nián de shí hòu zhōng guó dì lǐ xué huì chéng lì

1909年的时候中国地理学会成立

In 1909 the Geographical Society of China was founded

jiàn guó zhī hòu wǒ men guó jiā pài chū le hěn duō de kē kǎo duì

建国之后我们国家派出了很多的科考队

After the founding of the People’s Republic of China, our nation assigned lots of scientific expedition teams

rán hòu qù qīng cáng gāo yuán

然后去青藏高原

To the Tibetan Plateau

qù dà xī běi děng děng de dì fāng qù kǎo chá

去大西北等等的地方去考察

The northwest area and other places

yǒu hěn duō kē xué yán jiū de chéng guǒ xū yào ràng dà zhòng qù le jiě

有很多科学研究的成果需要让大众去了解

There’re so many scientific achievements which need to be known by the public

wǒ shì gěng huá jūn

我是耿华军

I’m Geng Huajun

zhè lǐ shì zhōng guó zhè běn shū de zhǔ chuàng

《这里是中国》这本书的主创

One of the authors of the book Hi I’m China

zhè gè shì wǒ men hé zhōng guó qīng cáng gāo yuán yán jiū huì yī kuài lái chuàng zuò de

这个是我们和中国青藏高原研究会一块来创作的

We write the book together with the China Society on Tibetan Plateau

shōu lù le duō wèi shè yǐng shī de zuò pǐn

收录了200多位摄影师的作品

Works of over 200 photographers are collected

qù gěi dà jiā chéng xiàn zhōng guó zhī měi

去给大家呈现（中国之美）

To show the beauty of China

wǒ men jīn tiān zhōng guó de dì xíng dì mào de xíng chéng

我们今天中国的地形、地貌的形成

China’s terrains and landforms today

fā shēng zài dì qiú wàn nián qián

发生在地球6500万年前

Were shaped 65 million years ago

yìn dù bǎn kuài gēn ōu yà dà lù fā shēng le pèng zhuàng

印度板块跟欧亚大陆发生了碰撞

The Indian Plate collided with the Eurasian Plate

zào chéng le qīng cáng gāo yuán de zhěng tǐ lóng shēng

造成了青藏高原的整体隆升

And the upheaval saw the emergence of the Tibetan Plateau

wǒ men xuǎn yòng le sān jí jiē tī zhè me yī gè xíng shì lái biǎo dá

我们选用了三级阶梯这么一个形式来表达

We use the form of three levels

sān jí jiē tī shì zhōng guó dì lǐ de yī gè jī běn de tè zhēng

三级阶梯是中国地理的一个基本的特征

Which is a basic feature of China’s geography

dì yī jiē tī qīng cáng gāo yuán tā shì yǐ huāng yě wèi zhǔ

第一阶梯青藏高原，它是以荒野为主

The first level is the Tibetan Plateau which is mainly wilderness

wǒ men xuǎn le wǔ gè dì fāng

我们选了五个地方

We choose five places

dì yī gè dì fāng kě kě xī lǐ

第一个地方可可西里

The first is Hoh Xil

zhōng guó zuì wěi dà de huāng yě

中国最伟大的荒野

China’s greatest wilderness

ā lǐ shì xī cáng píng jūn hǎi bá zuì gāo de dì fāng

阿里是西藏平均海拔最高的地方

Ngari has the highest average elevation in Tibet

rén chēng shì jiè wū jí de wū jí

人称世界屋脊的屋脊

And is known as the ‘roof of the roof of the world’

dì sān gè shì jiǔ zhài gōu

第三个是九寨沟

The third one is Jiuzhaigou Valley

héng duàn shān zhōng guó de shān zuì mì jí de dì fāng

横断山，中国的山最密集的地方

The Hengduan Mountains have the densest mountains in China

sì gū niáng shān shì pān dēng de yī gè shèng dì

四姑娘山是攀登的一个圣地

Four Maidens Mountain is one of the best hiking destinations

dì èr jiē tī xīn jiāng yún guì gāo yuán zhè yī xiàn

第二阶梯新疆、云贵高原这一线

At the second level where Xin Jiang and the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau are located

