英语听力：探索发现 2012-04-13 荒野求生:冰岛—1

 I’m Bear Grylls. I’ve served with the British Special Forces. I’ve climbed to the summit of Everest and crossed the frozen oceans of the Arctic. Now, I’m in Iceland, a land of huge glaciers¹ and volcanoes. Every year, a thousand tourists need to be rescued. I’m gonna show the skills needed to survive here. 

 

I’m flying out of Iceland’s capital, Reykjavik, on the southwest coast where most of the 300,000 people live. The island lies just on the Arctic Circle, in between the U.S. and Europe. It’s about the size of Kentucky, but only has one main road that follows the coast all around the island. Most of the country is just a barren, frozen wasteland. This place has a strange beauty about it, but it’s also unforgiving down there. 

 

Iceland’s original settlers were the Vikings who came from Norway over a thousand years ago. They knew how to survive these harsh climates. People come here to experience the unique geology, this cool blend of fire and ice. Fire because it’s one of the most volcanic² countries in the world; ice because over 2,000 square miles of it are glaciers. On average 3 people a day are rescued from the freezing glaciers and huge volcanic plains. The glacier’s directly under me and those places are one of the toughest places to survive. 

1 glaciers   

冰河，冰川( glacier的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Glaciers gouged out valleys from the hills. 冰川把丘陵地带冲出一条条山谷。
• It has ice and snow glaciers, rainforests and beautiful mountains. 既有冰川，又有雨林和秀丽的山峰。 来自英语晨读30分（高一）

2 volcanic   

adj.火山的；象火山的；由火山引起的

参考例句：

• There have been several volcanic eruptions this year.今年火山爆发了好几次。
• Volcanic activity has created thermal springs and boiling mud pools.火山活动产生了温泉和沸腾的泥浆池。