时间:2019-01-23 作者:英语课 分类:探索与发现2012年


英语课

 13. Yeah, look at this. Look, see all of these for the holes. That’s what I'm talking about. The last volcanic 1 eruption 2 was in 2004, but some of these lava 3 fields are ancient, more than 7,000 years old, and they hold a special place in Icelandic folklore 4. The idea of elves and trolls is really embedded 5 in Icelandic culture. And they say about 50% of Icelanders still today believe in elves and trolls, and they're meant to live in the rocks. And some are meant to be good, and some are meant to be more mischievous 6. I hope it's the good ones looking after me out here. 


 
This lava field here is just full of these sorts of caves, and, actually, what this is is actually an old lava tunnel. And this is where, originally, flowing molten, red-hot lava would have been racing 7 through this. And what happens when that's gone -- it leaves behind these sorts of tubes. But here, off the glacier 8, fresh water is scarce. And, you know, all of this lava field -- the exact translation into Icelandic is literally 9 ‘no water’. But my best chance is to get in there and see if I can find some seeps 10 coming through, through the walls of fresh water. First of all, before I even think about getting in there, I've got to make some sort of torch. Yeah, it's pitch black. 
 
I can make a torch out of some twigs 11 and the fat I saved from the dead sheep. Get down here, out of the wind. Cave water is filtered through the rock, so it will be a lot purer than the outlying snow, which can be full of bacteria. Okay, now, what I need is just a bit of the material from my T-shirt. I've got some of this sheep's fat, wrap this round, like so. Take this bit of T-shirt and then tie that round it. Now, if I can just get a little fire going, that fat will burn really bright. Try and get this going. Okay. It’s going. I need to be really careful, because all of this is fragile, and sharp. So I'm gonna need my gloves in here. Iceland has, on average, 33 earthquakes a day, and any one of those could collapse 12 this tube. You've got to be quick. What I'm looking for is just a good source of dripping water.

adj.火山的;象火山的;由火山引起的
  • 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。
n.火山爆发;(战争等)爆发;(疾病等)发作
  • The temple was destroyed in the violent eruption of 1470 BC.庙宇在公元前1470年猛烈的火山爆发中摧毁了。
  • The eruption of a volcano is spontaneous.火山的爆发是自发的。
n.熔岩,火山岩
  • The lava flowed down the sides of the volcano.熔岩沿火山坡面涌流而下。
  • His anger spilled out like lava.他的愤怒像火山爆发似的迸发出来。
n.民间信仰,民间传说,民俗
  • Zhuge Liang is a synonym for wisdom in folklore.诸葛亮在民间传说中成了智慧的代名词。
  • In Chinese folklore the bat is an emblem of good fortune.在中国的民间传说中蝙蝠是好运的象征。
a.扎牢的
  • an operation to remove glass that was embedded in his leg 取出扎入他腿部玻璃的手术
  • He has embedded his name in the minds of millions of people. 他的名字铭刻在数百万人民心中。
adj.调皮的,恶作剧的,有害的,伤人的
  • He is a mischievous but lovable boy.他是一个淘气但可爱的小孩。
  • A mischievous cur must be tied short.恶狗必须拴得短。
n.竞赛,赛马;adj.竞赛用的,赛马用的
  • I was watching the racing on television last night.昨晚我在电视上看赛马。
  • The two racing drivers fenced for a chance to gain the lead.两个赛车手伺机竞相领先。
n.冰川,冰河
  • The glacier calved a large iceberg.冰河崩解而形成一个大冰山。
  • The upper surface of glacier is riven by crevasses.冰川的上表面已裂成冰隙。
adv.照字面意义,逐字地;确实
  • He translated the passage literally.他逐字逐句地翻译这段文字。
  • Sometimes she would not sit down till she was literally faint.有时候,她不走到真正要昏厥了,决不肯坐下来。
n.(液体)渗( seep的名词复数 );渗透;渗出;漏出v.(液体)渗( seep的第三人称单数 );渗透;渗出;漏出
  • Water seeps through sand. 水渗入沙中。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • Water seeps out of the wall. 水从墙里沁出。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
细枝,嫩枝( twig的名词复数 )
  • Some birds build nests of twigs. 一些鸟用树枝筑巢。
  • Willow twigs are pliable. 柳条很软。
vi.累倒;昏倒;倒塌;塌陷
  • The country's economy is on the verge of collapse.国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘。
  • The engineer made a complete diagnosis of the bridge's collapse.工程师对桥的倒塌做了一次彻底的调查分析。
学英语单词
abnormality of force of labor
acute peritonitis
andell
antiself
attn.
birota
blackeye
blending machine
blue cross
breaker card
bubble-plate column
butylase
cam-bearing sleeve
catcha
coal measures unit
concrete nouns
confab
croupous conjunctivitis
cutaneious
dentes acustici
destimulates
dichlorodimethylhydantoin
directional explosion
Dirty Faces
dissolution boiler
djibbahs
double-shaft turbine
Early Modern English
elastic bond wheel
Emiratised
Energy Antitrust Bill
exclamation points
extended distance
eyelids
fast reactor rocket
flow-production
fluoquinolone
forthbears
franchisal
fredegar
frz.
galvanizing rig
Haloxylon aphyllum
hatted
hit men
hoist piston ring
Hydroxyandrostanes
interfixes
iron grill(e)
janaceks
janniot
lefu
logania family
m-sulfamylbenzoic acid
Mayurbhanj(Baripada)
mess-rooms
methane ionization chamber
Methyiperone
Microformer
mini-emulator
mobile clinic
multi-tracks
narratress
nestion
nonaccelerated
oil-mixed dough
ol system
ones place
outtrick
pectoral fin
pedestal brace
perforator characters
ploughing disc harrow
praisable
pre-set jammer
public correspondence service
quailed
ray radiation
relational algebra machine
sample-out count
shipping market
silicon-organic lacquer
sjberg
snastes
sport utility vehicles
starred nebula
sticky paper
surface bearing
sweeny
symbol check character
teashops
tippy-top
total suspended particulate index
trainspotter
tumbling crusher
uncult
union screw coupling
v.p.s
wedge film
wire-puller
Xanthium mongolicum
xanthoma multiplexes