The Greatest Show on Earth
How could one species turn into another?
一種物種如何演變成另一種？
How is it that we find ourselves surrounded by such complexity, such elegance?
我們周邊的一切為何如此復雜，如此神奇？
The genes of you and me
你我的基因
Theyre all made of DNA
全部由DNA組成
Were all made of the same chemicals
我們都由同樣的化學物質組成
DNA - were all made of DNA
我們都來自DNA
Only the fittest survive
適者生存
And that is the key
這就是進化的關鍵
Natural Selection
自然選擇
That is the key
就是關鍵所在
We are surrounded by endless forms
我們的周圍存在著無數的生命形式
Most beautiful,
如此美妙
most wonderful
如此神奇
Evolution - the greatest show on Earth
進化，就是地球上最偉大的演出
There is grandeur in this view of life
生命的宏圖如此莊嚴
Evolution - the greatest show on Earth
進化，就是地球上最偉大的演出
The history of life can be thought of
生命的歷史可以被想像成，
As a many branched tree
一棵分杈的樹
The five kingdoms of life
生命的五種形式
were established early on
構成各個分支
Bacteria
細菌
Protists- amoeba like creatures
原生生物——像是阿米巴原蟲
Fungi,Plants
菌類，植物
And animals
和動物
We find ourselves perched on one tiny twig
我們會發現人類停留在一個微小的樹枝上
In the midst of a blossoming tree of life
位於生機勃發的生命之樹的中間
We find ourselves perched on one tiny twig
我們停留在一個微小的樹枝上
In the midst of a blossoming tree of life
位於生機勃發的生命之樹的中間
Only the fittest survive
適者生存
And that is the key
是進化的關鍵
Natural Selection
自然選擇
That is the key
就是關鍵所在
We are surrounded by endless forms
我們的周圍存在著無數的生命形式
Most beautiful
如此美妙
most wonderful
如此神奇
Evolution - the greatest show on Earth
進化，就是地球上最偉大的演出
There is grandeur in this view of life
生命的宏圖如此莊嚴
Most beautiful
如此美妙
most wonderful
如此神奇
Evolution - the greatest show on Earth
進化，就是地球上最偉大的演出
We are surrounded by millions of other species
我們身邊有著億萬物種
Walking, flying, burrowing, stalking, chasing, fleeing,
它們行走，飛行，掘洞，跟踪，追逐，逃亡
Outpacing
超越
Animals strive to reach this one ultimate goal
生物在生存中所要達到的終極目標
To ensure the survival of the next generation
就是確保後代的延續
This one ultimate goal
這一終極目標
To pass on their genes
隨著基因延續
That is what life is all about
這就是生命的故事
That is surrounded by endless forms
生命的宏圖如此莊嚴
Most beautiful,
如此美妙
most wonderful
如此神奇
Evolution - the greatest show on Earth
進化，就是地球上最偉大的演出
As we look back on the history of life
當我們回顧生命的歷史
We see a picture of never ending,ever rejuvinating novelty
我們會看到一副永不終結，生機盎然的畫卷
Those animals may seem to us to be very remote
其他物種在我們眼中可能非常遙遠，
strange, even fantastic
陌生，而又神奇
But all of us alive today
但是我們的今天的存在
Owe our very existence to them
卻正要歸功於它們的進化