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This town was built here in Svalbard,
这座小镇建在斯瓦尔巴特群岛上
only 700 miles from the North Pole,
与北极点相距仅1130公里
to support a mine.
为矿区而建
The Arctic is rich in coal, oil and minerals.
北极储有丰富的煤炭 石油和矿物
In Siberia, the Russian Arctic,
在俄罗斯的北极 西伯利亚
the mineral wealth has given rise to large cities.
丰富的矿物质推动了大城市的发展
This is Norilsk, the coldest city on Earth.
这里是地球上最寒冷的城市 诺里尔斯克
Temperatures regularly drop to below minus 50 degrees Centigrade.
气温一般维持在零下50摄氏度
Fuel freezes in the tanks of the trucks,
卡车油箱里的燃料结了冰
and has to be melted in a rather alarming way.
只能用一种令人胆寒的方式解冻
Ships are frozen into the rivers
一年中有九个月
for nine months of the year.
船舶被冻在河里
The ice must be cut away from their hulls
船身上的冰层必须被切掉
because steel becomes brittle
因为随着积冰变厚
and vulnerable to the thickening ice.
钢铁会变得脆弱易碎
Like all Arctic cities,
与其它北极城市一样
Norilsk depends on a power plant
诺里尔斯克依靠发电站
which heats everybody's home.
向各家各户送暖
Waste heat from the plant
发电站的废热
even keeps a lake ice-free all winter.
甚至可使一片湖整冬不结冰
Even at air temperatures of minus 50,
即便是在零下50度的气温下
the Norilsk Walrus Club come here every day.
诺里尔斯克海象俱乐部仍每天前来冬泳

重点解释

妙语佳句:

the mineral wealth has given rise to large cities.丰富的矿物质推动了大城市的发展。

give rise to:使发生；导致

Many of these obligations can give rise to problems and complications.

许多这样的义务会引起各种问题和纠纷。

Such conduct might give rise to misunderstandings.

这种做法很可能引起误会。

The ice must be cut away from their hulls船身上的冰层必须被切掉。

cut away:切掉, 切除 (1.move quickly to another scene or focus when filming 2.remove by cutting off or away)

We must cut away the diseased branches from the trees.

我们得把有病害的树枝剪除。

They cut away all the dead branches from the tree.

他们把树上的枯枝通通砍掉了。

Fuel freezes in the tanks of the trucks,and has to be melted in a rather alarming way.卡车油箱里的燃料结了冰只能用一种令人胆寒的方式解冻。

rather:相当, 有点儿

1.rather than和more...than的比较：前者表示“与其……倒不如……”，后者表示“更……比起……”，注意词组more...than中的than前面不可以加上rather。

He depends on you rather than on me.

He depends more on you than on me.

他依赖你胜过依赖我。

2.在rather加形容词再加名词的结构中，冠词a置于rather前后都可以，如a rather big dog和rather a big dog（一只相当大的狗）两种表达都可以；