- The threat of winter frost is not the only reason for trees to shed leaves.
寒冬的威胁不是树木落叶的唯一原因
- These forests stand in the tropics.
这片森林在热带地区
- Here day length never changes
在这里白昼没有变化
- but the dry season is so severe that the trees can't afford to loose the amount of water that would evaporate from their broad leaves,
在炎热干燥的季节 树木无法承受水分从叶子上的大量流失
- so the leaves must be shed.
所以,必须落叶
- The forest resembles a European woodland in mid winter
这片森林看上去和冬季欧洲的森林相似
- but the heat is overpowering, and it's inhabitants, unfamiliar.
但是这里的酷热让人无法承受,动物也不为人熟悉
来自《行星地球 第一季 第十集 Planet Earth S01E10 季节森林》第 234 行