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Four short words sum up what has lifted most successful individuals above the crowd: a little bit more.-author-date法国纪录片家园Home中英文旁白中英文对照字幕中英文对照字幕请听我说Listen to me, please.你跟我一样，是智人You're like me, a Homo sapiens.一个有智慧的人A wise human.生命是宇宙的奇迹Life, a miracle in the universe,出现于约四十亿年前appeared around four billion years ago,而我们人类只有二十万年历史and we humans only 200,000 years ago.但是我们却破坏了Yet we have succeeded in disrupting the balance.地球生命赖以生存的平衡that is so essential to life on Earth.请细听这个不寻常的的故事，你的故事Listen carefully to this extraordinary story, which is yours,然后决定你应该做什么and decide what you want to do with it.这是我们的起源的轨迹These are traces of our origins.最初，我们的星球不过是一个浑沌的火球At the beginning, our planet was no more than a chaos of fire,伴随它的恒星-太阳诞生而形成的formed in the wake of its star, the sun.一团粘聚的尘埃颗粒A cloud of agglutinated dust particles,就像宇宙里面许多类似的星云similar to so many similar clusters in the universe.然而生命的奇迹就在此诞生Yet this was where the miracle of life occurred.今天，我们的生命Today, life- our life-是地球上无数生物形成的生命链中的一环is just a link in a chain of innumerable living beings.在近40亿年里，这些生物被彼此继承取代that have succeeded one another on Earth over nearly four billion years.即使到了今天，新的火山继续改变我们的景观And even today, new volcanoes continue to sculpt our landscapes.它们让我们目睹了盘古初开时地球的样子They offer a glimpse of what our Earth was like at its birth熔石从深处涌出molten rock surging from the depths,开始凝固，裂开solidifying, cracking,冒着泡，或摊开形成薄的外壳blistering or spreading in a thin crust,然后再休眠一段时间before fabling dormant for a time.这些从地球内部吐出缭绕的烟圈These wreaths of smoke curling from the bowels of the Earth.是地球原始大气层的见证bear witness to the Earth's original atmosphere.一个没有氧气的大气层An atmosphere devoid of oxygen.稠密的大气层，充满水蒸气和二氧化碳A dense atmosphere, thick with water vapor,full of carbon dioxide.一个熔炉A furnace.因为有水，地球有了一个与众不同的未来But the Earth had an exceptional future, offered to it by water.地球与太阳之间的距离适中 不太远，不太近At the right distance from the sun not too far, not too near因此地球上的水能够处于液体状态the Earth was able to conserve water in liquid form.水蒸气凝结后形成滂沱大雨降落在地球上Water vapor condensed and fell in torrential downpours on Earth,河流出现了and rivers appeared.河流改变了地球表面The rivers shaped the surface of the Earth,刻削着河道cutting their channels,并冲刷出山谷furrowing out valleys.它们流向地球上最低洼的地方形成海洋They ran toward the lowest places on the globe to form the oceans.水溶解了岩石的矿物质They tore minerals from the rocks,渐渐的，海洋中的淡水and gradually the freshwater of the oceans.变成了咸水became heavy with salt.水是生命必需的液体Water is a vital liquid.它灌溉了这些广阔的不毛之地It irrigated these sterile expanses.水流就像人体的血管The paths it traced are like the veins of a body,树木的枝丫，是让大地苏醒的液体导管the branches of a tree, the vessels of the sap that it brought to the Earth.40亿年后Nearly four billion years later,地球上的某些地方还能找到这样的艺术创作somewhere on Earth can still be found these works of art,火山灰混合着来自冰岛冰川的水left by the volcanoes' ash, mixed with water from Iceland's glaciers.就是它们，物质和水There they are- matter and water,水和物质water and matter-软硬组合，这对地球上所有生物都是至关重要的soft and hard combined, the crucial alliance shared by every life-form on our planet.金属矿物元素比地球还要古老Minerals and metals are even older than the Earth.它们是星尘They are stardust.它们让地球五彩斑斓They provide the Earth's colors.红色是铁，黑色是碳Red from iron, black from carbon,蓝色是铜，黄色则是硫blue from copper, yellow from sulfur.我们来自什么哪里？Where do we come from?生命火花从哪里迸发？Where did life first spark into being?