NBC晚间新闻 展现冬天美丽的冰雪城堡

When temperatures plummet¹, the Crystal Castles come to life. It was amazing. So bright and colorful. Intricate columns of ice built with meticulous² care. Bring A little warmth to our winter. Are you the Iceman? Yeah, I am the Iceman. Ren Kristensen takes ice sculpting³ to its frigid⁴ extreme. These are built really with just a drop of water, freezing one at a time. It's slow process.

If you watch it it's pretty boring but when you come back in the morning you see some pretty dramatic things. As many as 10,000 homemade icicles are planted every day. One at a time? one at a time. The sprayed water adheres and freezes and a frozen wonder is born. By day, breathtaking in its natural icy blue. By night, when all lit up, a marvel⁵. And before these 25 million pound structures melt. Goodbye cruel world. Time to have some fun. I was impressed. So who says you can't embrace winter.

当气温骤降时，水晶城堡就会现出生机。我觉得这个城堡太棒了。太亮丽太炫目了。这些精致的冰柱都是精心制造而成的。它给我们的冬天带来了一些温暖。你就是冰人（X战警成员、超级英雄）吗？是的，我是。任·克里斯滕森将冰雕制造发挥到了极致。这些都是一滴水一滴水地冻结形成的。形成过程是很慢的。你看它结冰的话，是有些无聊的。但是，第二天早上你回来看的时候，你会看到很梦幻的景色。每天他们自制的冰柱多达10000根。每次只能在这上面放置一个冰柱吗？对，一次一个。喷出来的水会附着在上面并结冰，一个冰冻的奇迹就诞生了。白天，它们呈现的是自然的冰蓝色。晚上，在灯光亮起来的时候，它们看起来就会非常美丽。在这个重达2500万磅的建筑融化之前，是时候找点乐子了。残酷的世界，再见。这些冰雕让我印象很深刻。谁说的你不能拥抱冬天。

1 plummet   

vi.(价格、水平等)骤然下跌；n.铅坠；重压物

参考例句：

• Mengniu and Yili have seen their shares plummet since the incident broke.自事件发生以来，蒙牛和伊利的股票大幅下跌。
• Even if rice prices were to plummet,other brakes on poverty alleviation remain.就算大米价格下跌，其它阻止导致贫困的因素仍然存在。

2 meticulous   

adj.极其仔细的，一丝不苟的

参考例句：

• We'll have to handle the matter with meticulous care.这事一点不能含糊。
• She is meticulous in her presentation of facts.她介绍事实十分详细。

3 sculpting   

雕刻( sculpt的现在分词 )； 雕塑； 做（头发）； 梳（发式）

参考例句：

• The quality of the result is determined by a Craft( sculpting) check. 由手艺（刻）定决定结果质量如何。
• Another difficulty in the process of ice sculpting is time control. 冰雕过程中的另一项困难是时间的掌控。

4 frigid   

adj.寒冷的，凛冽的；冷淡的；拘禁的

参考例句：

• The water was too frigid to allow him to remain submerged for long.水冰冷彻骨，他在下面呆不了太长时间。
• She returned his smile with a frigid glance.对他的微笑她报以冷冷的一瞥。

5 marvel   

vi.(at)惊叹vt.感到惊异；n.令人惊异的事

参考例句：

• The robot is a marvel of modern engineering.机器人是现代工程技术的奇迹。
• The operation was a marvel of medical skill.这次手术是医术上的一个奇迹。