[00:00:22]But, this year, the townspeople's luck is in.

但今年 镇民们很幸运

[00:03:29]The town has escaped flooding.

小镇逃过一劫

[00:10:14]Crucially, the ice blocks did not dam the river,

关键在于 冰块没有阻塞河水

[00:13:22]it's running free.

而使其顺利流过

[00:15:03]And the date of the break-up, the 6th May.

而解冻之日 为5月6日

[00:19:03]Red's got it right again.

正如雷德所言

[00:21:50]I don't use any of these here

我从不使用

[00:23:50]gauges and mechanical assistance,

测量仪器和其他机械

[00:26:10]I just go by what I see on the river as I walk it down.

只通过漫步河畔途中所见来判断

[00:31:12]And I say I walk it down,

实际上

[00:33:13]I back and forth every day on the river

我每天都在河畔来回漫步

[00:35:40]to see what's happening,

以观察它的动向

[00:37:28]and from that, I gauge when it's going to hit here

由此我能推断出解冻的时间

[00:41:08]and what the situation is going to be like

以及解冻后

[00:43:21]when it does get here.

河水的情形

[00:44:22]You know, when it went this morning,

今早河水解冻时

[00:46:40]I said to my students, "Guess what the date is?"

我对学生说 猜猜几号会解冻

[00:49:16]Red told us it was the 6th May and we were,

雷德告诉我们会是5月6日

[00:51:21]you know, I'm not surprised,

事实如此 我一点不惊讶

[00:52:19]because we've been here a couple of times

因为我们来过多次

[00:53:53]and that's happened.

而他的推测屡试不爽

[00:55:05]Ten days, two weeks ago and he just looks around

10天或2周前 他只四周看看

[00:57:06]and goes "6th May."

就说出了"5月6日"

[00:58:53]How does he know that?

人们都好奇 他怎么知道的

[01:00:48]It's incredible.

太神了

[01:01:36]It's because he just has lived on this river

那是因为他住在河边

[01:03:55]and lived this break-up for 50 years.

见证了50年来冰河的变换

[01:08:47]Ice scientists are improving

冰层科学家一直试图

[01:10:27]the accuracy of their predictions all the time,

提高预测的准确性

[01:12:59]but in the meantime,

但同时

[01:14:00]the people of Hay River

草河的居民

[01:15:20]have a remarkable guardian.

拥有优秀的守护者