Man, they're fast!Oh, this is hopeless. 天哪 它游得真快 這下沒戲了
With a difficult and strength-sapping sea crossing ahead of me, 要歷盡千難萬險 到達前面那座島上
there's still a need for high-energy food source. 我必須得到更充足的食物補給
Time to move on and come up with a different plan. 現(xiàn)在該繼續(xù)想點新辦法了
There's some trash washed up here. 這里有些被潮水沖上來的垃圾
Always a good place to find that sort of thing. 在這里總有點好東西
The windward point of an island all the wind and the waves and the weather 這是整座島的迎風點 很多東西會受風 海浪和天氣的作用
driving stuff up onto the rocks. 堆積到這些礁石上面
Bottles are always useful. Look.It doesn't matter how remote the place. 瓶子絕對是個好東西 不管什么兔子不拉屎的地方
You'll always find some man-made material. 你總會找到工業(yè)產(chǎn)品
A bit of flexible rubber hosing.That, though, could be really useful. 還有一小截橡膠軟管 這個可能很有用的
My discoveries have given me a new idea. 剛才的發(fā)現(xiàn)給了我新的靈感
Almost everything that I'm hunting for or chasing is basically faster than me. 我捕殺的大多數(shù)東西 速度都比我快
But finding just something as simple as a bit of hosing like that 但是發(fā)現(xiàn)了這 一小截橡膠管
has actually given me the advantage back. 就足以讓整個局面大反轉
It allows me to make a spring-loaded weapon that's gonna give me more speed. 我可以利用它來制作一個彈射箭 來提高我的捕獵速度
I'm gonna make a simple bamboo harpoon. 我要做一個竹制魚叉
It's a basic design that's been used for centuries and is still in use today. 這種基本設計已經(jīng)流傳了幾千年 一直沿用至今
And just use the tip end of an agave plant to make a barb in this, 我用龍舌蘭的末端 做了一個這樣的倒鉤
So if I harpoon something, it's not gonna then come out. 如果我插到東西的時候 就不會滑出來
Now for the all-important trigger mechanism. 接下來就是最重要的觸發(fā)機制
There's very little that you'll find in nature that has elasticity like that, 自然界中很難找到 這么有彈性的東西
And what this does gives me back the advantage of speed. 這個小東西 完全可以彌補我在速度上的缺憾
Next up, I'm continuing my quest to find food in preparation for a major sea crossing. 接下來 我將繼續(xù)尋找食物 備戰(zhàn)跨海大計
It's way rougher here. I'm struggling now. 現(xiàn)在的海況很差 我必須努力拼搏