In some parts of China, farming wasn't an option,
在中国的某些地方种田难以维持生计
so they turned to training wild animals to catch food.
所以人们转而驯养野生动物来为自己捕食
In the far north-west Province of Xinjiang, Qinggil County,
远在西北新疆的清河县
building rice terraces is not an option, due to the climate.
由于气候的原因建梯田根本不可能
In this rugged landscape, food is scarce, made worse by the harshest of winters.
在这片崎岖的土地上 粮食很短缺在冬天的时候尤为严重
To survive, the local Kazakhs depend on a tradition more than a 1,000 years old.
为了生存当地的哈萨克人依靠一种传承上千年的方式生存
To do something most would imagine impossible,
他们做的是我们无法想象的事
to train a wild eagle to hunt.
那就是驯养一只鹰来为他们捕猎