一个时光奇迹A miracle of time,地球上的温泉仍然有原始的生命存活primitive life-forms still exist in the globe's hot springs.它们赋予温泉颜色They give them their colors.它们叫做“古细菌”They're called archaeobacteria.它们都依靠地球热能生存They all feed off the Earth's heat除了蓝细菌，或是蓝绿藻以外all except the cyanobacteria, or blue-green algae.只有它们可以向着太阳来吸取其能量They alone have the capacity to turn to the sun to capture its energy.它们是古今所有植种的最重要的祖先They are a vital ancestor of all yesterday's and today's plant species.这些微小的细菌These tiny bacteria.及其数以亿计的后代and their billions of descendants.改变了地球的命运changed the destiny of our planet.是它们改造了地球的大气层They transformed its atmosphere.毒害大气层的碳去了哪里？What happened to the carbon that poisoned the atmosphere?它还存在，只是被“囚禁”在地壳It's still here, imprisoned in the Earth's crust.想要了解地球历史的这一篇章We can read this chapter of the Earth's history.卡罗拉多大峡谷的峭壁是最好的选择nowhere better than on the walls of Colorado's Grand Canyon.它们展现了地球近20亿年的历史They reveal nearby two billion years of the Earth's history.大峡谷曾经是一个聚居着微生物的海洋Once upon a time, the Grand Canyon was a sea inhabited by microorganisms.它们汲取从大气层溶解到海洋里的碳They grew their shells by tapping into carbon from the atmosphere.并长出外壳dissolved in the ocean.它们死后When they died, the shells sank.外壳沉到海床堆叠起来and accumulated on the sealed.这些地层就是它们无数的外壳构成的These strata are the product of those billions and billions of shells.因为有了它们，碳从大气层中排出Thanks to them, the carbon drained from the atmosphere,其他生物才能得以发展and other life-forms could develop.生命改变了大气层It is life that altered the atmosphere.植物靠太阳能存活Plant life fed off the sun's energy,这能量使植物分离水分子which enabled it to break apart the water molecule.并释放出来氧气and take the oxygen.空气因而充满氧气And oxygen filled the air.地球的水不断更新循环The Earth's water cycle is a process of constant renewal.瀑布，水蒸气，Waterfalls, water vapor,云、雨、泉clouds, rain, springs,河流、海洋、冰川rivers, seas, oceans, glaciers.这个循环从未间断The cycle is never broken.地球的水量恒久不变There's always the same quantity of water on Earth.历来的生物都喝同样的水All the successive species on Earth have drunk the same water.水是令人惊叹的物质The astonishing matter that is water.是最不稳定的一种One of the most unstable of all.它可以是液态的流水It takes a liquid form as running water,气态的蒸汽gaseous as vapor.或是固态的冰or solid as ice.在西伯利亚，冬季结冰的湖面In Siberia, the frozen surfaces of the lakes in winter.蕴含着水在结冰时展现的力量contain the traces of the forces that water deploys when it freezes.冰比水轻因而浮于水面Lighter than water, the ice floats,不会沉到湖底rather than sinking to the bottom.它形成御寒的保护罩It forms a protective mantle against the cold,冰下的生命可以延续under which life can go on.生命的引擎连锁结合The engine of life is linkage.一切都连结起来Everything is linked.没有东西是自给自足的Nothing is self-sufficient.水和空气不可分割Water and air are inseparable,为了地球上的生命而结合united in life and for our life on Earth.于是，形成于海洋上的云给陆地带来降雨Thus, clouds form over the oceans and bring rain to the landmasses,河流再将水带回海洋whose rivers carry water back to the oceans.分享就是一切Sharing is everything.从云层窥望的大片绿色是空气中的氧气The green expanse peeking through the clouds is the source of oxygen in the air.七成氧气来自海藻Seventy percent of this gas, without which our lungs cannot function,这些海藻给海洋表面染上了颜色comes from the algae that tint the surface of the oceans.地球要依赖Our Earth relies on a balance.万物各司其职in which every being has a role to play.互相依存的生态平衡and exists only through the existence of another being.一种敏感而脆弱的和谐，极易破碎A subtle, fragile harmony that is easily shattered.于是海藻和贝壳的结合形成了珊瑚Thus, corals are born from the marriage of algae and shells.