The pollen and nectar with which these flowers are loaded attract long-nosed and long-tongued bats. The bats left Mexico a few days earlier to escape the heat of summer and are on their way north to the southern United States. To get there, they have to cross the Sonoran desert. But the desert is so big that for most of the year they would be unable to cross it. Now, with the saguaro in bloom, they can refuel on the way. So the saguaro's success in developing a way to store water is now crucial to most of the animals that live or even travel through this land. The scarcity of rain determined the shape of this icon of the desert but water, scarce though it is, has also, like the wind, shaped the land itself. | |
它的花朵上的花粉和花蜜,吸引了当地的长舌蝠和长吻蝠,这些蝙蝠几天前离开墨西哥,以躲避那里的高温,现在正在前往美洲北部的途中,为此它们必须穿过这片沙漠,但是这个沙漠太大,一年中的其它时间它们无法飞过,有了开花的巨人柱,它们就可以途中补充食物,所以,巨人柱进化出的成功储水方式,对于绝大多数生活在这里,甚至是路过这里的动物至关重要,雨水稀少,决定了这些沙漠植物的形状,同样,风一样也是决定地表外形的因素。 |
The pollen and nectar with which these flowers are loaded attract longnosed and longtongued bats. The bats left Mexico a few days earlier to escape the heat of summer and are on their way north to the southern United States. To get there, they have to cross the Sonoran desert. But the desert is so big that for most of the year they would be unable to cross it. Now, with the saguaro in bloom, they can refuel on the way. So the saguaro' s success in developing a way to store water is now crucial to most of the animals that live or even travel through this land. The scarcity of rain determined the shape of this icon of the desert but water, scarce though it is, has also, like the wind, shaped the land itself. | |
ta de hua duo shang de hua fen he hua mi, xi yin liao dang di de chang she fu he zhang wen fu, zhei xie bian fu ji tian qian li kai mo xi ge, yi duo bi na li de gao wen, xian zai zheng zai qian wang mei zhou bei bu de tu zhong, wei ci ta men bi xu chuan guo zhe pian sha mo, dan shi zhe ge sha mo tai da, yi nian zhong de qi ta shi jian ta men wu fa fei guo, you le kai hua de ju ren zhu, ta men jiu ke yi tu zhong bu chong shi wu, suo yi, ju ren zhu jin hua chu de cheng gong chu shui fang shi, dui yu jue da duo shu sheng huo zai zhe li, shen zhi shi lu guo zhe li de dong wu zhi guan zhong yao, yu shui xi shao, jue ding le zhei xie sha mo zhi wu de xing zhuang, tong yang, feng yi yang ye shi jue ding di biao wai xing de yin su. |
The pollen and nectar with which these flowers are loaded attract longnosed and longtongued bats. The bats left Mexico a few days earlier to escape the heat of summer and are on their way north to the southern United States. To get there, they have to cross the Sonoran desert. But the desert is so big that for most of the year they would be unable to cross it. Now, with the saguaro in bloom, they can refuel on the way. So the saguaro' s success in developing a way to store water is now crucial to most of the animals that live or even travel through this land. The scarcity of rain determined the shape of this icon of the desert but water, scarce though it is, has also, like the wind, shaped the land itself. | |
tā de huā duǒ shàng de huā fěn hé huā mì, xī yǐn liǎo dàng dì de cháng shé fú hé zhǎng wěn fú, zhèi xiē biān fú jǐ tiān qián lí kāi mò xī gē, yǐ duǒ bì nà lǐ de gāo wēn, xiàn zài zhèng zài qián wǎng měi zhōu běi bù de tú zhōng, wèi cǐ tā men bì xū chuān guò zhè piàn shā mò, dàn shì zhè gè shā mò tài dà, yī nián zhōng de qí tā shí jiān tā men wú fǎ fēi guò, yǒu le kāi huā de jù rén zhù, tā men jiù kě yǐ tú zhōng bǔ chōng shí wù, suǒ yǐ, jù rén zhù jìn huà chū de chéng gōng chǔ shuǐ fāng shì, duì yú jué dà duō shù shēng huó zài zhè lǐ, shèn zhì shì lù guò zhè lǐ de dòng wù zhì guān zhòng yào, yǔ shuǐ xī shǎo, jué dìng le zhèi xiē shā mò zhí wù de xíng zhuàng, tóng yàng, fēng yí yàng yě shì jué dìng dì biǎo wài xíng de yīn sù. |