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In November, as the first cold wave reaches Qinghai Lake, the temperature drops below zero, the lake begins to freeze from near the shore.
每年的11月，第一场寒潮到达青海湖的时候，气温下降到零摄氏度以下，靠近湖岸的水面开始结冰。
Qinghai Lake, the largest inland and saltwater lake in China, hosts a large number of precious wild animals.
青海湖既是中国最大的内陆湖泊，也是中国最大的咸水湖，大量珍贵的野生动物栖息在这里。
With the advent of winter, this place becomes desolate without mercy.
随着冬季的到来，严寒让这里变得荒芜冷峻。
The scarcity of food puts all animals here into a severe crisis.
食物短缺是这里所有动物即将面临的最大危机。
Grassroots underground are the only food source for plateau pikas.
埋藏在地表之下的牧草根茎几乎是高原鼠兔现在唯一的食物。
Every day, they consume food that equals about half their weight.
他们每天要吃约占自身体重一半的食物。
To eat their fill, they must not stop digging.
为了吃饱，他们只有不停挖掘。
As busy as pikas are, these snow finches.
和鼠兔一样忙碌的还有这些雪雀。
They'd never miss any grass seed there.
他们似乎不会错过每一粒草籽。
On the plateau grasslands, everyone is bustling about to fill the belly.
高原上，凡是有草的地方，到处都是为了填饱肚子而忙碌的身影。
Unlike the blindly foraging herbivores, przewalski's gazelles know exactly what they want.
与所有食草动物的忙碌不一样，普氏原羚是有目的性地边吃边走。
In winter, they migrate from semi-desert steppes to the rim of Qinghai Lake.
每年冬季，它们都要从半荒漠草原地带迁徙到青海湖畔。
The purpose is not just for water sources and food, but also, for the reproduction of the entire group.
这不仅仅是一次为了水源和食物的迁徙，而是关系到种群的繁衍。
The lake shore is about to witness the annual blind date party.
在湖畔，它们将迎来一年一度的相亲大会。
While filling the stomach, these wandering herbivores are locked on by predators as walking granaries.
这些为了填饱肚子而奔走的食草动物，在食肉动物们的眼里，它们都是行走的粮食。
In addition to scanning in the air, birds of prey prefer waiting, saving their energy.
除了在空中发现目标，蹲守是猛禽们节约体力的捕猎方式。
In the lake area, almost all carnivores run around to find prey for the winter.
在青海湖地区，所有的食肉动物都在为熬过冬天为四处奔走，寻找猎物。
Compared to these busy creatures, the whooper swans seem at leisure.
与这些忙碌的身影相比，大天鹅就要显得悠闲一些。
They fly every year from Siberia and Bayanbulak Grassland in Xinjiang to spend winter at Qinghai Lake.
它们每年都从西伯利亚和新疆巴音布鲁克草原来到青海湖越冬。
Here they elegantly perform the play of “swan lake on ice”.
在这里优雅地演绎着“冰上天鹅湖”的故事。
As the temperature keeps dropping, ice extends towards the center of the lake.
随着气温的下降，冰面向湖心延伸。
The freezing surface grows up to 90 centimeters thick.
湖面逐渐封冻，低温使冰层厚度最高达到90厘米。
During the icebound season of about 100 days, the bitter cold pushes all living beings around to the edge of life and death.
在长达100天左右的封冻期里，严寒让青海湖地区的所有生灵面临着生死挑战。
The power of life is manifested.
严寒，也在彰显生命的力量。
