A lone eagle soars high above craggy mountain tops, the tips of its wings lifting lightly in the wind.

一只孤鹰在空中翱翔，掠过崎岖的山脉，一双羽翼的尖端在风中微微翻起。

A lemur leaps from tree to tree in a dense forest, the camera following the animal with every bound.

一只狐猴在茂密丛林的树间跳跃，镜头紧随着它的每一次弹跳。

An enormous grizzly bear wriggles his back against a tree, as if caught in an embarrassing dance.

一头巨型灰熊靠在树上扭动着摩擦自己的背部，仿佛在跳着令人尴尬的舞蹈。

This is planet Earth, but not as you have ever seen it before. That’s because, more accurately, it is Planet Earth II, the latest – and perhaps most spectacular – blockbuster nature series the BBC has ever made.

这就是行星地球，但是你不曾见过的样子。因为，更准确地说，这是《地球脉动  II》，BBC制作的最新一季大型自然纪录片，或许也是BBC制作过的最令人叹为观止的纪录片。

“Ten years after ‘Planet Earth’ first brought the wonders of the natural world to viewers in HD, ‘Planet Earth II’ is another game-changer. Shot in UHD, the epic scale and ambition of this series is second to none. It will be a truly immersive experience, providing audiences with a unique perspective on the most extraordinary places and animals on our planet.”

十年前，《地球脉动》首次以高清模式（HD）将大自然的神奇呈献给观众，十年后，它的续集又一次开创了先河。第二季以超清技术（UHD）拍摄，其史诗般的规模和野心独一无二。它将为观众带来切实的沉浸式观感，以独特的视角来你认识地球上最绝妙非凡的角落和动物。

To get a golden eagle’s eye view a miniature camera was strapped to the bird’s back, while a world champion paraglider flew down the mountain using a special parachute to get immersive motion shots.

为了能给观众提供绝佳的金雕视角，我们将一个微型摄像机绑在鸟背上，并让世界冠军级的滑翔伞运动员用特殊的降落伞从山上滑下，来拍摄这种身临其境的镜头。

The crew camped under the stars for their entire time in Botswana – five months spread over two years – as they filmed swamp lions hunting buffalo.

两年中，摄制组有整整五个月不分昼夜地驻扎在博茨瓦纳（非洲南部内陆国），来拍摄沼泽雄狮捕食水牛的镜头。

They were surrounded by hyenas, crocodiles and hippos and while in the swamps they went barefoot so they would feel a potentially deadly crocodile beneath their feet.

鬣狗、鳄鱼和河马徘徊在他们周围，而当他们赤脚趟进沼泽地时，有致命危险的鳄鱼就在他们脚下。

After a 7-day crossing by small yacht, the team spent more than 2 weeks camping beside a penguin colony in Antarctica.

拍摄企鹅时，摄制组坐了7天的小游艇，才抵达南极洲的企鹅聚居地，然后在那里搭帐篷拍了两周。

The intrepid crew managed to film bobcats as they hunted ducks and squirrels in the Rockies.

在洛基山，英勇的摄影师们拍到了山猫捕食鸭子和松鼠的镜头。

The scenes which were filmed in a gruelling five-week shoot, were another first.

这些经过五个星期艰难拍摄完成的镜头，是又一次前无古人的尝试。

Viewers had been simultaneously gripped and horrified by the jaw-dropping, heart-stopping, dramas such as the iguana hatchlings spending their first minutes of life being chased by racer snakes. 

在这些充满戏剧张力的片段中，观众能同时感受到让人目瞪口呆、心脏骤停般的紧张感与恐惧感，比如小鬣蜥竭尽全力逃脱游蛇追杀的场景。

It was an extraordinary sight - another strangely beautiful, violent, encounter we had never seen before. 

这是一种非凡的奇景——另类的暴力之美；它为我们带来了前所未有的体验。

Quentin Tarantino had nothing on Sir David Attenborough as the spectacularly savage, beautifully filmed, violence continued in Planet Earth II. 

与爱登堡的作品相比，昆汀的暴力电影都黯然失色了，因为《地球脉动II》延续了那壮观而野蛮、画面绝美的暴力场面。

Here, even the songbird pinned its prey up on cactus spikes to dismember them and then left the corpses hanging in a macabre larder. 

在这里，就连鸣鸟也会将猎物钉在仙人掌的刺上，并肢解啄食它们，然后让残尸挂在那骇人的食橱中。

He is unbelievably intelligent, not just on wildlife but on many other subjects as well.

他聪明到令人难以置信，这一点不光表现在野生动物方面，还有其他方方面面。

I don't know anybody that doesn't like David Attenborough. I know lots of people that don't like us but everyone loves him.

我还不认识不喜欢David Attenborough的人呢。我知道很多人不喜欢我们，但是每个人都爱他。

Imagine David Attenborough was your dad though. You'd still be wanting bed time stories at 50 #PlanetEarth2

脑补一下如果爱登堡是你的爸爸，那你到50岁的时候一定还想听睡前故事。

— tails (@taylorgardner_)

从50年代的《动物园探奇》开始，爱登堡就已经开始运用他讲故事的绝技。他用小说家的技巧来构建故事，然后用莎士比亚戏剧演员那扣人心弦的感染力来讲述它们。