英语听力：探索发现 2012-12-14 冰河新新州 Ice Age Oasis—1
时间：2018-12-03 作者：英语课 分类：探索与发现2012年
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This is Florida, a taste of the tropical, one of the world's most popular holiday destinations. Here mankind's unquenchable desire to explore and colonise reaches astronomical 1 proportions.
Eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one. Ignition. Lift off.
And yet we are relative newcomers here. While other creatures roamed this part of North America for hundreds of millennia 2, we only arrived at the end of the last great ice age, 13,000 years ago. For most of its existence, North America remained untouched by humans, its dramatic landscapes and wild life undisturbed. Then some time around 13,000 years ago, just as the ice started to relax its grip, hunters from the north set foot in Florida for the first time. Imagine if we could go back and join them as they explore this unknown land, encountering strange animals not seen before by human eyes.
1 astronomical
adj.天文学的，（数字）极大的
- He was an expert on ancient Chinese astronomical literature.他是研究中国古代天文学文献的专家。
- Houses in the village are selling for astronomical prices.乡村的房价正在飙升。