9 Mites, Camera, Action!

9 Mites, Camera, Action! "As the sun drops beyond the horizon and against a sky the colour of fire, one hundred ants return home from the trenches. Brothers in arms, they troop side by side, their chief lieutenant leading the fierce battle cry

9只小螨，摄影机，开拍！ “当太阳落到地平线以下，衬着烈火般的天空，一百只蚂蚁从战壕里踏上归途。 他们是同生共死的战友，肩并肩列队前行，领头的中尉正喊着激昂的战号”

acknowledging they were the lucky ones who got to live another day." Lin watched on the monitor as Avid kneeled close to the anthills, narrating their epic story. A long, robotic arm with the tiniest of cameras at one end zoomed in on the chief lieutenant and trailed him, slow-mo-ing his march so that every single pulsation through his muscles was captured as he power-walked back home. Lin marvelled at these extraordinary action heroes as Avid explained into the camera how the teeny-weeny

“他们清楚自己是幸运的，又多活了一天。” 林看着监控器，阿维德正跪在蚁丘旁，解说着这段波澜壮阔的故事。 一节长长的机械臂顶端装着最迷你的摄像头，对准领头的中尉一路跟拍，还放慢了他行进的速度，把他快步往家赶时每一下肌肉的颤动都捕捉得清清楚楚。 林惊叹于这些了不起的行动英雄，而阿维德正对着镜头解释这些小小的

insects could floor a wolf spider in seconds. "Those ants are naturals on camera," Liony whispered. "I can't believe they haven't had any formal acting lessons." "It's impressive," Lin agreed. She'd watched the entire footage of the ants" tale. Their lives were a constant test of survival. They dodged the deadly crash of elephant feet and the earth-shattering impact of falling twigs and rainfall that created tsunamis in the cracks of the pavement. Every time Lin had carelessly

昆虫怎么能在几秒内就放倒一只狼蛛。 “那些蚂蚁天生就是上镜的料，”莱奥尼小声说。 “真不敢相信他们从来没上过正规的表演课。” “太厉害了，”林点头同意。 她已经看完了蚂蚁故事的全部素材。 他们的生活永远都在经受生存的考验。 他们要躲开大象脚重重的踩踏，还有掉落的树枝、砸下来的雨水带来的地震冲击，那些雨水落在人行道的缝隙里都会变成海啸。 以前林每次随手

littered the ground around her with broken bamboo stems and green-leat spitballs, she now knew she may well have caused unprecedented seismic activity for the ants below. But no more. Lin promised she would take the time to notice everyone, no matter what their size. And to make sure everyone felt equally valued in their zoo family. Lin and Fu continued to watch the ants have their moment to shine on screen.

把断竹枝、嚼过的绿叶小纸团扔在脚边的地上，现在她才知道，自己很可能给地下的蚂蚁带来了前所未有的地质灾害。 但以后再也不会了。 林保证以后会留心每一个生命，不管他们个头多小。 还要保证动物园大家庭里的每一个成员都能感受到自己是被同等重视的。 林和傅继续看着屏幕上的蚂蚁享受属于他们的高光时刻。

"Are you upset about not getting a message home to your brother?" Fu whispered, concerned. Lin shook her head. In fact, it was quite the opposite. She'd gathered all the animals at the zoo to watch the recording and support the ants. And since filming had started, Lin felt a lightness in her heart and had barely noticed that she'd been humming her happy panda tune the entire time. You know the one:

“你因为没能给哥哥发回家的消息难过吗？” 傅担心地小声问。 林摇了摇头。 实际上，她的心情刚好相反。 她已经把动物园里所有动物都召集来看这段录像，为蚂蚁们加油。 而且自从拍摄开始，林心里就轻松极了，都没意识到自己全程都在哼着熊猫开心歌。 你知道那首歌的：

(go on - join in) Lin shrugged. "It's OK. I'm sure Face-Like-A-Bag-Of-Potato knows I'm OK. And I'll find another way to contact him soon anyway? "Well, I would've played the role of an ant very differently," Singa said as he joined Lin to watch the filming. "But I suppose these amateurs are not bad," he admitted reluctantly as they

（来吧——一起唱） 林耸了耸肩。 “没事的。 我肯定‘脸长得像一袋土豆’知道我好好的。 反正我很快也会找到别的办法联系他的，对吧？” “哼，要是让我演蚂蚁，我肯定演得完全不一样，”辛加走过来和林一起看拍摄时开口说。 “不过这些业余选手倒也不算太差，”看到他们