澳大利亚沿海的大堡礁The Great Barrier Reef, Off the coast of Australia,绵延三十五万平方公里stretches over 350,000 square kilometers.哺育着一千五百种鱼类，and is home to 1,500 species of fish,四千种软体动物4,000 species of mollusks.和四百种珊瑚and 400 species of coral.每个海洋的生态平衡都依靠这些珊瑚The equilibrium of every ocean depends on these corals.地球计算时间以十亿年计The Earth counts time in billions of years.它花了四十多亿年创造了树木It took more than four billion years for it to make trees.在物种的链条中In the chain of species,树木是至高无上的trees are a pinnacle,是完美的活的雕塑a perfect living sculpture.它们蔑视地心吸力Trees defy gravity.它们是唯一永恒地朝向天空的自然元素They are the only natural element in perpetual movement toward the sky.它们的枝叶不疾不徐地向着太阳生长They grow unhurriedly toward the sun that nourishes their foliage.它们从微小的古细菌继承了They have inherited from those minuscule cyanobacteria.吸收光线能量的能力the power to capture light's energy.它们储存并利用此能量They store it and feed off it,并使其变成木材和树叶turning it into wood and leaves,然后又分解成水，矿物，植物which then decompose into a mixture of water,和生命物质的混合体mineral, vegetable and living matter.就这样And so, gradually,生命不可或缺的土壤逐渐形成the soils that are indispensable to life are formed.土壤是生物多样性的工厂Soils are the factory of biodiversity.它们是不断活动的世界They are a world of incessant activity.微生物觅食，挖掘，透气，蜕变where microorganisms feed, dig, aerate and transform.它们制造腐植土，在这肥沃的土层上所有生命互相紧扣They make the humus, the fertile layer to which all life on land is linked.地球上的生命我们知道什么？What do we know about life on Earth?我们认识多少品种？How many species are we aware of?十分之一？还是百分之一？A 10th of them? A hundredth perhaps?对于它们之间的相互关系我们知道什么？What do we know about the bonds that link them?地球是个奇迹The Earth is a miracle.生命仍是个谜Life remains a mystery.动物的家族得以形成Families of animals form,至今仍存的习惯和仪式使它们凝聚united by customs and rituals that survive today.有些适应了环境Some adapt to the nature of their pasture,有些是环境适应它们and their pasture adapts to them.双方都受益And both gain.动物得到食物，而树木能够开花结果The animal sates its hunger, and the tree can blossom again.在地球上生命的伟大的历险中In the great adventure of life on Earth,每种生物各司其职every species has a role to play,各有其位every species has its place.没有多余或有害None is futile or harmful.它们互相抵消They all balance out.然后你们And that's where you,这些聪明的人类Homo sapiens- "wise human'-进入剧情enter the story.你们得益于You benefit from a fabulous.地球四十亿年的遗产four-billion-year-old legacy bequeathed by the Earth.你们只有二十万年历史You're only 200,000 years old,但你们已经改变了世界的面貌but you have changed the face of the world.尽管你们脆弱Despite your vulnerability,但你们占据了所有的栖息地you have taken possession of every habitat.征服了所有土地and conquered swaths of territory.之前任何生物都未曾做过like no other species before you.经过十八万年的游牧岁月After180,000 nomadic years,气候变得温和，人类开始定居下来and thanks to a more clement climate, humans settled down.他们不再依靠打猎为生They no longer depended on hunting for survival.他们定居于充满渔猎They chose to live in wet environments.和野生植物的潮湿环境that abounded in fish, game and wild plants.这里土地，水和生命结合There, where land, water and life combine.人类的天赋让他们发明了独木舟Human genius inspired them to build canoes,用于开拓新的视野an invention that opened up new horizons.人类变成了航海家and turned humans into navigators.即使今天，大部分人类Even today, the majority of humankind.都居住在大陆的海岸线lives on the continents' coastlines.或是河边和湖畔or the banks of rivers and lakes.最初的城镇出现在6000多年前The first towns grew up less than 600 years ago.这是人类历史的一大步It was a considerable leap in human history.为什么呢？因为这能使人类更容易的保护自己Why towns? Because they allowed humans to defend themselves more easily.