Soon everyone was trying to get the timing right to get good pictures of the seal rather than the penguins.
很快，大家都想着要怎么抓准时机来为这只海象拍出好的照片，而不再关注帝企鹅了。When a female emperor penguin is ready to mate, she approaches the male and lies flat on the ground waiting for him to impregnate her.
当一只雌性帝企鹅准备好要交配的时候，她会接近雄性帝企鹅，并平躺在地上，等着另一方来使她受孕。He loses up to a half of his body weight before his mate comes back from feeding at sea in July.
到7月份配偶从海里找食物回来时，雄帝企鹅的体重减轻了一半。Scientists warn that global warming could put the magnificent birds at the risk of extinction by the end of the next century.
科学家警告说，全球变暖使帝企鹅面临着到下世纪结束时灭绝的危险。The fascinated penguins approached Mr Schultz each day as he hiked from a helicopter base camp to the main Emperor rookery.
每天，当舒尔茨从直升机营地徒步走向帝企鹅栖息地时，着了迷的企鹅都会靠近他。The Emperor, the largest and most recognizable of the penguin species, is thought to be the most vulnerable of all life in Antarctica.
帝企鹅，作为体积最大，最容易认出的企鹅种类，被认为是南极洲所有生命里最敏感的群体。The only living things left above the ice are the emperors and the humans watching them.
在冰面上留下的生物就只有帝企鹅和观察它们的人类了。A scientist in an ice-covered observation tube studies the diving behavior of nearby emperor penguins in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica.
在南极洲的麦克默多海峡，一位科学家把自个儿掩藏在冰封的观测管里，研究一只近旁的帝企鹅和它的潜水习性。I was about to take a picture of the penguins when suddenly from the other side of the dune appeared a young elephant seal.
我当时正想拍帝企鹅，突然沙丘的另一边出现了一只小海象。