纪录片《全球怪象》 第22期：三百年前的寒冬

I think that's extremely interesting. That's fascinating.

我觉得这太有趣了 很吸引人

I have thought about the quality of the wood, of course,

我自然有考虑过木料的品质

but not particularly the closeness of the grain.

但没想到过是因为细密的纹理

But it absolutely does make sense.

但确实很有道理

A lot of the violins from around this period,

那个时期 斯式琴黄金时期

the golden period of Stradivarius

制成的许多琴

have this very tight grain.

都有这种细密的纹理

Whatever the truth about

不管为何

why the Stradivarius sounds so beautiful,

斯式琴的音色如此优美

the fact is, trees grow slowly in the cold.

事实是 在寒冷环境中树木生长较慢

So the closer the grain,

所以纹理越密

the colder it was.

天气就越寒冷

The fine grain on this instrument

这件乐器上细密的纹理

is evidence that the climate at the time was freakishly cold.

说明当时的气候极其严寒

But what caused this bout¹ of extreme winters 300 years ago?

但是什么导致了三百年前的这段寒冬呢

Could the same thing be responsible for

会与导致近些年英国

the record-breaking winters of the last few years in Britain?

史无前例的寒冬原因相同吗

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• I was suffering with a bout of nerves.我感到一阵紧张。
• That bout of pneumonia enfeebled her.那次肺炎的发作使她虚弱了。