纪录片《我们的地球》 第24期 雄伟高山(01)（在线收听）

Human beings venture into the highest parts of our planet at their peril.

人类总是愿意冒着生命危险占领地球上最高的地方

Some might think that by climbing a great mountain they have somehow conquered it,

人们或许认为只要登上顶峰便能征服一座高山

but we can only be visitors here.

不过，我们仅仅只是这里的拜访者

This is a frozen, alien world.

这是一个冰封的异域世界

This is the other extreme. One of the lowest, hottest places on Earth.

这里是另一种极端环境。地球上一处最低最热的地方

It's over a hundred metres below the level of the sea.

它的地势低于海平面100多米

But here, a mountain is in gestation.

但这里却在酝酿一座高山

Pools of sulphuric acid are indications that deep underground there are titanic stirrings.

这些硫酸池暗示地底深处正进行着大规模活动

This is the Danakil Depression in Ethiopia, lying within a colossal rent in the Earth's surface

这里是埃塞俄比亚境内的达纳吉尔凹地，位于地球表面的大裂谷内

where giant land masses are pulling away from one another.

巨大的陆地板块在此互相分离

Lava rises to the surface through this crack in the crust, creating a chain of young volcanoes.

熔岩经过这条地壳裂缝涌上地表，诞生了一连串年轻的火山。