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and pilot whales are
very curious animals

lf you go straight into them
usually they'll go away,

but if you spot them and then you stay
at a distance they're like children,

you know, very curious and they'll
actually go towards you

Cameraman, Mark Gottlieb,
describes what it was

like to get so close
to so many whales

Their sounds filled the water
and it was an amazing experience

l stayed with the whales
for about two hours

but although they
were very tolerant

it's always sensible to
respect their potential power

A calf came very close
to check us out

The male was escorting
the mother and calf

and making sure that nothing came
too close, which in this case was me

As l saw the calf coming
towards me it was obvious that

the male didn't want me there,

and it's very important
to leave the calf alone

The male came up and swished
its tail right in front of me,

nearly knocked me out,
so l just stayed there

and let them swim off on their own

The presence of film crews on a ship
like this is definitely very important,

l mean we are not just doing the
research for academic purposes,

We're doing this for conservation,

so public awareness is a very
important part of our programme

lt's no use for us just to
come up with scientific results,

we actually have to get
this through to the public,

through to the politicians
that take the measures

The open ocean's ultimate
filming challenge

is the world's fastest
fish - Billfish

Spectacular predators,
like marlin and sailfish,

are extraordinarily difficult
to locate and film

We finally caught up
with them off Mexico,

where Rick Rosenthal used the birds
to guide him to the action

Well there's a Mexican legend that
the frigate bird which they call tioretta

or scissor tail, the height
that the frigate bird flies

above the surface of the sea
is directly proportional

to what depth that the
predators are swimming

This opportunity only came after
over a total of four hundred days

scouring the open ocean
and many failed trips

You're pumped up, you're hunting
and you're hunting with a camera,

you have to filter out an awful
lot of what's going on around you

Get specific, get in there
where the action is

lt was an exciting
but dangerous moment

These underwater javelins can
travel at over seventy miles an hour

Suddenly tuna arrived to attack
the very same bait ball

And finally, almost unbelievably,
a Sei whale

... everybody, he'll come up again

Dougie, where the hell are you?
Get going!

Help Doug, help Doug ...

You have a wish list of things
that you's want to film,

and if you're in these gatherings
you'd certainly hope that

maybe some day a whale will come
in and feed, and you're in there

ln this programme we were
at the right time,

we followed groups of whales
feeding and we had put a cameraman

or two in the water at the
same time we were filming

from the surface so we could
get proper coverage

Of all the ocean habitats, the coasts
are the most dynamic and demanding

Life here is harsh and there
are few permanent residents

But when the conditions are right
the coast can be extremely rich

and that is exactly what happens each
June off this coast in Natal, South Africa

For two seasons our crew
of six cameramen

and their extensive
back up team came to try


知识点

重点词汇
calf [kɑ:f] n. [解剖] 腓肠，小腿；小牛；小牛皮；(鲸等大哺乳动物的)幼崽 { :5425}

tuna [ˈtju:nə] n. 金枪鱼，鲔鱼 n. (Tuna)人名；(葡、匈、捷、土、塞)图纳 {cet6 :5993}

proportional [prəˈpɔ:ʃənl] n. [数] 比例项 adj. 比例的，成比例的；相称的，均衡的 {cet4 cet6 :6244}

bait [beɪt] n. 饵；诱饵 vt. 引诱；在…中放诱饵；折磨 vi. 中途休息 n. (Bait)人名；(意)巴伊特 {cet6 ky toefl ielts gre :6346}

escorting [ˈeskɔ:tɪŋ] v. 护送，护卫( escort的现在分词 ) { :6470}

doug [daug] n. 道格 { :6777}

extraordinarily [ɪk'strɔ:dnrəlɪ] adv. 非常；格外地；非凡地 {cet6 :7314}

scissor ['sɪzə] n. 剪刀 vt. 用剪刀剪；删去 {gre :8705}

underwater [ˌʌndəˈwɔ:tə(r)] n. 水下 adj. 在水中的；水面下的 adv. 在水下 {toefl :9111}

tolerant [ˈtɒlərənt] adj. 宽容的；容忍的；有耐药力的 {cet6 ky toefl :9167}

Lt [ ] abbr. 书信电报（letter message）；数据处理（Language Translation） { :9242}

rick [rɪk] n. 干草堆；扭伤；人力车 vi. 扭伤 vt. 把…堆成垛；（英）扭伤 adj. 伪装的 n. (Rick)人名；(瑞典)里克； { :9258}

scouring ['skaʊərɪŋ] n. 洗擦 { :9501}

cameraman [ˈkæmrəmæn] n. 摄影师；照相师；摄影记者 { :10976}

cameramen ['kæmrəmen] n. （电视、电影等的）摄影师，摄影记者( cameraman的名词复数 ); 摄影器材商 { :10976}

unbelievably [ˌʌnbɪˈli:vəblɪ] adv. 难以置信地；不可信地 { :13505}

swished [swɪʃt] v. （使）发飒飒声( swish的过去式和过去分词 ); 发嗖嗖声 { :15385}


难点词汇
frigate [ˈfrɪgət] n. 护卫舰；三帆快速战舰 { :16342}

Rosenthal [ˈrəuzəntɑ:l] adj. （陶瓷）罗森塔尔制造的 { :17352}

marlin [ˈmɑ:lɪn] n. 枪鱼，青枪鱼；四鳃旗鱼 { :17367}

javelins [ˈdʒævəlinz] n. 标枪( javelin的名词复数 ) { :21072}

natal ['neitl] adj. 出生的；诞生的；分娩的；出生地的 n. (Natal)人名；(英、法、西、葡)纳塔尔 {ielts gre :24792}

sailfish ['seɪlfɪʃ] n. 旗鱼 { :27080}

DOUGIE [ ] 道基舞 { :27904}

ln [ ] abbr. 自然对数（Napierian Logarithm）；液态氮（Liquid Nitrogen） { :28828}

billfish ['bɪlfɪʃ] n. 长嘴鱼 { :29486}

LF [ ] [计] 换行, 低频 [医] 絮凝单位, 絮凝限度 { :30107}

Gottlieb [ ] [人名] 戈特利布 { :45001}

sei [seɪ] n. 鰛鲸，大须鲸 { :47029}


词组
a whale [ ] [网络] 鲸鱼号；一条鲸鱼；巨鲸

bait ball [ ] [网络] 饵球

directly proportional [diˈrektli prəˈpɔ:ʃənəl] un. 成正比例的；成正比的 [网络] 直接比例的；正变

filter out [ˈfiltə aut] un. 〔物〕滤光；滤出；慢慢传出；听不进去 [网络] 过滤；滤除；过滤掉

frigate bird [ˈfrɪgɪt bə:d] na. 【动】军舰鸟 [网络] 军舰岛

frigate birds [ ] 军舰鸟

pilot whale [ˈpailət hweil] n. 巨头鲸；领航鲸 [网络] 短鳍领航鲸；领航鲸巨头鲸；导航鲸

pump ... up [ ] na. 充气；打气；〈非正式〉促进…大幅增长；〈非正式〉使…期盼 [网络] 给……打气；热切期望；用泵加压

pump up [pʌmp ʌp] na. 充气；打气；〈非正式〉促进…大幅增长；〈非正式〉使…期盼 [网络] 给……打气；热切期望；用泵加压

sei whale [sei hweil] [网络] 塞鲸；鳁鲸；鳕鲸

sei whales [ ] [网络] 塞鲸；鳁鲸

sensible to [ ] adj. 对…敏感



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