Liquid oozes from the flower's center and trickles down the petals 花蜜从花中央渗出 流到花瓣上
and collect water to store in their huge trunks, ready for the dry season ahead. 用来收集水分并储存到巨大的躯干中 用以对付干季的到来
for that happens at night and high in the treetops. 这发生在夜晚,波巴布树的树顶
If they are relaxed, it must be safe to come down to the ground and gather the food that lies there 如果白斑鹿显得无拘无束 那么叶猴可以安心从地面上采集食物
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
The effect is so spectacular and so extensive 这种壮观的景象发生的地域之广
and the trees must shut down and shed their leaves in preparation for the cold dark time ahead. 树木开始减缓代谢,树叶开始凋零, 以准备迎接寒冬的到来
Within a matter of weeks the canopy has closed and only a few wheeling shafts of light penetrate the woodland. 再过几个星期,树冠层重新遮蔽天空, 透到地面的只有丝丝缕缕的阳光
and their warmth rouses plants from their winter sleep. 这种温暖让植物们从冬眠中苏醒过来
The ground living plants are in a hurry. Before long the trees above will come into leaf and steal their light. 地表植物正在匆忙生长, 不久之后,树木长出的新叶将会重新把阳光夺去