- The good times for lions and oryx are brief,
狮子和长角羚的美好时光十分短暂
- but these are the short moments that make it possible to live in deserts the year round.
但就是这些短暂的日子使它们 得以全年在沙漠中生活
- Death Valley is the hottest place on Earth.
死亡谷是地球上最热的地方
- Yet even this furnace can be transformed by water.
然而这个“火炉”也会因为水而发生改变
- A single shower can enable seeds that have lain dormant for 30 years or more to burst into life.
一场大雨使得在地下沉睡了30多年的 种子迸发出生命的活力
- And there hasn't been a bloom like this one for a century.
这里已有一个世纪 没有像现在这样开满鲜花
- The periods of boom in Death Valley are short.
死亡谷中的花期很短
来自《行星地球 第一季 第五集 Planet Earth S01E05 沙漠》第 295 行