纪录片《我们的地球》 第33期 雄伟高山(10)

Another battle is being waged here but on a much longer time scale.

这里又开辟了一个新的战场，可是不会持续多久

These loose boulders¹ are the mountains' crumbling² bones.

这些散落的石块是从山脊上崩裂下来的

The Rockies are no longer rising but slowly disintegrating³.

落基山脉已不再上升，却是在慢慢地崩塌

All mountains everywhere are being worn down by frost, snow and ice.

世界各地的高山都在不断经受森林、积雪和冰川的消蚀

The Alps were raised some 1 5 million years ago

阿尔卑斯山崛起于1500万年前

as Africa, drifting northwards, collided with the southern edge of Europe.

原因是非洲板块向北漂移，与欧洲南麓相撞

These spires⁴ are the eroded⁵ remains⁶ of an ancient seabed that once stretched between the two continents.

曾经连接两块大陆的古老海床侵蚀后留下了一座座尖耸的山峰

But these are just the Alpine⁷ foothills.

可是这些只是阿尔卑斯山麓地带的小山

The range at its centre rises to three miles high and is crowned with permanent snows.

山脉中心地带的山峰伫立高达3英里，并且终年覆盖积雪。

1 boulders   

n.卵石( boulder的名词复数 )；巨砾；（受水或天气侵蚀而成的）巨石；漂砾

参考例句：

• Seals basked on boulders in a flat calm. 海面风平浪静，海豹在巨石上晒太阳。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The river takes a headlong plunge into a maelstrom of rocks and boulders. 河水急流而下，入一个漂砾的漩涡中。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 crumbling   

adj.摇摇欲坠的

参考例句：

• an old house with crumbling plaster and a leaking roof 一所灰泥剥落、屋顶漏水的老房子
• The boat was tied up alongside a crumbling limestone jetty. 这条船停泊在一个摇摇欲坠的石灰岩码头边。

3 disintegrating   

v.（使）破裂[分裂，粉碎]，（使）崩溃( disintegrate的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• As a poetic version of a disintegrating world, this one pleased him. 作为世界崩溃论在文学上的表现，他非常喜欢这个学说。 来自辞典例句
• Soil animals increase the speed of litter breakdown by disintegrating tissue. 土壤动物通过分解组织，加速落叶层降解的速度。 来自辞典例句

4 spires   

n.（教堂的） 塔尖，尖顶( spire的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Her masts leveled with the spires of churches. 船的桅杆和教堂的塔尖一样高。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• White church spires lift above green valleys. 教堂的白色尖顶耸立在绿色山谷中。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 eroded   

adj. 被侵蚀的，有蚀痕的 动词erode的过去式和过去分词形式

参考例句：

• The cliff face has been steadily eroded by the sea. 峭壁表面逐渐被海水侵蚀。
• The stream eroded a channel in the solid rock. 小溪在硬石中侵蚀成一条水道。

6 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

7 alpine   

adj.高山的；n.高山植物

参考例句：

• Alpine flowers are abundant there.那里有很多高山地带的花。
• Its main attractions are alpine lakes and waterfalls .它以高山湖泊和瀑布群为主要特色。