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The bad weather is about to hit me. I've got minutes until the deluge begin. Even though I'm not staying out here tonight, I'll show you how the Aborigines would build a shelter against this sort of rain. Ok. What I can do here is build a bit of a bed straight across from here, one brace here, one onto this edge. And the worst thing you can do when it's a torrential thunderstorm is just be on the ground because all of this can just turn to water. So the first thing is I need a platform.
惡劣天氣很快就會來臨。發洪水前我還有幾分鐘的時間。盡管今晚我不打算在這里過夜，但是我還是會向你們展示土著們是如何搭建庇護所來遮擋風暴。好的，在這里我能做的就是在這兒搭建一張床，直接穿過這里。一頭在這，另一頭在這個突出部分上。在一場暴雨中你最失策的做法就是睡在地上，因為所有地面上都會積滿水。當務之急就是搭建一個平臺。
The native Australians use whatever is at hand to do this. Sticks for the framework, ivy for the cordage, and bunches of leaves make perfect roofing and bedding. God, hear that? And this is getting closer as well, this lightning. And that's where the 100 percent humidity has gone straight up into the air and now it's pouring down. And this is a wet season, Kimberley, northern Australia.
當地土著會就地取材來搭建庇護所。他們用樹枝做框架，常青藤做繩索，樹葉拿來做屋頂和床墊最合適不過了。天吶，聽到了嗎？暴雨越來越近了。而且還有閃電，百分之百的濕氣直接上升至空中，現在又開始傾盆而下。這就是澳大利亞北部金伯利這一帶的雨季。
That's why I was building a bed. This five minutes ago was completely dry. And look, now a foot of water. And you know, the amazing thing is tomorrow it will be all bone dry again by lunchtime. Look at that. you see that? Just pouring off this sandy outcrop.
這就是為什么我要搭一張床了。五分鐘前這里完全干燥。現在已經積了30厘米深的水。而且最奇妙的是，到明天午飯的時候，這一切又會變得完全干燥。不過，瞧那邊，看見了嗎？雨水正從那些砂質巖層上傾瀉下來。
It might well just stop raining in five minutes' time. So I wanna fill this up. This is just like manna from heaven. So nice. Come on, rain! I'm hydrated. Again, I've even had a bit of a wash. But being drenched in the night is no fun. So make sure you build your shelter before the sun goes down. But a much bigger danger out here is lightning. And in Australia, lightning strikes are responsible for ten deaths a year. And this storm is getting closer.
也許再過五分鐘大雨就要停了，今天到目前為止，我喝的還是只有自己的小便。所以我要把它灌滿。這就像是從天而將的仙漿。真是太棒了，來吧，下吧！我喝足了水，而且還沖了個澡。如果到晚上身上還是濕的話就不好玩了。所以要確保在太陽下山之前把床搭建好。但是我真正擔心的是閃電。在澳大利亞，每年有十人被閃電擊中喪生。現在風暴越來越近了。
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