from BBC Learning English.

來自BBC學習英語。

I'm Sam. And I'm Neil. The 20th of

我是山姆。而我是尼爾。第20屆

July 1969 was a big day in

1969年7月是一個重要的日子，在

history. Do you know why, Sam? Wasn't that when Neil Armstrong

歷史。你知道為什麼嗎，山姆？不就是在尼爾-阿姆斯特朗

first set foot on the Moon? Right. But it's often forgotten

第一個踏上月球的人？對。但人們常常忘記

that some of the most dramatic

一些最戲劇性的

photographs taken on the

攝製的照片

Apollo space mission weren't

阿波羅太空任務並不是

of the Moon at all - they

嚴格意義上的月球--他們

were of Earth. It wasn't

是地球的。這不是

until we went to the Moon

直到我們去了月球

that we really saw the

我們真正看到了

size of Earth's oceans

地球海洋的大小

and named ourselves,

併為自己命名。

the Blue Planet. Despite most of our planet

藍色星球。儘管我們星球的大部分地區

being covered by water,

被水覆蓋。

the ocean remains of place

滄海遺珠

of unexplored mystery, of

未被探索的神祕感，對

sea monsters like

海怪，如

Moby Dick, and the Kraken.

白鯨》和《克拉肯》。

In this programme, we'll

在這個節目中，我們將

be diving into the

將潛入

deep seas, seeing some

深海，看到一些

of its strange sights,

的怪異景象。

and as usual, learning

和往常一樣，學習

some related vocabulary too. But before that I have a

也有一些相關的詞彙。但在這之前，我有一個

question for you, Sam.

問你一個問題，山姆。

You were right when you

你是對的，當你

said that most of the

說，大部分的

Earth is covered

地球被覆蓋

by water. But do you

水。但你是否

know exactly how much

清楚地知道有多少

of the Earth's surface

的地球表面

is ocean? Is it: a) 50 percent?  

是海洋嗎？它是：a）50%？

b) 60 percent? or, c) 70 percent?  

b) 60％？ 或者，c) 70％？

Well, it is called

好吧，它被稱為

the Blue Planet, so

藍色星球，所以

I ll say c) 70 percent. OK. I'll reveal the answer

我說c）70%。好的。我將揭曉答案

later in the programme.

在節目的後面。

The first thing to say

第一個要說的是

about the deep ocean is

關於深海的問題是

that the rules of life

生活的規則

down there are very

下面是非常

different from the rules

不符合規定

on land. Sunlight

在陸地上。陽光

cannot reach the very

不能達到非常

bottom of the ocean,

海底。

a place between two and

兩者之間的一個地方

three kilometres down

三公里以下

known as the 'deep abyss',

被稱為 "深淵"。

so it totally dark and

所以它完全是黑暗和

extremely cold. And the

極其寒冷。而

weight of water creates

水的重量造成

massive amounts of pressure. This extreme environment is

大量的壓力。這種極端環境是

stranger than fiction, and

比小說更奇怪，而且

home to things which seem

家裡的東西，似乎

to be from another planet;

是來自另一個星球。

things like hydrothermal

諸如熱液

vents - volcanic hot springs

噴口--火山溫泉

which break through the

其中突破了

ocean floor. Oceanographer,

洋底。海洋學家。

Alex Rogers, joined an

亞歷克斯-羅傑斯，加入了一個

expedition which discovered

發現的探險隊

a hydrothermal vent in

的一個熱液噴口。

the ocean near Antarctica.

南極洲附近的海洋。

He told his story to BBC

他向BBC講述了他的故事

World Service programme,

世界服務方案。

Discovery: Well, the first problem is

發現。嗯，第一個問題是

actually finding them

實際找到他們

because they cover a very

因為它們涵蓋了一個非常

small area so it's

小區域，所以它是

literally like trying to

簡直就像要

find a needle in a haystack,

大海撈針。

but when you do come across

但當你真的遇到了

them, I mean, the deep ocean

他們，我的意思是，深海

is food limited, so life

是食物有限的，是以生命

is quite thin on the ground,

是相當薄的。

and then suddenly your

然後突然你的

camera just stumbles into

攝影機只是跌跌撞撞地進入

this area where there is

在這個領域，有

just abundant life all

豐富的生活

over the sea floor and

在海底和

around these vents. Alex says that finding

在這些通風口周圍。亞歷克斯說，找到

these small thermal vents

這些小的散熱口

at the bottom of the ocean

在海洋底部

is like finding a needle

就像找一根針

in a haystack, an idiom

大海撈針

meaning almost impossible

意思是幾乎不可能

to find because the area

找到，因為該地區

you have to search

你必須搜索

is so large. Because there's no sunlight

是如此之大。因為沒有陽光

on the ocean floor, it's

在洋底，它是

hard for plants and

對植物來說是很難的，而且

creatures to survive, so

生物的生存，所以

forms of life are thin

生命的形式是薄的

on the ground - there are

地面上--有

only a few of them. Alex

只有幾個人。亞歷克斯

cannot find anything to film

找不到任何可以拍攝的東西

with his camera, until

與他的相機，直到

suddenly he nears the vent

忽然間，他走到了通風口附近

and sees plants and animals

並看到植物和動物

everywhere. Here, there is

到處都是。在這裡，有

more than enough, or

綽綽有餘，或

abundant life. To picture a hydrothermal

豐富的生命。想象一個熱液

vent, imagine an underwater

通風口，想象一個水下的

volcano. Billowing clouds of

火山。飄揚的雲朵

what looks like smoke

像煙一樣的東西

heat the seawater to a

將海水加熱到

temperature of 386 degrees C.

