纪录片《我们的地球》 第218期 无垠深海(10)

Just occasionally, there is a gigantic bonanza¹.

有时候，也有想不到的大好事。

The remains² of a sperm³ whale. It died five months or so ago.

一头抹香鲸的尸体。约5个月前死亡。

There's little left but fatty blubber clinging to it's bones.

除了粘在骨头上的鲸脂外已经没什么东西了。

It's flesh has nourished life for miles around, but now the feast is almost over.

鲸鱼肉滋养了方圆几里的生物，但现在盛宴快结束了。

Spider crabs⁴, a meter across, still pick at the last putrid⁵ remains.

宽达1米的蜘蛛蟹仍然在采集这最后的残羹剩饭。

A few weeks more, and nothing will be left, but bare bones.

再过几个星期，除了骨头外什么都不会留下。

The crabs will have to fast, until the next carcass drifts down.

蜘蛛蟹必须尽快吃完，直到下一个畜体落下之前。

But not all food comes from the sunlit world above.

不过不是所有的食物来自阳光普照的海面上。

The floor of the Atlantic Ocean is split in two by an immense volcanic⁶ mountain chain

大西洋被一条无边的火山山脉劈成两半，

that winds unbroken for forty five thousand miles around the globe.

绕地球绵延45000英里。

In places, it's riven by great fissures⁷, from which superheated water loaded with dissolved minerals blasts into the icy depths.

在这里，海底裂缝中含有大量溶解矿物质的滚烫海水，喷进冰冷的深海里。

1 bonanza   

n.富矿带，幸运，带来好运的事

参考例句：

• Bargain hunters enjoyed a real bonanza today.到处买便宜货的人今天真是交了好运。
• What a bonanza for the winning ticket holders!对于手持胜券的人来说，这是多好的运气啊。

2 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

3 sperm   

n.精子，精液

参考例句：

• Only one sperm fertilises an egg.只有一个精子使卵子受精。
• In human reproduction,one female egg is usually fertilized by one sperm.在人体生殖过程中，一个精子使一个卵子受精。

4 crabs   

n.蟹( crab的名词复数 )；阴虱寄生病；蟹肉v.捕蟹( crab的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• As we walked along the seashore we saw lots of tiny crabs. 我们在海岸上散步时看到很多小蟹。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The fish and crabs scavenge for decaying tissue. 鱼和蟹搜寻腐烂的组织为食。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 putrid   

adj.腐臭的；有毒的；已腐烂的；卑劣的

参考例句：

• To eat putrid food is liable to get sick.吃了腐败的食物容易生病。
• A putrid smell drove us from the room.一股腐臭的气味迫使我们离开这房间。

6 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。

7 fissures   

n.狭长裂缝或裂隙( fissure的名词复数 )；裂伤；分歧；分裂v.裂开( fissure的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• Rising molten rock flows out on the ocean floor and caps the fissures, trapping the water. 上升熔岩流到海底并堵住了裂隙，结果把海水封在里面。 来自辞典例句
• The French have held two colloquia and an international symposium on rock fissures. 法国已经开了两次岩石裂缝方面的报告会和一个国际会议。 来自辞典例句