地球的力量 第3集 冰川(2)自然界的推土機(jī)

The Alps. One of the world's great mountain ranges.

阿爾卑斯山脈是世界最偉大的山脈之一

Its peaks reach almost three miles into the sky.

它大約有五千米高

It's a vertical landscape of snow and ice

垂直景觀都是冰雪

where even waterfalls can freeze.

連瀑布都能凍上

If you want to understand the power of ice to transform our world.

如果你想明白冰川的力量是如何改變我們的世界

this is a great place to begin.

這是個(gè)很好的地方

This is amazing stuff, you know, because

這是神奇的原料，你知道的，因?yàn)?/p>

it's so solid and it can hold my weight.

它很堅(jiān)固，它能承受我的重量

It really is surprising how solid ice is.

冰這么堅(jiān)固這真的很神奇

or I hope it is.

或者我希望它這樣

find it astonishing that hundreds of tons of cascading water

我發(fā)現(xiàn)數(shù)以百計(jì)的小瀑布水流

can be stopped dead in its tracks.

被神奇的凝固在這條道上

But this frozen waterfall is nothing compared to the ice that's all around me

不過(guò)這冰瀑布不能和我周?chē)谋啾?/p>

in the form of glaciers.

冰川形態(tài)

I'm climbing right next to one of the largest in France,

我正在爬的幾乎是法國(guó)最大的冰川

the Argentere.

阿根蒂爾

Glaciers are ice at its most powerful.

冰川是冰最有力量的形式

They're nature's bulldozers,

它們是自然界的推土機(jī)

capable of completely reshaping the landscape.

能完全的重塑風(fēng)景