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Alun's team have found the hole down which the lake disappeared
艾伦的团队已经找到了让湖水消失的洞穴
and they want to have a closer look.
他们想要来个近距离观察
It's not a job for anyone with a fear of heights.
这对恐高的人来说是绝不可能的
As you can see, it's dry up here,
可以看到这里已经干涸
but if you listen,
但如果仔细听
you can hear the thunder of,
便能听到大量的流水
there's a lot of water entering it at some depth.
从深处贯入其中的隆隆声
Alun wants to place a sensor deep into the moulin
艾伦想在冰川锅穴深处安装一个传感器
to discover how much water is flowing through the ice.
来研究有多少水在冰川里穿梭
As they drop, they travel back in time.
向下深入的时候 他们仿佛回到了从前
30 metres down and they reach ice formed from snow that fell
三十米深处的冰是一万年前
10,000 years ago, in the last Ice Age.
冰河世纪时期的降雪堆积起来的
When this lake drained and the plug got pulled
一旦湖水干涸 就像打开了阀门
and the whole lot flushed down through here,
整个水流都会从这冲刷而下
this ice sheet, it rose by a metre
这块冰原就会增高一米
as that water accessed the bed and forced,
因为水流到了冰床之下
jacked up the ice sheet.
迫使冰原提升
So, we know that the water
我们知道
in this whole plumbing cavity system, down here,
水在这整个垂直坠落过程中
we know that shoots straight through that ice
径直冲破了冰川
and actually hits the bed of the ice sheet.
直接撞击了冰原的底部
We've hit the water, I can see the water now.
我们到水边了 我能看到水了
Great. Nice work.
很棒 干得漂亮

重点解释

As you can see, it's dry up here,可以看到这里已经干涸

dry up:（使）干涸, （使）枯竭

The clothes will soon dry up in the wind.

这衣服经风一吹很快就会干的。

The sun came out and dried up the streets.

太阳出来把马路晒干了。

Alun wants to place a sensor deep into the moulin艾伦想在冰川锅穴深处安装一个传感器

deep into:深入

Some plants push their roots deep into the soil.

一些植物的根深深长入土中。

we know that shoots straight through that ice我们知道径直冲破了冰川

straight through:直通的(直流的)

The bullet went straight through him.

子弹把他穿透了。

She just looked straight through me.

她对我连理都不理。