英语听力：自然百科 冰冻星球 前往地球尽头—20

 These ice blocks are the size of sky creepers, and this is the bill of more glance with scoten seize man somehow travel on foot. It is one hundred miles long and one of the largest species¹ on earth.

Not nothing could prepare those early ex-dollars for what is about to encounter².

The Antlantic ice cap, the largest expensive ice on the prymid. It's three miles second paces in presence³ 70 percent of the world fresh water.

From here to the south pole 700 miles away. There is nothing but ice.

I am on the south pole, at the end of my journey. Although, it is main summer, the temperature here is  ...35 degrees below freezen.

It is exactly a hundred years, almost the day, the first human beings stood right here. Amerson followed by Scot. In those days, reaching the pools were regarded as the oddment in human in deva and in euros, and the source⁴ of prayed national prize.

Today the power regions⁵ have rather difference ignificance, because now we come to understand what happened here and in the north. affect everyone of us. no matter where we live on this planet⁶.

1 species   

n.物种，种群

参考例句：

• Are we the only thinking species in the whole of creation?我们是万物中惟一有思想的物种吗？
• This species of bird now exists only in Africa.这种鸟现在只存在于非洲。

2 encounter   

v.遇到，偶然碰到；遭遇；n.遭遇；意外的相见

参考例句：

• It was a bloody encounter between the two armies. 这是那两军之间的一次激烈的遭遇战。
• A fortunate encounter brought the two friends together after a long separation.两位老朋友长期分离这次才有幸相遇。

3 presence   

n.出席；到场；存在

参考例句：

• Her presence lent an air of respectability to the occasion.她的到场使那种场合增添了崇高的气氛。
• His presence is indicative of his willingness to help.他的出席表示他愿意帮忙。

4 source   

n.来源，水源；原始资料

参考例句：

• They mentioned you as a good source of information.他们说你消息灵通。
• All works of art have life as their source.一切文艺创作都来源于生活。

5 regions   

n.地区( region的名词复数 )；[数学]区域；（艺术、科学等的）领域；行政区

参考例句：

• A flying doctor service operates in remote regions. 在偏远地区有飞行医生服务。
• More powers are gradually being devolved to the regions. 正逐步向地方下放更多的权力。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 planet   

n.行星

参考例句：

• Neptune is the furthest planet from the sun. 海王星是离太阳最远的行星。
• Rubbish, however, is only part of the problem of polluting our planet. 然而, 垃圾只是我们这个星球的污染问题的一个方面。