冰雪世界 1-英语听力

[00:00.0]Both poles of our planet are covered with ice
地球的南极和北极都是冰天雪地的世界 [00:04.91]They're the largest and most demanding wildernesses of all
在所有的荒野之中 它们的面积最大 环境也最严酷 [00:10.86]Nowhere else on earth is seasonal change so extreme
这里是地球上季节性变化最剧烈的地方 [00:17.3]It causes the ice to advance and retreat every year
每年这种变化都会造成冰层的进进退退 [00:21.86]and all life here is governed by that
这里的所有生命无不受到这种变化的影响 [00:29.7]When the first polar explorers headed south
最早的极地探险者朝南极大陆跋涉的时候 [00:33.30]giant cathedrals of ice marked their entry into uncharted territory
教堂般高耸的冰峰标志着他们进入了未知领地 [00:39.18]Passing the towering spires
经过这些矗立的冰峰时 [00:41.77]they must have wondered what unearthly sights lay in store
他们猜测着里面究竟会有什么景象 [00:46.75]As they battled on the ice became increasingly dominant
他们艰难地前行 冰层越来越厚 [00:51.82]but nothing could have prepared them for the ice world
但他们对冰雪世界里一切都无法预料 [00:55.64]that finally loomed into view
那隐约进入视野的冰雪国度 [00:59.45]Terra incognita - the unknown land
未知领域——完全陌生的土地 [01:04.60]At the southernmost extreme of our planet
在我们星球的最南之极 [01:08.45]the continent of Antarctica
南极洲的面积 [01:10.99]is as large as the United States of America
与美国一样大