纪录片《非洲》 第8期:喀拉哈里沙漠（8）

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Humid air rushing to the surface

直冲地表的潮湿空气

gives this place its name,

赋予了此地一个美名

Dragon's Breath Cave.

"龙息洞"

The shaft¹ descends² for 60 metres, until it meets...

峡谷向下纵深60米 直至...

...water.

水面

Here, there is a massive chamber³,

下面 是一个巨大的空间

big enough to swallow three jumbo jets, nose to tail,

可以完全装下三架大型喷气式客机

filled with cool, fresh water.

里面满是凉爽清澈的淡水

The world's largest underground lake.

堪称世上最大的地下湖

This is fossil water.

里面都是化石水

It's been trapped here, undisturbed, for thousands,

那些水已经波澜不惊地被封闭在此上万年

if not millions, of years.

甚至是上百万年

We have no idea how deep the lake is.

我们尚不清楚湖究竟有多深

Divers⁴ have been down to 100 metres,

潜水员下潜到过100米深的地方

and still there's no sign of the bottom.

但是仍深不见底

Remarkably⁵, Dragon's Breath is part of a vast cave system

令人震惊的是 龙息洞是喀拉哈里沙漠地下

that extends beneath the Kalahari for thousands of miles.

绵延数千里的庞大洞穴体系的一部分

Even here, in this lonely cave, there is life.

即便在这荒僻的洞穴里 也有生命存在

1 shaft   

n.(工具的)柄，杆状物

参考例句：

• He was wounded by a shaft.他被箭击中受伤。
• This is the shaft of a steam engine.这是一个蒸汽机主轴。

2 descends   

v.下来( descend的第三人称单数 )；下去；下降；下斜

参考例句：

• This festival descends from a religious rite. 这个节日起源于宗教仪式。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The path descends steeply to the village. 小路陡直而下直到村子。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 chamber   

n.房间，寝室；会议厅；议院；会所

参考例句：

• For many,the dentist's surgery remains a torture chamber.对许多人来说，牙医的治疗室一直是间受刑室。
• The chamber was ablaze with light.会议厅里灯火辉煌。

4 divers   

adj.不同的；种种的

参考例句：

• He chose divers of them,who were asked to accompany him.他选择他们当中的几个人，要他们和他作伴。
• Two divers work together while a standby diver remains on the surface.两名潜水员协同工作，同时有一名候补潜水员留在水面上。

5 remarkably   

ad.不同寻常地，相当地

参考例句：

• I thought she was remarkably restrained in the circumstances. 我认为她在那种情况下非常克制。
• He made a remarkably swift recovery. 他康复得相当快。