They grow unhurriedly toward the sun that nourishes their foliage.

他们不慌不忙地向着太阳伸展着枝杈
They have inherited from those minuscule cyanobacteria...

他们继承了这些微小蓝细菌
The power to capture light's energy.

俘获光能的能力
They store it and feed off it,

他们将光能储藏起来以此为生
Turning it into wood and leaves,

并将其转化成了木头及树叶
Which then decompose into a mixture of water,

之后这些再分解成为水
Mineral, vegetable and living matter.

矿物质植物以及活质的混合物
And so, gradually,

因此渐渐的
The soils that are indispensable to life are formed.

生命所必需的土壤便形成了
Soils are the factory of biodiversity.

土壤是生物多样化的工厂
They are a world of incessant activity...

这是一个不断运行的世界
Where microorganisms feed, dig, aerate and transform.

在那里微生物生长居住呼吸转化