地球的力量

That's a beauty. Is that a meteorite? -Yeah, it's a lovely one.
真是太美了，这是陨石吗？-是的，很漂亮的一个
This is incredible that it's something from outer space. That's amazing.
这是来自外太空的，太不可思议了
What is amazing is that it actually makes it to the surface at all.
不可思议的是它能够抵达地球表面

Something that size might have been part of an object
这么大的陨石在大气层以外的时候
the size of a washing machine or a small car at the top of the atmosphere,
可能有洗衣机 或者小汽车那么大
and as it punches into the atmosphere at high speed,
但是它高速进入大气层
the surface gets melted and stripped off and a new surface exposed and melted and stripped off,
表面融化掉，剥离 新的表面暴露出来融化掉，再次剥离
until you whittle down to something about that big.
直到被剥离成这么大的一块
But it's heavy, so that small car is a small car of rock weighing tons?
但是很重，那辆小汽车有几吨重？
Yes. -So, thin air does this to solid rock?
是的-所以这都是稀薄空气干的？
Yes. -That's remarkable.-是的-太了不起了
When meteors hit the atmosphere, they compress the air in front of them which generates intense heat.
陨石碰到大气层会把前面的空气压缩 这会引起高热量
Layer upon layer gets stripped away until most are completely burnt up.
一层层地被剥离开直到大部分都燃烧掉了
重点讲解

1、incredible
妙极的;惹人喜爱的;了不起的
The wildflowers will be incredible after this rain.
这场雨过后,野花会变得美不胜收。
Thanks for taking me, I had an incredible time.
谢谢你带我去,我玩得非常开心。
不可思议的;难以置信的
It seemed incredible that people would still want to play football during a war.
在战时人们仍然想踢足球,这似乎不可思议。
We should not dismiss as lies the incredible stories that children may tell us.
我们不应把孩子们告诉我们的一些不可思议的故事当成谎话而不予理睬。
惊人的
We import an incredible amount of cheese from the Continent.
我们从欧洲大陆进口数量惊人的奶酪。
There was an incredible din.
声音异常嘈杂。
2、strip
(纸、布、食物等的)条，带
a new kind of manufactured wood made by pressing strips of wood together and baking them.
一种用木条压紧并烘烤而制成的新型人造木材
The simplest rag-rugs are made with strips of fabric plaited together.
最简单的碎布地毯是由碎布条编在一起制成的。
狭长区域;带状(陆地、水域)
The coastal cities of Liguria sit on narrow strips of land lying under steep mountains.
利古里亚的沿海城市坐落在陡峭山脉下的狭长地带上。
a short boat ride across a narrow strip of water.
乘船渡过一小段狭窄的带状水域。