英语听力：探索发现 2012-05-16 荒野求生:冰岛—15

 13. Yeah, look at this. Look, see all of these for the holes. That’s what I'm talking about. The last volcanic¹ eruption² was in 2004, but some of these lava³ fields are ancient, more than 7,000 years old, and they hold a special place in Icelandic folklore⁴. The idea of elves and trolls is really embedded⁵ in Icelandic culture. And they say about 50% of Icelanders still today believe in elves and trolls, and they're meant to live in the rocks. And some are meant to be good, and some are meant to be more mischievous⁶. I hope it's the good ones looking after me out here. 

 

This lava field here is just full of these sorts of caves, and, actually, what this is is actually an old lava tunnel. And this is where, originally, flowing molten, red-hot lava would have been racing⁷ through this. And what happens when that's gone -- it leaves behind these sorts of tubes. But here, off the glacier⁸, fresh water is scarce. And, you know, all of this lava field -- the exact translation into Icelandic is literally⁹ ‘no water’. But my best chance is to get in there and see if I can find some seeps¹⁰ coming through, through the walls of fresh water. First of all, before I even think about getting in there, I've got to make some sort of torch. Yeah, it's pitch black. 

 

I can make a torch out of some twigs¹¹ and the fat I saved from the dead sheep. Get down here, out of the wind. Cave water is filtered through the rock, so it will be a lot purer than the outlying snow, which can be full of bacteria. Okay, now, what I need is just a bit of the material from my T-shirt. I've got some of this sheep's fat, wrap this round, like so. Take this bit of T-shirt and then tie that round it. Now, if I can just get a little fire going, that fat will burn really bright. Try and get this going. Okay. It’s going. I need to be really careful, because all of this is fragile, and sharp. So I'm gonna need my gloves in here. Iceland has, on average, 33 earthquakes a day, and any one of those could collapse¹² this tube. You've got to be quick. What I'm looking for is just a good source of dripping water.

1 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。

2 eruption   

n.火山爆发；（战争等）爆发；（疾病等）发作

参考例句：

• The temple was destroyed in the violent eruption of 1470 BC.庙宇在公元前1470年猛烈的火山爆发中摧毁了。
• The eruption of a volcano is spontaneous.火山的爆发是自发的。

3 lava   

n.熔岩，火山岩

参考例句：

• The lava flowed down the sides of the volcano.熔岩沿火山坡面涌流而下。
• His anger spilled out like lava.他的愤怒像火山爆发似的迸发出来。

4 folklore   

n.民间信仰，民间传说，民俗

参考例句：

• Zhuge Liang is a synonym for wisdom in folklore.诸葛亮在民间传说中成了智慧的代名词。
• In Chinese folklore the bat is an emblem of good fortune.在中国的民间传说中蝙蝠是好运的象征。

5 embedded   

a.扎牢的

参考例句：

• an operation to remove glass that was embedded in his leg 取出扎入他腿部玻璃的手术
• He has embedded his name in the minds of millions of people. 他的名字铭刻在数百万人民心中。

6 mischievous   

adj.调皮的，恶作剧的，有害的，伤人的

参考例句：

• He is a mischievous but lovable boy.他是一个淘气但可爱的小孩。
• A mischievous cur must be tied short.恶狗必须拴得短。

7 racing   

n.竞赛，赛马；adj.竞赛用的，赛马用的

参考例句：

• I was watching the racing on television last night.昨晚我在电视上看赛马。
• The two racing drivers fenced for a chance to gain the lead.两个赛车手伺机竞相领先。

8 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。

9 literally   

adv.照字面意义，逐字地；确实

参考例句：

• He translated the passage literally.他逐字逐句地翻译这段文字。
• Sometimes she would not sit down till she was literally faint.有时候，她不走到真正要昏厥了，决不肯坐下来。

10 seeps   

n.（液体）渗( seep的名词复数 )；渗透；渗出；漏出v.（液体）渗( seep的第三人称单数 )；渗透；渗出；漏出

参考例句：

• Water seeps through sand. 水渗入沙中。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• Water seeps out of the wall. 水从墙里沁出。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

11 twigs   

细枝，嫩枝( twig的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Some birds build nests of twigs. 一些鸟用树枝筑巢。
• Willow twigs are pliable. 柳条很软。

12 collapse   

vi.累倒；昏倒；倒塌；塌陷

参考例句：

• The country's economy is on the verge of collapse.国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘。
• The engineer made a complete diagnosis of the bridge's collapse.工程师对桥的倒塌做了一次彻底的调查分析。