纪录片《我们的地球》 第44期 淡水资源(01)

Only 3% of the water on our planet is fresh.

地球上只有3%的水是淡水

Yet these precious waters are rich with surprise.

可是这些珍贵的淡水中却充满了惊奇

All life on land is ultimately dependant¹ upon fresh water.

所有陆地生命归根结底都依赖于淡水

The mysterious tepuis of Venezuela, isolated² mountain plateaus rising high above the jungle.

神秘的委内瑞拉平顶山区，一个孤立于丛林之上的的山地高原

This was the inspiration for Arthur Conan Doyle's Lost World, an imagined prehistoric³ land.

这里是亚瑟·柯南·道尔的著作《失落的世界》的灵感源泉，一个想象中的史前世界

Here, strange towers of sandstone have been sculptured over the millennia⁴ by battering⁵ wind and torrential rain.

这里伫立着数千年来暴风骤雨雕凿成的奇形怪状的石塔

Moisture, rising as water vapour from the surface of the sea, is blown inland by wind.

水蒸发成水蒸气从海面升起，接着被风带到内陆。

On reaching mountains, the moist air is forced upwards⁶

途经山脉的时候，水气被迫抬升

and as it cools, it condenses into cloud and finally rain, the source of all fresh water.

逐渐冷却，汇聚成云，最后形成降雨，这便是所有淡水的来源。

There is a tropical downpour here almost every day of the year.

这里全年几乎每天都会降下热带暴雨。

1 dependant   

n.依靠的，依赖的，依赖他人生活者

参考例句：

• The dependent dependant cannot live independently.依靠别人的被赡养者不能独立生活。
• The fact that the woman is still regarded as the man's dependant.再加上女人仍被看作是男人的附属品这一事实。

2 isolated   

adj.与世隔绝的

参考例句：

• His bad behaviour was just an isolated incident. 他的不良行为只是个别事件。
• Patients with the disease should be isolated. 这种病的患者应予以隔离。

3 prehistoric   

adj.（有记载的）历史以前的，史前的，古老的

参考例句：

• They have found prehistoric remains.他们发现了史前遗迹。
• It was rather like an exhibition of prehistoric electronic equipment.这儿倒像是在展览古老的电子设备。

4 millennia   

n.一千年，千禧年

参考例句：

• For two millennia, exogamy was a major transgression for Jews. 两千年来，异族通婚一直是犹太人的一大禁忌。
• In the course of millennia, the dinosaurs died out. 在几千年的时间里，恐龙逐渐死绝了。

5 battering   

n.用坏，损坏v.连续猛击( batter的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• The film took a battering from critics in the US. 该影片在美国遭遇到批评家的猛烈抨击。
• He kept battering away at the door. 他接连不断地砸门。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 upwards   

adv.向上，在更高处...以上

参考例句：

• The trend of prices is still upwards.物价的趋向是仍在上涨。
• The smoke rose straight upwards.烟一直向上升。