纪录片《冰冻星球》 第1期 世界的尽头（1）

 

Over one third of our planet is frozen,and yet, the icy worlds of the Arctic and Antarcti

地球上有超过三分之一的地方是冰天雪地,然而北极和南极这两个被冰雪覆盖的世界

are as alien to most of us as the surface of another planet.

对于大多数人来说却像外星那样陌生

They are places of superlatives.

那里有数不尽的世界之最

From ice caps that hold nearly 80% of our planet's fresh water to frozen forests that encircle the entire globe.

两极冰冠共储藏有地球上近80%的淡水,冰冻森林更跨越了所有经度.

These are places that feed our imaginations,places that seem to be borrowed from fairy tales.

那里丰富了我们的想象力,宛如童话故事中所描述的世界.

They're dominated and shaped by the ice,both by its coming and by its going.

冰雪的形成及融化,是塑造两极的主导性力量.

This is our planet's last true wilderness¹ and one that is changing just as we're beginning to understand it.

这是地球上仅存的纯正荒野,而正当我们开始对其有所了解之时,那里正经历着变迁.

In this series,we'll be travelling to all parts of these lonely lands,both north and south,

在此系列中,我们将踏遍荒凉之地的每个角落,包括北极和南极,

to witness its wonders perhaps for the last time

这也许是我们最后一次见证那里的奇观

and to discover some extraordinary examples of survival against all the odds,as can be found anywhere on the planet.

并探索那些克服了重重困难才得以生存下来的伟大生命,它们的身影遍及世界各地.

1 wilderness   

n.杳无人烟的一片陆地、水等，荒漠

参考例句：

• She drove the herd of cattle through the wilderness.她赶着牛群穿过荒野。
• Education in the wilderness is not a matter of monetary means.荒凉地区的教育不是钱财问题。