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预告：极光照亮了天空。南北极洲正在苏醒过来。刚刚回升的太阳光线几乎没有一丝暖意。很少有动物能够忍受如此极端恶劣的环境。 主题：The Arctic The Antarctica 南极北极 播音时间：2009-5-13 栏目：英语沙龙 编辑时间：2009-5-7 播音人员： The Arctic The Antarctica 南极北极 每周一语： catch some Zs 小睡一下 A: Excuse me. I have to catch some Zs～ A: 抱歉！ 我想小睡一下。 B: I thought you just woke up. Sleepy head。 B: 我以为你才刚睡醒。爱睡虫。 漫画里的人睡觉， 不是都画“Z,Z,Z...”来表示吗？ 这里的 “catch some Zs” 就是这样来的。“I have to catch some Zs.” 也可以说“I have to take a nap.” 或 “I need to snooze.” 冰冻的海洋本身就是与众不同的世界，冰之下是一份神秘的、几乎可以说是神奇的宁静，完全与水面上肆虐狂暴的情形迥然不同。一年中的大多数时候，这里总是漆黑一片、寒冷刺骨。不过在地球的两极北极和南极地区仍然有生命存在。北极动物 The Arctic Its Animals The Arctic is an exciting place full of animals and people. There are many types of animals that have their own habitat and it isnt all frozen. The Arctic has eight nations within it. They are Canada, Denmark (Greenland), Finland, Iceland, Norway, Russia, Sweden and the United States. It is an area with 2 million people in it and over 50 languages. 冬天的斜阳微弱的光线几乎带不来任何的温暖，气温很少超过摄氏零下五十度。对大多数动物来说，不管是否生活在水里，大部分海面都已经冰冻的冬天都是一个严峻的挑战。 　　北极地区生活着至少已有上万年历史的当地居民--爱斯基摩人、雅库特人、鄂温克人和拉普人等。The arctic land is mainly tundra. This frozen ground is above the tree line and is covered with hearty plants like moss and lichen, which caribou and muskox feed on. The arctic animals are hearty creatures because low temperatures and precipitation with strong winds are not uncommon in the Arctic. The people of arctic Alaska depend on the caribou and muskox for most of their food and clothing. Some villages in Greenland and arctic Canada depend on the narwhal for their entire existence! 与南极大陆不同，北极的生命活动非常活跃。有900种显花植物，有成千上万的北美驯鹿、麝牛、北极兔，峰年时每公顷多达1500只的旅鼠。北半球全部鸟类的1／6在北极繁育后代，而且至少有12种鸟类在北极越冬。北极海域的鲸类只有6种，而且数量远远不如南大洋，但北冰洋中的角鲸和白鲸却是世界鲸类中最珍贵的品种。 A wide range of marine mammals and fish live in the severe conditions of the Arctic ocean. Whales, dolphins (narwhal), walruses and seals all make their home in this North Polar region which is covered by ice most of the year. The great polar bear depends on these marine mam