- 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
- but they're just frequent enough to keep life ticking over.
但它们发生的次数 足以保证生命长盛不衰
- A sudden flush of vegetation is what every desert dweller waits for,
植物的突然兴盛是 所有沙漠动物都盼望的事
- and when it happens they must make the most of it.
一旦发生 它们必须尽可能地利用它
来自《行星地球 第一季 第五集 Planet Earth S01E05 沙漠》第 298 行