他们变成了社会人They became social beings,在一起分享他们的知识和手艺meeting and sharing knowledge and crafts,融合他们的共性和不同blending their similarities and differences.简而言之，他们文明化了In a word, they became civilized.但他们可用的能量只是双臂But the only energy at their disposal was provided by nature.和大自然赋予的东西and the strength of their bodies.这是人类数千年来的故事It was the story of humankind for thousands of years.也是现今四分之一人类It still is for one person in four-即十五亿人的故事over one and a half billion human beings-比富裕国家人口的总和还多more than the combined population of all the wealthy nations.他们只从地球获取必须的用品Taking from the Earth only the strictly necessary.很长一段时间，人类和地球的关系For a long time, the relationship between humans and the planet.平衡对等was evenly balanced.很长一段时间，经济看起来是自然公正的联盟For a long time, the economy seemed like a natural and equitable alliance.但人类寿命短暂，艰苦劳动大行其道But life expectancy is short, and hard labor takes its toll.大自然的不可预知加重日常负担The uncertainties of nature weigh on daily life.教育是罕有特权Education is a rare privilege.子女是家庭唯一资产Children are a family's only asset,每双手as long as every extra pair of hands.对家庭的生存都要作出贡献is a necessary contribution to its subsistence.地球为我们提供食物和衣物The Earth feeds people, clothes them.以及日常所需and provides for their daily needs.一切来自地球Everything comes from the Earth.城镇改变人类本质和命运Towns change humanity's nature, as well as its destiny.农夫变成了工匠、商人和小贩The farmer becomes a craftsman, trader or peddler.农夫收获，城镇居民购买，或是物物交换What the Earth gives the farmer, the city dweller buys, sells or barters.商品交易Goods change hands,伴随思想交流along with ideas.人类的天份在于经常洞悉自已的弱点Humanity's genius is to have always had a sense of its weakness.他们很想扩张领土Humans tried to extend the frontiers of their territory,但明白自身局限but they knew their limits.大自然不曾赋予他们的能量和气力The physical energy and strength with which nature had not endowed them.他们在动物身上找到，并驯养它们为己服务was found in the animals they domesticated to serve them.空着肚子怎去征服世界？But how can you conquer the world on an empty stomach?农业的发明The invention of agriculture.彻底改变了到处觅食的野兽本质transformed the future of the wild animals scavenging for food.成为真正的人that were humankind.农业改写了人类历史Agriculture turned their history on end.农业是人类的第一场伟大革命Agriculture was their first great revolution.八千至一万年前开始Developed barely 8,000 to 10,000 years ago,农业改变了人类与自然的关系it changed their relationship to nature.它终结了人类不稳定的狩猎和采集时代It brought an end to the uncertainty of hunting and gathering.第一次有了盈余It resulted in the first surpluses.这催生了城市和文明and gave birth to cities and civilizations.为了农业生产For their agriculture,人类利用动物或植物的能量humans harnessed the energy of animal species and plant life,并从中受益from which they at last extracted the profits.数千年艰苦觅食的记忆逐渐淡忘The memory of thousands of years scrabbling for food faded.他们学会将谷类适应They learned to adapt the grains that are the yeast of life.不同的土壤和气候to different soils and climates.他们学会增加农作物的收成和种类They learned to increase the yield and multiply the number of varieties.像地球上所有动物Like every species on Earth,人类每天的首要任务the principal daily concern of all humans.是喂饱自已和家人is to feed themselves and their family.当土瘠水稀的时候When the soil is less generous and water becomes scarce,人类要为一点干燥土地humans deploy prodigious efforts to mark a few arid acres.而拼命劳作with the imprint of their labor.人类以极大的耐性和专注去模塑土地Humans shaped the land with the patience and devotion that the Earth demands,近乎祭神仪式般不停地重复in an almost sacrificial ritual perfor