地球的力量

It rained for thousands of years.
接着就下了好几千年的暴雨
As the first rivers formed,
第一片河流形成后
they began to fill up the lower lying areas on our young planet,
开始注满我们年轻地球上比较低的区域

possibly creating the first oceans.
仓创造出第一片海洋
But it's reckoned that even this relentless downpour
但是据分析即使是这次无穷无尽的倾盆大雨
only delivered around half the water that makes up our oceans today.
也只不过造成了我们今天海洋的一半水
The rest came from outer space.
其它的水都是从外太空来的
This is a comet filmed in 2005.
这是2005年拍摄的一颗彗星
It's about four miles across and, like all comets,
直径大概有6公里和其它彗星一样
it's made of rock and water in the form of ice.
它是由岩石和以冰的形式存在的水组成的
To discover just how much water comets contain,
为了了解彗星包含了多少水
scientists deliberately crashed a space probe straight into it.
科学家们故意指挥一个卫星与之相撞
After it ploughed into the surface,
它撞进彗星表面的时候
more than 250,000 tons of water burst into space.
超过2亿5千万升水 冲进了太空

重点讲解

1、deliver
递送;投递;运送
The Canadians plan to deliver more food to southern Somalia.
加拿大计划向索马里南部地区运送更多的食品。
The spy returned to deliver a second batch of classified documents.
那名间谍返回来递送第二批机密文件。
履行;兑现;实现
They have yet to show that they can really deliver working technologies.
他们尚未证明自己真的能够开发出实用技术。
proving they could deliver the vote in their areas.
证明他们能够得到自己选区的选票
托付;交托
Mrs Montgomery was delivered into Mr Hinchcliffe's care.
蒙哥马利夫人托给了欣奇利夫先生照顾。
David delivered Holly gratefully into the woman's outstretched arms.
戴维非常感激地把霍利送进那个女人张开的双臂中。
2、contain
装有;容纳
The bag contained a Christmas card.
这个包里装着一张圣诞卡。
Factory shops contain a wide range of cheap furnishings.
工厂车间里陈设着种类繁多的廉价家具。
包含;含有
Greek yogurt contains much less fat than double cream.
希腊酸奶比高脂浓奶油所含脂肪要少得多。
Many cars run on petrol which contains lead.
很多车使用含铅汽油。
(著作、讲话或电影中)包括，包含
This sheet contained a list of problems a patient might like to raise with the doctor.
这张单子列出了病人可能会向医生提出的一系列问题。
The two discs also contain two of Britten's lesser-known song-cycles.
这两张唱片还包含了布里顿两首不甚知名的声乐套曲。