的雪来挖洞

To find food, mothers must lead their cubs down to the coast,

为了寻找食物，母亲必须带着她们的幼崽去海岸边

where the snow will already be melting.

那里的冰雪已经开始融化

But getting down can be a challenge for small cubs.

但对幼熊来说，下坡可不是一件易事

These mountains are dangerous places,

这些山脉地势险恶

but ultimately the fate of these bear families,

但这些灰熊最终的命运

and indeed that of all bears around the North Pacific,

也是北太平洋所有的熊的命运

depends on the salmon.

都与海里的鲑鱼息息相关

KB: I love that shot.

KB：我很喜欢这个镜头

I always get goosebumps every time I see it.

每次看都会起鸡皮疙瘩

That was filmed from a helicopter

这是用直升机拍的

using a gyro-stabilized camera.

并使用陀螺稳定座架摄像机

And it's a wonderful bit of gear,

这个设备真的很棒

because it's like having a flying tripod, crane and dolly all rolled into one.

你就像拥有了一个会飞行的三脚架，吊车和移动摄影机的集合体

But technology alone isn't enough.

不过单单靠技术是不够的

To really get the money shots,

要获得真正有价值的画面

it's down to being in the right place at the right time.

就得在合适的地点，抓住恰当的时机

And that sequence was especially difficult.

天时地利是相当难掌握的

The first year we got nothing.

头一年我们什么都没拍到

We had to go back the following year,

只好第二年重来

all the way back to the remote parts of Alaska.

再次来到阿拉斯加荒无人烟的地方

And we hung around with a helicopter for two whole weeks.

在直升机上绕了整整两个星期

And eventually we got lucky.

最后我们终于得到幸运女神的眷顾

The cloud lifted, the wind was still,

万里碧空，风和日丽

and even the bear showed up.

灰熊们也出动了

And we managed to get that magic moment.

我们终于如愿以偿捕捉到那个神奇的瞬间

For a filmmaker,

对于一个电影制作人来说

new technology is an amazing tool,

新科技是非常得力的帮手

but the other thing that really, really excites me

但真正让我兴奋不已的

is when new species are discovered.

是发现新物种的那一刻

Now, when I heard about one animal,

当我听说一种动物时

I knew we had to get it for my next series,

我知道我必须把它放进我下一档节目中，

Untamed Americas, for National Geographic.

《国家地理》的《野性美洲》

In 2005, a new species of bat was discovered

2005年一种新的蝙蝠被发现

in the cloud forests of Ecuador.

生活在厄瓜多尔的云雾林里

And what was amazing about that discovery

这个发现的神奇之处在于

is that it also solved the mystery

它也同时解开了一个谜团

of what pollinated a unique flower.

我们终于知道是谁为一种奇特的花进行授粉

It depends solely on the bat.

答案就是那种新发现的蝙蝠

Now, the series hasn't even aired yet,

这个系列片尚未播出

so you're the very first to see this.

所以这是它宝贵的处女秀

See what you think.

看看你们有什么想法

(Video) Narrator: The tube-lipped nectar bat.

（视频）解说：管嘴花蜜蝙蝠

A pool of delicious nectar

美味的花蜜

lies at the bottom of each flower's long flute.

全在花的长茎底部

But how to reach it?

但要怎么够得着呢？

Necessity is the mother of evolution.

需求乃进化之母

(Music)

（音乐）

This two-and-a-half-inch bat

这只6公分长的蝙蝠

has a three-and-a-half-inch tongue,

却长着长达9公分的舌头

the longest relative to body length

是世界上所有哺乳动物中

of any mammal in the world.

舌与身的长度比最大的了

If human, he'd have a nine-foot tongue.

如果他是人类的话，那么舌头足有3米长了

(Applause)

（掌声）

KB: What a tongue.

KB：多给力的舌头

We filmed it by cutting a tiny little hole in the base of the flower

我们在花的底部开个一个小孔来对它进行拍摄

and using a camera that could slow the action by 40 times.

用的是能40倍的慢速摄影机

So imagine how quick that thing is in real life.

所以可以想象出这家伙在现实中速度要多快

Now people often ask me, "Where's your favorite place on the planet?"

很多人都问我，“地球这么大，你最喜欢哪里？”

And the truth is I just don't have one.

事实是我真的没有一个确切的答案

There are so many wonderful places.

世上美景数不胜数

But some locations draw you back time and time again.

但确实有些地方令你流连忘返

And one remote location --

有这么一个偏远的地方——

I first went there as a backpacker;

我第一次去是作为背包客

I've been back several times for filming,

后来因为摄影，我又回去了好几次

most recently for Untamed Americas --

最近一次是因为《野性美洲》——

it's the Altiplano in the high Andes of South America,

它在南美的安第斯山的一个高原，

and it's the most otherworldly place I know.

这是我所知的最超脱尘俗的地方了

But at 15,000 feet, it's tough.

但它在4500米的高处，非常辛苦

It's freezing cold,

寒冷刺骨

and that thin air really gets you.

空气稀薄

Sometimes it's hard to breathe,

高原反应有时会让你呼吸困难

especially carrying all the heavy filming equipment.

尤其是在搬运沉重的摄影器材时

And that pounding head just feels like a constant hangover.

严重的头痛就像持续不断的宿醉

But the advantage of that wonderful thin atmosphere

但稀薄空气的好处

is that it enables you to see the stars in the heavens

就是能让你看到九天之外的繁星

with amazing clarity.

且一览无遗

Have a look.

我们欣赏一下

(Video) Narrator: Some 1,500 miles south of the tropics,

（视频）解说：距离热带地区240万公里远

between Chile and Bolivia,

在智力和玻利维亚之间

the Andes completely change.

这一段安第斯山脉陡然变化

It's called the Altiplano, or "high plains" --

它被成为高原——

a place of extremes

一个充满极限

and extreme contrasts.

和极端对比的地方。

Where deserts freeze

在这里，沙漠成冰

and waters boil.

湖水沸腾

More like Mars than Earth,

看上去更像火星而不是地球

it seems just as hostile to life.

生命在这里似乎绝迹

The stars themselves --

而满天繁星

at 12,000 feet, the dry, thin air

在海拔3600多米，干燥稀薄的空气中

makes for perfect stargazing.

成全了完美的天文观测

Some of the world's astronomers have telescopes nearby.

附近有很多天文望远镜

But just looking up with the naked eye,

但仅仅就用肉眼去看就已足够

you really don't need one.

你根本不需要任何设备

(Music)

（音乐）

(Applause)

（掌声）

KB: Thank you so much

KB：非常感谢大家

for letting me share some images

能让我分享这些影像

of our magnificent, wonderful Earth.

让我们一起领略雄奇壮观的地球

Thank you for letting me share that with you.

感谢你们，让我有机会分享这一切

(Applause)

（掌声）