纪录片《地球的力量》第一集 火山11:喜马拉雅山脉

All the great mountain ranges is formed in this way,as the planet's inner heat forced the continental plates to collide,

世界上所有的雄伟的山脉 都是像这样在板块碰撞时形成的

crumpling the surface of the Earth.

地球表面是皱皱巴巴的

The European Alps,

欧洲的阿尔卑斯山脉

the South American Andes,

南美的安第斯山脉

The Himalayas of central Asia.

以及中亚的喜马拉雅山脉

They are all relatively young,born out of recent collisions between plates.

他们相对来说比较年轻 是在最近的板块碰撞中形成的

Sometimes, you can actually see their growing pains.

有时候你能亲眼看到山脉的发展情况

Earthquakes are a horrific force of destruction.

地震具有让人毛骨悚然的破坏力

Entire cities can be wiped out, at terrible human cost.

整个城市会在瞬间被摧毁 人员损失惨重

They happen with the Earth's plates push against each other and get stuck.

不同的板块在对撞的时候卡住

Stress builds up until it's suddenly released.

应力不断积聚 直到它们突然释放出来

重点讲解

1、collide

a、碰撞;相撞;撞上

Two trains collided head-on in north-eastern Germany early this morning...今天早上德国东北部两列火车迎面相撞。

Racing up the stairs, he almost collided with Daisy.

他飞奔上楼，差点撞到黛西。

b、(目标、意见等)冲突，抵触

The aims of the negotiators in New York again seem likely to collide with the aims of the warriors in the field.

看来，纽约谈判人员的目标可能会再次与战场上勇士们的目标发生冲突。

In the next two years, Nasser regularly collided with the different Western powers, who refused to arm him.

随后的两年里，纳赛尔不断与拒绝为他提供武器装备的几个西方大国发生冲突。

2、horrific

a、（攻击、事故、伤势等）令人震惊的，极其可怕的，十分严重的

I have never seen such horrific injuries.

我从来没有见过如此严重的伤势。

The slaughter was horrific.

屠杀令人震惊。

b、大得令人厌恶的

piling up horrific extra amounts of money on top of your original debt.

在你原来债务的基础上又高筑债台

3、build up

a、（使）积聚；（使）逐渐增加

The regime built up the largest army in Africa.

该政权逐渐建立起一支非洲规模最大的军队。

The collection has been built up over the last seventeen years.

在过去的17年中，收藏的规模不断扩大。

b、增强…的体质；建立…的信心

Build her up with kindness and a sympathetic ear.

用友善和富有同情心的倾听来重拾她的信心。

Dr. Johnson and I have been trying to build him up physically.

约翰逊医生和我一直试图增强他的体质。