BBC | 《南太平洋》- 漂流者 28

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As pioneers,

身为先驱

they took everything they would need to start their lives afresh

他们带上了重新开始新生活所需的一切

Livestock,plants for cultivation,even the coconut

家畜、用来耕种的植物，甚至是椰子

But they would also have taken a long list of stowaways,

但他们应该还带走了很多偷渡者

like the mourning gecko

比如说鳞趾蝎虎

This lizard was just one castaway

这只蜥蜴只是其中一个

which no longer had to rely on its stamina and luck to reach new lands

已不再需要仰赖体力或运气才能抵达新陆地的生物

It could now hitch a free ride

它们现在都能搭上顺风车了

In a series of epic voyages,

在一系列史诗般的航行中

the descendants of the Lapita,

拉匹达人的后裔

the people we now call the Polynesians,

我们现在所称的玻里尼西亚人

succeeded in colonising the far corners of the South Pacific -

成功地拓殖了偏远的南太平洋角落

from Hawaii to New Zealand,——

从夏威夷到新西兰

even to Easter Island,nearly 7,000 miles east of New Guinea

甚至到达了新几内亚以东近七千英里的复活岛

In doing so, animal castaways now reached new islands at a rate never seen before,

从此，流浪的动物以前所未有的速度抵达了各个新岛

changing the nature of the South Pacific forever

永远改变了南太平洋的自然生态

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