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There are places even more hostile than the dust-choked plains.
比尘土飞扬的平原更恶劣的生存环境也大有所在
These alien landscapes are actually the sun-baked salt crusts
眼前奇异的景象是延绵在非洲东部的湖泊
of a chain of lakes that run through East Africa.
被日晒盐碱化后形成的盐壳
The face of these soda lakes changes day by day,
那些碱湖的面貌是一天天慢慢变化而来的
as the sun evaporates the water, leaving the salts behind.
因为太阳会蒸干湖水 留下沉积的盐碱
The waters here are toxic, poisoned by volcanic springs.
火山泉使这里的水具有毒性
But life does exist, even here.
但即使如此 此处依然有生命存在
The strange colours are created by algae,
那奇怪的颜色是水藻产生的
specially adapted to live in this corrosive liquid.
那些特殊的水藻可以适应这里的腐蚀性液体
And it is these algae
而正是这些水藻
that attract one of the most astonishing animals found in East Africa.
吸引了东非最令人惊叹的动物之一
Among the steaming geysers of Lake Bogoria,
在柏哥利亚湖的天然蒸气喷泉间
over a million lesser flamingos
超过一百万的小红鹤
bathe and feed in the caustic water.
栖居在那极具腐蚀性的水中
They gather whenever the algae bloom.
他们在水藻爆发期大量集结

重点解释

There are places even more hostile than the dust-choked plains.比尘土飞扬的平原更恶劣的生存环境也大有所在

even more更加

I even more like to take the plane.

我更愿意乘飞机去。

Her smile makes her even more beautiful.

她的微笑使她更美丽了。

These alien landscapes are actually the sun-baked salt crusts of a chain of lakes that run through East Africa.眼前奇异的景象是延绵在非洲东部的湖泊被日晒盐碱化后形成的盐壳

run through贯穿

A deep melancholy runs through her poetry.

她的诗中贯穿著悲伤的情调。

The Appalachians run through thirteen states.

阿巴拉契亚山脉穿经十三个州。

specially adapted to live in this corrosive liquid.那些特殊的水藻可以适应这里的腐蚀性液体

adapt to适应

The new students are very slow to adapt to the rules.

新生对于那些规定适应得很慢。

I can't adapt to this wet climate.

我无法适应这种潮湿的天气。