纪录片《美丽中国》 第51期 风雪塞外（11）

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This is Turpan Oasis¹

吐鲁番绿洲

And it's famous in China for an unexpected product

它以品质出众的特产而驰名中国

grapes

这就是葡萄

But how on Earth can a water-hungry crop grow in such abundance

为何如此需水的植物却能在沙漠中

in a desert？

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The secret lies below ground

秘密就在地下

A subterranean² network of canals known as karez

一种被称为坎儿井的地下水渠网

is used to channel water around Turpan streets

引导着水源在吐鲁番街道之间流动

and into raving³ yards

并将之引入美丽的庭院当中

But where does the water come from?

但水从何而来

The clue lies on the desert floor

线索就掩埋在荒漠之中

in these lines of holes which mark the course of the subterranean water ways

在这些标志着地下水路的洞穴所连成的线上

Over 2 millennia ago

两千多年前

local people carved more than 3000km of

当地人挖掘了长达3000多千米的

these canals beneath the desert

地下水渠

diverting water from the distant mountains

将水从远处的山上引来

Channeling the flow underground

在地下引水

means that less water is lost to evaporation in the desert heat

可以减少水在沙漠酷热下的蒸发量

1 oasis   

n.（沙漠中的）绿洲，宜人的地方

参考例句：

• They stopped for the night at an oasis.他们在沙漠中的绿洲停下来过夜。
• The town was an oasis of prosperity in a desert of poverty.该镇是贫穷荒漠中的一块繁荣的“绿洲”。

2 subterranean   

adj.地下的，地表下的

参考例句：

• London has 9 miles of such subterranean passages.伦敦像这样的地下通道有9英里长。
• We wandered through subterranean passages.我们漫游地下通道。

3 raving   

adj.说胡话的；疯狂的，怒吼的；非常漂亮的；令人醉心[痴心]的v.胡言乱语(rave的现在分词)n.胡话；疯话adv.胡言乱语地；疯狂地

参考例句：

• The man's a raving lunatic. 那个男子是个语无伦次的疯子。
• When I told her I'd crashed her car, she went stark raving bonkers. 我告诉她我把她的车撞坏了时，她暴跳如雷。