the gap will have gone 地表将暗无天日

58. yet few will ever reach the finishing line,
    众多的运动员中只有少数可以冲过终点
59. their growth cut short by the diminishing light.
    大部分的植物因为缺少阳光而生长缓慢
60. In less than four years,
    在接下来的至少4年时间里
61. the gap will have gone
    地表将暗无天日
62. but that's not the end of the race.
    但比赛还没有结束
63. The ultimate winners are the tortoises, the slow and steady hardwoods.
    最后的胜利者是这些长得又稳又慢的阔叶树
64. When the short lived pioneers have fallen, it's the hardwoods that take their place,
    短命的先锋植物衰败的时候 阔叶树就取代了它们的位置

来自《行星地球 第一季 第八集 Planet Earth S01E08 热带雨林》第 61 行