地球的力量

Earth has been blessed with just the right balance of stability and the occasional catastrophe.

地球被赋予了适宜的稳定 还有偶尔的灾难

Too many catastrophes and life never gets a chance to develop.

太多的灾难，生命没有机会产生

Too few, and life gets stuck in a rut.

太少的灾难，生命被困在定例中

It's taken four and a half billion years to turn the Earth from a barren rock

花费了45亿年，地球从荒芜的岩石

into the world we see today.It's been a remarkable journey.

变成我们今天看到的世界 这是一个了不起的过程

But now the planet's facing perhaps its greatest challenge.

但是现在地球也许面临着最大的挑战

Humans.Just look at Earth from space.

现在有一股新的力量在威胁这个独一无二的星球 人类本身

At night, our lights mark out our domination of the world.

晚上，我们的光显示出我们统治着地球

By burning fossil fuels like coal and gas,

通过燃烧化石燃料比如煤和天然气

we've changed the very composition of the atmosphere,and with it, the climate.

我们改变了大气层的组成 结果提高了温度

重点讲解

1、domination

在…中占首要地位，在…中最具影响力

The book is expected to dominate the best-seller lists.

这本书预计会占据畅销书排行榜的榜首。

countries where life is dominated by war.

战事频繁的国家

控制;统治;支配

He denied that his country wants to dominate Europe.

他否认他的国家想要控制欧洲。

Women are no longer dominated by the men in their relationships.

在两性关系中女性不再受制于男性。

俯视;高耸于

It's one of the biggest buildings in this area, and it really dominates this whole place.

这是该地区最大的建筑物之一，雄踞在整个地区之上。

its skyline dominated by the central mosque.

中央的清真寺高耸天际

2、composition

组成;构成;组合方式

Television has transformed the size and social composition of the audience at great sporting occasions.

电视改变了重大体育赛事观众的规模和其社会阶层构成结构。

Forests vary greatly in composition from one part of the country to another.

一个国家不同区域的森林在组成结构上存在很大的差异。

艺术创作技巧

He taught the piano, organ and composition.

他教授钢琴、管风琴和作曲。

The course is designed to help students with colour and composition.

设置这门课程是为了指导学生如何运用色彩和构图。