纪录片《南太平洋》 第97期 水火相容（02）

In the last 100 years, Kavachi has emerged above the waves just a handful of times, but so far to no avail.

在过去的100年里，卡瓦察出现在海面上只是近年来的事，迄今为止没有结果。

Powerful waves keep sweeping¹ its efforts away.

强烈的海浪把它的成就散发出去

This is a view of the Pacific as seen from space...

这是从空中所看到的太平洋一道景色

a vast expanse of water that covers almost a third of the Earth's surface.

广褒的海洋几乎覆盖了地球三分之一的表面

Today, only 1% of this vast ocean is land,

今天，这里的广阔海洋只有1%是陆地，

and much of it owes its existence to the explosive powers of volcanoes like Kavachi.

很大程度上归功于像卡瓦察那样的火山爆发威力的存在

1,500 miles north of the equator, perhaps the most famous group of volcanic² islands in the world...

赤道以北1500里，或许是世界上最有名的火山群岛。

Hawaii... still one of the most volcanically³ active areas on Earth.

夏威夷...仍然是地球上火山最活跃的地区

And this is Kilauea.

这是基拉韦厄

Like all volcanoes, it's plumbed⁴ into the very heart of the Earth... home to a lot of hot, angry rock.

像所有火山一样，它探伸到地球的最核心，发源地有许多炽热的愤怒的岩石

Rising from 60 miles below the ocean's floor, this lava⁵ has flowed nonstop for 25 years.

从海床下面60里升起来，这熔岩不停地流了25年

On the lower slopes, the lava travels at less than 100 metres an hour, betraying little of its awesome⁶ power.

在低坡上，熔岩移动速度每小时不少于100米，稍许暴露出它那令人可畏的力量。

1 sweeping   

adj.范围广大的，一扫无遗的

参考例句：

• The citizens voted for sweeping reforms.公民投票支持全面的改革。
• Can you hear the wind sweeping through the branches?你能听到风掠过树枝的声音吗？

2 volcanic   

adj.火山的；象火山的；由火山引起的

参考例句：

• There have been several volcanic eruptions this year.今年火山爆发了好几次。
• Volcanic activity has created thermal springs and boiling mud pools.火山活动产生了温泉和沸腾的泥浆池。

3 volcanically   

adv.火山似地，猛烈地

参考例句：

4 plumbed   

v.经历( plumb的过去式和过去分词 )；探究；用铅垂线校正；用铅锤测量

参考例句：

• Magda had plumbed her own heart for answers. 玛格达在自己心中搜寻答案。 来自辞典例句
• In the sub-zero weather, their exhausts plumbed white in the grey streets. 在严寒天气，他们的排气管在灰色的街道上吐着缕缕白烟。 来自辞典例句

5 lava   

n.熔岩，火山岩

参考例句：

• The lava flowed down the sides of the volcano.熔岩沿火山坡面涌流而下。
• His anger spilled out like lava.他的愤怒像火山爆发似的迸发出来。

6 awesome   

adj.令人惊叹的，难得吓人的，很好的

参考例句：

• The church in Ireland has always exercised an awesome power.爱尔兰的教堂一直掌握着令人敬畏的权力。
• That new white convertible is totally awesome.那辆新的白色折篷汽车简直棒极了.