The hidden beauty of pollination | Louie Schwartzberg

翻译人员: Xiaoqiao Xie 校对人员: Bear Jin

It's great being here at TED.

很荣幸来到TED

You know, I think there might be some presentations

我想有些演讲真的是

that will go over my head,

出乎意料的好

but the most amazing concepts

但是对我来说最令人惊叹的理念

are the ones that go right under my feet.

还是关于我脚下的土地

The little things in life,

生命中的点滴

sometimes that we forget about,

很多我们遗忘的

like pollination, that we take for granted.

就像是授粉的过程，我们觉得它很自然

And you can't tell the story about pollinators --

在我们谈到授粉的过程时——

bees, bats, hummingbirds, butterflies --

谈到蜜蜂，蝙蝠，蜂鸟，蝴蝶时——

without telling the story about the invention of flowers

无法不提到花朵的进化

and how they co-evolved

无法不提到它们是怎样

over 50 million years.

在五千万年中和动物一起进化的

I've been filming time-lapse flowers

我已经为花朵摄影了

24 hours a day, seven days a week,

三十五年了，

for over 35 years.

一天二十四小时，一周七天地工作

To watch them move

看着它们摆动

is a dance I'm never going to get tired of.

是我从未厌倦的舞蹈

It fills me with wonder, and it opens my heart.

让我感叹不已，让我敞开心扉

Beauty and seduction, I believe,

我相信，每一份的美丽和魅力

is nature's tool for survival,

都是自然生存的工具

because we will protect what we fall in love with.

因为我们会保护挚爱的东西

Their relationship

它们的互动

is a love story that feeds the Earth.

是滋养地球的爱情故事

It reminds us that we are a part of nature,

它提醒我们，我们也是自然的一部分

and we're not separate from it.

不能分割

When I heard about the vanishing bees, Colony Collapse Disorder,

当我听到蜜蜂的消逝，蜂群的瓦解的时候

it motivated me to take action.

它会激励起了我的斗志

We depend on pollinators

我们食用的三分之一的

for over a third of the fruits and vegetables we eat.

的水果和蔬菜依赖授粉

And many scientists believe

很多科学家相信

it's the most serious issue facing mankind.

这是人类面对的最严重的问题

It's like the canary in the coalmine.

像是煤矿里的金丝雀

If they disappear, so do we.

如果它们的生命消逝了，我们也将会灭绝

It reminds us that we are a part of nature

这提醒了我们我们是自然界的一部分

and we need to take care of it.

我们需要保护自然

What motivated me to film their behavior

促使我拍摄授粉的行为的

was something that I asked my scientific advisers:

正是我问我的科学顾问们的：

"What motivates the pollinators?"

是什么驱使着传粉动物？

Well, their answer was,

他们的回答是

"It's all about risk and reward."

“风险和回报”

Like a wide-eyed kid, I'd say, "Why is that?"

像个好奇的孩子，我又问：“为什么？”

And they'd say, "Well, because they want to survive."

他们说：“因为授粉动物要生存”

I go, "Why?"

我又问：“为什么？”

"Well, in order to reproduce."

“为了繁衍后代”

"Well, why?"

“那又为什么？”

And I thought that they'd probably say, "Well, it's all about sex."

我以为他们会说“为了性”

And Chip Taylor, our monarch butterfly expert,

奇普 泰勒，我们的帝王蝶专家

he replied, "Nothing lasts forever.

回答说：“没有什么东西是永恒的

Everything in the universe wears out."

宇宙中所有的东西都将消亡”

And that blew my mind.

这让我醍醐灌顶

Because I realized

因为我终于意识到

that nature had invented reproduction

自然之所以创造了繁衍行为

as a mechanism for life to move forward,

以此作为生命延续下去的途径

as a life force that passes right through us

以此作为通过我们来传递的生命的推动力

and makes us a link in the evolution of life.

让我们成为生命演化的连接点

Rarely seen by the naked eye,

这个动物世界和植物世界的

this intersection

十字路口

between the animal world and the plant world

难以用肉眼捕捉

is truly a magic moment.

是一个真正的奇迹

It's the mystical moment

在这个奇迹的时刻

where life regenerates itself,

生命繁衍不息

over and over again.

一代又一代

So here is some nectar from my film.

这里是我的影片中的一些花蜜

I hope you'll drink, tweet

我希望你们啜饮，呢喃

and plant some seeds

再播种

to pollinate a friendly garden.

种下一座友谊的花园

And always take time to smell the flowers,

永远记住停下脚步来闻一下花朵的芬芳

and let it fill you with beauty,

感受花朵的美丽

and rediscover that sense of wonder.

重新发现生命中的惊喜

Here are some images from the film.

这是影片中的一些片断

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（音乐）

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Thank you.

谢谢大家

Thank you very much.

非常感谢

(Applause)

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Thank you.

谢谢

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