溫度為386攝氏度。

This creates a warm

這創造了一個溫暖的

environment of all kinds

各類環境

of weird and wonderful

詭異和美妙的

creatures, including vent

生物，包括通風口

mussels, tube worms and

貽貝、管蟲和

blind 'yeti crabs', so

盲目的 "雪人蟹"，所以

called because of their

稱為，因為他們

hairy claws, some of

毛茸茸的爪子，有些是

which get cooked because

被煮熟，因為

the water is so hot. What's amazing is that

水是如此的熱。令人驚奇的是

while these vents may be

而這些通風口可能是

as old as Earth itself,

與地球本身一樣古老。

they were only discovered

他們只是被發現

in the 1970s. So, are

在20世紀70年代。那麼，是否

there more mysteries hiding

有更多的謎團隱藏

in the deep ocean? That's

在深海中？這就是

the question BBC World

的問題 BBC世界

Service's, Discovery, asked

服務的, 發現, 問

marine biologist, Kerry Howell.

海洋生物學家Kerry Howell。

Here's what she said. I have absolutely no doubt

以下是她說的話。我絕對不懷疑

that there is plenty more to

還有很多事情要做

discover down there. It's really

在下面發現。這真的是

vast, I mean it's quite hard to

巨大的，我的意思是這很難

get your head around how vast

腦子裡有多大的空間

the deep sea is, and it is

深海是，而且它是

most of our planet. So... and

我們星球的大部分地區。所以......而且

we've barely scratched the

我們還沒有觸及到

surface of exploration of this

探討這個問題的表面

unique environment, and if

獨特的環境，以及如果

you think that vents were

你認為通風口是

only discovered in the 70s,

在70年代才被發現。

you know, there's great

你知道，有很大的

potential for a lot else

別的潛力

to come, I think. We've only

來，我想。我們只

been exploring this

一直在探索這個問題

environment for the last

處於最後階段的環境

150 years, I mean. Before

我是說150年。之前

that we didn't think

我們沒有想到的是

there was any life down

有任何生命下來

there at all. So, it's

根本沒有。是以，它是

a very young science is

一個非常年輕的科學是

Deep Sea biology. And so,

深海生物學。就這樣。

there's... yeah, there's

有......有的，有的

a lot more to discover.

還有更多有待發現。

I have no doubt. In terms of ocean

我毫不懷疑。在海洋方面

exploration Kerry thinks

探討 克里認為

we've only scratched the

我們只是抓到了

surface - found out a

面--發現了一個

little bit about something,

關於某件事情的一點看法。

but not enough to

但還不足以

fully understand it. That's because the ocean

充分了解它。這是因為海洋

is vast - extremely big.

是巨大的--極其巨大。

So vast, in fact, that it's

事實上，它是如此巨大，以至於

hard to get your head

難於上青天

around it, or difficult

圍繞它，或困難

to really understand. But how vast, exactly,

才能真正理解。但是，到底有多大？

Sam? In my question I asked

薩姆?在我的問題中，我問道

how much of the Earth's

地球上有多少

surface is covered by water.  

表面被水覆蓋。

And I said it was c) 70 percent. Which was the correct answer!

而我說是C）70%。這就是正確的答案!

Well, 71 percent to be precise,

嗯，準確地說，是71%。

but either way it's hard to

但無論如何，都很難

get your head around or

腦子裡想的還是

difficult to fully understand. OK, we'd better recap the

難以完全理解。好吧，我們最好回顧一下

other vocabulary too,

其他詞彙也是如此。

starting with the idiom,

從成語開始。

finding a needle in a haystack

大海撈針

meaning that something is

意思是說，有些東西是

almost impossible to find

幾乎不可能找到

because you have to

因為你必須

search so widely for it. If something is thin on the

如此廣泛地搜索它。如果有些東西很薄

ground, there's very little

地面上，很少有

of it, but if it's abundant,

的，但如果它是豐富的。

there's plenty or

有很多或

more than enough. When you only scratch the

綽綽有餘。當你只抓到

surface, you find out a

面，你發現了一個

little about something,

關於一些事情的小建議。

but not enough to

但還不足以

fully understand it. And finally, vast is

充分了解它。最後，廣闊的是

another way of saying

另一種說法是

extremely large,

非常大。

huge or enormous. Unlike the vast oceans,

巨大或巨大。與廣闊的海洋不同。

our time is limited to

我們的時間是有限的

just six minutes and

僅六分鐘和

it's up. So, join us

了。是以，加入我們

again soon for more

更多資訊請聯繫我們

amazing adventures and,

驚人的冒險和。

of course, useful

當然，有用

vocabulary, here at 6 Minute

詞彙，在這裡6分鐘

English. Goodbye for now! Goodbye!

英語。暫時告別!再見!