《探索频道科学新发现：落基山脉》完整中英文对照剧本.docxVIP

落基山脉The Rocky Mountains:北美大hearts;陆hearts;的脊柱the backbone of North America.崎岖 壮丽 雄伟Rugged, spectacular and majestic.如今 地理学家们敲开这些岩石Today, geologists are cracking open these rocks以揭露它们的秘密to expose their secrets.海洋生物的骸骨为何会出现在How did the remains of sea creatures end up in mountain peaks,海拔几千英尺的落基山巅thousands of feet in the air?落基山脉在何时形成When did the Rockies form?如今山脉是否还在上升Are they still rising today?如果山脉还在上升And if they are,这股形成落基山脉的强大力量could the great forces that built the Rockies又是否会在某天将北美大hearts;陆hearts;一分成二one day split North America in two?落基山脉The Rockies.地球上最大的山脉之一One of the greatest mountain chains on earth.绵延320公里They stretch over 2000 miles北至英属哥伦比亚省from the northern tip of British Columbia南达新墨西哥州的里奥格兰德to the Rio Grande in New Mexico.山脉宽达48公里Up to 300 miles wide,形成了北美大hearts;陆hearts;的天然分水岭they form the continental divide,与东西的天然屏障the Great Barrier between east and west.仅在科罗拉多一州In colorado alone,就有58座海拔高于一万四千英尺的山峰there are 58 mountain peaks over 14,000 feet tall,也就是2.5英里thats around two and a half miles high.落基山脉由地球上The Rockies were created最强大的地质力形成by the most powerful geologic forces on earth.这些荡气回肠的故事跨越南北Their dramatic story takes us on a journey from north to south在地质史上延续了2亿年之久through 200 million years of geological history,把我们从它们的出生地加拿大from their birthplace in Canada引至美国的最年轻山峰to the youngest peaks in the United States.这段旅程将我们带回地球最遥远的过去Its a journey that takes us back into the Earths ancient past.2亿年前地球上还没有落基山脉200 million years ago there were no Rockies.甚至大hearts;陆hearts;的形状与过去也相差甚远Even the continents looked different.彼时的地球只有一块巨型大hearts;陆hearts;There was just one giant landmass:我们称之为泛古陆Pangea.但其存在的时间并不长But not for much longer.一个巨大的裂缝不断生长A vast rift is opening up,将这个超级大hearts;陆hearts;撕裂开来tearing this Supercontinent apart...接下来的几百万年内Over the next few million years,泛古陆分hearts;裂hearts;成许多面hearts;积hearts;较小的大hearts;陆hearts;Pangea will break apart into many smaller landmasses,最终形成了今天的北美大hea