huāng yě hé wén míng qū jié hé dé hěn jǐn mì de

荒野和文明区结合得很紧密的

Wilderness is connected closely with civilization

bāo kuò yī lí luó bù pō gān sù chéng dōu xī ān

包括伊犁、罗布泊、甘肃、成都、西安

Including Ili, Lop Nor, Gansu, Chengdu, Xi’an

hái yǒu fàn jìng shān

还有梵净山

And Mount Fanjing

luó bù pō shì yī gè dà zhòng suǒ shú zhī de yī gè sǐ wáng dì dài

罗布泊是一个大众所熟知的一个死亡地带

Lop nor is well-known as the zone of death

tā céng shì gè hěn dà de hú pō shì yí rén lèi shēng cún de huán jìng

它（曾）是个很大的湖泊适宜人类生存的环境

It used to be a large lake which was hospitable for human to live

gōng yuán qián sān qiān nián

公元前三千年

In 3000 BC

tǔ huǒ luó rén lái dào zhè lǐ lái dìng jū

吐火罗人来到这里来定居

Tocharians settled down here

dàn shēng le xiǎo hé wén huà

诞生了小河文化

And the Xiaohe culture was born

zuì zhù míng de jiù shì xiǎo hé gōng zhǔ

最著名的就是小河公主

The most famous is the Xiaohe Princess

xiǎo hé wén huà zhī hòu zài hàn dài de shí hòu lóu lán gǔ guó

小河文化之后，在汉代的时候楼兰古国

After the Xiaohe culture, there was the kingdom of Loulan in the Han dynasty

zhè liǎng gè wén míng zài hòu miàn dōu xiāo shī diào le

这两个文明在后面都消失掉了

Those two civilizations both disappeared later

hé xīn de yuán yīn shì yīn wèi zì rán huán jìng de è huà

核心的原因是因为自然环境的恶化

The core reason was the degradation of the natural environment

dì sān jí jiē tī shì wǒ men dōng bù zhè xiē píng yuán wèi zhǔ

第三级阶梯是我们东部这些平原为主

At the third level are mainly the plains in the east

yǐ wén míng wèi zhǔ

以文明为主

And civilizations

bāo kuò hé nán zhè jiāng fú jiàn hái yǒu qīng dǎo hé jiāng nán

包括河南、浙江、福建，还有青岛和江南

Including Henan, Zhejiang, Fujian, Qingdao and the Jiangnan area

lì shǐ shàng jiāng nán wǔ gè chéng shì wǔ cì lún fān dì jué qǐ

历史上江南五个城市，五次轮番地崛起

Throughout the history, five cities in the Jiangnan area rose one after another

wèi jìn nán běi cháo de shí qī

魏晋南北朝的时期

During the period of Wei, Jin, Northern and Southern dynasties

yīn wèi zhàn luàn de yuán yīn běi fāng de rén dà liàng dì nán qiān

因为战乱的原因北方的人大量地南迁

A large number of northerners moved to the south as a result of wars

rán hòu nán jīng de jué qǐ

然后南京的崛起

Then Nanjing rose

suí táng shí hòu kāi shǐ xiū jiàn dà yùn hé yáng zhōu jué qǐ

隋唐时候开始修建大运河，扬州崛起

In the Sui and Tang dynasties, the construction of the Grand Canal began, and Yangzhou rose

nán sòng de shí hòu jiù bǎ háng zhōu lín ān zuò chéng dāng shí de shǒu dōu

南宋的时候就把杭州临安做成当时的首都

In the South Song dynasty, Lin’an of Hangzhou was the capital

míng qīng shí qī yīn wèi shǒu gōng yè gōng shāng yè de fā dá

明清时期，因为手工业、工商业的发达

In the Ming and Qing dynasties, the development of handicraft industry, industry and commerce

sū zhōu jué qǐ

苏州崛起

Led to the rising of Suzhou

dào le jìn xiàn dài de shí hòu

到了近现代的时候

When it comes to the modern time

nà me jiù shì shàng hǎi de jué qǐ miàn xiàng hǎi yáng shí dài

那么就是上海的崛起，面向海洋时代

Shanghai rises and the era of sea arrives

wǒ men zuò zhè lǐ shì zhōng guó de shí hòu

我们做《这里是中国》的时候

When we wrote Hi I’m China

yào qù hé dà liàng de kē xué jiā hái yǒu shè yǐng shī gōu tōng jiē chù

要去和大量的科学家还有摄影师沟通、接触

We had to communicate and contact with lots of scientists and photographers

xiàng yáo tán dòng yuàn shì tā zài suì

像姚檀栋院士他在65岁

Like academician Yao Chandong

hái zài qù hǎi bá wǔ liù qiān mǐ de dì fāng zuò kē kǎo

还在去海拔五、六千米的地方做科考

He conducted scientific investigations in places with an elevation of 5,000 to 6,000 meters at the age of 65

shè yǐng shī jiā nán shì lián xù sān nián

摄影师嘉楠是连续三年

Photographer Jia’nan climbed to the top of Mount Longquan

měi tiān zǎo shàng liù diǎn zhōng jiù dēng dào lóng quán shān

每天早上六点钟就登到龙泉山

At six in the morning every day for three consecutive years

rán hòu qù děng dài jī huì qù pāi shè zhè gè chéng dōu quán mào de zhào piàn

然后去等待机会去拍摄这个成都全貌的照片

Waiting for the right chance to take a panorama picture of Chengdu

zài nián yuè hào

在2017年6月5号

On June 5th, 2017

nà tiān tā dēng shàng lóng quán shān de shí hòu

那天他登上龙泉山的时候

He climbed to Mount Longquan

zhèng hǎo nà gè yún wù yě dōu xiāo sàn diào le

正好那个云雾也都消散掉了

Fog all disappeared

yáng guāng yě zhèng hǎo

阳光也正好

The sun was shining

rán hòu tā jiù gǎn kuài qù pāi pāi shè piàn zi shí jǐ zhāng

然后他就赶快去拍，拍摄片子十几张

So he hurried up to take a dozen of pictures

rán hòu jiē chéng yī zhāng piàn zi

然后接成一张片子

And combined them into one

tā men de cún zài

他们的存在

They reveal the beauty of China for us

bāng zhù wǒ men gèng hǎo dì fā xiàn le zhōng guó zhī měi

帮助我们更好地发现了中国之美

In a better way

duì zhōng guó měi gè rén nǎo zhōng yǒu bù tóng de yìn xiàng

对中国，每个人脑中有不同的印象

Everyone has his or her impression of China in mind

tōng guò zhè běn shū dà jiā huì fā xiàn

通过这本书，大家会发现

And in the book

zhōng guó què shí fēi cháng fēi cháng měi

中国确实非常非常美

People would find that China is really gorgeous