纪录片《非洲》 第47期:好望角（5）

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The rainwater, briefly¹ held in Gorongosa's swamp,

雨水在戈龙戈萨沼泽稍作停留

has now been enriched with silt² and sand.

流向下游时 泥沙含量逐渐增加

All down this coast, sediment-laden rivers-

沿东南海岸望去 泥沙满载的河流

the Zambezi, the Limpopo, the Save

赞比西河 林波波河 萨韦河

drain back to the sea,

逐一汇入大海

and there they meet the Agulhas Current.

并在这里与厄加勒斯暖流相汇

And what happens to all that sand?

那些沙子的命运又如何呢

Over the millennia³, the Agulhas has worked it

历经数千年 厄加勒斯洋流已经

into a complex underwater landscape.

使之形成了复杂多变的水底景观

This vast sand sculpture is the Bazaruto Archipelago,

眼前广阔的沙丘地带就是巴扎鲁托群岛

the oldest of its kind in the world.

也是迄今存世最古老的同类地貌

1 briefly   

adv.简单地，简短地

参考例句：

• I want to touch briefly on another aspect of the problem.我想简单地谈一下这个问题的另一方面。
• He was kidnapped and briefly detained by a terrorist group.他被一个恐怖组织绑架并短暂拘禁。

2 silt   

n.淤泥，淤沙，粉砂层，泥沙层；vt.使淤塞；vi.被淤塞

参考例句：

• The lake was almost solid with silt and vegetation.湖里几乎快被淤泥和植物填满了。
• During the annual floods the river deposits its silt on the fields.每年河水泛滥时都会在田野上沉积一层淤泥。

3 millennia   

n.一千年，千禧年

参考例句：

• For two millennia, exogamy was a major transgression for Jews. 两千年来，异族通婚一直是犹太人的一大禁忌。
• In the course of millennia, the dinosaurs died out. 在几千年的时间里，恐龙逐渐死绝了。