each tree flowers or fruits at a different time of the year 树木全年不同时候都可以开花结果
and a fifty meter giant, like this one, may keep it's place in the sun for another two hundred years. 这颗50米高的树将在剩下的200年里汲取阳光
As a result the macarangas grow a remarkable eight meters a year 结果是,这种血桐一年能长8米,
A seed that may have fallen only a few days ago, now bursts through the leaf litter. 几天前才落下的种子突然破土而出
With so many competitors, getting a good start is critical 在这么多的竞争者面前 有一个好的开始非常重要
A single hectare of rainforest may contain as many as 250 species of tree. That's nearly ten times the number that grow in Britain 一公顷雨林就可以容纳250种不同的树木 为英国的10倍
and the thirst for light triggers a race for a place in the sun. 对阳光的渴望引发了这场生长竞赛
The death of a forest giant is always sading 雨林中树木的死亡虽然令人伤感
New Guinea lies in a warm tropical belt that girdles our planet around the equator. 新几内亚岛地处热带,赤道从岛中穿过
three hundred and sixty five days a year, it's here that rainforests flourish. 一年365天天天如此,造就了这里茂密的雨林