01.紀(jì)錄片簡介
The Great Melt，this is the first part in the series Natures'Great Events. And here is some pictures and texts arranged and edited me from the documentary. I hope this will help you somewhere.
The power of the sun drives the seasons,transforming our planet. Vast movements of ocean and air currents bring dramatic change throughout the year. And in a few special places, these seasonal changes create some of the greatest wildlife spectacles on earth.?Here in the Arctic, each summer, the sun begins to melt?the winter ice. Nearly 3 million square miles?of ice will disappear. Opening up a narrow window of?opportunity for millions of animals. For many it's their?best chance to feed and breed.
And what I take as the model to show this documentary?is?the Polar bear. For polar bears, it's the hardest time of the year. They have to survive the greatest seasonal change on the planet. Winter in the Arctic.?The Northern Lights flicker across the sky. It's a land of continuous night, where temperatures plummet to -40. Polar bears are in their element, hunting forseals on the frozen sea.
But the longnight is coming to an end.In February, the sun rises for the first time in four months.In the coming weeks, the strength of the sun will power anenormous change. But for now, its rays offer only a little warmth. Despite the sun's return, 6 million square miles of the planet's far north is still cloaked in ice. Deep snow covers the mountains. Even the sea is frozen solid many meters deep.
Polar bears waited for seals to surface through a hole in the ice, they?must catch a seal about once a week, and this is the best hunting season. As long as there is sea ice the bears won't go hungry because walking on the ice is the easiest way for a bear to get close to a seal.
But since the melting begin,the ice will soon start to break up, and hunting will get harder.At this time of year, there are still only five hours of daylight. But as the sun rises higher, each day lasts 40 minutes longer.It's March,and with increasing sunlight,the first in a huge wave of migrants are arriving.
Three months since the sun's return, its power is growing daily. The air temperature rises slowly, and once above zero, at long last, the melt begins. Melting snow feeds freshwater streams which pour off the land. In just a few shortdays, the melt unveils a whole new landscape. The snow may be disappearing from the land. But the sea ice has yet to melt. The coastline is still locked in ice. Since the sea ice is so thick, it won't begin to break up until the temperature stays above zero for a number of days.
It's now June, and the sun beats down 24 hours a day. The temperature remains constant above zero degrees. The frozensea begins to melt. Pools form across the surface, absorbing more of the sun's heat, speeding the thaw. Sunlight penetrates the frozen surface, illuminating astrange world beneath the ice. The frozen barrier has split.
A polar bear can smell a seal from over a mile away. But the prey he depends on is hard to find in this constantly moving landscape. He must take to the water to?navigate through the drifting maze of ice. As the ice melts, finding seals gets harder. And with?more open water, it's easier for a seal to escape. The melt has caused a shift?in power. Now it's advantage seals.
In November,the sun sets over the frozen north.It will not appear again for four months. The summer melt provides opportunities for millions of animals, but has now become a threat to the polar bear's very survival. This season, the bear has survived the greatest melt yet recorded, and made it through to the Arctic winter.
Besides the polar bears, this documentary also introduece the Arctic seabirds、the seals顽馋、the Beluga whales、Arctic fox运怖、etc. It's a good choice if you want to know something about the Acttic, and it will help you if you want to get some new words related to the Global warming、the Arctic changing.
02.一些語言知識(shí)點(diǎn)
整部紀(jì)錄片中，并沒有特別難記冗長的單詞缝裤，也沒有太多口語化的詞匯，整體語言風(fēng)格嚴(yán)謹(jǐn)細(xì)致颊郎，偏向于書面化憋飞，我把其中一些在新聞閱讀中可能出現(xiàn)的比較多的句子整理出來，希望對(duì)大家有用姆吭。
1).Vast movements of ocean and air currents bring dramatic change throughout the year.
全年榛做，一系列海洋和大氣的運(yùn)動(dòng)帶來了巨大的氣候變化。
Vast movements of：一系列的内狸，大范圍的检眯，劇烈的。e.g: the?vast?movements?of?the earth’s curst created a?vast?land?of?Australia.
throughout the year:一年到頭答倡，全年轰传，一整年驴党。e.g:I am sleepy throughoutthe year.
2).Opening up a narrow window of opportunity for millions of animals.
為數(shù)百萬的動(dòng)物打開了一扇能夠勉強(qiáng)看到希望的窗戶瘪撇。
Opening up：開放，擴(kuò)大港庄，打通倔既。e.g:Chinese opening up bring people new hope.
a window of opportunity:希望的窗戶。e.g:Oh my godness,please,just open a window of opportunity to this poor guy.
3).The Northern Lights flicker across the sky.
北極光在天空中閃爍鹏氧。
across:橫跨渤涌，橫穿，穿越把还。相比于cross实蓬，across前需加上動(dòng)詞。go across=cross吊履。e.g:Be careful when you are going across the road.
4).It's a land of continuous night, where temperatures plummet to -40.
這片土地處于極夜之下安皱，溫度驟降到零下40度。
continuous night：極夜
plummet：驟降艇炎，側(cè)重下落速度極快酌伊。
5).It's March,and with increasing sunlight,the first in a huge wave of migrants are arriving.
現(xiàn)在是三月，隨著越來越充足的日照缀踪，第一批動(dòng)物的遷徒大潮就要到來了居砖。
a huge wave of：巨大的浪潮虹脯。huge,巨大的，龐大的>large,大型的奏候，量多的>big,大的循集。
6).The air temperature rises slowly, and once above zero, at long last, the melt begins.
氣溫也在逐步緩慢提升，漫長的等待后蔗草，溫度終于到達(dá)了零度以上暇榴，大融化開始。
at long last：終于; 總算; 經(jīng)過很多苦惱或麻煩之后蕉世，語氣相比于 at last 更加強(qiáng)烈蔼紧。e.g:?At?long?last?we come to this moment.
7）.In November,the sun sets over the frozen north, it will not appear again for four months.
十一月，太陽在冰冷的北方落了下去狠轻，接下來四個(gè)月內(nèi)都將不會(huì)再升起奸例。
set over：將··置于··之上；轉(zhuǎn)移向楼、轉(zhuǎn)交查吊。與sun 連用時(shí)表示太陽落山。e.g:?As the sun?set?over?the city, families and bands of teenagers strolled along the river.
8).This season, the bear has survived the greatest melt yet recorded.
這一次湖蜕，北極熊從記錄中規(guī)模最大的融化中存活了下來逻卖。
yet：adv. 還；但是昭抒；已經(jīng)评也，conj. 但是；然而灭返。yet一般情況下常用于否定句和疑問句（對(duì)比already）盗迟，也有用在陳述句中的特殊情況，意思為“迄今為止”熙含。e.g:No decision has yet been made.
Hopes this will help you
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