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Over 18,000 plant species grow here,
这里生长着超过18000种植物
of which 3,000 are foundnowhere else.
其中约3000种植物是这儿特有的
Until little more than a century ago,this place was unknown outside China.
直到一个多世纪前这里还是个未为人知的世外桃源
But then news reached the West
然而有关这个神奇隐秘的东方世界的传言
of a mysterious, hidden world of the orient.
却不胫而走 传至西方
Hidden among the mountains,a lost Shangri-la paradise.
隐匿在群山中遗落人间的最后天堂 香格里拉
Westernhigh society, in the grip of a gardening craze,
当时西方上流社会盛行园艺
was eager forexotic species from faraway places.
渴望获得遥远国度的稀有物种
Thisgave rise toa new breed of celebrity adventurers,
这也造就了新物种的探险家
intrepid botanist-explorers known as "the Plant Hunters".
无畏的植物探索家 世称“植物猎人”
Yunnan became theirHoly Grail.
云南成为了他们的圣杯
The most famous was Joseph Rock,a real life Indiana Jones.
其中最出名的便是Joseph Rock 真人版的Indiana Jones
Remarkable film footage captured his entourage on a series of expeditions,
胶片出色的记录了他与随行人员的一系列
as theypushed intothe deepest corners of Yunnan.
深入云南腹地的探险远征
In glorious colour he recorded the plant life he found
他发现了千姿百态的植物
on special photographic glass plates.
并将其记录于特制的玻璃质感光片上
Sending thousands of specimens back to the West,
通过将成千上万的标本送回西方
the Plant Hunters changed the gardens of the world forever.
