
家园Home.是承载着童年美好回忆的地方Its the place where childhood and memory live together.但我童年的家园正在变化But the home of my childhood is changing.我们依赖的冰川正在消融The ice we depend on is melting away.我和孩子处境堪虞 前途未卜My cub and I are in uncharted waters.《北极熊》我出生在高山的一个冰洞里 高耸入云I was born in an ice cave, high in the mountains.但是覆盖着海冰的海洋才是我们的家园But the frozen ocean, the sea ice, was our home.这里承载着我最早的记忆Here is where my earliest memories are.和双胞胎弟弟 也是我的好友Playing with my best friend,一起嬉戏玩闹my twin brother.妈妈在旁边亦步亦趋地And she was never far from us.保护着我们Our protector.寸步不离Our mother.我比弟弟更强壮 也更好奇I was stronger than my brother. More curious.但他比我更独hearts;立hearts;自主But he was the independent one.我喜欢整天黏着妈妈I always followed Moms lead.妈妈想让我们见识外面的世界And there was a whole world she wanted to show us.要学的东西还有很多There was so much to learn here.她是我们唯一的老师She was our only teacher.我模仿妈妈的一举一动I copied everything she did.虽然不太懂 但我们应该是在I didnt know it, but we were hunting...追捕猎物for something.是猎物的气味For a smell.气味来自冰原下面-A smell under the ice.闻着味就让我垂涎欲滴Whatever it was, it smelled good.弟弟准备好扑倒猎物My brother was ready to attack, too...-Me, usually.也就是我妈妈一直努力在冰面上凿个洞Mom just kept pounding through the ice.我也想帮她 但是I wanted to help her, but...我正忙着呢I was busy.然后 我突然间回过神来Then suddenly, the whole thing became clear.我们在捕猎海豹We were seal hunting.应该说是妈妈在捕猎海豹Well, Mom was seal hunting.妈妈是英雄She was our hero.我们愿意追随妈妈到天涯海角We wouldve followed her anywhere.也必须这样做And we needed to.整个冬天公熊都在冰面上游荡 饿得饥肠辘辘Male bears spend all winter roaming the ice, and are very, very hungry.我和弟弟很可能会成为盘中餐My brother and I would make an easy meal.妈妈带领我们来到冰架 这是一片开阔的水域So Mom led us to the ice edge, to the open ocean.最头疼的是我们从没下过水The problem was, we didnt know how to swim.以前也并没有机会学游泳Wed never even been in the water before.水里很冷It was freezing.妈妈是海里唯一可以依靠的孤岛And the only dry land in sight was Mom.她知道我们不能就这样学会游泳She knew we werent going to learn to swim like this.不断划桨也是很好的训练And there was good reason