纪录片《我们的地球》 第221期 无垠深海(13)

The inhabitants of these bustling¹ communities maygrow at speed

这些熙熙攘攘的生物群落生长速度虽然很快，

but their existence can also be short, for the vents² donot erupt indefinitely.

不过存在的时间也可能很短，因为火山口的喷发是不确定的。

Suddenly, unpredictably, they may become inactive.

说不定突然间它们就会消失。

Nine months have passed at Nine North.

9个月后，北九地区。

What were only recently chimneys teeming³ with life have turned into cold, sterile⁴ mineralmonuments.

火山口丰富的生物群现在只剩下了寒冷贫瘠荒凉的遗址。

Some eddy⁵, deep in the Earth's crust diverted the volcanic⁶ energy elsewhere

地壳喷出的能量漩涡转移到了别处，

and, an entire microworld was extinguished.

整个微观世界也黯然失色。

In places, volcanoes have erupted to build great submarine mountains.

在有的地方，火山喷发后会形成巨大的水下山。

There are thought to be around thirty thousand such volcanoes

据估计海底共有30000座火山，

some, measured from the sea floor, are taller than Everest.

如果从海床开始算，甚至有一些比珠穆朗玛峰还要高。

Sheer cliffs soaring to drowned volcanic peaks.

火山开凿出来的绝壁一直延伸到山顶。

Powerful currents sweep up the mountains' flanks, transporting nutrients⁷ from deep watertowards the summits.

带着海底养分的强大的洋流与海底山相接，便顺山而上。

The hard rock provides excellent anchorage for communities of great variety and stunningcolor.

坚硬的岩石给这些绚丽的共生种群提供了很好的停靠地点。

1 bustling   

adj.喧闹的

参考例句：

• The market was bustling with life. 市场上生机勃勃。
• This district is getting more and more prosperous and bustling. 这一带越来越繁华了。

2 vents   

（气体、液体等进出的）孔、口( vent的名词复数 )； （鸟、鱼、爬行动物或小哺乳动物的）肛门； 大衣等的)衩口； 开衩

参考例句：

• He always vents his anger on the dog. 他总是拿狗出气。
• The Dandelion Patch is the least developed of the four active vents. “蒲公英区”在这四个活裂口中是发育最差的一个。

3 teeming   

adj.丰富的v.充满( teem的现在分词 )；到处都是；（指水、雨等）暴降；倾注

参考例句：

• The rain was teeming down. 大雨倾盆而下。
• the teeming streets of the city 熙熙攘攘的城市街道

4 sterile   

adj.不毛的，不孕的，无菌的，枯燥的，贫瘠的

参考例句：

• This top fits over the bottle and keeps the teat sterile.这个盖子严实地盖在奶瓶上，保持奶嘴无菌。
• The farmers turned the sterile land into high fields.农民们把不毛之地变成了高产田。

5 eddy   

n.漩涡，涡流

参考例句：

• The motor car disappeared in eddy of dust.汽车在一片扬尘的涡流中不见了。
• In Taylor's picture,the eddy is the basic element of turbulence.在泰勒的描述里，旋涡是湍流的基本要素。

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 nutrients   

n.（食品或化学品）营养物，营养品( nutrient的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• a lack of essential nutrients 基本营养的缺乏
• Nutrients are absorbed into the bloodstream. 营养素被吸收进血液。 来自《简明英汉词典》