Translator: Timothy Covell Reviewer: Morton Bast

程度副詞

我很榮幸能看到我們美麗的地球上

I&#39;ve been privileged to see so much of our beautiful Earth

and the people and creatures that live on it.

And my passion was inspired at the age of seven,

when my parents first took me to Morocco,

來到一個不像家鄉 不寒冷也不潮濕的地方

somewhere that wasn&#39;t cold and damp like home.

I&#39;ve been from one end of the Earth to the other

and to capture animal behavior never seen before.

And what&#39;s more, I&#39;m really lucky,

我可以和全世界上百萬的人分享這些鏡頭

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

只要想到影片可以給我們觀察地球的全新視角

Now the idea of having new perspectives of our planet

and actually being able to get that message out

這種想法讓我對每一天都充滿期待

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

但新科技正在改變我們的拍攝方式

but new technology is changing the way we can film.

It&#39;s enabling us to get fresh, new images

在我和大衛‧艾登堡一起製作的

BBC的紀錄片系列《自然大事件》中

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

Images of grizzly bears are pretty familiar.

但有一部份牠們的生活型態我們幾乎沒有見過

But there&#39;s a whole side to their lives that we hardly ever see

極高、人類幾乎無法到達的山脈

on really high, almost inaccessible, mountain slopes

唯一的拍攝的方式是從空中拍攝

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

（影片）大衛‧艾登堡： 在阿拉斯加和英屬哥倫比亞中

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

成千的灰熊家庭正從冬眠中蘇醒

thousands of bear families are emerging from their winter sleep.

but the conditions were ideal for hibernation.

爲了尋找食物，母熊必須帶著小熊仔下到海岸

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

但從山上下來對小熊仔是一大挑戰

But getting down can be a challenge for small cubs.

but ultimately the fate of these bear families,

甚至於所有在北太平洋的熊的命運

and indeed that of all bears around the North Pacific,

I always get goosebumps every time I see it.

就像是將飛行的三腳架、起重機 及移動攝影車合為一體的工具

because it&#39;s like having a flying tripod, crane and dolly all rolled into one.

最終還是要在對的地點以及對的時間

it&#39;s down to being in the right place at the right time.

And that sequence was especially difficult.

all the way back to the remote parts of Alaska.

我們用直升機在那裡繞了整整兩個星期

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

但另一個讓我非常、非常興奮的

but the other thing that really, really excites me

當我聽到關於一種動物的信息時

我便知道我必須將它包括在下一個

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

為國家地理頻道做的節目《野性的美洲》

Untamed Americas, for National Geographic.

2005年，一種新的蝙蝠在厄瓜多爾

In 2005, a new species of bat was discovered

And what was amazing about that discovery

它同時也解答這個謎團 究竟是什麼物種

Now, the series hasn&#39;t even aired yet,

so you&#39;re the very first to see this.

（影片） 旁白： 管吻狀花蜜蝙蝠

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

lies at the bottom of each flower&#39;s long flute.

If human, he&#39;d have a nine-foot tongue.

爲了攝影它 我們在花朵的底端開了一個非常小的洞

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

並且使用了可以將動作緩慢40倍的攝影機

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

所以你可以想像它在現實中有多快

So imagine how quick that thing is in real life.

人們經常問我：“你全世界最喜歡哪個地方？”

Now people often ask me, &quot;Where&#39;s your favorite place on the planet?&quot;

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