地球的力量 第4集 海洋(5)亞馬遜盆地

The largest waves crash down with a force of a four-ton weight landing on your chest.

最大的浪拍打下來力量可以達到4噸 拍打在你的胸膛上

Without water around you to absorb the blow, itwould be fatal.

如果周圍沒有水來吸收能量那浪花將是致命的

But there is another far greater source of energythat the oceans capture.

但是海洋還會捕捉一種更巨大的能量源

The energy that createsthe tides comes from our nearest neighbour in space.

制造潮汐的能量來自我們在太空中最近的鄰居

The Moon's gravity tugs at the water in our oceans

隨著地球在月球下方旋轉(zhuǎn)

while the Earth rotates beneath it.

月球的重力吸引著海洋中的水

But the Moon doesn't always act alone.

但是月球不總是獨自發(fā)揮作用

Each year, from China to Brazil,

每年，從中國直到巴西

there are many days when the gravitational pull

都有那么幾天月球和太陽會在一條直線上

of the Moon and Sun combine to unleash an extraordinary phenomenon.

它們共同的萬有引力會帶來異常的現(xiàn)象

This can be seen in action where the rivers of the Amazon basin

你可以看到亞馬遜盆地河流的情況

in South America meet the Atlantic Ocean.

在南美的大西洋海岸上