历史频道《人类:我们的故事》第七集第16期:万事俱备
日期:2016-01-31 14:36

(单词翻译:单击)

我们的故事

His fate now turns on a powerful force of nature beneath the waves.

他的命运由波浪之下 一股强大的自然力开启

An ocean gyre,A vast circular current caused by prevailing winds

海洋环流 盛行风反作用于地球自转产生的


working against the rotation of the earth,

一股强大的环形洋流

Creating a conveyor belt of water four thousand times more powerful than the Mississippi River.

形成一条传送带 其威力是 密西西比河流的四千倍

If you're sitting becalmed in an ocean gyre,

如果你静静坐在海洋环流之中

it feels like you're a painted ship on a painted ocean,nothing's happening.

感觉就像身在画中静止不动 相安无事

But what's really going on is you're covering ground,

但事实是你搁浅了

but the whole sea is moving in this arc.

而整个海洋在不停地转动

The discovery of ocean gyres will revolutionize seafaring.

海洋环流的发现将彻底改变海上航行

But Diaz has no idea of the forces that slingshot his ship

但迪亚士对这股流向非洲南端

from an empty ocean toward the southern tip of Africa.

拍打他船只的力量一无所知

He really had everything going for him,

对他来说简直就是万事俱备

he had the prevailing winds and the current with him,

盛行风 洋流相伴

and he was on a ride that he may not even have fully understood.

他自己估计都不知道这会是一场怎样的旅行

Diaz claims the land in the name of god and country.

迪亚士以上帝和国家的名义宣称对土地的所有

It will become known as the Cape of Good Hope.

后以好望角著称

The key to a new sea route to the east,

绕过君士坦丁堡

bypassing Constantinople.A direct passage to India.

即是通往东方的一条新航道 直达印度

重点讲解

1、turn on

打开(设备);接通(…的供应)

I want to turn on the television.

我想开电视。

She asked them why they hadn't turned the lights on.

她问他们为什么不开灯。

对…进行身体(或语言)攻击;斥责

Demonstrators turned on police, overturning vehicles and setting fire to them.

示威者攻击警察,推翻车辆并将其纵火焚烧。

He turned on Pete and accused him of being mixed up in drugs.

他怒斥皮特,指责他沾染毒品。

依靠;取决于

The plot turns on whether Ilsa will choose her lover or her husband.

故事情节取决于伊尔莎会选择情人还是丈夫。


2、current

(河、湖或海的)水流,潮流

Under normal conditions, the ocean currents of the tropical Pacific travel from east to west.

在正常情况下,太平洋的热带洋流自东向西流。

The couple were swept away by the strong current.

这对夫妻被巨大的水流卷走了。

思潮;潮流;趋向

Each party represents a distinct current of thought.

每个党派代表一种不同的思潮。

A strong current of nationalism runs through ideology and politics in the Arab world.

一股强烈的民族主义思潮涌入阿拉伯世界的思想体系和政治体系。

现时的;当前的;进行中的

The current situation is very different to that in 1990.

当前的形势与1990年截然不同。

He plans to repeal a number of current policies.

他计划废除一些当前的政策。

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重点单词
  • capen. 岬,海角,披肩
  • circularadj. 循环的,圆形的 n. 传单,通报
  • routen. 路线,(固定)线路,途径 vt. 为 ... 安排
  • distinctadj. 独特的,不同的,明显的,清楚的
  • vastadj. 巨大的,广阔的 n. 浩瀚的太空
  • repealn. 废止,撤消 v. 废止,撤消
  • rotationn. 旋转,循环
  • prevailingadj. 盛行很广的,一般的,最普通的
  • pacificn. 太平洋 adj. 太平洋的 pacific adj
  • settingn. 安装,放置,周围,环境,(为诗等谱写的)乐曲 动词