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Each has been entrusted with a single precious egg
每只企鹅都带着一个珍贵的企鹅蛋
balanced on the top of its feet.
平稳地放在脚上
If the egg were to drop onto the ice, even for a moment,
如果企鹅蛋掉在冰上 哪怕只有一小会儿
the chick inside would die
蛋中的小企鹅也会死去
and all this would count for nothing.
而这一切也将成为徒劳
The emperors are not entirely alone.
帝企鹅并非完全孤单
The Weddell seal.
威德尔海豹
The only mammal to remain here throughout the winter.
唯一留在这里过冬的哺乳动物
They must have breathing holes,
必须要有冰洞供他们呼吸
and so have to constantly scrape away the ice
所以得经常把冰刮掉
that threatens to close them,
以防水面被冻住
rasping away fresh build-ups
用他们的超级大嘴
with special wide-gaped jaws.
将刚结上的冰层一一刮掉
Beneath the ice, they are
在冰面之下
beyond the reach of the bitter winter winds.
凛冬的寒风无法影响此处
The sea is -2 degrees centigrade.
海水只有零下二摄氏度
A warm bath, compared to the conditions overhead.
但相比冰上的条件 这算得上温水浴

重点解释

妙语佳句:

Each has been entrusted with a single precious egg每只企鹅都带着一个珍贵的企鹅蛋。

entrust with:信托, 委托

She was entrusted with the direction of the project.

她受委托负责这项计划。

He was entrusted with the care of her property.

他受托照管她的财产。

all this would count for nothing.而这一切也将成为徒劳。

count for:有价值, 有重要性

For him fame does not count for much.

在他看来名誉算不了什么。

Knowledge without common sense count for little.

没有常识的知识没多大用处。

so have to constantly scrape away the ice所以得经常把冰刮掉。

scrape away:刮去

Those branches scrape away at the window whenever a wind rises.

风一起，那些树枝就擦着窗子。

He began carefully to scrape away the moss from the stump.

他开始仔细地刮去树桩上的苔藓。

考考你:

但相比冰上的条件，这算得上温水浴了。

唯一留在这里过冬的哺乳动物。

上期答案：

It shuts out what little light there is at these latitudes,

The raven's bill is more suited to leftovers.