纪录片《冰冻星球》 第26期 极地之春（9）

 

But the next morning, things take a turn for the worse.

但第二天清晨 形势急转直下

We've just come up to this ridge¹

我们刚爬上这个山脊

to go and check what it looks like down in the colony.

来查看种群的情形

But even here you can hear...

可即便在这里都能听到

a huge kind of roaring noise up on the hill.

山坡上方有巨大的呼啸声

Never really heard anything like that before.

以前从没听到过这种声响

Up there, it must be blowing the most almighty² gale³,

那边一定刮着超强的暴风

and that is, pff, you know, just a mile away or something.

距离这儿也就一英里左右

So that means that that could get here very, very quickly.

也就是说那狂风片刻间就可袭来

So yeah, it makes you slightly scared.

所以说 令人有点害怕

It's weird⁴, isn't it?

真是诡异

The winds here are famously ferocious⁵,

这里的风是出了名的狂暴

and with so little experience of this location,

马克和杰夫对这片地区还十分陌生

Mark and Jeff retreat to the relative shelter of their hut.

因此他们决定先撤回到营地小屋

I was just stood here thinking, "Well, it can't be too bad,

我刚才站在那还在想 "不是很糟

"because we haven't seen rocks starting to blow around yet."

因为还没看到石头被刮得乱跑"

And just at that moment a rock took off and rolled down there.

说话间 一块石头便被风吹到了那里

Oh, dear, it's getting stronger.

天呐 风越刮越大了

By the second day of the storm,

风暴的第二天

the winds reach 80 miles an hour,

风速已达每小时80英里

and it's apparent that even getting lunch from the outside larder⁶

显然 就连去外面的食品间取回午餐

is too risky⁷.

都过于危险

1 ridge   

n.山脊；鼻梁；分水岭

参考例句：

• We clambered up the hillside to the ridge above.我们沿着山坡费力地爬上了山脊。
• The infantry were advancing to attack the ridge.步兵部队正在向前挺进攻打山脊。

2 almighty   

adj.全能的，万能的；很大的，很强的

参考例句：

• Those rebels did not really challenge Gods almighty power.这些叛徒没有对上帝的全能力量表示怀疑。
• It's almighty cold outside.外面冷得要命。

3 gale   

n.大风，强风，一阵闹声（尤指笑声等）

参考例句：

• We got our roof blown off in the gale last night.昨夜的大风把我们的房顶给掀掉了。
• According to the weather forecast,there will be a gale tomorrow.据气象台预报，明天有大风。

4 weird   

adj.古怪的，离奇的；怪诞的，神秘而可怕的

参考例句：

• From his weird behaviour,he seems a bit of an oddity.从他不寻常的行为看来，他好像有点怪。
• His weird clothes really gas me.他的怪衣裳简直笑死人。

5 ferocious   

adj.凶猛的，残暴的，极度的，十分强烈的

参考例句：

• The ferocious winds seemed about to tear the ship to pieces.狂风仿佛要把船撕成碎片似的。
• The ferocious panther is chasing a rabbit.那只凶猛的豹子正追赶一只兔子。

6 larder   

n.食物贮藏室，食品橱

参考例句：

• Please put the food into the larder.请将您地食物放进食物柜内。
• They promised never to raid the larder again.他们答应不再随便开食橱拿东西吃了。

7 risky   

adj.有风险的，冒险的

参考例句：

• It may be risky but we will chance it anyhow.这可能有危险，但我们无论如何要冒一冒险。
• He is well aware how risky this investment is.他心里对这项投资的风险十分清楚。