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The center of the Sahara Desert in North Africa, one of the driest places on earth.
I'm over six hours drive from civilization. Temperatures here regularly reach 100 degrees Fahrenheit1, but there's less than half an inch of rainfall each year.
Ah,the whole things are moving. It's like walking on water.
Yet, hidden amongst these dry dunes2 are clues that point to the dramatic influence the planet has had on human lives.
I've come here because although you’ll never know it, the story of this place is all about water. The clues are etched into that rock face there. Prehistoric3 rock outdating about 6,000 years in the pattern of the almost unlikely characteristics you've ever seen.
Whoa, what is that? Is it a giraffe? It's a giraffe. Look at that, here is a neck, here is its ear. Look at that, it's an eye, isn't it? That's really natural, isn't it? And that looks like a giraffe, dipping its head/ and drinking some water. We've got a herd4 of giraffes here.
Looks like two cats. They are fighting. That, what is that? Looks like a figure of, a figure of a man who’s wearing a burqa. And that's clearly a crocodile which is especially odd here, that's an aquatic5 animal. It doesn't just paddle around. It needs a lot of water to live in. I find all the creatures that are depicted6 on these rocks are not desert animals. They need wet conditions.
In such a parched7 wilderness8, how can this be? The only explanation is that 6,000 years ago, this place was wet. Once you know what to look for, the evidence is all around.
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1 Fahrenheit | |
n./adj.华氏温度;华氏温度计(的) | |
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2 dunes | |
沙丘( dune的名词复数 ) | |
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3 prehistoric | |
adj.(有记载的)历史以前的,史前的,古老的 | |
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4 herd | |
n.兽群,牧群;vt.使集中,把…赶在一起 | |
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5 aquatic | |
adj.水生的,水栖的 | |
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6 depicted | |
描绘,描画( depict的过去式和过去分词 ); 描述 | |
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7 parched | |
adj.焦干的;极渴的;v.(使)焦干 | |
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8 wilderness | |
n.杳无人烟的一片陆地、水等,荒漠 | |
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