英语听力：探索发现 2012-05-13 荒野求生:冰岛—14

The ptarmigan is a popular Christmas dish in Iceland, but I'm not waiting that long. This one's gonna be ready in about 15 minutes. Mmm. Look at that -- all that dark meat. Quite strong. 

 

Here's an angelica plant. There are very special plants in Iceland. They actually grow wild all over the place. But you can recognize these in the summertime. All of this is green, and they have these white flowers on the top. Now, obviously, in the wintertime, it's bare, but you can see its very distinct shape. But what I'm after is the roots. And actually, all of these roots are edible¹ for food if I scrape away a bit of the sand here to get to the inside of the root there. This is all edible, and actually it's gonna make my mouth also a little bit numb² because it's actually a local anesthetic³ as well. But it's good for me. It's gonna boost my immune system, this stuff. And actually it's also antibacterial, so what I can also do is take a bit of it and, like, clean my teeth with it, which is always nice when you're out in the wilds with no toothbrush. When you're stranded⁴ in the wilds, it's still important to try and look after yourself.

 

Here is one of the many ancient lava⁵ fields that covers over 10% of Iceland. They're formed by volcanic⁶ eruption⁷ when the molten rock cools and solidifies⁸, and they can be treacherous⁹ to cross. See here, all of these lava fields is just covered in this moss¹⁰. And it's just making crossing it really slow, slow work. Also, I need to be careful, just because it's hard to tell what the moss is growing over, whether it's, like, a hollow or gap or solid rock. I mean, it’s just too easy to twist an ankle in this stuff.

1 edible   

n.食品，食物；adj.可食用的

参考例句：

• Edible wild herbs kept us from dying of starvation.我们靠着野菜才没被饿死。
• This kind of mushroom is edible,but that kind is not.这种蘑菇吃得，那种吃不得。

2 numb   

adj.麻木的，失去感觉的；v.使麻木

参考例句：

• His fingers were numb with cold.他的手冻得发麻。
• Numb with cold,we urged the weary horses forward.我们冻得发僵，催着疲惫的马继续往前走。

3 anesthetic   

n.麻醉剂，麻药；adj.麻醉的，失去知觉的

参考例句：

• He was given a general anesthetic.他被全身麻醉。
• He was still under the influence of the anesthetic.他仍处在麻醉状态。

4 stranded   

a.搁浅的，进退两难的

参考例句：

• He was stranded in a strange city without money. 他流落在一个陌生的城市里， 身无分文，一筹莫展。
• I was stranded in the strange town without money or friends. 我困在那陌生的城市，既没有钱，又没有朋友。

5 lava   

n.熔岩，火山岩

参考例句：

• 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。

6 volcanic   

adj.火山的；象火山的；由火山引起的

参考例句：

• 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。

7 eruption   

n.火山爆发；（战争等）爆发；（疾病等）发作

参考例句：

• 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。

8 solidifies   

（使）成为固体，（使）变硬，（使）变得坚固( solidify的第三人称单数 )； 使团结一致； 充实，巩固； 具体化

参考例句：

• Jelly solidifies as it gets cold. 肉冻冷却就凝固。
• It is stirred with 10%sodium carbonate solution(50ml)and then with water (50ml), after which It'solidifies. 与10％碳酸钠溶液（50毫升）混合搅拌，然后再用50毫升水混合搅拌，从而析出固体。

9 treacherous   

adj.不可靠的，有暗藏的危险的；adj.背叛的，背信弃义的

参考例句：

• The surface water made the road treacherous for drivers.路面的积水对驾车者构成危险。
• The frozen snow was treacherous to walk on.在冻雪上行走有潜在危险。

10 moss   

n.苔，藓，地衣

参考例句：

• Moss grows on a rock.苔藓生在石头上。
• He was found asleep on a pillow of leaves and moss.有人看见他枕着树叶和苔藓睡着了。