Naked Science： Our Atmosphere《科学新发现：我们的大气层（2008）》完整中英文对照剧本.docxVIP

在太空无尽的黑暗之中In the empty blackness of space,充斥着恶劣环境的星球和冰冷的真空surrounded by hostile planets and freezing vacuum,地球自成一处生命的绿洲planet Earth is an oasis of life.而这全归功于我们的气体保护茧And all because of our protective cocoon of gas.这层空气塑造着地球上所能看到的一切This blanket of air shapes everything we see on Earth.它保护 包围 并维系着我们的生存It protects, insulates and sustains us.它带动全球的水循环It carries the water around the globe,也屏蔽着来自宇宙的冲撞和致命辐射and shields us from cosmic impacts and killer radiation.是时候揭开这一无形奇迹的面纱了Its time to uncover the invisible wonder.那就是我们的大气层That is our atmosphere.探索频道科学新发现系列我们的大气层在地面上Down here on the Earth,我们很少会想到大气层we rarely give much thought to our atmosphere.因为它无色无味 无声无息Because we cant see, smell, taste or hear it,我们视之为理所当然的存在we take it for granted.但空气是将我们和宇宙真空But our air is all that stands between us隔绝开来的唯一屏障and the vacuum of space.我们拥有的这道天蓬Weve got this canopy that提供的远不仅仅是赖以呼吸的空气provides us a lot more than just an atmosphere to breathe in.它毋庸置疑地庇护着我们It definitely shields us.大气层可划分为界限分明的五层The atmosphere is divided into five distinctive layers对流层 平流层 中间层the troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere,热层和散逸层thermosphere and exosphere.气体的密度逐层递减Each layer is less dense than the one below,延伸至我们头顶上的数千米之外stretching miles above our heads.至于具体延伸到哪里How far out it goes,这要看你问的是哪个科学家is depending on which scientist you talk to.有些人认为到约480千米Some say it ends at three hundred miles,也有人认为它延展直至火星some say it extends out to Mars.我们生活在最贴近地表的大气底层We live in the layer closest to the ground.在对流层这里Here, in the troposphere,空气最致密 气压也最大the air is thickest and the pressure greatest.人类的身体已与这些条件完美匹配Our bodies are perfectly matched to these conditions.我们体内的化学反应 最为基本的新陈代谢Our chemistry, our very nature, our metabolism是完全由大气层塑造而成的is completely shaped by the atmosphere.为了探索我们的大气层To appreciate our atmosphere,我们将穿越各层well rise through its layers,旅程从地表开始traveling from the planets surface,直至山巅与云层的数百公里之上miles up above the mountains and the clouds...直