纪录片《地球的力量》第一集 火山16:见证生命的诞生

Volcanoes provided the surface of our young planet

火山为地表提供了

with warmth, water and important cocktail of chemicals.

温暖、水分、和重要的化学物质搭配

And it was this combination which inevitably prepare the Earth

这样的组合使地球不可避免地

for an utterly remarkable event.

迎来了那绝对重要的事件。

No one is sure of exactly how it happened,

无人确知此事细节

but around 4 billion years ago, our planet saw the birth of Life.

大约在40亿年前 我们的行星见证了生命的诞生。

These pools have unique chemistry

这些池子的化学性质十分独特，

that is very similar to what would have existed on the early earth.

与早期地球的情况十分类似。

Bruce Mountain has studied these pools for many years.

布鲁斯多年来一直研究这些池子。

He is going to show me how the first life on Earth might have begun.

他要向我展示地球最初生命可能是如何诞生的。

We don't have a time machine to take us back, so the only thing we can do

没有时间机器让我返回从前 因此只能

is look at things that we think are similar to what they were like.

对我们判断与当时情况 类似的事物进行观察。

And these hot springs are very, very close to those that would be found in the early Earth.

这些温泉与早期地球的情况极其类似。

So what is the temperature of these water?

水温是多少。

Well,The water's 75 degree Celsius,

水温是75摄氏度

so you'd definitely get burnt if you put your fingers in there.

手指伸进去，绝对会烫伤。

and it is full of hydrogen sulphide,which is quite poisonous.

充满了硫化氢，很毒。

There's a bit of arsenic in the water as well.

水里另外还有一点砷。

Surely there can't be anything living in there,What am I looking at?

确信这里面没有生命 我看的都是什么？

billions and billions and billions of organism is living in that water.and if set up orange fibers.

亿亿亿万生活在水里的有机体。就像是橙色纤维一样。

重点讲解

1、provide

a、供给；提供；给予

I'll be glad to provide a copy of this.

我很愿意提供它的一个副本。

They would not provide any details.

他们不愿提供任何细节。

b、（法律或协议）规定

The treaty provides that, by the end of the century, the United States must have removed its bases.

条约规定，到本世纪末，美国必须撤除其基地。

The Act provides that only the parents of a child have a responsibility for that child's financial support.

法令规定只有孩子的父母才有责任为孩子提供经济支持。

2、definitely

a、清楚地;明显地;肯定地;当然

I'm definitely going to get in touch with these people.

我肯定会跟这些人取得联系。

Something should definitely be done about that.

对此一定要采取一些措施。

b、明确地;确定地

He told them that no venue had yet been definitely decided.

他告诉他们还没有确定下场地。

3、set up

创建;建立;安排;组建

The two sides agreed to set up a commission to investigate claims...双方同意组建一个委员会来调查那些索赔要求。

an organization which sets up meetings about issues of interest to women.

召开会议讨论妇女关心的问题的组织

Tell us when and why you started your business and how you went about setting it up.

告诉我们你是何时出于何种原因开办了自己的企业，又是如何着手创建的。