火山列岛 02-英语听力

[00:00.00]This is a view of the Pacific as seen from space- [00:04.59]a vast expanse of water that covers almost a third of the Earth’s surface.
巨大的水域几乎覆盖了地球表面的三分之一 [00:09.93]Today, only 1% of this vast ocean is land,
这巨大的水域，所形成的陆地面积只占了1% [00:14.86]and much of it owes its existence to the explosive powers of volcanoes like Kavachi.
而且大部分的陆地形成要归功于像卡瓦奇火山那样的爆发性力量。 [00:21.20]1,500 miles north of the equator,
赤道以北的1500英里的 [00:25.17]perhaps the most famous group of volcanic islands in the world -
夏威夷群岛，或许是世界上最著名的火山群岛 [00:29.47]Hawaii, still one of the most volcanically active areas on Earth.
它，仍然是地球上火山最活跃的区域 [00:35.41]And this is Kilauea. Like all volcanoes, it’s plumbed into the very heart of the Earth - home to a lot of hot, angry rock.
这是基拉韦厄火山，像所有的火山一样，它能够探测到地心-滚烫且充满愤怒的熔岩。 [00:45.29]Rising from 60 mile below the ocean’s floor,
熔岩从海平面60英里以下开始出发， [00:49.14]this lava has flowed nonstop for 25 years.
不停歇地流动了25年 [00:53.61]On the lower slopes, the lava travels at less than a 100 meters an hour,
它在火山角下以不到100米每小时的流动速度 [00:58.46]betraying little of its awesome power.
泄露了它惊人的力量 [01:01.16]Nothing can survive this smouldering blanket.
没有什么东西可以在其间生存。 [01:04.88]As the crust cools, it is lifted by the lava still flowing beneath it.
当熔岩外壳开始冷却，漂浮在流动的岩浆上 [01:10.78]The advance is relentless and unpredictable, changing direction without notice.
不间断，不可预测地流向不可知的方向。 [01:17.34]Roads here are regularly swept away and some are now buried under 35 meters of rock.
这里的道路经常被冲走，有些现在被埋在35米的岩层之下 [01:26.30]In the last 20 years, more than 200 homes have been destroyed by Kilauea’s flow.
在过去的20年里，200多所房屋被基拉韦火山所摧毁 [01:33.28]And it doesn’t stop here.
然而，它不会就此停下。