英语听力：探索发现 2012-04-25 荒野求生:冰岛—6

 What you often get with crevasses² is just a thin covering of compacted snow. Uh, it’s called a snow bridge. And you can see there just where one has collapsed³. And this is why they are so dangerous. You don’t know when you are on one, and you don’t know what’s under you as well. I mean this could be sometimes hundreds of feet deep, just narrow chasms⁴ underneath⁵ you. I’ve just got to be ultra careful to stick to the side of these gullies. 

 

If you fall into a crevasse¹, they can be impossible to get out of. And with no chance of escape, a slow death is all that awaits you.

 

And this really is the very end of the glacier⁶. You know, I’ve always thought of glaciers⁷ as like living beasts, you know? They move, they shift and they groan⁸, and often they are angry. 

 

I’m now at 3,000 foot and the temperature is just above freezing. Even when you get off the glacier, you could still come across hazards which will block your route, like this, a deep glacial river. 

 

All of that water is glacial melt water. It’s gonna be freezing, freezing cold. You want to do anything you can to avoid being in that. So I need to think of some way of trying to get across this. But there may be a solution on the other side of the river. I can see some steam coming from some vents⁹ on the hillside over there. And that means geothermic hot pools, warm water. And therefore jumping into this glacial water is a risk that I can take. But it would be a race against time. You’d need to get to those hot pools on the other side before the freezing water and cold wind gets you first. Uh, to be able to climb down this, and really I’ve got no choice apart from just jumping it. But it’s easily deep enough. The water is crystal clear. I can see all the way to the bottom. But it is high. This is probably about 30-foot jump. And I just know that water is glacial, it’s gonna be freezing. And as soon as I go into it, it’s gonna be a ticking time bomb, bring hypothermia and…

1 crevasse   

n. 裂缝，破口；v.使有裂缝

参考例句：

• The deep crevasse yawned at their feet.他们脚下的冰川有一道深深的裂缝。
• He fell down a crevasse.他从裂缝处摔了下来。

2 crevasses   

n.破口，崩溃处，裂缝( crevasse的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Splays are commonly formed by currents from crevasses in levees. 嗽叭形堆积通常由堤防决口的洪流所形成。 来自辞典例句
• The upper surface of glacier is riven by crevasses. 冰川的上表面已裂成冰隙。 来自辞典例句

3 collapsed   

adj.倒塌的

参考例句：

• Jack collapsed in agony on the floor. 杰克十分痛苦地瘫倒在地板上。
• The roof collapsed under the weight of snow. 房顶在雪的重压下突然坍塌下来。

4 chasms   

裂缝( chasm的名词复数 )； 裂口； 分歧； 差别

参考例句：

• She found great chasms in her mathematics and physics. 她觉得她的数学课和物理课的知识还很欠缺。
• The sectarian chasms remain deep, the wounds of strife raw. 各派别的分歧巨大，旧恨新仇交织。

5 underneath   

adj.在...下面，在...底下；adv.在下面

参考例句：

• Working underneath the car is always a messy job.在汽车底下工作是件脏活。
• She wore a coat with a dress underneath.她穿着一件大衣，里面套着一条连衣裙。

6 glacier   

n.冰川，冰河

参考例句：

• The glacier calved a large iceberg.冰河崩解而形成一个大冰山。
• The upper surface of glacier is riven by crevasses.冰川的上表面已裂成冰隙。

7 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）

8 groan   

vi./n.呻吟，抱怨；(发出)呻吟般的声音

参考例句：

• The wounded man uttered a groan.那个受伤的人发出呻吟。
• The people groan under the burden of taxes.人民在重税下痛苦呻吟。

9 vents   

（气体、液体等进出的）孔、口( vent的名词复数 )； （鸟、鱼、爬行动物或小哺乳动物的）肛门； 大衣等的)衩口； 开衩

参考例句：

• He always vents his anger on the dog. 他总是拿狗出气。
• The Dandelion Patch is the least developed of the four active vents. “蒲公英区”在这四个活裂口中是发育最差的一个。