历史频道《人类:我们的故事》第一集07:世界总是危机四伏

Mile-high glaciers advance

数英里高的冰川一路延伸

across Northern Asia and Europe.

横跨北亚和欧洲大陆

And now hardship makes us who we are.

而艰苦环境造就了如今的我们

Just a few hundred miles from the glacier wall,

距冰川几百英里外的地方

In what will become modern-day France.

将会成为现今的法国

...A family survives in the harshest climate

一个家庭要在人类所知的最严峻的气候条件下

Mankind has known.

生存下去

Extreme cold is like a living thing,

极寒天气就像某种生物

it sort of sneaks around and finds you where you're weakest.

四处潜行 寻找你身上的致命弱点

It's gonna seep up from the floor,

它从地面悄悄渗出

it's gonna come in from all angles and just crush you.

从四面八方向你冲来 将你击溃

We devise new technologies to help keep us alive.

我们研发新技术以助生存

But our world is as treacherous as ever.

但我们的世界总是危机四伏

Nature's perfect killing machine.

大自然有完美的杀人机器

35 miles per hour.

它们奔跑时速35英里

Their jaws bite with 1500 lbs of force per square inch.

它们的咬合力为每平方英寸一千五百磅

Enough to shatter bone.

足以粉碎骨头

重点讲解

1、survive

a、生存;存活;幸存

Those organisms that are most suited to the environment will be those that will survive.

最适宜该环境的微生物将会存活下来。

b、挺过;艰难度过

On my first day here I thought, 'Ooh, how will I survive?'

我第一天到这儿时就想，“天哪，我怎么能挺过去呢?”

people who are struggling to survive without jobs.

艰难度日的失业者

c、幸存;幸免于难;留存

When the market economy is introduced, many factories will not survive.

引入市场经济后，许多工厂将面临倒闭。

The chances of a planet surviving a supernova always looked terribly slim.

行星躲过超新星爆发的几率总是十分渺茫。

2、shatter

a、(使)粉碎;(使)破碎;(使)碎裂

safety glass that won't shatter if it's broken.

被打破后也不会碎裂的安全玻璃

The car shattered into a thousand burning pieces in a 200mph crash.

汽车在时速为 200 英里时发生撞车，炸成了数以千计燃烧的碎片。

b、使(梦想、希望或信念)粉碎;(使)破灭

A failure would shatter the hopes of many people.

一次失败会使很多人希望破灭。

Something like that really shatters your confidence.

那样的事情会让人的信心严重受挫。

c、使非常惊愕;使受到极大打击

the tragedy which had shattered his life.

给他的生活造成重创的悲剧