假如地球上只剩最后一只黑猩猩这就是它的悲歌

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[00:02.92]2 The Last Chimpanzee	最后一只黑猩猩
[00:07.50](From young-writer.co.uk)	（译 / 韦双全）
[00:11.98]We have watched them cut down our forests, destroy our homes. 我们曾经眼睁睁地看着他们砍倒我们的森林，破坏我们的家园。
[00:18.70]They know they should not do it. 他们知道自己不应该这样做，
[00:21.06]They know they should be trying to help. 也知道自己本该尝试着帮助我们，
[00:23.70]But they aren't. 但他们没有。
[00:25.36]They know about us. 他们了解我们，
[00:27.00]They call us the closest relative to human kind. 并且声称我们是和人类亲缘关系最近的生灵。
[00:30.75]What they don't know is that we know. 但他们所不知道的是，我们也知道这些。
[00:34.06]We're here. 我们存在着，
[00:35.29]We understand.	我们也有思维。
[00:37.58]It was alright when my mother was with me. 母亲陪伴着我的时候，一切都好。
[00:40.04]But she disappeared when the men came. 但是人类到来时，
[00:42.99]And she wasn't the only one. 她消失了，而且消失的不光只有她。
[00:45.34]They destroyed our quiet lives, and sent awful noises through our jungle home. 人类破坏了我们的宁静生活，给我们的丛林家园带来了可怕的嘈杂。
[00:51.22]There is hardly any of the jungle left now. 现在，丛林几乎已经消失殆尽。
[00:54.52]It used to stretch for many miles, and be home to thousands of creatures, but when the fires came, and the saws, they disappeared.	过去，这里丛林绵延数里，是无数生灵的家园，但伴随着人类对丛林的烧毁、砍伐，这一切就都消失了。
[01:04.50]Ever since my mother died I've had to fend for myself . 母亲去世后，我不得不自谋生路。
[01:09.06]I have watched as my home has shrunk around me. 我眼看着这片家园在我的周围逐渐消失，
[01:13.30]I have watched other creatures die. 看着其他许多生物死去。
[01:15.98]And now it's just me in this tree. 而现在，只有我在这棵树上，
[01:18.05]There are a few other tall trees clustered around me, but in front of me is a black barren land, the mark of the last fire. 周围只剩下几棵稀稀落落的大树。在我的前方，有一片焦黑贫瘠的土地，这是上一次大火烧过之后留下的痕迹。
[01:27.41]Behind me, is my flooded home. 在我身后，是我那已经被洪水淹没的家。
[01:30.49]Broken sticks float in the water. 残枝败叶在水面上漂浮着。
[01:33.70]Animals that will never breathe again crouch in the water-logged trees. 已经停止呼吸的动物们仍然蜷缩在积满水的树洞里。
[01:39.06]To my side, is a road, noisy and dirty, through which huge loud things pelt at unbelievable speeds.在我旁边，是一条肮脏而嘈杂的公路，发出巨大声响的庞然大物以不可思议的速度在路上穿梭疾行。 
[01:49.48]The city is just beyond, grey and ugly. 城市就在那一头，灰暗而丑陋。
[01:54.01]And as I sit here, in this tree, I know I am all alone.	而我坐在这棵树上，觉得自己十分孤单。
[01:58.86]Loud voices are suddenly nearing.	突然，喧哗的人声朝我逼近。
[02:02.21]A group of young male humans are coming closer. 一群年轻男人正越走越近。
[02:06.04]I watch them as they pile some sticks up and light a small fire. 我看到他们堆起了一些树枝，并点燃了一簇小小的篝火。
[02:11.24]They dance around it, laughing. 他们围着篝火欢笑跳舞。
[02:13.91]Another voice - that of a grown male human - begins shouting.	这时，另外一个声音传了过来――是一个成年男子的叫嚷声。
[02:19.24]What are you doing with that fire? Put it out - now! Don't you know this is the only remaining rainforest in the world? Put it out!	“你们在这里生火干吗？快把火灭了，马上灭掉！你们难道不知道这是世界上仅存的一片雨林吗？快把火灭了！”
[02:28.88]The young males hurriedly stamp the fire out . 那群年轻人手忙脚乱地把火踩灭了。
[02:32.57]As they leave, I wonder whether the glow amidst the charred sticks and white ashes is still meant to be there. 他们离开的时候，我担心烧焦的树枝和白色的灰烬之间还残存着余热。
[02:40.51]I turn to watch them as they disappear into the city. 我转头看着那些人消失在城市里。
[02:43.91]Once they are out of sight, I turn back, but I only see a huge orange flame, that is spreading and burning the patch of remaining trees where I live.	但当他们从我的视线中消失时，我回过身，却看到一团巨大的橙色火球，它迅速蔓延，点燃了我所居住的这片仅存的树林。
[02:55.79]I must escape.我必须逃离这里。 
[02:57.83]I cannot go to the water - I do not like it, and I do not want to go to the black land beyond where there is no shelter. 我不能到水里去，我不喜欢水。而我也不想到那些焦土上去，那里没有藏身之地。
[03:06.14]The only place to go is the horrible, loud city, otherwise I will get eaten up by the ravenous flames.	我唯一能去的地方就是那恐怖而嘈杂的城市，否则我就要被这片贪婪的火海彻底吞没。
[03:15.28]The huge shiny contraptions are blaring past, and very quickly I dart across the road. 闪闪发亮的巨型机器怪物呼啸而过，我迅速横穿过马路。
[03:22.12]There are no trees here. 	这里没有树。
