纪录片《地球的力量》第一集 火山15:宛如地狱

Our world is constantly reshaped by a never ending battle

一场永无终结的战争 持续塑造着我们的世界

between the earth's inner heat that push the land up

一方是地球的内热 他不断推动土地隆起

and the forces of erosion that wears it down.

另一方是侵蚀土地的力量

but Earth's inner head

但是地球内部热能

has made a profound difference to our planet in another way,

以另外一种方式使地球发生着巨大的变化

Perhaps the most important way of all.

也许也是最重要的方式

It began around 4 billion years ago.

从40亿年前开始

This is Rotorua, in the north island of New Zealand.

这是位于新西兰北部岛屿的罗托鲁阿

It is one the most volcanically active place on he planet,

地球上火山运动最活跃的地方之一

possibly similar to Earth millions of years ago.

可能数百万年前的地球也是类似的

To us, the young Earth would be a hellish place.

年轻的地球对人类而言，宛如地狱

but ironically, this volcanic activity helped to create the right conditions for the most important change in the history of our planet.

讽刺的是，正是这样的火山活动为地球 历史上最重要的变化，创造了合适条件。

重点讲解

1、constantly

a、持续不断的;重复的;一直存在的

She suggests that women are under constant pressure to be abnormally thin.

她暗示说女性总是处在保持身材异常瘦削的压力之下。

Inflation is a constant threat.

通货膨胀始终是个威胁。

b、恒定的;不变的

The average speed of the winds remained constant.

平均风速保持稳定。

c、恒定物;常数；常量；常项

In the world of fashion it sometimes seems that the only constant is ceaseless change.

在时装界，有时似乎唯一永恒不变的东西就是不断的变化。

Two significant constants have been found in a number of research studies.

若干研究已经发现了两个重要常量。

2、profound

a、深刻的；强烈的；巨大的

discoveries which had a profound effect on many areas of medicine.

对很多医学领域产生了深刻影响的发现

profound disagreement.

严重的分歧

b、深刻的；深奥的；知识渊博的

This is a book full of profound, original and challenging insights.

这本书充满了深刻、新颖、令人深思的见解。

one of the country's most profound minds.

该国知识最渊博的人之一