纪录片《地球的力量》第一集 火山02:最伟大的自然力量

Ethiopia, eastern Africa.

埃塞俄比亚，东非

This is the Afar region, bandit country

这是阿法尔地区，无人管理的国度

So I've hitched a lift with the Ethiopian military.

所以我搭上了埃塞俄比亚的军用飞机

I'm off to one of the hottest and remotest place on the surface of our planet.

要去一个非常偏僻炎热的地方

to see the most powerful forceon Earth in action.

去看活跃在我们星球表面的最伟大的自然力量

We've got plenty of equipment, because ahead of us there are some serious climbing.

我们带来许多工具 因为在我们前面的是非常险峻的地形

We've touched down on a dry, brittle surface of recently cold lava.

飞机降落在已经冷却的干燥易碎的熔岩表面

I'v come all this way to see one of the most remarkable volcanoes anywhere on the planet.

跑了那么远的路来观察地球上最非凡的火山之一

It's called Erta Ale.

峨塔·艾尔

The name means the smoking mountain to the local Afar people.

阿法尔地区的当地人说是冒烟的山的意思

It is reckoned that the lava lake has been active for at least 90 years, this volcano has been continuously erupting lava for longer than any other on Earth.

可能是这个火山一直在往外喷岩浆

making it one of the logest known eruptions.

比地球上其它火山活动的时间都长

But no one's quite sure

但是没人能够肯定

because it is only been properly studied for the last 40 years.

因为对它的研究只是在最近40多年才开始

I've been lucky to see a lot of volcanoes in my time

在我的一生中 我有幸看到了许多火山

and I've never seen one

但是我从没有见过

that has a permanent lake of molten lava in its crater.

在火山口能够形成一个永久的熔岩湖

重点讲解

1、touch down

降落;着陆 When an aircraft touches down, it lands

Spacecraft Columbia touched down yesterday...

“哥伦比亚”号宇宙飞船昨天着陆。

The first large contingent of troops touches down on American soil today.

第一批分遣大部队今天在美国着陆。

2、erupt

（火山）喷发，爆发

The volcano erupted in 1980, devastating a large area of Washington state...

那座火山在1980年喷发，摧毁了华盛顿州大片地区。

（冲突、战斗等）突然发生，爆发，突然加剧

Heavy fighting erupted there today after a two-day ceasefire...

在停火两天后，今天那里爆发了激烈的战斗。

（某地）爆发动乱;（人群）突然暴怒，发生骚乱

In Los Angeles, the neighborhood known as Watts erupted into riots...

在洛杉矶，一个叫做沃茨的街区爆发了动乱。

3、permanent

a、形容词永久的；永恒的

Heavy drinking can cause permanent damage to the brain.

酗酒能造成永久性大脑损伤。

b、不断出现的，一直存在的

a permanent state of tension.

长久以来的紧张局势

They feel under permanent threat...

他们觉得一直处于威胁之下。

c、（员工）终生的,长期的

At the end of the probationary period you will become a permanent employee.

试用期结束后,你将成为长期雇员。

a permanent job.

固定工作

d、（家庭住址）固定的

York Cottage was as near to a permanent home as the children knew...

在孩子们眼中,约克小屋最像一个安定的家。