漂流者 26-英语听力

[00:00.61]Larger insects and animals need more than a breeze to carry them away.
体积更大的昆虫和动物需要比微风更强的风来带走它们 [00:05.34]Vast tracts of warm water are a perfect environment for cyclones.
广阔的暖水地带是产生龙卷风的最佳环境 [00:09.87]Over half the cyclones on the planet
地球上超过一半的龙卷风 [00:12.11]- around 30 a year -
—每年大约30次— [00:13.23]form in the Pacific Ocean.
形成于太平洋上 [00:15.67]Heated by the warm tropical sun,
被热带地区的太阳所加热 [00:17.75]water evaporates and forms massive thunderstorms,
水会蒸发并形成巨大的雷雨 [00:21.11]fuelling a whirling vortex,
激起龙卷风 [00:23.51]in some cases up to 500 miles wide.
有些龙卷风直径能达到500英里 [00:26.92]When they collide with islands,
当龙卷风和岛屿碰撞在一起时 [00:28.80]they unleash their fury.
它们会变得很猛烈 [00:30.89]Winds in excess of 100 miles an hour can uproot a forest.
风速每小时若超过一百英里就能连根拔起一座森林 [00:35.32]Large insects can be sucked up into the sky,
大型昆虫会被吸到空中 [00:38.18]so why not birds, bats and lizards?
那为何不连鸟类，蝙蝠和蜥蜴也一同吸走呢？ [00:42.45]In fact, all these creatures are known to have been carried hundreds of miles out to sea by cyclones.
实际上这些动物都曾被龙卷风带到几百英里以外的海上 [00:48.19]When the storm subsides,
风暴平息后 [00:50.22]most will meet a watery grave.
它们大部分会葬身大海 [00:53.24]But a very, very lucky few will land on firm ground.
但几个非常幸运的动物会安全降落到地面 [00:57.51]And from these survivors,
而从这些幸存者开始 [00:59.24]a whole island dynasty may be born.
一个全新的岛屿王朝或许就此诞生