纪录片《全球怪象》 第29期：破纪录的寒冬

We seem to be coming out of a grand maximum of solar activity.

太阳活动的极大期刚刚结束

And we will, past experience tells us, go into a grand minimum.

过去的经验告诉我们 将要进入太阳活动极小期

It's just a question of how soon.

多快进入是个问题

It could be as little as 40 years time.

少则四十年

It could take a couple of hundred years.

多达数百年

But the long-term record from cosmogenic isotopes¹ tell us

但宇宙射线同位素的长期记录告诉我们

that it will, eventually, go back into a grand minimum again.

太阳活动最终将会回到一个极小期

We now know for sure that it wasn't

现在我们确切知道

the grand solar cycle that was responsible for Britain

并不是大太阳周期

shivering through two record-breaking cold winters on the trot².

使英国经历了连续两年破纪录的寒冬

Of course, the end of the regular 11-year cycle

当然 正常11年周期的结束

combined with other natural weather factors,

以及其他自然天气因素

played a part in these record-breaking winters.

也在史无前例的寒冬中起了作用

But some experts didn't think that was enough.

但是一些专家认为这还不够

Something was missing.

还少了点什么

1 isotopes   

n.同位素；同位素( isotope的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• the many isotopes of carbon 碳的诸多同位素
• Tritium is one of the mildest radioactive isotopes. 氚是最和缓的放射性同位素之一。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 trot   

n.疾走，慢跑；n.老太婆；现成译本；(复数）trots:腹泻（与the 连用）；v.小跑，快步走，赶紧

参考例句：

• They passed me at a trot.他们从我身边快步走过。
• The horse broke into a brisk trot.马突然快步小跑起来。