地球的力量

Well, the landscape is very special, as you can see,
好的，你可以看到这里地形非常的特别
and on top of it, it never gets dark.
看去它的上空永远明亮
Yeah, the Sun, it's fantastic.
是啊，阳光太奇妙了

I've joined up with Konnie Steffen.
我和科尼斯蒂芬结伴而行
We're on a part of the ice sheet that's connected to theJakobshavn Glacier.
我们正走在与雅各布冰河相连接的冰层上
Konnie's trying to understand what's causing the ice
科尼正试着研究是什么导致冰层
to speed up and break off into the sea,
加速坍塌，掉入海洋
and whether it's related to climate change.
这是否与气候变化有关
The ice moved fast, at first by 10%, then by 2002, 30-40%
冰层移动得很快，先是快了百分之十到2002年已经快了百分之三十到四十
and it produced more water, Like this river.
这样产生很多冰水，就像河流般
And this water is probably the explanation
这些冰水或许可以解释
why the ice here starts to move faster.
为什么冰层从这里开始加速
Each summer, as a result of rising temperatures,
每个夏天，温度上升
more and more melt water is forming lakes and rivers
越来越多融化的冰水形成河流和湖泊
on the surface of the ice.
在冰层表面
And this is where all the water flows,
这里就是所有水流
into deep shafts called moulins.
流入的深井，它被称为冰川锅穴
No one knows for sure where the water ends up
没人知道水会流到何处
when it disappears into the moulins,
当水流入冰川锅穴后
but Konnie believes it flows straight to the base of the glacier.
但科尼相信水流流入了底部的冰川
If he's right, this could explain why the glacier is moving so fast.
如果他十对的，这便能解释为什么冰河流速加快

重点讲解

1、fantastic
极好的;极妙的;了不起的
I have a fantastic social life.
我的社交生活丰富多彩。
I thought she was fantastic.
我觉得她太棒了。
奇异的;奇妙的;荒诞的
Unlikely and fantastic legends grew up around a great many figures, both real and fictitious.
围绕着许许多多或真实或虚构的人物，产生了一些不可思议、荒诞离奇的传说。
The book has many fantastical aspects.
这本书有很多方面都十分精彩。
2、speed up
加快(…的)速度
You notice that your breathing has speeded up a bit.
你注意到自己的呼吸加快了一些。
He pushed a lever that speeded up the car.
他挂挡加快了速度。
(使)(某一过程或活动)加快
Job losses are speeding up.
失业趋势正在不断加快。
I had already taken steps to speed up a solution to the problem.
我已经采取措施加快解决该问题。
3、end up
(通常指意外地)最终到达
The result was that the engine ended up at the bottom of the canal.
结果引擎最终沉到了运河底。
She fled with her children, moving from neighbour to neighbour and ending up in a friend's cellar.
她带着孩子逃亡，从一个邻居家跑到另一个邻居家，最后逃到了一个朋友的地下室。
最终；结果；到头来
If you don't know what you want, you might end up getting something you don't want.
如果你不知道自己想要什么，到头来你可能得非所愿。
Every time they went dancing they ended up in a bad mood.
每次他们去跳舞，都会不欢而散。