Name: Deserts
Released: 2017-03-13
Cast: Sigourney Weaver, David Attenborough

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Nouns

1) sandgrouse ( рябок )

sandgrouse chicks are hatching.
2) stamen ( тычинки )

The giraffe has the speed and stamina to outrun the pride.
3) tonn ( тонн )

Between them, they will devour 40,000 tonn of food in a day.
4) attenborough ( аттенборо )

ATTENBOROUGH: With news that freak rains have triggered
5) scavenger ( мусорщик )

Hanging his prey out of the reach of scavenger on the ground
6) shroud ( саван )

forming fog banks that shroud the desert in mist.
7) scarcity ( дефицит )

Desert life is not only shaped by the scarcity of water,
8) shovel ( лопата )

But not for this shovel-snouted lizard.
9) swarm ( рой )

but the team still need to film the winged swarm
10) devastation ( разруха )

But this devastation is about to get a lot worse.
11) gecko ( геккон )

Web-footed gecko use a similar trick.
12) chameleon ( хамелеон )

Unfortunately, Namaqua chameleon know that on foggy mornings,
13) locust ( саранча )

Locusts are normally solitary creatures,
14) raft ( плот )

possibly the world's most antiquated raft,
15) scorpion ( скорпион )

But the scorpion has one advantage,
16) wasp ( оса )

It's a wasp nest.
17) stallion ( жеребец )

If a stallion can control access to water,
18) tactic ( тактика )

But the hawks have a tactic to flush them out.
19) venom ( яд )

The venom of this species is potent enough to kill a human.
20) squirrel ( белочка )

But this squirrel is staying put.
21) butcher ( мясник )

It's a butcher bird.
22) plague ( чума )

and thoroughness as a plague of locusts.
23) cactus ( кактус )

Cacti are unique to American deserts.

Verbs

1) dismember ( расчленить )

to hold its prey as it dismember it.
2) devastate ( опустошить )

But not before it's devastate the land.
3) scorch ( ожог )

Scorched by the sun and scoured by windblown sand,
4) sculpt ( лепить )

until the land between them is sculpt into table lands and isolated pinnacles,
5) scour ( оттирать )

Scorched by the sun and scour by windblown sand,
6) devour ( жрут )

that devour everything in its path.
7) shatter ( обломка )

A broken leg or a shatter jaw would mean a slow and painful death.
8) carve ( разделывать )

have carve channels through the solid rock.
9) soak ( замочить )

he's soak up as much as he can.
10) thrive ( процветать )

that thrive in a world almost totally devoid of water
11) endure ( терпеть )

that endure this desert's scorching temperatures
12) snatch ( урвать )

The male snatch a drink,
13) dominate ( доминировать )

They're so successful that they dominate these deserts.
14) halt ( остановить )

and more importantly, this plague has now been halt.
15) evolve ( развиваться )

that have evolve over millions of years.
16) realise ( понимаю )

It just makes you realise how important the FAO are
17) exploit ( эксплуатировать )

No creature exploit the greening of a desert more quickly,
18) bolt ( болт )

At the first sign of danger, they bolt for the safety of the thorns.
19) forge ( кузница )

ATTENBOROUGH: The next day, the team forge on.
20) steal ( воровать )

stolen his rival's females.
21) defeat ( поражение )

we are eventually defeat by a puddle.
22) dump ( свалка )

are dump on the land in under an hour.
23) transform ( преобразование )

can be transform

Adverbs

1) tantalisingly ( дразняще )

lies tantalisingly out of reach at the top of the dunes,
2) paradoxically ( парадоксально )

it has, paradoxically, to thrust its face into the dune.
3) radically ( радикально )

'cause this plan is just completely radically changing hour by hour.
4) thankfully ( к счастью )

ATTENBOROUGH: Thankfully, Rob kept his clothes on,
5) onwards ( далее )

But, onwards and upwards.
6) inevitably ( неизбежно )

And among them, inevitably,
7) seldom ( редко )

Lions seldom tackle such formidable prey.
8) seemingly ( казалось бы, )

even the most seemingly desolate
9) altogether ( вообще )

ATTENBOROUGH: Progress is slow, and soon stops altogether.
10) incredibly ( невероятно )

CHARLES: It's incredibly exhilarating and yet totally shocking
11) dramatically ( резко )

or more dramatically,
12) nowhere ( нигде )

animals appear from seemingly nowhere.
13) differently ( иначе )

that this bat must do things differently.
14) specially ( специально )

Using specially-adapted breast feathers,
15) briefly ( кратко )

enables each to briefly cool.
16) virtually ( практически )

Dune grass, the only vegetation here, provides virtually none.
17) perfectly ( отлично )

where the sand grains are so perfectly dry and polished
18) increasingly ( все большую )

Food and water are becoming increasingly scarce.
19) apart ( кроме )

But what really sets it apart
20) underground ( метро )

but there's nothing to see underground anyway.
21) unfortunately ( к сожалению )

Unfortunately, Namaqua chameleons know that on foggy mornings,
22) eventually ( в конце концов )

When the food eventually runs out, the whole army will die.
23) possibly ( возможно )

What could possibly go wrong?

Adjectives

1) darkling ( темнеющая )

Darkling beetles race to the top of the dunes
2) beguiling ( притягательной )

These rocky deserts may have a beguiling beauty,
3) otherworldly ( потусторонние )

desert rock is shaped into strange, otherworldly landscapes.
4) voracious ( прожорлив )

One of the most voracious nocturnal predators
5) scorching ( палящее )

that endures this desert's scorching temperatures
6) antiquated ( дедовский )

possibly the world's most antiquated raft,
7) unstoppable ( неостановимо )

they come together into an unstoppable force
8) gruesome ( ужасные )

for creating such a gruesome scene?
9) desolate ( опустошенные )

even the most seemingly desolate
10) exhilarating ( бодрит )

CHARLES: It's incredibly exhilarating and yet totally shocking
11) ingenious ( гениальный )

An ingenious solution
12) devoid ( лишенный )

they appear totally devoid of all vegetation.
13) unconventional ( нетрадиционные )

CHARLES: It's, uh, unconventional traffic.
14) plentiful ( обильное )

but when food becomes suddenly plentiful,
15) dormant ( спящие )

and plants that have lain dormant for months
16) nocturnal ( ночной )

One of the most voracious nocturnal predators
17) barren ( бесплодной )

Now, these barren lands are left to the mercy of the elements.
18) relentless ( неумолимый )

but also by the relentless power
19) formidable ( грозный )

Lions seldom tackle such formidable prey.
20) pinpoint ( определить )

allowing it to strike with pinpoint accuracy.
21) microscopic ( микроскопические )

Microscopic bumps on its wing cases
22) arid ( засушливых )

Some deserts are so arid,
23) relieved ( освобожден )

And one very relieved producer.

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