[03:24.42]No one seems to have noticed my home slowly burning, prey to the vicious orange flames.看起来并没有人注意到我的家园正在慢慢地燃烧，被一场剧烈的橘黄色的大火所吞噬。
[03:31.54]Suddenly, shouting and cheering nears me. 突然，我身边响起了尖叫声和欢呼声。
[03:35.73]Two men holding a large banner are marching down the street. 两个举着横幅的人正穿过大街游行。
[03:40.30]One of them is shouting.	其中一个在大喊：
[03:42.70]The last chimpanzee! Come and see the last chimpanzee!	“最后的一只黑猩猩！快来看这最后的黑猩猩！”
[03:48.04]And for the first time I notice, on the shoulders of men marching behind them, a huge iron cage.	然后，我第一次注意到，在这两个人身后，游行的人们肩上扛着一只巨大的铁笼子。
[03:57.64]Crouched inside the cage is a lump of black fur. 笼子里蜷缩着一团长满黑毛的东西。
[04:02.42]It turns towards me. 那个东西转向我。
[04:04.68]I look at it, and our eyes meet. 我看着它，我们的目光相遇了。
[04:08.26]Familiar eyes stare into my own. 一双熟悉的眼睛注视着我的眼睛。
[04:11.55]It is the first of my kind that I have seen since the great fire, when most of the forest was destroyed, and the rest of my kin disappeared. 那场大火过后，绝大部分的森林都被烧毁了，我所有的亲戚也都失踪了。而这是我在大火之后第一次见到我的同类。
[04:21.69]We stare at each other. 我们目不转睛地看着彼此。
[04:23.88]I can tell that this one is older than me, for it has a darker face. 我知道它比我年长些，因为它有一张比我更黑的脸。
[04:28.98]It looks at me, with such sad eyes.	它看着我，眼中溢满了忧伤。
[04:32.82]Suddenly screams shoot through the air like a gun crack .	突然，尖叫声破空而出，就像是一记枪响。
[04:37.17]Fire! Fire! It's coming this way! Run! Men are shouting, females are screaming and protecting their young. “火！大火！火朝这边烧过来了！快跑啊！”男人们叫嚷起来，女人们则尖叫着保护她们的孩子。
[04:46.34]Then I see the flames.	接着，我看到了火焰。
[04:48.26]They advance towards me, a young black-haired stooped creature who nobody notices. 人们朝我奔过来，但却并没有注意到我这个弯着腰、长满黑毛的年幼动物。
[04:55.21]Towers of red, orange and yellow. 火势撩人，就像是一座座夹杂红色、橙色和黄色的高塔，
[04:58.42]Plumes of grey and blue smoke. 灰色和蓝色的烟柱腾空而起。
[05:01.52]They lick at the spindly trees lining the streets and dance around the puddles . 它们卷起沿街那些柔弱纤细的树，围绕着水坑飞舞。
[05:07.74]Sparks fly out. 火星四溅，
[05:09.65]Horrible flames. 到处都是吓人的火苗。
[05:10.74]The things that ate my family, my home, and then my hiding place - if only they would shrink, sink into the ground, give up...But they keep on raging.	这些吞噬了我的家人和我的家园接着又吞噬了我藏身之地的东西――除非火势会自己变小，沉入地下，然后停止……但是它们却仍在肆意燃烧着。
[05:23.25]The parade has stopped and the men holding the banner have fled. 游行停止了，举旗挥舞的人也早就四窜逃命去了。
[05:28.40]The men supporting the iron cage let it fall. 扛着铁笼子的人们也早已弃铁笼于不顾了。
[05:32.70]Orange flames eat it up, and here they come, for me....	橙色的火焰吞没了它，接着火焰烧过来了，朝着我烧过来了……
[05:37.26]But the smoke is clearing. 但是浓烟开始散去。
[05:39.45]I see the cage has broken open. 我看到笼子已经破开了。
[05:42.46]The old, black-haired creature is curled in a sad lump. 那只年老的黑毛动物蜷缩成一团，那么悲伤。
[05:48.00]Slowly, I make my way towards her. 我向她慢慢地走过去。
[05:51.23]She looks up. 她抬头看向我。
[05:52.89]Such familiar eyes. 那是一双如此熟悉的眼睛。
[05:55.39]She leads me away, and I follow her, trusting her as my mother. 她引着我走，我就跟着她，完全信任她，就像她是我母亲一样。
[06:01.41]Then I notice the flames and the screaming humans have disappeared.之后我注意到火焰和尖叫着的人类都消失了。 
[06:06.19]Without a word, I understand what she is trying to tell me. 我们都没说话，我了解她想要对我说什么。
[06:10.65]We must find trees, find a new life, away from humans and fires.	我们必须寻找森林，寻找一种新生活，远离人类和大火。
[06:17.88]We move on.我们继续向前。 
[06:19.51]Past the charred streets, the spindly trees, the road. 穿过烧焦的街道、稀疏的树林，走过山间小路。
[06:25.10]No loud, fast contraptions destroy the silence now. 再也没有响声巨大、行进迅速的机器怪物来破坏这一刻的宁静。
[06:30.53]We go past the ruin that was, until this morning, my home. 我们穿越这片在今天早上之前还是我的家的废墟。
[06:36.36]We will try to find a new place, a better one. 我们要试图找到一个新的、更好的栖身之处。
[06:40.72]But with the humans cutting down the trees, bringing noise, fire and destruction wherever they go - will we find anywhere? We do not know.	但是人类还在砍伐森林，他们每到一处，就会带来噪音、大火和毁灭――我们能找到一个安身之处吗？我们不知道。

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假如地球上只剩最后一只黑猩猩 这就是它的悲歌

假如地球上只剩最后一只黑猩猩这就是它的悲歌