火山列岛 01-英语听力

[00:01.59]This tiny South Pacific island may not look like much.
这个南太平洋的小岛貌似并不起眼。 [00:06.40]But it was once a mountain that towered above the waves.
然而，它曾经是一座“一览众浪小”的高山。 [00:10.54]Now it barely breaks the surface.
如今它几乎不再破海而出了。 [00:13.72]Yet still it attracts a spectacular array of wildlife.
但它仍然吸引了大量的野生动物群。 [00:18.84]There are thousands of islands just like this scattered across the Pacific,
在太平洋分布着数千个类似的岛屿， [00:24.75]and all are teeming with life.
上面都栖息着众多生物。 [00:27.94]So what has reduced the mountains of the Pacific to this?
是什么力量使太平洋的群山退化到这种程度呢？ [00:32.19]Almost seven miles deep,
深度大约7英里。 [00:34.11]the Pacific is the deepest body of water on the planet.
太平洋是地球上最深的水体， [00:37.84]But sometimes, the seabed shoots to the surface.
但有时海床冲出海面。 [00:42.10]Behold one of nature's rarest sights - the creation of a new island.
这是自然界最罕见的景观之一--一个新岛屿的诞生过程。 [00:47.79]This is Kavachi in the Solomon Islands,
这就是卡瓦奇岛，隶属所罗门群岛， [00:51.72]one of the most active undersea volcanoes in the world.
是世界上最活跃的海底火山之一。 [00:56.44]In the last 100 years, Kavachi's emerged above the waves just a handful of times,
在过去的一百年里，卡瓦奇岛有几次探出海面， [01:02.25]but so far to no avail.
但都无功而返。 [01:04.98]Powerful waves keep sweeping its efforts away.
它的努力总是被强大的海浪一扫而空。