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BBC自然世界.语言大师草原犬鼠
471Prairie dogs are America's answer to the meerkat - small, sociable and exceptionally cute. This offbeat film narrated by Rob Brydon takes us to the Wild West where prairie dogs live in huge colonies known as 'towns'. Like meerkats, they are comical to watch, but there is a whole lot more to prairie dogs than just being cute - they can talk. For 30 years Professor Con Slobodchikoff has been recording their calls in response to predators like coyotes, hawks and badgers. He believes he has discovered a language second only to humans in its complexity. It's a bold claim but is he right? Con has devised a series of cunning field experiments to help prove his point. -
城市化
834Director Gary Hustwit (Helvetica, Objectified) completes his design film trilogy with Urbanized. Exploring the design of cities with the world’s foremost architects, policymakers and engaged citizens, Urbanized frames a global discussion about how the design of our cities affects our lives. -
跟海豚说话的女孩
159一段名为《和豚说话的女孩》(The Girl Who Talked to Dolphins)的纪录片将于6月17日在英国广播公司(BBC)播出。 美国研究员霍韦(Margaret Howe)于上世纪60年代参与一项动物实验,尝试教导6岁大的樽鼻海豚彼得(Peter)说英语,希望证实海豚具有如人类般的语言能力。虽然彼得的学习成果有限,却意外爱上了与它朝夕相处的霍韦,编织出一段凄迷的“人豚恋”。 来自美属维尔京群岛的霍韦,在下周播出的英国广播公司(BBC)纪录片讲述这段经历。当年仅23岁的霍韦,于1965年参与着名神经学家利利主持的实验,被安排入住“海豚之家”10周负责教彼得英文,无论用餐、洗澡、睡觉或玩耍都在一起。 彼得仅学会“ball”(球)及“diamond”(钻石)等单字,却对霍韦日久生情。它被霍韦冷落时会“呷醋”,甚至对她展示性欲,多番将自己挤向她的双腿之间,并绕着她不断转圈。霍韦只好安排彼得与另外两条海豚生活来抑制它。 彼得可能感到自己过于热情吓坏了霍韦,变得较为温和;渐渐霍韦亦对它产生情愫。可惜实验后来因经费不足告吹,彼得被移送至迈阿密。与“爱人”分离的彼得或因心碎,数周后闭气沉于池底自杀身亡。 -
迷幻学院第一季
205《迷幻学院》(Tower Prep)是卡通频道今年播出的第二部原创真人剧集。与《奇妙的历史》(Unnatural History)轻松愉快的氛围不同,《迷幻学院》存在悬疑情节,更贴近于成人故事(即所谓的「teen adult story」)。故事讲述性格冲动好斗的少年Ian Archer一觉醒来后发现自己来到了一家神秘的学院,学员们都是和他一样有特殊能力的青少年。Ian试图和其他三名同学一起逃跑,但最终失败了。他们下决心要查明事情的真相。 -
美国国家公园
284The audience will experience North America's natural wonders with its iconic wildlife as you have never seen them before. Strong story telling let the audience discover the fascinating interactions in wild habitats they thought they were familiar with. Episodes include… Grand Canyon(大峡谷国家公园) Yellowstone(黄石国家公园) Everglades(大沼泽地国家公园) Olympic(奥林匹克国家公园) Great Smoky Mountains(大雾山国家公园) Gates of The Arctic(北极门国家公园) Saguaro(萨瓜罗国家公园) Yosemite(优胜美地国家公园) -
地平线:认识癌症
543Hannah Fry, a professor of maths, is used to investigating the world around her through numbers. When she's diagnosed with cervical cancer at the age of 36, she starts to interrogate the way we diagnose and treat cancer by digging into the statistics to ask whether we are making the right choices in how we treat this disease. Are we sometimes too quick to screen and treat cancer? Do doctors always speak to us honestly about the subject? It may seem like a dangerous question to ask, but are we at risk of overmedicalising cancer? At the same time, Hannah records her own cancer journey in raw and emotional personal footage, where the realities of life after a cancer diagnosis are laid bare.