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Over 18,000 plant species grow here,
這里生長著超過18000種植物
of which 3,000 are foundnowhere else.
其中約3000種植物是這兒特有的
Until little more than a century ago,this place was unknown outside China.
直到一個多世紀(jì)前這里還是個未為人知的世外桃源
But then news reached the West
然而有關(guān)這個神奇隱秘的東方世界的傳言
of a mysterious, hidden world of the orient.
卻不脛而走 傳至西方
Hidden among the mountains,a lost Shangri-la paradise.
隱匿在群山中遺落人間的最后天堂 香格里拉
Westernhigh society, in the grip of a gardening craze,
當(dāng)時西方上流社會盛行園藝
was eager forexotic species from faraway places.
渴望獲得遙遠(yuǎn)國度的稀有物種
Thisgave rise toa new breed of celebrity adventurers,
這也造就了新物種的探險家
intrepid botanist-explorers known as "the Plant Hunters".
無畏的植物探索家 世稱“植物獵人”
Yunnan became theirHoly Grail.
云南成為了他們的圣杯
The most famous was Joseph Rock,a real life Indiana Jones.
其中最出名的便是Joseph Rock 真人版的Indiana Jones
Remarkable film footage captured his entourage on a series of expeditions,
膠片出色的記錄了他與隨行人員的一系列
as theypushed intothe deepest corners of Yunnan.
深入云南腹地的探險遠(yuǎn)征
In glorious colour he recorded the plant life he found
他發(fā)現(xiàn)了千姿百態(tài)的植物
on special photographic glass plates.
并將其記錄于特制的玻璃質(zhì)感光片上
Sending thousands of specimens back to the West,
通過將成千上萬的標(biāo)本送回西方
the Plant Hunters changed the gardens of the world forever.
植物獵人永遠(yuǎn)的改變了世界園藝
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