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It's March, and light returns to the high Arctic, sweeping away four months of darkness.
現(xiàn)在是三月，陽光重返北極腹地，驅(qū)走了4個月的黑暗
A polar bear stirs. She has been in her den the whole winter.
一只北極熊蘇醒了。整個冬天，它都在洞穴里度過
Her emergence marks the beginning of spring.
它的出現(xiàn)標志著春天的到來
After months of confinement underground she toboggans down the slope.
長達數(shù)月的地下閉居已經(jīng)結(jié)束，它從斜坡上一滑而下
Perhaps to clean her fur, perhaps for sheer joy.
也許是為了清潔皮毛，也許只是因為高興
Her cubs gaze out of their bright new world for the very first time.
它的幼熊們第一次注視著這個明亮的新世界
The female calls them, but this steep slope is not the easiest place to take your first steps.
母熊召喚著熊崽，但在這個陡峭的斜坡上踏出第一步可不太容易
But they are hungry and eager to reach their mother,
可是它們太餓了，急切盼著來到母親身旁
who's delayed feeding them on this special day.
在這個特別的日子里，母熊已經(jīng)推遲了喂奶的時間
Now she lures them with the promise of milk,
現(xiàn)在該是履行承諾的時候了，乳汁是巨大的誘惑
the only food the cubs have known since they were born deaf and blind beneath the snow some two months ago.
自從熊崽們兩個多月前又聾又瞎地在雪下出生以來，母乳就是它們唯一的食物
