20180707 Day1190 BBC纪录片:卡斯特地貌
Providing their colonies are protected,
介于他们的栖息地是受保护的
colony英 ['kɒlənɪ] 美 ['kɑləni]n. 殖民地；移民队；种群；动物栖息地
wading birds like egrets are among the few wild creatures, which benefit directly from intensive rice cultivation.
像白鹭这样的候鸟是少数直接从发达的水稻种植中获益的鸟类
wading英 ['weɪdɪŋ]美 [wedɪŋ]adj. 涉水的v. 涉水（wade的ing形式）；艰难地通过
egret英 ['iːgrɪt; 'e-]n. 白鹭
Growing rice needs lots of water, but even in the rainy south, there are landscapes where water is surprisingly scarce.
水稻生长需要大量的水，但即便是在多雨的南方，有些土地也面临缺水的危机
This vast area of southwest China,
中国西南的广阔土地
the size of France and Spain combined is famous for its clusters of conical hills like giant upturned egg carton separated by dry empty valleys.
相当于法国和西班牙国土加起来那么大，因为宛如被干燥中空的谷地隔离开来的巨大蛋盒般连绵的锥形山脉而闻名于世。
cluster英 ['klʌstə] 美 ['klʌstɚ]n. 群；簇；丛；串vi. 群聚；丛生vt. 使聚集；聚集在某人的周围
conical 英 ['kɒnɪk(ə)l]美 ['kɑnɪkl]adj. 圆锥的；圆锥形的
upturned [,ʌp'tɝnd]adj. 朝上的；向上翘的；翻过来的
carton英 ['kɑːt(ə)n]美 ['kɑrtn]n. 纸板箱；靶心白点vt. 用盒包装vi. 制作纸箱
This is the Karst, a limestone terrain which has become the defining image of southern China.
这就是喀斯特地貌，石灰石地貌俨然成为南部中国的标志性特征。
Karst landscapes are often studded with rocky outcrops, forcing local farmers to cultivate tiny fields.
喀斯特地貌通常以突起的裸岩状态分布，这迫使当地农民只得在破碎的小块土地上耕作。
Karst英 [kɑːst] 美 [kɑrst]n. 喀斯特地形（石灰岩地区常见的地形）
outcrop英 ['aʊtkrɒp]n. 露头；露出地面的岩层vi. 露出
The people who live here are among the poorest in China.
当地人是中国最贫穷的居民之一
In neighboring Yunnan province limestone rocks have taken over entirely.
在毗邻的云南省遍布着石灰石。
limestone英 ['laɪmstəʊn]美 ['laɪmston]n. [岩] 石灰岩
