BBC纪录片《冰冻星球》履于薄冰第18期:冰山是如何形成的
日期:2013-01-09 20:22

(单词翻译:单击)

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Andy has been studying Antarctic ice for 25 years,
25年来 安迪都在研究南极冰层
but even he is blown away by what he's seeing.
但就连他也被眼前的景象所震惊
Now, that is pretty awesome. That is remarkable.
真不可思议 太奇妙了
The edge of the ice shelf has just, kind of, disintegrated.
冰架的边缘有点崩裂
Some of the big pieces look like
其中一些大片
they could be a mile or more in size.
似乎有一英里 甚至更大
It's almost like a, sort of, a slow motion explosion.
就好像是某种慢镜头下的爆炸
It all pushes outwards very quickly.
迅速向外推进
Every one of these huge icebergs will slowly drift out to sea.
这些大型冰山都将慢慢地漂入大海
To study how fast that happens,
为了研究崩裂发生的速度
Andy needs to get closer to the action.
安迪得离得更近一点
We're going to look around and see
我们打算四处查看一下
if we can find a place where we can land.
看是否能找到落脚点
And if we can, we'll be able to put down an instrument
如果找到了 我们就可以放下一台设备
that will help us monitor the big icebergs
以便在冰架破裂的时候
that are breaking off as the ice shelf breaks up.
拍摄到冰山是如何形成的

重点解释

but even he is blown away by what he's seeing.但就连他也被眼前的景象所震惊

blow away:强烈影响

Mr Obama's eloquence may blow away his audience in New York.

能言善辩的奥巴马先生或许能在纽约迷倒他的听众。

All caution is blown away in the excitement.

人激动时就忘乎所以。

And if we can, we'll be able to put down an instrument that will help us monitor the big icebergs that are breaking off as the ice shelf breaks up.如果找到了,我们就可以放下一台设备以便在冰架破裂的时候拍摄到冰山是如何形成的

be able to:会, 能

I may be able to help you in some way.

我也许可以从某个方面去帮助你。

break off:折断(继绝, 突然中断)

She broke off a piece of chocolate and gave it to me.

她掰下一块巧克力给我。

break up:破碎, 破坏

The stricken tanker began to break up on the rocks.

油轮被击中后撞上礁石,毁了。

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重点单词
  • explosionn. 爆炸,爆发,激增
  • tankern. 油轮,坦克中一员
  • antarcticadj. 南极的 n. (the A-)南极洲,南极圈
  • shelfn. 架子,搁板
  • eloquencen. 雄辩,口才
  • driftvi. 漂流,漂移,漂泊,吹积,偏离 vt. 使漂流,使
  • instrumentn. 乐器,工具,仪器,器械
  • remarkableadj. 显著的,异常的,非凡的,值得注意的