Recent three years has been really challenging for people both home and abroad. Our lifestyle has changed completely because of COVID-19. We have to stay at home more often to keep healthy, leaving more space for animals.
In celebration of Earth Day 2021, a new documentary (纪录片) The Year Earth Changed came out. The documentary shows how different the world looks like after a year of worldwide human quarantine (隔离).
"During this most difficult year, lots of people have realized the value and beauty of the natural world," said Attenborough, one of the narrators (旁白员) of the documentary. "The quarantine also created a special chance to see clearly the relationship between humans and animals."
While humans spent most of their time at home, there was less noise, less pollution, more food, and more space for animals. In the ocean, without ships nearby, whales and other animals were able to communicate easily. Whale parents could travel farther to feed, knowing their young could hear them from far. They made sounds that scientists had never heard before. On the land, people saw penguins walking in the street, deer passing by stores, and monkeys playing in the park. In the sky, children noticed more and more birds singing and dancing freely.
The documentary reminds us of one thing: making even a small change to what we do can make a big difference. As we stop, amazing things start to happen in the natural world. These changes are recorded in this documentary as well as in our memory.
In the future, humans will develop, and life will continue. The difference is that now we know how beautiful nature can be, and we can choose to keep this beauty with us in life.
