纪录片《冰冻星球》 第86期 履于薄冰（18）

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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 awesome¹. That is remarkable².

真不可思议 太奇妙了

The edge of the ice shelf has just, kind of, disintegrated³.

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 outwards⁴ very quickly.

迅速向外推进

Every one of these huge icebergs⁵ 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

1 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.

2 remarkable   

adj.显著的，异常的，非凡的，值得注意的

参考例句：

• She has made remarkable headway in her writing skills.她在写作技巧方面有了长足进步。
• These cars are remarkable for the quietness of their engines.这些汽车因发动机没有噪音而不同凡响。

3 disintegrated   

v.（使）破裂[分裂，粉碎]，（使）崩溃( disintegrate的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The plane disintegrated as it fell into the sea. 飞机坠入大海时解体了。
• The box was so old;it just disintegrated when I picked it up. 那箱子太破旧了，我刚一提就散了。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 outwards   

adj.外面的，公开的，向外的；adv.向外；n.外形

参考例句：

• Does this door open inwards or outwards?这门朝里开还是朝外开？
• In lapping up a fur,they always put the inner side outwards.卷毛皮时，他们总是让内层朝外。

5 icebergs   

n.冰山，流冰( iceberg的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The drift of the icebergs in the sea endangers the ships. 海上冰山的漂流危及船只的安全。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The icebergs towered above them. 冰山高耸于他们上方。 来自辞典例句