they didn't stop to think if they should.

而不是考虑他们应不应该做
Condors.

秃鹰
Condors are on the verge of extinction.

秃鹰处在灭绝的边缘
If I was to create a flock of condors on this island...

如果我在这个岛上造一群秃鹰
-you wouldn't have anything to say. - Hold on.

-你就没啥好说了吧 -稍等
This isn't some species that was obliterated by deforestation...

这不是什么因为滥伐森林或修建水坝
or the building of a dam.

而灭绝的物种
Dinosaurs had their shot...

恐龙有过存在的机会
and nature selected them for extinction.

是自然选择让它们灭绝
l simply don't understand this Luddite attitude...

我不懂这种因噎废食的想法
especially from a scientist.

尤其还是个科学家
How can we stand in the light of discovery and not act?

我们怎么能站在发明面前却无所作为