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PAGE1 / NUMPAGES11 《地球脉动》第一季第二集中英文对照，雄伟高山 《雄伟高山》（MOUNTAINS） 1.Human beings venture into the highest parts of our planet at their peril. 人类总是愿意冒着生命危险占领地球最高的地方。 2.Some might think that by climbing a great mountain they have somehow conquered it, but wee can only be visitors here. 人们或许认为只需要登上顶峰便能征服一座高山，不过，我们仅仅是这里的拜访者。 3.This is a frozen, alien world. 这是一个冰封的异域世界。 4.This is the other extreme. One of the lowest, hottest places on Earth. 这里是另一种极端环境。地球上一处最低最热的地方。 5.It`s over a hundred meters below the level of the sea. But here, a mountain is in gestation, 它的地势低于海平面100多米。但这里却在酝酿一座高山。 6.Pools of sulphuric acid are indications that deep underground there are titanic stirrings. 这些硫酸池暗示地底深处正进行着大规模活动。 7.This is the Danakil Depression in Ethiopia, lying within a colossal rent in the Earth`s surface were giant land masses are pulling away from one another. 这里是埃塞俄比亚境内的达纳吉尔凹地，位于地球表面的大裂谷巨大的陆地板块在此互相分离。 8.Lava rises to the surface through this crack in the crust, creating a chain of young volcanoes, 熔岩经过这条地壳裂缝涌上地表，诞生了一连串年轻的火山。 9.This one, Erta-Ale is today the longest continually-erupting volcano on the planet. 这座埃特阿雷火山是地球上现存持续喷发时间最长的火山。 10.A lake of lava that has been molten for over 100 years. 岩浆湖在此沸腾了100多年。 11.These same volcanic forces also created Ethiopia`s highlands. 这些相同的火山作用也造就了埃塞俄比亚高原。 12.Seventy million years ago, this land was just as flat and as deep as the Danakil Depression. 7000万年前，这片土地像达纳吉尔凹地一样平坦深陷。 13.Molten lava, rising from the Earth`s core, forced up a huge of rock 500 miles wide. The Roof of Africa. 熔岩从地核中慢涌上来，形成了绵延500英里的巨大石丘。这就是非洲屋脊。 14.Over millennia, rain and ice carved the rock into a landscape of spires and canyons. 千万年后，雨水额冰川已将岩石雕琢成尖峰和峡谷。 15.These summits, nearly three miles up, are home to some very remarkable mountaineers. 这些将近3英里高的山峰顶上，住着一些非常特别的山地居民。 16.Gelada baboons. They are unique to the highlands of Ethiopia. 狮尾狒。它们是埃塞俄比亚高原的特有物种。 17.The cliffs were they sleep are for expert climbers only. And geladas certainly have the right equipment, the stronges